2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup


The 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup was a series in the Australian A-League football competition held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the main season. The opening round was 15 July 2006. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds and a bonus round, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The bonus group round matched up teams against opponents from the other group, and also offered the incentive of "bonus points" based on goals scored.
The Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Launceston, Canberra, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange and Tamworth.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Playoffs

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Third place play-off

Final

Attendances

Top goalscorers

3 goals:
2 goals:
1 goal: