Bankstown City Lions was the winner of this year’s edition of the Maso Cup, the tournament for Australian clubs with a Macedonian background.

For the first time in the club’s history, Bankstown City Lions claimed the Maso Cup. They met last year’s winners Rockdale City Suns in the final and won 2:1, although it was Rockdale who first opened the scoring through Takuya Murayama and had a 1:0 lead at halftime. Bankstown City came back from and erased the deficit thanks to a goal apiece by the brothers Nico and Gosue Sama.

Due to pitch problems at the Macedonia Park (home of Wollongong United), the entire tournament was played at the JJ Kelly Park (home of Coniston Lions), while the final was held at John Crehan Park (home of Cringila Lions).

Bankstown City Lions joined the likes of Altona Magic, Arncliffe Scots and Rockdale City Suns as winners of the Maso Cup. It is worth noting that the most famous Macedonian-Australian club, Preston Lions, hasn’t won the cup and didn’t participate in this year’s tournament due to financial problems.