Football Federation Australia is yet to make a decision on the competition's future, with the start date of the finals dependent on whether the A-League resumes.

There were six rounds remaining when the A-League season was indefinitely suspended on March 24. The next assessment of a potential restart will be made on April 22.

The 10 Australian-based teams earn automatic entry into the FFA Cup round-of-32, joining member federation clubs from each state and territory.

Capital Football has been unable to host any of its preliminary rounds due to the nationwide halt on all football activities until May 31.

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Capital Football boss Phil Brown says the start date and restructure of the preliminary rounds will depend on what the FFA decides with the finals.

"Who knows [if it will go ahead]? It really does depend on the time-frame that is available to us and how we act to ensure there's a representative from the ACT in the final rounds of the competition," Brown said.

"If the FFA Cup goes ahead and they play in the current schedule for it, assuming it's safe to do so, then it'll be up to the member federations to work back from that date.

"It would leave very little time for us to run a knock-out competition to identify a team to qualify and represent the ACT.

"I think there needs to be a pragmatic approach considering different sizes of member federations and the competitions they participate in. It's acknowledging the different number of teams that qualify from member federation to member federation."

The Federation Cup final, which decides the ACT representative for the round-of-32, was scheduled to be played on Saturday, June 6.

There was six weeks between the Federation Cup final and the FFA Cup round-of-32 last year.

If Capital Football is unable to host the preliminary rounds this year, they could opt to send reigning Federation Cup winner Cooma Tigers to the nationwide knock-out competition. However, that scenario would likely draw a backlash from other clubs.

Tuggeranong United coach Mitch Stevens is doubtful the competition can continue in its current format, saying the eventual winner would have an asterisk next to its name.

"It's come and gone. We would have already played our first game of the FFA Cup," Stevens said.

"I miss football as much as anyone, but the last thing you want is to come into something half-cooked, having a modified season that has everything riding on it but no preparation time. It becomes a farce.

"I just don't think that's right at the level we play at."