The State-wide Top-four grand final will pit the champions of the south against those of the north next weekend.
South Hobart, who won the southern Premier League, beat North-West Coast outfit Devonport City 1-0 at KGV Park on Saturday to make the grand final.
And, northern Premier League champions Northern Rangers overcame another North-West Coast team, Burnie United, 1-0 at home at the NTCA Ground in Launceston on Saturday.
South Hobart will now meet Northern Rangers at KGV Park next Saturday.
South Hobart should have won easily against a Devonport side that badly missed experienced striker Chris McKenna, who tore a hamstring last weekend.
But, despite having 28 attempts at goal, South managed to find the net just once, and that was 3 minutes from the end.
In the meantime, the brave Devonport outfit managed some dangerous counter-attacks and they may well have scored and embarrassed South Hobart but for some misfortune in front of goal.
South Hobart had chances in the first half that fell to Kostas Kanakaris, Andy Brennan, Jonathon Lo, Tom Roach and Daniel Brown, but all were off target or saved by Devonport keeper Josh Smith.
Smith did well to turn an early Kanakaris strike wide for a corner, while near the end of the first half, a Kanakaris right-wing cross caused confusion and panic in the Devonport defence before the ball was cleared.
In the 41st minute, Brennan missed an absolute sitter from point-blank range after Shae Hickey's cross from the right.
Seconds before the interval, a beautiful through-ball by Hickey saw Kanakaris in with a chance, but Grant Ashdown saved the day for Devonport by conceding a corner.
Devonport should have had a penalty in the 54th minute when South Hobart keeper Sam Kruijver upended Nathaneal Cochrane, but Mr Jozeljic waved play on.
Minutes later, Keegan Downes played a ball into the path of Kurt Howard, but Kruijver got to his shot and deflected the ball for a corner.
South Hobart brought on Greg Downes in the 64th minute in place of Hickey and he ultimately turned the match. He was prepared to run at players and, after beating them in wide positions, send over dangerous crosses.
Devonport captain Nathan Gratton and Simon Wilson were strong in the centre of the Devonport defence, but they almost came unstuck in the 68th minute when an error by Gratton gave Jonathon Lo a clear sight of goal, but he somehow blazed over the bar when it looked as if he must score.
Gratton went on the attack in the 80th minute and played a dangerous ball forward to Kurt Howard, but he couldn't control the ball at the vital moment and South Hobart cleared.
In the 87th minute, Downes broke free on the right and played a low ball from the byline across the face of goal. No Devonport defender could get a touch and the ball reached Brennan at the far post and he turned it into the net from two metres for the winner.
Downes repeated the move a minute from the end, but Wook Bum Heo fired straight at the goalkeeper.
A goal by Andrew Nicholson a minute into the second half gave Northern Rangers a 1-0 win over Burnie United.
Rangers coach Adam Whitemore said the conditions were atrocious and on a dry day his side would have won by three or four goals.
Burnie were reduced to ten men when Kaimon Johnson was sent off 20 minutes from the end after collecting a second yellow card.
Burnie were without player-coach Sam Cocks, who was in Hobart, where his wife gave birth to their child.
Defender Peter Van Ek, who had taken training during the week and who was in charge of the team, said his side fought hard and, even when down to ten men, rolled up their sleeves and launched some dangerous counter-attacks.
Match Report by Walterpless
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