The 2010 Kazakhstan Cup was the 17th season of the

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

, the annual nationwide football cup competition of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

since the independence of the country. The competition started on 9 April 2008 and finished with the Final played on 16 November 2008. The winners of the Cup earned a place in

second qualifying round The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each ...

of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

First round

The first round involved 28 teams. When the draw was conducted teams were divided into three pots to avoid matches between the strongest clubs in the early stage of competition. The matches were played on April 9, 2008.

Round of 16

The matches were played on April 23, 2008.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal matches were played on May 7 (first legs) and May 14, 2008 (second legs).

Semifinals

The first legs were played on October 28 and second on November 12, 2008. The expulsion of

FC Vostok FC Vostok ( kk, Восток Футбол Клубы, ''Vostok Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh football club from Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), and a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League in 1992. The club's best finish in the league was ...

, assessed on September 16, 2008 by the

Football Federation of Kazakhstan The Kazakhstan Football Federation (KFF, kz, Қазақстанның Футбол Федерациясы, Qazaqstannyñ Futbol Federatsıiasy; rus, Федерация Футбола Казахстана, r=Federatsiya Futbola Kazakhstana) is th ...

for taking part in a fixed match, was revoked on October 2, 2008.Состоялось заседание Апелляционного комитета Федерации Футбола Казахстана.

Final

External links

Official site

References

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2008 domestic association football cups

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