The 2010–11

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was the forty-second season of Slovakia's annual knock-out

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cup competition and the eighteenth since the independence of

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. It began on 23 August 2010 and will ended on 8 May 2011 with the final. As the 22nd ranked league system using the

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, the winners of the competition will earn a place in the

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of the

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won the cup after beating

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5–4 on penalties.

Calendar

First round

The games were played on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 and Wednesday, 25 August 2010. Forty teams competed in this round – the 12 competing teams in the

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(second tier) and 28 teams from the

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. Participants were divided into a West division and East division in this stage.

Second round

The draw for the second round was held in September 2010. Nine of the sixteen games were held on Tuesday, 21 September 2010, six on Wednesday, 22 September 2010, and one on Tuesday, 28 September 2010. In this round, the 12 teams from the

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joined the 20 winners from Round 1.

Third round

The sixteen winners of the second round competed in the third round. The draw for the third round was held on 8 October 2010.ŠTK schválila hracie dni a začiatky duelov 3. kola
(Slovak) Games were played on 19 October 2010, with the exception of the ŠK SFM Senec/

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match, which will be played on 26 October 2010.

Quarter-finals

The eight winners from the third round will compete in the two-legged quarterfinals on 2 and 23 November 2010, with the exception of the

/ Tatran NAO Liptovský Mikuláš matches, which took place on 11 November and 1 December 2010.

Semi-finals

The four winners from the quarterfinals will compete in the two-legged semifinals. The first legs took place on 5 April 2011 and the second legs took place on 19 April 2011.

Final

References

External links

Pro Football (Slovak)
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