The 2014–15 Hazfi Cup was the 28th season of the

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ian football knockout competition.

Tractor Sazi Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

was the defending champion but was eliminated by Padideh in quarter-finals. The competition started on 1 September 2014 and ended on 1 June 2015. Zob Ahan won their third title after defeating

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in the

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Participating teams

Totally 102 teams participated in the 2014–15 season. These teams were divided into four main groups which are introduced here. Teams in bold were still active in the competition: 16 teams of

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

: 24 teams of Azadegan League: 28 teams of

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: 34 teams from Provincial League:

First stage

In the first stage of "2014–15 Hazfi Cup", 96 teams were present. Three rounds were played in this stage and finally 13 teams qualified for the second stage.

First Round

The first round started with 34 teams that contained the champions of each province in the Provincial League, in addition to Khoramshahr and

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's champion and

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's runner-up. Out of these, 20 teams qualified for the second round, six teams had rest and qualified for the second stage directly.http://www.hazfi-cup.com/news?id=1312697&title=_-_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%AF

Second Round

For the second round, twenty qualified teams faced each other and 10 teams qualified for the third round.

Third Round

For the third round, ten qualified teams from second round faced 24 teams from Azadegan League and 28 from

. Two teams had rest and 60 teams faced each other and 32 teams qualified for the fourth round.

Fourth Round

For the fourth round, 32 qualified teams faced each other and finally, 16 teams qualified for the second stage.

Second stage

The 16 teams from

entered the competition from the second stage.

Fifth Round (Round of 32)

Sixth Round (Round of 16)

Quarter-Final (1/4 Final - Last 8)

Semi-Final (1/2 Final - Last 4)

Final

Bracket

Note: H: ''Home team'', A: ''Away team''

Top scorers

References

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Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (Jām-e Hazfi; ) is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Cha ...