The 2018–19

Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference L ...

was the 94th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 18 August 2018 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 19 May 2019 with the final. The

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side

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were the defending champion but they were eliminated by

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

in the semi-final on 25 April 2019 and bring the Basel won their 13th Swiss Cup title.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2017–18 Super League and 2017–18 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2017–18 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from

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are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup. ^TH Title holders.

Round 1

Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition. , - , colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;", 18 August 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;", 19 August 2018

Round 2

The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the third round. , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 14 September 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 15 September 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 16 September 2018

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. No team was seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals. , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 31 October 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 1 November 2018

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in this round. No team was seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the Semi-finals. , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 27 February 2019 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 28 February 2019 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 6 March 2019

Semi-finals

, - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 23 April 2019 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 25 April 2019

Final

, - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 19 May 2019

References

External links

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