The 2020 Copa Federación de España was the 28th edition of the

Copa Federación de España The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Preferent ...

, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for

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clubs in

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and

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. The competition began in September with the first games of the Regional stages and ended in December with the final of the National tournament. As part of the new competition format started in 2019, the four semifinalists qualified to the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

first round.

Regional tournaments

Andalusia tournament

The

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(RFAF) decided to create the 'Copa RFAF' in 2020. The finalists would be the Andalusian representatives in the Copa Federación national phase. The best Andalusian teams in groups 9 (Eastern Andalusia and Melilla) and 10 (Western Andalusia and Ceuta) of the

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not qualified for the

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were selected for the competition. The best and second-best qualified teams of each group were seeded and played the quarter-final matches against the fourth and third-best qualified teams of their groups, respectively. The semi-finals were then between the winners from the same group, in order to have one finalist, and therefore one team qualified for the national phase, from each group. On 22 August, during the Assembly of the RFAF, the venues of the semi-finals and the final and the dates of all matches were announced. ;Semifinals ;Final

Aragon tournament

Ejea and Brea joined the tournament.

Final

Asturias tournament

Due to the delay on starting the competitions, the tournament was played in a reduced format based on single-match rounds. 12 teams joined the competition. Semifinals and Final were played at

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, in

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with a limited maximum attendance of 1,000 spectators, after they were moved from

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, in

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due to an outbreak of the

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. Seeded teams joined the competition in the second round. In the first two rounds, if a match ended in a draw the best-ranked team qualified. In the semi-finals and the final, in case of draw there would be directly a penalty shootout, without playing any overtime. The matches of the two first rounds were played at the stadium of the worst qualified team.

Final

Balearic Islands tournament

Platges de Calvià was directly selected by Federació de Futbol de les Illes Balears.

Basque Country tournament

Three teams joined the tournament:

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and

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Final

Canary Islands tournament

Tenisca was directly selected by Federación Canaria de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to

Cantabria tournament

Tropezón was directly selected by Federación Cántabra de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to

Castile-La Mancha tournament

Eight teams joined the tournament.

Final

Castile and León tournament

Four teams joined the tournament: Arandina, Bupolsa,

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and Unionistas. The draw was made 22 September.

Final

Catalonia tournament

Federació Catalana de Fútbol did not send any team to the tournament.

Extremadura tournament

18 teams joined the tournament, consisting in a single-game knockout tournament.

Final

Galicia tournament

Estradense, Pontellas,

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and

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joined the tournament. The draw was made 24 September.

Final

La Rioja tournament

Three teams joined the tournament:

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and Náxara. The draw was made 22 September.

Final

Madrid tournament

Preliminary round

;Group 1 ;Group 2

Final

The final will be played in the García de la Mata field in

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. Each game will last 45 minutes.

Murcia tournament

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was directly selected by Federación de Fútbol de la Región de Murcia due to sporting merits (being the best team qualified in

that was not yet qualified to the

Navarre tournament

Beti Kozkor was directly selected by Federación Navarra de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to

Valencian Community tournament

3 teams joined the tournament:

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and

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. The tournament was played in the Guillermo Olagüe field in

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. Each game lasted 45 minutes.

National phase

National phase was played between October and December with 32 teams (18 winners of the Regional Tournaments and 14 teams of

). The four semifinalists qualified to

first round. Times are

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, (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Qualified teams

;Best non-reserve teams from

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not qualified to

(3 from each group plus the next best 2 overall) *

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(3) *

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(3) * Gimnàstic (3) *

(3) *

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(3) *

Llagostera Llagostera is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Gironès in Catalonia, Spain. During the 20th century, it was known for the production of cork and derived articles. It is located 20 km south of Girona and 15 km west from the Medi ...

(3) *

Leioa Leioa ( es, Lejona) is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its populat ...

(3) *

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(3) *

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(3) *

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(3) * Recreativo (3) * Salamanca UDS (3) *

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(3) * Villarrubia (3) ;Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments *

(4) *

(4) * Beti Kozkor (4) * Calvo Sotelo (4) * Caudal (4) * Ejea (3) *

(4) *

(4) * Moralo (4) * Platges de Calvià (4) *

(4) * Tenisca (4) *

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(4) * Tropezón (4) * Unionistas (3) *

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(4) * Móstoles URJC (4) * ''(Vacant)''

Draw

The draw of all the tournament was held at the headquarters of the RFEF on 5 October. Teams were divided into four pots according to geographical criteria. Each pot will play independently until the semi-finals.

Bracket

Round of 32

;Pot A ;Pot B ;Pot C

(4) was given a bye to Round of 16.
;Pot D

Round of 16

;Pot A ;Pot B ;Pot C ;Pot D

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified to the

first round.
;Pot A ;Pot B ;Pot C ;Pot D

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

Royal Spanish Football Federation
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