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; it was Inter's eighth Coppa Italia title, and their first since

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Participating teams

Format and seeding

Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows: * First phase (one-legged fixtures) ** Qualfying round: four teams from Serie C and 4 Serie B teams started the tournament ** Round of 64: the four winners were joined by 16 Serie B teams and 12 teams from Serie A ** Round of 32: the 16 winners faced each other * Second phase ** Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight winners were joined by Serie A clubs, seeded 1–8 ** Quarter-finals (one-legged): the eight winners faced each other ** Semi-finals (two-legged): the four winners faced each other ** Final (one-legged): the two winners faced each other

Round dates

The schedule of each round was announced on 12 July 2021.

Qualifying round

A total of 8 teams from Serie B and Serie C competed in this round, 4 of which advanced to the first round. Date and time were released on 21 July 2021.

Round of 64

A total of 32 teams (4 winners from the preliminary round, the remaining 16 teams from Serie B and 12 Serie A teams seeded 9–20) competed in this round, 16 of which advanced to the second round.

Round of 32

The 16 winning teams from the first round competed in the second round, 8 of which advanced to the round of 16.

Bracket

Round of 16

The round of 16 matches were played between the eight winners from the second round and clubs seeded 1–8 in

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. Lecce were the only Serie B club in this round.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.

Semi-finals

Semi-finals (a two-legged round) were played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.

Participating teams

Format and seeding

Round dates

Qualifying round

Round of 64

Round of 32

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

References