The 2021 Korean FA Cup, known as Hana Bank FA Cup due to sponsorship agreement with

Hana Bank Hana Bank (; KEB Hana Bank outside South Korea) is a commercial bank headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Since its establishment as Korea Exchange Bank in 1967, it provides the largest range of foreign exchange products in South Korea. History ...

, was the 26th edition of the

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. Similar to the previous year,

U-League The U-League, officially KUSF College Sports U-League (Korean: KUSF 대학스포츠 U-리그), is operated by the Korea University Sports Federation (KUSF), the organization which oversees college sports in South Korea. The KUSF U-League operates in ...

teams did not participate, and the top ten sides from the K5 League gained qualification instead.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup S ...

were the defending champions, but were defeated by Yangju Citizen FC in the round of 16.

Jeonnam Dragons The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean: 전남 드래곤즈) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play thei ...

defeated

Daegu FC Daegu FC (Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was re ...

in the final on the

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(4–4 on aggregate) to win their fourth cup title. As winners, they qualified for the

2022 AFC Champions League Group stage The 2022 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 15 April to 1 May 2022 for the East Region and from 7 to 27 April 2022 for the West Region. A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of th ...

Calendar

First round

The draw was held on 4 February 2021.

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 14 June 2021.KFA Youtube Draw Live

Semi-finals

Final

''Jeonnam Dragons won on the

.''

References

External links

Official FA Cup Page at KFA Website

Korean FA Cup
Soccerway.com
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