The 2010–11 Turkish Cup was the 49th edition of the annual tournament that determined the

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() champion under the auspices of the

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(; TFF).

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successfully defeated İstanbul B.B. in the

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. This tournament was conducted under the

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system having replaced at the 44th edition a standard knockout competition scheme.

advanced to the play-off round of the

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and qualified for the 2011 Turkish Super Cup.

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were eliminated in the group stage. Trabzonspor (defending champions),

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(1st,

), Fenerbahçe (2nd), and

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(3rd), automatically qualified for the group stage. 2010-11 Turkish Cup

Teams

First round

The draw for the First Round took place at the headquarters of the TFF in

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on 23 August 2010. The matches were played on 1 September 2010.

Second round

The draw for the Second Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in

on 14 September 2010. The matches were played on 22 September 2010.

Play-off round

The draw for the Third Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in

on 30 September 2010. The matches will be played on 26-27–28 October 2010.

Group stage

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and the previous cup winners were seeded as group heads:

, Fenerbahçe,

, and cup winners

. The sixteen teams who qualified through the first two rounds of elimination matches were randomly drawn into one of the four groups. Every team will play every other team of its group once, either home or away. The winners and runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Bracket

Quarter-finals

In this round the winners and runners-up of all of the previous round's groups were entered. The draw was conducted by the TFF in the Ataköy Olympic House in

on 28 January 2011 at 11:00 local time. There were no seedings in the draw, and consequently teams from the same groups were drawn against each other. The teams competed in two-leg playoffs. The first leg matches were played on 2 and 3 February while the second leg matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2011.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası çeyrek ve yarı final kuraları 28 Ocak'ta çekilecek
tff.org , accessed 22 January 2011 The lowest-ranked, and incidentally the only non-

team to qualify for this stage of the competition was

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, at that time competing in the

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, the 2nd tier of

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Semi-finals

The draw was conducted by the TFF in the Ataköy Olympic House in

on 28 January 2011 at 11:00 local time. The teams competed in two-leg playoffs. The first leg matches were played on 6 and 7 April while the second leg matches were played on 20 and 21 April 2011.

Final

The final was played in

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on 11 May 2011. This was the first time for Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium to host a cup final, which opened its gates in March 2009. The kick-off was at 20:00 EEST.Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium will host the Ziraat Turkish Cup Final
/ref> The match ended on a 2-2 draw and there were no goals in the extra time. Beşiktaş J.K. went on to win the final on penalties.

References

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