The 2010–11

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was the 20th annual season of

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knockout competition, and third under the name of ''DATAGROUP – Football Ukraine Cup''. The Cup begins with two preliminary rounds, before the first round proper involving the Premier League clubs. The draw for both the preliminary rounds was held on July 14, 2010. The First Preliminary Round consists of teams from

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and Amateur Cup champions and has only five fixtures. In the Second Preliminary Round teams of the

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enter the competition. Sixteen teams, winners of the 2nd preliminary round enter the first round or the round of 32 where the

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teams enter the competition for the first time.

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was the defending champion and as a member of the Premier League enter the competition at the round of 32. Tavriya were eliminated in the round of 32 by

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1–4. This season's winner enters the

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of the UEFA Europa League 2011–12.

Format

This season's format for the main event has changed again. The announcement of the format was given during the draw of the round 32 in the headquarters of the FFU. All matches consist of a single game and would include extra time and series of penalties if necessary to identify a winner. The broadcast of the draw was officially conducted for the first time by one of the sponsors of the

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. The draw was blind. All participants were ranked according to their table standings on September 8, 2010 and listed in that order for the draw. All seeds of pairs were numerated such as the first pair consisted of number 1 and number 2, the second pair of number 3 and number 4, the third – 5 and 6, and so on. Clubs of a lower league when seeded with one from a higher would receive a home advantage. However, in case for the same league seeded clubs, the hosting club was identified by an odd number that was drawn upon calling its name. A former Soviet player

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was invited as a "special guest" to conduct the draw. For each announced club from the ranking list a ball with a number was drawn from a pot. According to the number, the announced club was placed into the seed with the corresponding number. The first club that was announced was

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. For the round of 16 draw, Viktor Leonenko was invited as the honorary visitor. Fifty eight teams entered the Ukrainian Cup competition.

Distribution

Round and draw dates

All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in

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unless stated otherwise.

Competition schedule

First Preliminary Round

In this round entered 8 clubs from the

, the winner of the

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, and the newly admitted club from

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all seeded into five fixtures. The round matches are scheduled to be played July 28, 2010. ;''Notes:'' Match not played due to ''Ros Bila Tserkva's'' financial difficulties Qualify as Amateur Cup Champions of Ukraine 2009. The match was played on July 27, 2010

Second Preliminary Round

In this round entered all 17 clubs from

(except Dynamo-2 Kyiv) and the higher seeded 10 clubs from the

. They were drawn against the 5 winners of the First Preliminary Round. The round matches are scheduled were played August 18, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

Bracket

The pairings for each round were not known from the incept.

Round of 32

In this round entered all 16 teams from the

. They were drawn against the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of nine clubs from the First League, six clubs from the Second League, and one representative from the amateur league. The draw took place September 8, 2010. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;''Notes:''

Round of 16

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 10 clubs, the First League – 4, and the Second League – 2. The draw for the round took place on October 1, 2010. ;''Notes:'' Initially the management of '' Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine'' informed their opponents that the club has removed itself from further competitions. However, four days later the club informed the PFL that their financial state had stabilized and that they would play.

Quarter-finals

In this round entered winners from the previous round. The Premier League is represented with 7 clubs and the First League with 1 club. The draw for the round took place on October 28, 2010.

Semi-finals

In this round, winners from the previous round were entered. The draw for the round took place on November 25, 2010.

Final

Top goalscorers

References

External links

PFL official website

UPL official website
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