The 2014–15 Hazfi Cup was the 28th season of the

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ian football knockout competition.

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was the defending champion but was eliminated by Padideh in the quarter-finals. The competition started on 1 September 2014 and ended on 1 June 2015. Zob Ahan won their third title, defeating

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in the

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Participating teams

Totally 102 teams participated in the 2014–15 season. These teams were divided into four main groups, including 16 teams of the

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, 24 teams of the

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, 28 teams of the

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and 34 teams from the Provincial League.

First stage

In the first stage of "2014–15 Hazfi Cup", 96 teams were present. Three rounds were played in this stage and finally 13 teams qualified for the second stage.

First round

The first round started with 34 teams that contained the champions of each province in the Provincial League, in addition to

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and

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's champion and

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's runner-up. Six teams were given byes to the second round.Hazfi Cup
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Second round

For the second round, twenty qualified teams faced each other and 10 teams qualified for the third round.

Third round

For the third round, ten qualified teams from second round faced 24 teams from

and 28 from

. Two teams were given byes to the fourth round.

Fourth round

Second stage

Bracket

Note: H: ''Home team'', A: ''Away team''

Fifth round (round of 32)

The 16 teams from

entered the competition in this round.

Sixth round (round of 16)

Quarter-Final (1/4 Final – Last 8)

Semi-final (1/2 final – last 4)

Final

Top scorers

References

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