The 2017–18

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...

was the 86th edition of the oldest recognised

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tournament in

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. It was sponsored by

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, and known as the Telecom Egypt Cup for sponsorship purposes. 286 clubs were accepted into the tournament. It began with the first qualifying round on 23 September 2017, and concluded with the final on 15 May 2018. The winner qualifies for the

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side

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were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by

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in the

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on 30 April 2018.

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won their 26th title after defeating

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5–4 on penalties in the

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, after the match ended 1–1 after

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, winning their 5th Egypt Cup in 6 seasons.

Teams

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the

had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 14 available places in the

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. The qualifying competition began with the first qualifying round on 23 September 2017. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 27 and 28 October 2017.

Round of 32

A total of 32 clubs played in this round; 14 winners of the fifth qualifying round, and 18 teams from the

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entering in this round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira,

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. The matches were played from 7 to 11 November 2017. The round included one team from Level 3 still in the competition,

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, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round. ''All times are

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Round of 16

A total of 16 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira,

. The matches were played from 7 December 2017 to 13 April 2018. The round included three teams from Level 2 still in the competition,

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, El Gouna and Haras El Hodoud, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round. ''All times are

(

).''

Quarter-finals

A total of 8 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira,

. The matches were played from 14 April 2018 to 2 May 2018. ''All times are

(

).''

Semi-finals

A total of 4 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira,

. The matches were played on 7 and 8 May 2018. ''All times are

(

).''

Final

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a

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References

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