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Participating clubs

The following 133 teams qualified for the competition:

Preliminary rounds

The first rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues.

First round

All matches were played on 1 and 2 August 2018. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 1 August 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 2 August 2018

Second round

All matches were played on 14, 15 and 16 August 2018. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 14 August 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 15 August 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 16 August 2018

Third round

All matches were played on 28 and 29 August 2018. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 28 August 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 29 August 2018

Fourth round

The matches were played between 11 and 13 September 2018. The game between Flacăra Moreni and Chindia Târgoviște was played on the 18th because it clashed with a rescheduled league match of Chindia. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 11 September 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 12 September 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 13 September 2018 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 18 September 2018

Round of 32

The matches were played on 25, 26 and 27 September 2018.

Round of 16

The matches were played on 30, 31 October and 1 November 2018.

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 26, 27 and 28 February 2019.

Semi-finals

The semi-final matches are played in a round-trip system. The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April 2019 and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 April 2019.Semi-finals matches
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