The Italian Women's Cup (

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: Coppa Italia di calcio femminile) is the national

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cup competition in

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and was first held in 1971.

Format

Coppa Italia is open to teams competing in

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(10 teams) and

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(16 teams) for a total of 26 participants. The teams are ordered based on their final league position in the previous season, with Serie A teams first followed by Serie B, and the team(s) promoted to Serie A above the team(s) relegated to Serie B. The order is used to arrange the teams into three pools of unequal sizes: 8, 14 and 4. The tournament itself consists of five rounds plus a preliminary round. The last four teams participate in the preliminary round to compete in a single-leg knock-out with a predetermined match-up (23rd vs 26th and 24th vs 25th) for two spots in round 1. The middle 14 teams and the two winners of the preliminary round compete in round 1, consisting again of single-leg matches. In round 2, the 8 winners of round 1 meet the first 8 teams in single-leg matches to determine the quarter-finalists. The quarter- and semi-finals use a two-leg system, with home and away rounds, while the final is once again a single-leg match held on neutral ground.

List of finals

Notes

References

External links

Cup
at soccerway.com

Bibliography

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1971 establishments in Italy