The 2019–20

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was the 29th annual season of

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knockout competition. The competition started on 20 August 2019 and concluded on 8 July 2020 with the

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at the OSC Metalist in

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. All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the

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as long as those clubs are able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).

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was the defending winner for the last two seasons, but was eliminated by

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in the round of 16. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last nine years winning seven of them.The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: ten facts about the tournament (Кубок Украины-2017/18. Десять фактов о турнире)
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won their 12th Ukrainian Cup title after beating

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8–7 on penalties in the final with the game ending in the 1–1 draw. They therefore qualified to the group stage of the

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, however they can still qualify for the Champions League through league season. Some changes were introduced. Unlike the last season starting with the third round of the competition there was a seeded draw, while for the first two rounds the draw remained blind. This was the first Ukrainian Cup season to implement the

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(VAR) system on some matches, the first game to use VAR was the quarter-final match between

and

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. On 17 March 2020, the

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made a decision to pause all football competitions in the country on 18 March 2020 for an unspecified period of time (until the decision to resume competitions) due to the

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, which caused a postponement of the semi-final and final matches to another date.Vsevolod Mazur.
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Team allocation and schedule

The competition included all professional first teams from the

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(12/12 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (18/22) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament. One more team,

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, withdrew right after approval of the tournament structure, but before the draw of the second preliminary round, to which it qualified as a member of the First League.

Rounds schedule

;''Notes:''

All draws were held at the

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Teams

''Notes:'' * With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist(s). * Four of the Second League second teams (reserves) were not drawn for the competition: Chornomorets-2, Obolon-2, Mykolaiv-2, Avanhard-2.

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a

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Competition schedule

Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)

First Preliminary round (1/64)

In this round eighteen clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the

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are scheduled to play. The draw for this round was to be held on 26 July 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches initially were to be played on 7 August 2019. However, on 26 July 2019 it was announced that draw was postponed due to recent changes in leagues composition (withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv) and conflict with FC Peremoha, the draw was postponed. The draw was finally held on 14 August 2019 with the matches played on 20 August 2019. ;''Notes:''

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is forced to play outside of

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due to ongoing the 2014

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. * Other teams of

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, and FC Avanhard Bziv were hosting their opponents on neutral fields as their home turf for various reasons are not available.

Second Preliminary round (1/32)

In this round 15 clubs will enter from the First League and 10 winners of the previous round (9 clubs from the Second League and 1 amateur club). Due to odd number of teams, one of them received a bye. The draw for this round was held 21 August 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 27 August 2019. ;''Notes:''

* Ahrobiznes was drawn with a bye berth that became available as a result of withdrawal of

(the Kyivan club officially withdrew on 22 July 2019, a month before the draw, yet was considered for the Ukrainian cup competition by the

.). * Match played at Central City Stadium (upper field),

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* Match played at Sonyachnyi Stadium,

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* Match played at Yuvileinyi Stadium,

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(Alians uses the stadium as home field for the season instead of own Alians Arena in

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) * Tavriya Simferopol is forced to play away from Simferopol due to the 2014 Russian occupation of Crimea. The match was played at Mashynobudivnyk Stadium,

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* Match played at Kolos Stadium,

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* Match played at Avanhard Stadium (Bernadsky Garden),

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Third Preliminary round (1/16 finals)

In this round 6 clubs will enter from the

, 1 club from the First League (Chornomorets Odesa) and 13 winners of the previous round (10 clubs from the First League including one club with bye and 3 clubs from the Second League). The draw for this round was held 28 August 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 25 September 2019. ;''Notes:''

* Match played at Lokomotyv Stadium,

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which is used as a home stadium by Kremin. * Match played at Park Peremohy,

* Match rescheduled to 2 October since Mariupol plays its rescheduled Round 4

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game against

Round of 16 (1/8 finals)

In this round the remaining six clubs from the

entered, and the ten winners of the previous round (five clubs from the

, four clubs from the First League and one club from the Second League). The draw for this round was held on 3 October 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 30 October 2019.

Quarter-finals

This round consisted of 5 representatives from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League, and one team from the Second League advanced to this round. Originally scheduled for 1 November 2019, the draw for this round was postponed for December.The Ukrainian Cup: all participants. The draw is in December! (Кубок України: усі учасники. Жеребкування – у грудні!)

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. 31 October 2019 The draw for this round was held on 18 December 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were scheduled to be played on 4 March 2020. On 14 February 2020 the UAF Executive Committee approved changes to the dates of the cup competition as well the Premier Liha.The UAF Executive Committee approved changes to the current season calendar of Favbet Liha (Виконавчий комітет УАФ затвердив зміни в календар поточного сезону Favbet Ліги)

. 14 February 2020 The quarterfinals games were shifted to 11 March 2020.

Semi-finals

This round consisted of 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the First League. Originally the round matches were to be played on 22 April 2020, but later shifted to 15 April 2020. The draw for this round was held as announced on 13 March 2020 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The nominal host for final was identified at the draw for the Ukrainian Cup semifinals as the Mynai/Dynamo pair. The matches were later postponed due to the pause in all competitions in relation to the

Final

The city of

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(

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) was set to host its first Ukrainian Cup final and first major competition final overall. The match was originally planned to be held on 13 May 2020, but was later postponed due to the pause in all competitions in relation to the

Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including preliminary rounds. https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/cup/scorers FootBoom. ''Notes:''

Notes

References

External links

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