The 2020–21
Iraq FA Cup
The Iraq Cup (), commonly known as the Iraq FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in men's domestic Football in Iraq, Iraqi football organised by the Iraq Football Association. Firs ...
was the 31st edition of the Iraqi knockout
football
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cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in
Iraqi football, featuring 126 teams (20 from the
Iraqi Premier League and 106 from the
Iraqi First Division League and
Iraqi Second Division League
The Iraqi Second Division League is a Association football, football league that is the fourth tier of the Iraqi football league system. The league was founded in 1974, and consists of 20 teams split into two groups in the first stage. The top fou ...
). It started on 20 October 2020 and
the final was played on 19 July 2021 at
Al-Shaab Stadium in
Baghdad
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.
The winners of the competition were
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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...
, who won their fifth title with a penalty shootout victory over
Al-Zawraa, becoming the first Iraqi club to win the
double
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since the 2001–02 season.
Schedule
The rounds of the 2020–21 competition were scheduled as follows:
First round
Al-Tijara,
Al-Atheer,
Jisr Diyala,
Al-Baiyaa,
Al-Kadhimiya,
Al-Nasr wal-Salam,
Al-Najda,
Al-Ghadhriya,
Qalat Saleh, Ahrar Maysan and
Al-Sumoud received byes to the second round.
;Baghdad Section
;Southern and Central Euphrates Section
;Western Section
;Northern Section
Second round
Al-Taliea,
Al-Musayyib,
Masafi Al-Wasat,
Jabla,
Jenaain Babil,
Al-Suwaira,
Al-Noor and
Baladiyat Al-Mosul received byes to the third round.
[
;Baghdad Section
;Southern and Central Euphrates Section
;Western Section
;Northern Section
]
Third round
Haifa
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and Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli received byes to the fourth round.[
;Baghdad Section
;Southern and Central Euphrates Section
;Western Section
;Northern Section
]
Fourth round
Al-Jamahir, Al-Jolan, Shahraban, Al-Khalis, Newroz and Al-Shirqat received byes to the Round of 32.[
;Baghdad Section
;Southern and Central Euphrates Section
;Northern Section
]
Final phase
Bracket
Round of 32
20 top-tier teams and 12 lower-tier teams competed in this round.[
]
Round of 16
14 top-tier teams and 2 lower-tier teams competed in this round.[
]
Quarter-finals
All remaining teams are from the top-tier.[
]
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Iraq Football Association
{{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 Iraq FA Cup
Iraq
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Cup
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