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The 2020–21
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was the 67th season of the annual
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knockout tournament. It began on 8 August 2020 with the first matches of the preliminary round and ended with the final on 2 May 2021 at
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. The 2020–21 edition of the Polish Cup was sponsored by Fortuna, making the official name Fortuna Puchar Polski. Winners of the competition qualified for the second qualifying round of the
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. The defending champions Cracovia were eliminated by
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in the semi-finals. Raków won the final 2–1 against
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, achieving their first Polish Cup title ever.


Participating teams

;Notes # Gryf Wejherowo was excluded from the competition.


Prize money

The PZPN Board of Directors determined the size of the prizes at its meeting on April 27, 2020.


Round and draw dates


Preliminary round

The matches were played on 8 and 9 August 2020. Participating in this round were the 8 lowest ranked teams from
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(which finished 2019–20 season on positions 11-18). With reference to the competition regulations, the matches were played according to the following scheme: 11th team of 2019–20 season will be a host of match against 18th team, 12th team will be a host of match against 17th team, 13th team will be a host of match against 16th team, 14th team will be a host of match against 15th team. , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 8 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 9 August 2020 ;Notes *Note 1: Gryf Wejherowo was excluded from the competition.


Round of 64

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of
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on 27 July 2020. The matches were played from 13 August to 2 September 2020. Participating in this round were the 4 winners from the previous round, 16 teams from the
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, 18 teams from the 2019–20 I liga, 10 highest ranked teams from
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and 16 winners of the regional cup competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2020–21 season or by first drawn teams in a case of match between clubs from the same division. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 13 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 14 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 15 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 16 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 19 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 21 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 22 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 23 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 25 August 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 2 September 2020


Round of 32

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of
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on 11 September 2020. The matches should be originally played from 29 October to 4 November 2020, but due to
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several of games were postponed. Finally first match of this round has been played on 30 October 2020 and last game has been played on 2 December 2020. Participating in this round were the 32 winners from the previous round. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2020–21 season or by first drawn teams in a case of match between clubs from the same division. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 30 October 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 31 October 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 2 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 3 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 4 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 14 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 17 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 20 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 25 November 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 1 December 2020 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 2 December 2020


Round of 16

Participating in this round were the 16 winners from the previous round. The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of
PZPN The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...
on 8 December 2020. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2020–21 season or by first drawn teams in a case of match between clubs from the same division. The games were played on 9-16 February 2021. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 9 February 2021 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 10 February 2021 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 11 February 2021 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 16 February 2021


Quarter-finals

Participating in this round were the 8 winners from the previous round. The draw for this round was conducted in the
PZPN The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...
headquarter on 12 February 2021. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2020–21 season or by first drawn teams in a case of match between clubs from the same division. The games were played on 2 and 3 March 2021. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 2 March 2021 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 3 March 2021


Semi-finals

Participating in this round are the 4 winners from the previous round. The draw for this round was conducted in the
PZPN The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...
headquarter on 4 March 2021. Games will be hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2020–21 season or by first drawn teams in a case of match between clubs from the same division. The games will be played on 7 and 14 April 2021. ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 7 April 2021 , - ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;", 14 April 2021


Final


Notes


References

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