The 2020–21

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was the 30th annual season of

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knockout competition. The competition started on 26 August 2020 and concluded on 13 May 2021 with the

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at the

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.Officially. UAF Executive Committee approved Ternopil as the venue for Ukrainian Cup Final 2020/2021

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. 29 May 2020. All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the

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. This season was the first, when two teams started the competition from the quarter-final stage: the defending winners (

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) and the champions of Ukraine of the previous season (

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won their joint-record 13th Ukrainian Cup title after beating

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1–0 in extra time in the final. They therefore qualified to the play-off round of the

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, however they qualified for the Champions League through league season. Due to the ongoing

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, access of spectators to stadium was limited, but was allowed to one of postponed games (matches) of the first preliminary round on 9 September 2020 at Slavutych Arena.

Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the

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(14/14 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (23/27) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Three second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament,

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did not participate.

Rounds schedule

Teams

''Notes:'' *

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and

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entered competitions at quarterfinals. * 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 teams were not drawn for the competition: FC Kalush (withdrew before the draw), Volyn-2, Mykolaiv-2, Obolon-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, 13 clubs from the First League, 23 clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the

entered the competition. The draw was held on 21 August 2020.Ukrainian Cup 2020/2021: the draw of the First Preliminary stage of the tournament took place

. 21 August 2020. ;Notes

Second preliminary round (1/32)

In this round, 3 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 19 winners of the First preliminary round (11 clubs from First League, 7 – Second League, 1 – amateurs). The draw was held on 10 September 2020.

Third preliminary round (1/16)

In this round, 11 clubs from the

will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Second preliminary round (7 clubs from First League, 3 – Second League, 1 – amateurs). The draw was held on 18 September 2020. *''Notes:''

Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round,

from the

will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Third preliminary round (8 clubs from Premier League, 3 – First League, 1 – Second League). The draw was held on 27 October 2020.Sergei Oleksiuk.
Desna is hosting Zoria in Round of 16 of the Ukrainian Cup (Десна прийме Зорю в 1/8 фіналу Кубка України)
'. Sport Arena. 27 October 2020 The game Desna – Zorya was postponed to 16 December 2020.

Quarter-finals (1/4)

In this round,

and

from the

will enter the competition and join the 6 winners of the Round of 16 (4 clubs from Premier League, 2 – First League). The draw was held on 18 December 2020.

Semi-finals (1/2)

The base date for matches of this round is 21 April 2021. The draw was held on 4 March 2021.

Final

The city of

hosted its first Ukrainian Cup final at

and first major competition final overall, after the previous season's final was initially moved from Ternopil to

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and then moved again to

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due to the

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Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including preliminary rounds. Scorers
FootBoom. ''Notes:''

References

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