The 2021–22
Russian Cup was the 30th season of the Russian
football
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knockout tournament since the dissolution of the
Soviet Union
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.
The competition qualification started on 14 July 2021 and it concluded on 29 May 2022. The
final
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was attended by almost 70,000 fans at the
Luzhniki Stadium
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Luzhniki Stadium, is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. Its total seating capacity of 78,011 makes it the List of football stadiums in R ...
.
The winner of the cup would normally win entry into the
2022–23 UEFA Europa League
The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League was the 52nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 14th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
Sevilla defeated Roma in the final pl ...
; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice. The
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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was cited as the reason. Nevertheless, the winners do qualify for the
2022 Russian Super Cup.
Round dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Teams
Qualifying round
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Elite group round (1/32 and 1/16 finals)
At this stage, 11
RPL teams enter the tournament, not playing in European competition. They are joined by 11 FNL teams and 11 PFL teams, winners of the last stage of the cup. The selection takes place in 11 groups. Each group contains one team from RPL, FNL and PFL.
The group stage will be held in 3 rounds. Teams from the lower leagues will play matches at home:
* 1st round. August 25–26. PFL v FNL.
* 2nd round. September 22–23. PFL v RPL.
* 3rd round. October 27. FNL v RPL.
The system of scoring and determining the winners in the group round based on the results of each match:
* for winning in regulation time - 3 points.
* for a draw in regulation time and a victory on penalties - 2 points.
* for a draw in regulation time and defeat on penalties - 1 point.
* points are not awarded for a defeat in regular time.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
The draw was held on 4 March 2022 in 16:00
MSK (
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) live on russian sports channel «Match TV» and media portal «Sportbox.ru».
Rules for the draw:
* Each team able to play against each team;
* If the team played their last game (round of 16) at home, in quarter-final stage the game will be played at away;
* If the 2 teams on round of 16 played their game at home (or away), in quarter-final «home team» was determined by first team that was ball out.
On 30 March make available dates of the matches.
Semi-finals
The draw will be held on 21 April 2022 in 21:00
MSK (
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) live on russian sports channel «
Match TV
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The channel began broadcasting on November 1, 2015, and had been created in accordance with the order of Russian president Vladimir Putin, with the a ...
» and media portal «
Sportbox.ru».
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Final
References
External links
Official page
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Russian Cup seasons
Cup
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