The 2022–23

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was the 33rd edition of the Iraqi knockout

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cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring clubs from the top three tiers of the Iraqi football league system (

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and

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). The competition began on 1 November 2022 with the first round, and the final was played on 5 August 2023 at

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. The winners of the competition were

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, who won their sixth title with a 1–0 victory over

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Schedule

The rounds of the 2022–23 competition are scheduled as follows:

First round

Masafi Al-Junoob, Al-Ghadhriya and Afak received byes to the second round. ;Baghdad Section ;Northern Section ;Southern Section ;Central Euphrates Section ;Western Section

Second round

Al-Jaish,

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, Rabia, Al-Minaa, Al-Bahri,

Samarra Samarra (, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and mi ...

, and Diyala received byes to the third round. ;Baghdad Section ;Northern Section ;Southern Section ;Central Euphrates Section ;Western Section

Third round

;Baghdad Section ;Northern Section ;Southern Section ;Central Euphrates Section ;Western Section

Third round play-off

;Baghdad Section ;Central Euphrates Section

Final phase

Bracket

Round of 32

20 top-tier teams and 12 lower-tier teams competed in this round.

Round of 16

12 top-tier teams and 4 lower-tier teams competed in this round.

Quarter-finals

7 top-tier teams and 1 lower-tier team compete in this round.

Semi-finals

All remaining teams are from the top-tier.

Final

References

External links

Iraq Football Association
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