The 2023–24 Egypt Cup was the 92nd edition of the

Egypt Cup The Egypt Cup (also known as the Egyptian FA Cup and formerly as the King Farouk Cup) is the main knockout football cup competition in Egypt. It is the oldest club competition in Africa. The first team to win the trophy was Zamalek in 1922. Al A ...

, the oldest recognized

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in Egypt and

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. The competition started on 31 October 2023 with the first preliminary round of the qualifying phase, and concluded with the

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, which was played on 30 August 2024.

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won the title after beating ZED 1–0 in the final, winning their first-ever Egypt Cup and major title.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 after withdrawing from the competition.

Schedule

The schedule for the tournament stages is as follows:

Format

Participation

The Egypt Cup begin with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the

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, along with the 14 winning teams that qualified from the third preliminary round of the qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held on 2 May 2024, 14:00

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), at the

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headquarters in Gezira,

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. The 32 participating teams were separated into 3 pots. Pot 1 included the 15th placed team from the previous season of the

, alongside the 3 promoted teams from the

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, Pot 2 included the top 14 teams from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League, and Pot 3 included all 14 teams who qualified to the competition through the qualifying rounds. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against each other, while teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3. Usually, the Egypt Cup defending champions and the Egyptian Premier League winners are placed in different paths, so both teams could face each other only in the final. However, since

won both the cup and the league last season, they were placed in the upper (league) path, while the league runners-up,

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, were placed in the lower (cup) path.

Match rules

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of

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are played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score is still level after this, the match is decided by a

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. A coin toss decides who takes the first penalty. A total of nine players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to five substitutions being allowed during regulation, and a further sixth is allowed in extra time. All matches starting from the round of 32 are hosted by the teams drawn first, except for the final, which is played on a venue selected by the

Champion qualification

The winners of the Egypt Cup earns automatic qualification for the

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. In case they already qualified for the

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through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot goes to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for a CAF competition through their league position, then the spot is given to the fourth-placed team in the league. Should the competition be not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners would be passed also to the fourth-placed team in the league.

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a

Round of 32

Teams playing in the

entered this round, and were joined by the 14 teams advancing from the qualifying phase. This round included five teams from the

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(third tier): Al Aluminium, Al Nasr,

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, Tersana and Al Wasta; the lowest-ranked teams remaining in the competition. ''All times are

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Round of 16

Starting from this round onwards, all participating teams were winners of the previous round. Tersana were the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition, who were a member of the

(third tier). ''All times are

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Top scorers

Notes

References

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