The 2024–25

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's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 28 July 2024. The winners of the competition qualified for the

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were the defending champions. Match times up to 27 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (

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Competition format

The competition consists of eleven proper rounds. All rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first four rounds, penalties will be taken immediately. From round five, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes will be played, then penalties are to be taken if still necessary.

Round and draw dates

First round

This round of matches were played on 28 July 2024. For this initial round, teams were split into ten groups according to geolocation.

Second round

This was played on 4 August 2024 between the 70 winning clubs from the first round who were joined by the 62 clubs from Division 3. The match between Landen and Aubel originally ended 0–2 but was converted into a forfeit victory due to a breach of the substitution rules from Aubel's team.

Third round

This round was played on 11 August 2024 and featured the 66 teams that won in the second round and the 44 teams from the Division 2.

Fourth round

This round was played on 18 August 2024 and featured the 55 winners from the previous round as well as the 21 clubs from the National Division 1.

Fifth round

This round was played on 25 August 2024 and featured the 38 winners from the previous round.

Sixth round

This round is set to be played from 6 to 8 September 2024 and will feature the 19 winners from the previous round and the 13 eligible clubs from the

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Seventh round

The draw for the seventh round took place on 9 September 2024 and included the sixteen teams that progressed from the sixth round and the sixteen teams from the

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. The Pro League teams were seeded and could not meet each other. Furthermore, the five non-professional teams left in the draw were always entitled to home-ground advantage, except for Belisia Bilzen, Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, and Rochefort as their respective home grounds were not deemed suitable to host a cup match. This round is set to be played from 29 to 31 October 2024.

Eighth round

The draw for the eighth round took place on 31 October 2024, immediately after the completion of the final match of the previous round. No more seedings were used during the draw. Arguably, the most notable pairing was that between Genk and Standard, although former Club Brugge goalkeeper and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen manager Stijn Stijnen was awarded a home tie against his former club which also stood out.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals took place on 5 December 2024, immediately after completion of the final match.

Semi-finals

The four quarter-final winners entered the semi-finals, held over two legs.

First legs

Second legs

Final

Notes

References

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