2021–22 Belgian Cup

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2021–22 Belgian Cup
Country Belgium
Dates25 July 2021 – 16 or 17 April 2022

The 2021–22 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 67th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition will begin on 25 July 2021 and ended with the final on 16 or 17 April 2022. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

Competition format[]

The competition consists of one preliminary round, followed by ten proper rounds. All rounds were single-match elimination rounds, with the exception of the semi-finals which are again held over two legs. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties were taken immediately. From round four, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes was played, then penalties were taken if still necessary.

Teams entered the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2021–22 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Division 3 or lower began in round 1, with the exception of six teams from the Belgian Provincial Leagues which were randomly drawn to start in the preliminary round. Belgian Division 2 teams entered in round 2, Belgian National Division 1 teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 (except two already in round 3) and finally the Belgian First Division A teams entered in round 6 (except two already in round 5).

Round Clubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary Round 312 6 none 6 Belgian Provincial Leagues (6 teams)
Round 1 309 220 3 217 Belgian Division 3 (63 teams) and Belgian Provincial Leagues (154 teams)
Round 2 199 158 110 48 Belgian Division 2 (48 teams)
Round 3 120 96 79 17 Belgian National Division 1 (15 teams) and Belgian First Division B (2 teams)
Round 4 72 48 48 none none
Round 5 48 32 24 8 Belgian First Division B (6 teams) and Belgian First Division A (2 teams)
Round 6 32 32 16 16 Belgian First Division A (16 teams)
Round 7 16 16 16 none none
Quarter-Finals 8 8 8 none none
Semi-Finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Round and draw dates[]

Round Draw date Match date
Preliminary Round 28 June 2021 25 July 2021
First Round 31 July & 1 August 2021
Second Round 7 & 8 August 2021
Third Round 14-18 August 2021
Fourth Round 21-25 August 2021
Fifth Round 29 August 2021
Sixth Round TBD 26 - 28 October 2021
Seventh Round TBD 1 & 2 December 2021
Quarter-finals TBD 21 - 23 December 2021
Semi-finals TBD Leg 1: 1 - 3 February 2022
Leg 2: 1 - 3 March 2022
Final 16 or 17 April 2022

Preliminary round[]

This round of matches were played on 25 July 2021[1] and included six teams playing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues.

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