2017–18 Egypt Cup

2017–18 Egypt Cup
Country Egypt
Dates 23 September – 28 October 2017 (qualifying competition)
7 November 2017 – 15 May 2018 (main competition)
Teams 286 (overall)
254 (qualifying competition)
32 (main competition)
Defending champions Al Ahly
Champions Zamalek
(26th Egypt Cup title)
Runners-up Smouha
Confederation Cup Zamalek
Top goal scorer(s) Kabongo Kasongo
(4 goals)

The 2017–18 Egypt Cup was the 86th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It was sponsored by Telecom Egypt, and known as the Telecom Egypt Cup for sponsorship purposes. 286 clubs were accepted into the tournament. It began with the First Qualifying Round on 23 September 2017, and concluded with the final on 15 May 2018. The winner qualifies for the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup.

Premier League side Al Ahly were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al Assiouty Sport in the quarter-finals on 30 April 2018.[1]

Zamalek won their 26th title after defeating Smouha 5–4 on penalties in the final, after the match ended 1–1 after extra time, winning their 5th Egypt Cup in 6 seasons.

Teams

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Round of 3232321418Egyptian Premier League
Round of 16161616nonenone
Quarter-finals888nonenone
Semi-finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date Match date
Qualifying rounds First Qualifying Round 18 September 2017 23–28 September 2017
Second Qualifying Round 30 September 2017 3–5 October 2017
Third Qualifying Round 11 October 2017 16–17 October 2017
Fourth Qualifying Round 19 October 2017 22–24 October 2017
Fifth Qualifying Round 25 October 2017 27–28 October 2017
Main tournament Round of 32 1 November 2017[2] 7–11 November 2017
Round of 16 7 December 2017 – 13 April 2018
Quarter-finals 14 April – 2 May 2018
Semi-finals 7–8 May 2018
Final 15 May 2018

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Egyptian Premier League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 14 available places in the Round of 32. The qualifying competition began with the First Qualifying Round on 23 September 2017. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 27 and 28 October 2017.

Round of 32

A total of 32 clubs played in this round; 14 winners of the Fifth Qualifying Round, and 18 teams from the Premier League entering in this round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[2] The matches were played from 7 to 11 November 2017. The round included one team from Level 3 still in the competition, Asyut Petroleum, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Round of 16

A total of 16 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[2] The matches were played from 7 December 2017 to 13 April 2018.[lower-alpha 1] The round included three teams from Level 2 still in the competition, FC Masr, El Gouna and Haras El Hodoud, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

  1. 1 2 3 Two matches, Misr Lel Makkasa v Al Mokawloon and Al Ahly v El Dakhleya, were postponed due to conflicting with a postponed league match involving Al Ahly and Misr Lel Makkasa, which was set to be played on 10 December 2017; the same day the cup matches were scheduled to be played on. The Egyptian Football Association announced that the postponed cup matches will be played on 9 January 2018 and 22 March 2018 respectively. However, Al Ahly v El Dakhleya match was postponed again due to conflicting with the Egyptian national team friendly match against Portugal in preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup; and the match was rescheduled again to be played on 13 April 2018.

Quarter-finals

A total of 8 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[2] The matches were played from 14 April 2018 to 2 May 2018.[lower-alpha 1]

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

  1. 1 2 3 4 All quarter-final matches were scheduled to be played from 13 to 16 April 2018, but due to the scheduling conflicts that occurred after rescheduling Al Ahly v El Dakhleya match in the round of 16 to 13 April 2018 instead of 22 March 2018, and due to the rescheduling of Matchday 31 and 32 in the Egyptian Premier League, all quarter-final matches, except Al Mokawloon v Ismaily, were postponed and rescheduled to be played between 30 April and 2 May 2018.

Semi-finals

A total of 4 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 1 November 2017 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[2] The matches were played on 7 and 8 May 2018.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Final

Smouha 1–1 (a.e.t.) Zamalek
Hassan  5' Report Kasongo  86'
Penalties
Bakry
Moaz
Y. Ibrahim
Salah
Farid 		4–5 Alaa
Hamed
Gomaa
Nagguez
Obama
Referee: Mohamed Farouk

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 32
7–11 November 2017 		Round of 16
7 December 2017 – 13 April 2018 		Quarter-finals
14 April – 2 May 2018 		Semi-finals
7–8 May 2018 		Final
15 May 2018
          
Al Ahly 5
Telephonat Beni Suef 0
Al Ahly 2
El Dakhleya 0
Al Nasr 0
El Dakhleya 1
Al Ahly 0
Al Assiouty Sport 1
Al Assiouty Sport 1
El Raja 0
Al Assiouty Sport 3
Al Ittihad 1
Al Ittihad 2
Ala'ab Damanhour 1
Al Assiouty Sport 1 (3)
Smouha (p) 1 (4)
Smouha 2
Olympic Club 1
Smouha 2
Petrojet 1
Petrojet 1
National Bank 0
Smouha (p) 0 (3)
Wadi Degla 0 (1)
Wadi Degla 1
Kafr El Sheikh 0
Wadi Degla 1
Al Masry 0
Al Masry 3
Beni Ebeid 0
Smouha 1 (4)
Zamalek (p) 1 (5)
Misr Lel Makkasa (a.e.t.) 3
Al Merreikh 1
Misr Lel Makkasa 0 (5)
Al Mokawloon (p) 0 (6)
Al Mokawloon 3
El Shams 0
Al Mokawloon 0
Ismaily 2
ENPPI 0
FC Masr 1
FC Masr 0
Ismaily 1
Ismaily 3
El Sharkia 1
Ismaily 1
Zamalek 4
Tala'ea El Gaish 1
El Gouna 2
El Gouna 0
El Entag El Harby 1
El Entag El Harby 1
Assiut Petroleum 0
El Entag El Harby 1
Zamalek 3
Tanta 0
Haras El Hodoud 2
Haras El Hodoud 0
Zamalek 3
Zamalek 1
El Minya 0

References

  1. ↑ "Al Assiouty stun Al Ahly in Egypt Cup to reach semifinal". KingFut. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "قرعة كأس مصر - الأهلي والزمالك في مواجهتين مع فرق الصعيد" [Egypt Cup Draw Result]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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