2018–19 Belgian Cup

2018–19 Belgian Cup
Country  Belgium
Dates 29 July 2018 – 1 May 2019

The 2018–19 Belgian Cup is the 64th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition to began on 29 July 2018 and is scheduled to end with the final in May 2019. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Standard Liège are the defending champions.

Competition format

The competition consists of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.

Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2018–19 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Third Amateur Division or lower began in round 1. Belgian Second Amateur Division teams entered in round 2, Belgian First Amateur Division teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 and finally the Belgian First Division A teams enter in round 6.

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Round 1312224none224Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues
Round 220016011248Belgian Second Amateur Division
Round 3120968016Belgian First Amateur Division
Round 4724848nonenone
Round 54832248Belgian First Division B
Round 632321616Belgian First Division A
Round 7161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Round and draw dates

Round Draw date Match date
First Round 29 June 2018 28 and 29 July 2018
Second Round 4 and 5 August 2018
Third Round 11 and 12 August 2018
Fourth Round 18 and 19 August 2018
Fifth Round 24, 25 and 26 August 2018
Sixth Round 27 August 2018 25, 26 and 27 September 2018
Seventh Round 4 to 6 December 2018
Quarter-finals 18 to 20 December 2018
Semi-finals Leg 1: 22 to 24 January 2019
Leg 2: 29 to 31 January 2019
Final 1 May 2019

First round

This round of matches is scheduled to be played on 28 & 29 July 2018[1] and includes teams playing in the Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues. Teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division were seeded and could not play each other.

Notes

    Second round

    Notes

      Third round

      Fourth round

      Fifth Round

      Some fifth round ties were reversed as amateur teams (tiers 3 and below) automatically received home advantage in case they met the stadium requirements regarding seating, lighting and safety. Amateur teams are allowed to sell their home advantage.

      1. ^ Order of legs reversed as non-professional team received home advantage.
      2. ^ Order of legs reversed as stadium of non-professional team did not meet requirements or the home advantage was sold.

      Sixth Round

      The draw for the sixth round was made on 28 August 2018 and included the 16 teams from the Belgian First Division A, which were all seeded and could not meet each other. All non-professional teams (division 3 and below) automatically received home advantage if their stadium had sufficient capacity and floodlight luminosity, which was the case for all teams except Duffel and Mandel United.

      Seventh Round

      The draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Anderlecht and Union SG, was finished. Six teams outside the top division qualified for this round, with Mandel United from the Belgian Second Amateur Division the lowest still in the competition.

      The matches will be played on 4, 5 and 6 December 2018.


      References

      1. ↑ "1st Round" (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. June 2018.
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