2018–19 Egypt Cup

2018–19 Egypt Cup
Country Egypt
Dates 12 August – 3 October 2018 (qualifying competition)
8 October 2018 – May 2019 (main competition)
Teams 262 (overall)
244 (qualifying competition)
32 (main competition)
Defending champions Zamalek
Matches played 15
Goals scored 53 (3.53 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) 9 players
(2 goals each)
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Egypt Cup is the 87th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It is sponsored by WE, and known as the WE Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 12 August 2018, and will conclude with the final in May 2019.

Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek are the defending champions.

Teams

RoundClubs remainingClubs involvedWinners 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 First match date
Qualifying rounds First Preliminary Round 6 August 2018[1] 12 August 2018
Second Preliminary Round 27 August 2018[2] 4 September 2018
Third Preliminary Round 10 September 2018[3][4][5] 24 September 2018
Fourth Preliminary Round 29 September 2018
Fifth Preliminary Round 3 October 2018
Main tournament Round of 32 4 October 2018[6] 8 October 2018
Round of 16 TBD
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final May 2019 (expected)

Format

Participation

The WE Cup begins with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the Egyptian Premier League, along with the 14 winning teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round of the 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo on 4 October 2018 and was broadcast live on ON Sport.

For the first round, the participating teams will be split into three pots, the first one contains the three promoted teams from the Egyptian Second Division and the fifteenth placed team in the Egyptian Premier League, the second one contains the other 14 teams of the Egyptian Premier League and the last one contains the 14 teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round.

The draw rules are as follow:

Match rules

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score is still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty. A total of seven players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation.

Champion qualification

The winner of the WE Cup earns automatic qualification for the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup. If they have already qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup or CAF Champions League through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot will go to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for an African competition through their league position, then the spot will be given to the fourth placed team in the league.

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 Preliminary Round on 12 August 2018. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 3 October 2018.

Round of 32

The matches will be played from 8 to 16 October 2018. The round include four teams from the Egyptian Third Division still in the competition, Ittihad El Shorta, MS Minyat Samanoud, Muslim Youths (Qena) and Naser El Fekreia, who are the lowest-ranked teams in this round.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

  1. ↑ Al Masry v Al Jazeera match, originally scheduled to be played on 9 October 2018, was postponed due to security reasons. The Egyptian Football Association later announced that the match will be played on 16 October 2018.[7]

Round of 16

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Quarter-finals

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Semi-finals

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Final

Winner Match 29 Match 31 Winner Match 30

Bracket

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

Round of 32
8–16 October 2018 		Round of 16
TBD 		Quarter-finals
TBD 		Semi-finals
TBD 		Final
TBD
          
Al Ahly 3
Tersana 2
Al Ahly
Pyramids
Pyramids 3
Tanta 2
 
 
Tala'ea El Gaish 3
El Qanah 2
Tala'ea El Gaish
Haras El Hodoud
Nogoom 1
Haras El Hodoud (a.e.t.) 3
 
 
Al Masry
Al Jazeera
 
Petrojet
Petrojet 6
MS Tala 0
 
 
ENPPI 3
Muslim Youths (Qena) 0
ENPPI
El Mansoura
El Dakhleya 0 (0)
El Mansoura (p) 0 (2)
 
 
Zamalek 1
MS Minyat Samanoud 0
Zamalek
El Entag El Harby
El Entag El Harby 2
Ittihad El Shorta 0
 
 
Misr Lel Makkasa 2
Abou Qir Fertilizers 0
Misr Lel Makkasa
Wadi Degla
Wadi Degla 4
El Gouna 1
 
 
Ismaily 4
Naser El Fekreia 0
Ismaily
Al Mokawloon
Al Mokawloon 2
Ghazl El Mahalla 0
 
 
Smouha 3
Al Aluminium 2
Smouha
Al Ittihad
Al Ittihad 3
Porto El Sokhna 1

Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the WE Cup, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

As of 11 October 2018[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Egypt Mohamed Gamal Wadi Degla 2
Egypt Hossam Hassan Smouha
Egypt Khaled Kamar Al Ittihad
Egypt Mahmoud Kaoud ENPPI
Brazil Keno Pyramids
Nigeria Edu Moses Haras El Hodoud
Egypt Ahmed Raouf Petrojet
Egypt Mohamed Salem Petrojet
Egypt Mohamed Sherif Al Ahly

References

  1. ↑ "ننشر قرعة الدور التمهيدي الأول لبطولة كأس مصر" [Draw result for the first preliminary round of Egypt Cup]. Al Bawabah (in Arabic). 6 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "الدور التمهيدي الثاني لكأس مصر ينطلق 4 سبتمبر" [The second preliminary round of Egypt Cup will begin on 4 September]. Al Ahram Online (in Arabic). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "56 مباراة فى التمهيدى الثالث لكأس مصر" [56 matches to be played in the third preliminary round of Egypt Cup]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 10 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "مباريات الدور التمهيدي الرابع لبطولة كأس مصر" [Egypt Cup fourth preliminary round fixtures list announced]. Egyptian Second Division news on Facebook (in Arabic). 27 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "جدول مباريات الدور التمهيدي الخامس لكأس مصر" [Egypt Cup fifth preliminary round fixtures confirmed]. Veto Gate (in Arabic). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "قرعة كأس مصر – الأهلي يواجه الترسانة.. ومواجهات سهلة للزمالك والإسماعيلي" [Egypt Cup draw result - Al Ahly face Tersana in a classic match.. and 'easy' fixtures for Zamalek and Ismaily]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "تأجيل مباراة المصري وجزيرة مطروح فى الكأس لـ16 أكتوبر" [Egypt Cup: Al Masry v Al Jazeera match postponed and rescheduled to 16 October 2018]. Youm7 (in Arabic). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "هدافي بطولة كأس مصر" [Egypt Cup top goalscorers]. FilGoal (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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