2017–18 Finnish Cup

2017–18 Finnish Cup
Country  Finland
Champions Inter Turku (2nd title)
Runners-up HJK
Matches played 99
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The 2017–18 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) was the 63rd season of the Finnish Cup. It was the second edition of the tournament to be played on a fall-spring schedule, running from July to September of the following year. The introduction of this new competition format meant that the Liiga Cup was discontinued.[1]

The winner of the Men's Finnish Cup was awarded a cash prize of EUR 50,000 with the runners up receiving EUR 10,000. The winner also qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.[2] Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are EEST (UTC+3). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are EET (UTC+2).

Teams

RoundDatesClubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering this round
First round25 Jul 2017 –
7 Aug 2017		8−8Kakkonen and lower
levels (12 teams)
Second round21 Jul 2017 –
21 Aug 2017		40416Kakkonen and lower
levels ( teams)
Third round6 Sept 2017 –
19 Sept 2017		20100
Fourth round26 Sept 2017 –
7 Oct 2017		84
Fifth round (Group stage)–
Quarter-finals8–

First round

The first and second rounds of the Cup will include all registered teams, with the exception of Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen teams, who will be included in the 30-team group stage early in 2017. The first rounds will include teams playing in the Kakkonen and below.[3]

Second round

Third round

Fourth Round

Group Stage

The teams participating in the Group Stage will be the 2017 Veikkausliiga teams (12), 2017 Ykkönen teams (10) and eight teams from the early rounds of the competition. The Group Stage will be played between January and March, 2018 with the teams divided into five regional groups, with six teams per group. The top two teams from the group stage will advance directly to the semi-finals, while the remaining winners of each group and each second-place finisher will proceed to the quarterfinals.

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
KuPS 5 5 0 0 22 6 +16 15
AC Oulu 5 3 1 1 13 12 +1 10
RoPS 5 2 1 2 12 7 +5 7
AC Kajaani 5 2 0 3 10 14 −4 6
PS Kemi 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
MuSa 5 0 1 4 5 19 −14 1

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
SJK 5 4 1 0 12 2 +10 13
VPS 5 3 1 1 16 4 +12 10
KPV 5 2 2 1 13 8 +5 8
FF Jaro 5 2 1 2 13 9 +4 7
TPV 5 1 1 3 4 16 −12 4
PK Keski-Uusimaa 5 0 0 5 1 20 −19 0

Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
FC Ilves 5 3 2 0 11 3 +8 11
FC Lahti 5 3 2 0 12 8 +4 11
FC Haka 5 3 1 1 11 6 +5 10
JJK Jyväskylä 5 2 0 3 6 9 −3 6
GrIFK 5 1 0 4 6 13 −7 3
FC Viikingit 5 0 1 4 4 13 −9 1

Group D

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
FC Honka 5 5 0 0 15 3 +12 15
HJK Helsinki 5 4 0 1 19 4 +15 12
HIFK Fotboll 5 2 1 2 10 7 +3 7
KTP 5 2 0 3 10 10 0 6
IF Gnistan 5 1 1 3 2 17 −15 4
PEPO 5 0 0 5 3 18 −15 0

Group E

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Inter Turku 5 4 1 0 18 2 +16 13
Ekenäs IF 5 3 1 1 7 5 +2 10
IFK Mariehamn 5 2 1 2 11 8 +3 7
TPS Turku 5 1 4 0 3 2 +1 7
Klubi 04 5 1 1 3 9 12 −3 4
FC Honka/2 5 0 0 5 0 19 −19 0

Knock-out stage

Play-offs for Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

HJK Helsinki 0–1 FC Inter
Report Kuningas  82'
Attendance: 3,540

References

  1. ↑ "The Finnish Cup of Football is getting drastic - Liigacup is Buried". yle urheilu. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Suomen Cup info". Finnish Football Association.
  3. ↑ "Finland Cup Info". Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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