2020 Finnish Cup

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2020 Finnish Cup
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Teams24
Champions HJK Helsinki
Runners-up Inter Turku
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The 2020 Finnish Cup is the 66th season of the Finnish Cup football competition. [1] [2]

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Until the 2017–2018 season, the tournament was held in the autumn-spring schedule from July to September of the following year. The introduction of this new format of the contest meant that the League Cup was suspended.

The winner of the Finnish Cup qualifies for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. [3]

Teams

RoundDatesClubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering this round
First round (group stage)25 January –
29 February 2020		24-- Veikkausliiga (12), Ykkönen (12).
1/8 finals 16–17 June 202016124
Quarter-finals 23–24 June 20208–
Semi-finals 27–28 June 20204–
Finals 3 October 20202–

Group stage

The teams participating in the Group Stage were the teams of Veikkausliiga (12), Ykkönen (12). The group stage was played between January and February 2020 with teams divided into 4 divisional groups, two groups with Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen teams. The four best teams of the Veikkausliiga A and B groups, the first two teams of the Ykkönen A and B teams, and the winners of Kakkonen groups continued in the eighth finals. [4]

Veikkausliiga – Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
HJK 5410103+713
Inter Turku 531162+410
Honka 51314406
TPS Turku 512225−35
HIFK 503257−23
IFK Mariehamn 5023511−62
Source:

Veikkausliiga – Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
FC Ilves 5320104+611
KuPS 532082+611
FC Haka 532073+411
FC Lahti 520367−16
SJK 5014411−71
RoPS 5014311−81

Ykkönen – Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
KTP 541093+613
MP 5302118+39
Ekenäs IF 521278−17
Gnistan 51228805
MuSa 512269−35
MYPA 5104712−53

Ykkönen – Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
AC Oulu 5320136+711
KPV 5221103+78
VPS 52127707
AC Kajaani 521257−27
FF Jaro 511379−24
K07 5113313−104

Kakkonen – Groups 1–8

1/8 finals

KPV (2) v HJK (1)
16 June 2020 KPV (2)0–2 HJK (1) Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola
18:00 Väyrynen Soccerball shade.svg40'
O'Shaughnessy Soccerball shade.svg76'
16 June 2020 TiPS (4)0–6 TPS (1) Tikkurilan urheilupuisto, Tikkurila
18:00 Muzaci Soccerball shade.svg27'
Tehe Soccerball shade.svg45', 61', 75'
Latonen Soccerball shade.svg53'
Soccerball shade.svg88' (o.g.)
16 June 2020 KTP (2)0–4 Ilves (1) Arto Tolsa Areena, Kotka
20:00 Report Ala-Myllymäki Soccerball shade.svg16'
Tendeng Soccerball shade.svg32', 75'
Veteli Soccerball shade.svg46'
16 June 2020 MP (2)1–3 Haka (1) Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli
20:00 Sadik Soccerball shade.svg84' (pen.) Report Markkanen Soccerball shade.svg32'
Popovitch Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.)
Ojala Soccerball shade.svg90'
17 June 2020 JIPPO (3)0–1 Inter Turku (1) Mehtimäki tekonurmi, Joensuu
18:00 Report Ketting Soccerball shade.svg45'
17 June 2020 KaaPo (3)0–2 KuPS (1) Kaarinan Keskuskenttä, Kaarina
18:00 Report Manga Soccerball shade.svg39'
Udo Soccerball shade.svg88'
17 June 2020 Oulu (2)0–1 Honka (1) Raatti Stadium, Oulu
20:00 Report Savage Soccerball shade.svg27'
17 June 2020 PeKa (4)0–8 Lahti (1) Arto Tolsa Areena, Kotka
20:00 Report Virta Soccerball shade.svg4'
Kuningas Soccerball shade.svg9', 38'
Imbongo Soccerball shade.svg33'
Hambo Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Assehnoun Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.), 90'
Zeqiri Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)

Quarter-finals

23 June 2020 Ilves (1)0–1 Haka (1) Tammelan Stadion, Tampere
16:00 Report Thusberg Soccerball shade.svg12'
23 June 2020 TPS (1)0–1 HJK (1) Veritas Stadion, Turku
18:00 Report O'Shaughnessy Soccerball shade.svg65'
24 June 2020 Honka (1)0–1 Lahti (1) Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
20:00 Report Hambo Soccerball shade.svg1'

Semi-finals

27 June 2020 FC Haka (1)2–3 HJK Helsinki (1) Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski
16:00 Kyöstilä Soccerball shade.svg23'
Markkanen Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report Väyrynen Soccerball shade.svg19', 32'
Ri. Riski Soccerball shade.svg62'
28 June 2020 FC Inter Turku (1) 5–0 FC Lahti (1) Veritas Stadion, Turku
16:00 Kagayama Soccerball shade.svg2'
Mastokangas Soccerball shade.svg53', 76'
Paananen Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Kantola Soccerball shade.svg90+5'		 Report

Final

3 October 2020 FC Inter Turku 0-2 HJK Helsinki Veritas Stadion, Turku
14:00 Report Ro. Riski Soccerball shade.svg3', Soccerball shade.svg54'Referee: Petri Viljanen

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References

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  2. ↑ "Suomen Cup | Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. ↑ "uefa europa league". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  4. ↑ "Suomen Cup 2020 - Soccer, Finland: Live Scores, Standings - Soccerstand.com". soccerstand.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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