2020 Norwegian Football Cup

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2020 Norwegian Football Cup
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Teams260 (overall)
176 (qualifying competition, cancelled)
128 (main competition)
Defending champions Viking
ChampionsCancelled
2019
2021–22
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo - venue for the Norwegian Cup final Ullevaal Stadion utenfra.jpg
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo - venue for the Norwegian Cup final

The 2020 Norwegian Football Cup was set to be the 115th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. It was going to start with qualification matches in March and April 2020. The first round was scheduled to be played on 22 April 2020 and the tournament was suppose conclude with the final being held on 25 October 2020.

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A change to the schedule ahead of the 2020 season means that the Cup final will be played several rounds before the league finishes, rather than the week after it finishes, to avoid having the final in December. [1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the start was postponed, and later the tournament was cancelled due to there not being enough time to play it during the 2020 season. [2]

Calendar

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:

PhaseRoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubs
Qualifying rounds First Qualifying Round Cancelled96272 → 176
Second Qualifying Round Cancelled48176 → 128
Main tournament First Round Cancelled64128 → 64
Second Round Cancelled3264 → 32
Third Round Cancelled1632 → 16
Fourth Round Cancelled816 → 8
Quarter-finals Cancelled48 → 4
Semi-finals Cancelled24 → 2
Final Cancelled12 → 1

Source: [3]

Qualifying rounds

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References

  1. "Starter 2020-sesongen i april, cupfinale i oktober". Fotball.no. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. "NM i fotball for herrer avlyses". 10 September 2020.
  3. "Hovedterminliste menn 2020" (PDF). Fotball.no. Retrieved 16 November 2019.