2021 Finnish Cup

2021 Finnish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Finland
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	KuPS
Runner-up	HJK Helsinki
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	121 (2.88 per match)
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The 2021 Finnish Cup is the 67th season of the Finnish Cup football competition. ^{[1] [2]}

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 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. ^[3]

Teams

Round	Dates	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering this round
First round (group stage)	6 – 28 February 2021	24	-	24	Veikkausliiga (12), Ykkönen (12).
Play-off Round	6 – 28 March 2021	10	8	2	Kakkonen (2)
Quarter-finals	20 March – 3 April 2021	8	3 (group stage) 5 (play off)	–
Semi-finals	10 April 2021	4	4	–
Finals	8 May 2021	2	2	–

Group stage

The teams participating in the group stage were the teams of Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen. The group stage was played in February 2021 with teams divided into 6 divisional groups, three groups with Veikkausliiga and three groups with Ykkönen teams. The winners of the Veikkausliiga groups qualify for the quarter-finals, the second teams of these groups will play the playoffs. The winners and the best 2 runners up of the Ykkönen groups qualify for the playoffs. ^[4]

Veikkausliiga – Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
HJK	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Quarter-finals
HIFK	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Play-off
FC Lahti	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
KTP	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source:

Veikkausliiga – Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Inter Turku	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Quarter-finals
Honka	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Play-off
FC Haka	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1	3
IFK Mariehamn	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source:

Veikkausliiga – Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
KuPS	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Quarter-finals
SJK	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Play-off
AC Oulu	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
FC Ilves	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source:

Ykkönen – Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Gnistan	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Play-off
MP	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Klubi 04	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
JIPPO	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3

Source:

Ykkönen – Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
PK-35	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Play-off
Ekenäs IF	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
TPS Turku	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
MuSa	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source:

Ykkönen – Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
VPS	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Play-off
RoPS	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
FF Jaro	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
KPV	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source:

Play-off Round

In the playoff round, 2 teams from Kakkonen (PEPO and SJK Akatemia), wil enter the tournament.

SJK Akatemia (3) v SJK (1)

6 March 2021	SJK Akatemia (3)	0–3	SJK (1)	Wallsport Areena, Seinäjoki
14:30		Report

VPS (2) v Honka (1)

13 March 2021	VPS (2)	0–4	Honka (1)	Elisa Stadion, Vaasa
13:00		Report

PEPO (3) v PK-35 (2)

13 March 2021	PEPO (3)	0–3	PK-35 (2)	Amiksen tekonurmi, Lappeenranta
14:30		Report

Gnistan (2) v EIF (2)

13 March 2021	Gnistan (2)	3–2 AET	EIF (2)	Mustapekka Areena, Helsinki
17:00		Report

RoPS (2) v HIFK (1)

28 March 2021	RoPS (2)	0-1	HIFK (1)	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä, Rovaniemi
17:00		Report

Quarter-finals

KuPS (1) v Gnistan (2)

20 March 2021	KuPS (1)	5-0	Gnistan (2)	Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
13:00		Report

Honka (1) v PK-35 (2)

3 April 2021	Honka (1)	1-0 AET	PK-35 (2)	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
14:00		Report

HIFK (1) v HJK (1)

3 April 2021	HIFK (1)	0-3	HJK (1)	Veritas Stadion, Turku
16:00		Report

Inter Turku (1) v SJK (1)

3 April 2021	Inter Turku (1)	1-0 AET	SJK (1)	Bolt Arena, Helsinki
16:00		Report

Semi-finals

KuPS (1) v Honka (1)

10 April 2021	KuPS (1)	2-1	Honka (1)	Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
14:00		Report

HJK (1) v Inter Turku (1)

10 April 2021	HJK (1)	4-0	Inter Turku (1)	Bolt Arena, Helsinki
16:00		Report

Final

HJK (1) v KuPS (1)

8 May 2021	HJK (1)	0-0 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p)	KuPS (1)	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
16:00	Riski  4' Debohi  60'	Report	Carrillo  32'  63' Adjei-Boateng  102' Uzochukwu  115'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
	Penalties
	Riski O'Shaughnessy Tanaka Henrique Valenčič		Adjei-Boateng Popovitch Udo Tomas Järvinen

References

• Association football portal
• Finland portal

1. "Soccerway". Soccerway.com. 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
2. "Miesten Suomen Cup: Ottelut | Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
3. "uefa europa league". UEFA . Retrieved 2019-04-14.
4. "Suomen Cup 2021 - Soccer, Finland: Live Scores, Standings - Soccerstand.com". soccerstand.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-02-06.

External links

• Official page (in Finnish)
• Finland - List of Cup Finals, RSSSF.com