Croatian Futsal Cup

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Croatian Futsal Cup
Founded1993
Region Croatia
Number of teams16 (final stage)
Current championsNovo Vrijeme Apfel
(1st title) [1]
Most successful club(s)Uspinjača Gimka
(5 titles)
Television broadcastersHNTV
Website Official website
Soccerball current event.svg 2022–23 Croatian Futsal Cup

The Croatian Futsal Cup (Croatian : Hrvatski malonogometni kup, HMNK), is an annually held football competition for Croatian futsal clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian futsal after the Prva HMNL. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and usually runs from September to December.

Contents

Format

Entries

Although in theory any club can take part in the cup, 32 teams enter the competition proper, based on two criteria: [2]

  1. Top 27 best-ranked teams according to club coefficient calculated by the Croatian Football Federation which take into account their cup records in the previous five seasons
  2. Five winners of regional cups

Competition system

The cup competition consists of two parts: [2]

- the first part is the regional cup in which clubs that did not win a direct placement in the final part

- the second part is the final part in which the performance of 13 best placed clubs by coefficient and 3 winners of regional cups

Regional level matches are played as single-legged fixtures, and pairs are determined by lot. The matches of the final part of the futsal cup are played in the round of 32, round of 16 and Final eight witch include quarterfinals semifinals and finale, with all round being played as single-legged fixtures. Opponents in all rounds are determined by a draw. The winners of the round of 16 plays the Final eight, with a host being a of the qualified teams. The finals formal host is a club with better ranking according to the coefficient of success. [2]

Croatian club cup coefficient

Clubs are awarded points for participation in specific round of the Cup, except finals where runner up receives 4 points and winner receives 6 points. Points are summed through the season and added to five year ranking. Points are given according to the table: [2]

RoundAwarded clubsPoints
Each round of regional cupnot defined1
Semifinals of regional cup122
Finals of regional cup62
Round of 16163
Quarter-finals83
Semi-finals43
Runner up14
Winner16

Points used in this ranking will be used for qualification and seeding for the season 2022–23 as follows: [3]

RankClub2016−172017−182018−192019–202020–21Total
1 Split 131569952
2Vrgorac613691347
3 Olmissum 029191545
4 Uspinjača Gimka 331515642
5Alumnus Sesvete46136635
6Novo Vrijeme Apfel9393933
7 Futsal Dinamo 8936632
8Aurelia Futsal11233827
9Petrinjčica6666327
10Brod 0355558326
11Našice8933326
12Square6393324
13Crnica2546623
14Jesenje5283321
15Porto Tolero9333321
16Futsal Pula0038920
17Jezera1462418
18Torcida11141118
19Kijevo6333116
20Universitas0411915
21Brod1431615
22Murter3326115
23Nova Gradiška0096015
24Vinkovci3163114
25Otočac0315312
26Hajduk6112212
27Šibenik 19830022610

Winners

SeasonWinnerRunner up
1993–94Foto Ante StojanPetrinjčica
1994–95Glama Brijeg AurumOktogon Elab
1995–96 Uspinjača Ferax Petrinjčica Idis
1996–97 Uspinjača Ferax Split 1700
1997–98SquareSplit 1700
1998–99Promet OrkanSquare
1999–00Glama Brijeg AgramPlehan
2000–01Split 1700Square
2001–02Split 1700Croatia Perković
2002–03Split GašperovSplit Ship Management
2003–04OrkanSquare
2004–05Split GašperovOrkan Valten Križevci
2005–06Brodsplit Inženjering SplitOrkan Profectus
2006–07Uspinjača Gospić
2007–08 Gospić Split Brodsplit Inženjering
2008–09 Nacional Split Brodsplit Inženjering
2009–10 Nacional Inero Split
2010–11Split Brodsplit Inženjering Uspinjača
2011–12Split Brodsplit Inženjering Nacional
2012–13Kijevo Uspinjača
2013–14 Split Tommy Square
2014–15 Nacional Square
2015–16 Split Tommy Nacional
2016–17 Nacional Split Tommy
2017–18 Split Tommy Vrgorac
2018–19 Uspinjača Gimka Alumnus Sesvete
2019–20 Uspinjača Gimka Olmissum
2020–21 Olmissum Vrgorac
2021 Novo Vrijeme Apfel Olmissum

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