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The 2019–20 Egypt Cup was the 88th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It is sponsored by Tiger Chips, and known as the Tiger Egypt Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 15 October 2019, and concluded with the final on 5 December 2020.

Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek, who had won the last two titles, were eliminated by Tala'ea El Gaish in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat after extra time.

Al Ahly defeated Tala'ea El Gaish in the final won the match 3–2 on penalties, after the original and extra time ended 1–1, winning their 37th Egypt Cup title.

On 14 March 2020, a decision was made by the Egyptian Football Association to postpone all football activities in Egypt due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The initial suspension, until 29 March, was then extended multiple times until at least mid-July. On 2 July 2020, the EFA announced that football competitions in Egypt would resume, with the Premier League recommencing on 6 August, Second Division on 21 September and Egypt Cup on 30 September. The EFA also confirmed that all clubs' players and staff would be tested for COVID-19 before resuming training.

Teams

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Format

Participation

The Egypt Cup began with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the Egyptian Premier League, along with the 14 winning teams qualified from the Fifth Preliminary Round of the 2019–20 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds.

Draw

The draw for the main competition was held at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo on 24 November 2019 and was broadcast live on ON Sport.

The 32 participating teams were separated into 3 pots. Pot 1 included the 15th placed team from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League alongside the 3 promoted teams from the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division, Pot 2 included the top 14 teams from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League, and Pot 3 included all 14 teams who qualified to the competition through the qualifying rounds.

Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against each other, while teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3.

Similar to previous season, the Egypt Cup defending champions, Zamalek, and the Egyptian Premier League champions, Al Ahly, were placed in different paths; meaning that both teams can face each other only in the final.

Match rules

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score is still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty. A total of seven players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation.

All matches will be played on venues selected by the Egyptian Football Association except in the Round of 32, where matches will be hosted by the team drawn first.

Champion qualification

The winners of the Egypt Cup will earn automatic qualification for the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup. If they have already qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup or CAF Champions League through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot will go to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for an African competition through their league position, then the spot will be given to the fourth placed team in the league.

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Egyptian Premier League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 14 available places in the Round of 32. The qualifying phase began with the First Preliminary Round on 15 October 2019, and concluded with the Fifth Preliminary Round on 23 November 2019.

Round of 32

The matches were played from 2 to 8 December 2019. This round included four teams from the Egyptian Third Division, Al Jazeera, Al Obour, Qena and El Sharkia, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Round of 16

The matches were played between 15 February and 5 October 2020. Matches involving Al Ahly and Zamalek were postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with their postponed league games. This round included two teams from the Egyptian Second Division, Abou Qir Fertilizers and Tersana, the lowest ranking sides left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 14 October to 21 November 2020. This round included one team from the Egyptian Second Division, Abou Qir Fertilizers, the lowest ranking side left in the competition.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 1 December 2020.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Final

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shoukry Naguib	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	3
2	Junior Ajayi	Al Ahly	2
	John Antwi	Pyramids
	Walid Azaro	Al Ahly
	Achraf Bencharki	Zamalek
	Razack Cissé	Al Ittihad
	Mohamed Essam	Al Mokawloon Al Arab
	Willis Furtado	FC Masr
	Mohamed El Gabbas	Pyramids
	Amr Marey	Misr Lel Makkasa/Tala'ea El Gaish
	Ahmed Samir	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Ahmed Sayed	Zamalek
	Walid Soliman	Al Ahly

References

1. "Egypt FA suspend all football activities amid COVID-19 concerns". KingFut. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
2. "Egyptian Premier League to resume on August 7th". KingFut. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
3. "Egyptian FA change date for league resumption". KingFut. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
4. "قرعة كأس مصر - الزمالك يواجه الشرقية.. والأهلي ضد بني سويف" [Egypt Cup draw: Main competition draw concludes with Al Ahly drawing against Beni Suef and El Sharkia traveling to Zamalek]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
5. "هدافي بطولة كأس مصر 2019/20" [2019/20 Egypt Cup top goalscorers]. FilGoal (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 December 2019.

Notes

1. Since the competition wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline (1 November 2020) for associations to submit participating teams in African competitions for the 2020–21 season, the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League, Al Mokawloon Al Arab.
2. Some teams received a bye in the first, second and fourth preliminary rounds in order to balance the draw, as many teams from the lower divisions did not enter the competition.
3. ^ An additional draw was held between teams who finished from 12th to 15th in the 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League (Smouha, El Entag El Harby, El Gouna and Haras El Hodoud; all of those teams had 38 points) to decide which team will be allocated to Pot 1, despite Haras El Hodoud finished last on head-to-head record. The draw resulted in El Gouna being allocated to Pot 1, while the rest of the teams were allocated to Pot 2.
4. Amr Marey transferred from Misr Lel Makkasa to Tala'ea El Gaish during the summer transfer window.

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