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The 2022–23 Egypt Cup was the 91st season of the premier knockout competition. The Egyptian Football Association oversees the Egypt Cup. It started with the First Preliminary Round on 26 October 2022, and concluded with the final on 8 March 2024.
Format
In the first and second preliminary rounds, when the match ends in a tie in normal time, extra time is not played and the winner is decided through a penalty shoot-out.
Schedule
The schedule for the tournament stages is as follows:
Round
Draw date
Matches
First preliminary round
16 October 2022
26 October 2022
Second preliminary round
30 October 2022
2 November 2022
Third preliminary round
2–3 January 2023
22–26 January 2023
Fourth preliminary round
25 January 2023
26–31 January 2023
Round of 32
1 May 2023
7 May – 25 June 2023
Round of 16
28 May – 30 July 2023
Quarter-finals
3 July – 3 August 2023
Semi-finals
4 October – 8 November 2023
Final
8 March 2024
Competition
First preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place on 16 October 2022. Fourth and third division clubs join in this round. 51 teams will compete, of which 25 will qualify for the next round.
All Egyptian Premier League clubs enter the competition from this round. The matches were scheduled to take place between 16 and 20 March 2023, but were later postponed due to the desire to play the last season's final first. The draw was held on 1 May 2023, with matches scheduled to take place from 7 to 11 May 2023. Four matches were postponed from this round for different reasons.
The draw for this round was held on 1 May 2023, after the round of 32 draw, with matches originally scheduled to take place from 22 to 24 June 2023. Two matches were postponed from this round, and one was played ahead of the original schedule.
The draw for this round was held on 1 May 2023, after the previous rounds' draw, with matches originally scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 July 2023. One match was postponed from this round.
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.
The Pyramids v Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar match, originally scheduled to be played between 7 and 11 May 2023, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with Raya Ghazl Kafr El Dawar's fixtures in the 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division promotion play-offs.
The Ismaily v Nogoom match, originally scheduled to be played between 7 and 11 May 2023, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with Nogoom's fixtures in the 2022–23 Egyptian Third Division promotion play-offs.
The Haras El Hodoud v Ghazl El Mahalla match, originally scheduled to be played between 7 and 11 May 2023, was postponed to for an unannounced reason.
The Al Ahly v Suez match, originally scheduled to be played between 7 and 11 May 2023, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflicts with Al Ahly's fixtures in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League.
The ENPPI v Future match, originally scheduled to be played between 22 and 24 June 2023, was played ahead of the planned schedule as both teams were available to play as they did not have any matches scheduled in that period.
The Al Masry v Haras El Hodoud match, originally scheduled to be played between 22 and 24 June 2023, was postponed to avoid scheduling conflict with a postponed fixture involving Haras El Hodoud in the 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League.
The Al Ahly v El Dakhleya match, originally scheduled to be played between 22 and 24 June 2023, was postponed as Al Ahly's participation in the match was not determined by the time of the fixture, due to the postponement of their match in the round of 32.
The Al Ahly v Al Masry match, originally scheduled to be played on 3 or 4 July 2023, was postponed as both participating teams in the match were not determined yet by the time of the fixture.
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