2020_Lithuanian_Football_Cup

2020 Lithuanian Football Cup

2020 Lithuanian Football Cup

Football tournament season


The 2020 Lithuanian Football Cup was a single elimination association football tournament and the 32rd edition of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. The official name of thecompetition was Hegelmann LFF Cup for sponsorship reasons.

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The tournament was scheduled to start in April 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start was postponed to mid-June.

A total of 33 A Lyga, LFF I Lyga and II Lyga teams participated in the tournament, reserve teams are not allowed to participate in the cup competition. The A Lyga teams joined the tournament in the round of 16.[1] Due to the postponed start, the teams of lower divisions were not invited to participate this year in order to shorten the length of the competition.

FK Panevėžys defeated defending champions FK Sūduva 5–4 on penalties in the final and have qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Match and draw calendar

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Participants

The 33 participants consisted of 6 A Lyga, 10 LFF I Lyga and 17 II Lyga teams.

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Results

Preliminary Round I

The league that the team represents is indicated in brackets.
Note: FK Aukštaitija changed the club's name to FK Ekranas.
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Randomly drawn teams that advanced to Round II:[5]

FK Viltis Vilnius (II)
Vilniaus Vytis (I)
FK Babrungas Plungė (II)
FK Jonava (I)
SANED Joniškis (II)
FK Sveikata Kybartai (II)
ŠŠPC Radviliškis (II)

Randomly drawn I Lyga teams that advanced to the round of 16:

FC Hegelmann Litauen
FA Šiauliai

Round II

The second round draw took place on 22 June 2020.[6]

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Round of 16

The Round of 16 draw took place on 2 July 2020.[7]

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Quarter-finals

The 1/4 Final draw took place on 17 July 2020[8]

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Semi-finals

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Final

The final was broadcast on the Lithuanian TV3 channel for the first time.[9]


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FINAL
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Robertas Valikonis


See also


References

  1. "Futbolas". 7 June 2021.

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