2016–17 Belarusian Cup

2016–17 Belarusian Cup
Country  Belarus
Teams 47

2016–17 Belarusian Cup is the twenty sixth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first matches were played on 11 June 2016. Winners of the Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following teams will take part in the competition:

2016 Belarusian Premier League
all 16 teams
2016 Belarusian First League
all 14 teams
2016 Belarusian Second League
all 13 teams
Winners of regional cups
4 teams

First round

The first round was contested by 30 teams. Zvezda-BGU Minsk were given a bye to the second round by drawing of lots. The other 13 First League clubs, 13 Second League clubs and 4 amateur teams were drawn into 15 fixtures, with lower league club in each pair to play at home. The matches were played between 10 and 12 June 2016.

Round of 32

In this round 15 winners of the first round and Zvezda-BGU Minsk were drawn against 16 Premier League clubs. The matches will be played between 6 July and 14 September 2016.

Round of 16

In this round the 16 winners of the previous round were paired by an open draw. The draw was conducted on 27 July 2016. The matches will be played on 21 September 2016.

Quarterfinals

The draw was made on 22 September 2016. The matches will be played in Spring 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Slutsk
Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Brest
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Gomelzheldortrans (II)
BATE Borisov Minsk

Final

The winners of the semifinals will meet in May 2017, location TBD.

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