2016–17 Latvian Football Cup Explained

Latvian Football Cup
Year:2016–17
Country:Latvia
Num Teams:47
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017

The 2016–17 Latvian Football Cup was the 22nd edition of the Latvian football knockout tournamen. The winners will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following teams will take part in the competition:

2016 Latvian Virsliga
all 8 teams
2016 Latvian First League
14 teams
2016 Latvian Second League
25 teams that qualify from the 7 regions of the Second League

First round

The first round consists of 8 matches, between 16 of the qualifying teams from the Latvian Second League. 9 teams from the Second League automatically qualified for the second round, based on a lottery. The matches of this round took place on 4–15 June 2016.[1]

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|5 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|10 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|11 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|15 June|}

Second round

The 8 winners of the first round joined the 9 Second League teams that automatically qualified, in addition to 14 teams from the First League. These 32 teams played 15 head-to-head matches to determine who will move on to the third round. The matches of this round took place on 26 June–7 July 2016. FK Lielupe received a bye.

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|2 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|3 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|7 July|}

Third round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|10 July|}

Fourth round

Teams from the Latvian Higher League enter at this stage.|-!colspan="3" align="center"|16 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|17 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|18 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|25 September|}

Quarter-finals

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|8 April|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 April|}

Semi final

Played on 26 April 2017 and 3 May 2017; over two legs.

Team 1 Team 2 Leg 1 Leg 2 Agg. score
RFS (1) Ventspils (1) 1–1 0–1 1–1
Riga FC (1) Spartaks Jūrmala (1) 2–0 2–1 4–1

Final

The final was played on 17 May 2017
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Referee : Andris Treimanis [2]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The First Phase of the Game (2016/17). Latvian Football Federation. 16 June 2016.
  2. Web site: FIFA Referees News: Latvia: 2017 Latvian Football Cup Final. 17 May 2017.