Latvian Football Cup | |
Year: | 2017 |
Country: | Latvia |
Num Teams: | 52 |
Champions: | Liepāja |
Runner-Up: | Riga FC |
Matches: | 43 |
Goals: | 206 |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Latvian Football Cup was the 23rd edition of the tournament that began on 28 May 2017 and ended on 18 October 2017.[1] The winner of this season's cup earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 Europa League.[2]
In a change from recent seasons, the tournament was played in one calendar year instead of over two years. The tournament was played in its entirety in 2017[3]
Ventspils were the defending champions.
The Latvian Football Cup this season was a single elimination tournament between 52 teams. Matches which were level after regulation went to extra time and afterwards to penalties, when needed, to determine the winning club.[4]
Twelve first round matches were played from 28 May to 11 June 2017.[1] The draw for the first round was held 24 May 2017.[3] SK Super Nova withdrew from the tournament.[5] [6] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|28 May|-!colspan="3" align="center"|31 May|-!colspan="3" align="center"|2 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|3 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|5 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|11 June|}
Sixteen second round matches were played from 10 to 26 June 2017.[1] The draw for the second, third, and fourth rounds was held 6 June 2017. FK Auda, FK Smiltene/BJSS, JDFS Alberts, and FK Tukums 2000/TSS withdrew from the competition.[5] SK Upesciems also withdrew.[7] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|10 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|11 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|18 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|19 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|20 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|22 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|25 June|-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 June|}
Eight third round matches were played on 1 and 2 July 2017.[1] The draw for the second, third, and fourth rounds was held 6 June 2017.[5] FK Staiceles Bebri withdrew from the tournament.[8] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|1 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|2 July|}
Eight fourth round matches were played from 7 to 10 July 2017.[1] The draw for the second, third, and fourth rounds was held 6 June 2017.[5] Babīte were excluded from the tournament.[8] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|7 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|8 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 July|-!colspan="3" align="center"|10 July|}
Four quarter–final matches were played from 16 August to 13 September 2017.[1] The draw was held 18 July 2017.[9] |}
Two semi–final matches were played on 20 September 2017.[1] The draw was held 18 July 2017.[9] |}
The cup final was played on 18 October 2017.[1]