The 2018 Malaysia Cup group stage featured 16 teams and will start on 4 August and concludes on 16 September 2018. A total of 16 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2018 Malaysia Cup.
The draw for the group stage was held on 30 July 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and has been broadcast live on iflix and Unifi TV.[1] The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups.[2] In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.
The schedule of each matchday were as follows.
| Matchday | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | 4–5 August 2018 | |
| Matchday 2 | 10–12 August 2018 | |
| Matchday 3 | 17–19 August 2018 | |
| Matchday 4 | 25–26 & 28 August 2018 | |
| Matchday 5 | 31 August–2 September 2018 | |
| Matchday 6 | 15–17 September 2018 | |
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