| Ukrainian Cup | |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 4 August 2021 – 26 April 2022 |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Num Teams: | 65 |
| Defending Champions: | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Champions: | None |
| Runner-Up: | None |
| Continentalcup1: | UEFA Europa League |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Serhiy Kravchenko Stanislav Kulish Danylo Kondrakov |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Updated: | 1 December 2021 |
The 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup was the 31st annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 4 August 2021 and was expected to be concluded on 11 May 2022 with the final. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced that the new competition sponsor is a betting company VBet, same as for the Ukrainian Premier League.[1] [2] Dynamo Kyiv were the two-time defending winners.
All competition rounds consist of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds is blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and two better of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Amateur Cup. Higher-tier teams enter the competition later (gain bye) than lower-tier teams.
At an extraordinary general meeting on 26 April 2022, the competition was abandoned due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (31/31) and two semifinal teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup since two other semifinal teams joined ranks of the Second League including the winner LNZ Cherkasy.
| Distribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |||
| First preliminary round (10 teams)[3] | 8 entrants from the Second League 2 semifinalists of the 2020–21 Amateur Cup | |||
| Second preliminary round (44 teams) | 16 entrants from the First League 23 entrants from the Second League | 5 winners from the First preliminary round | ||
| Third preliminary round (22 teams) | 22 winners from the Second preliminary round | |||
| Round of 32 (22 teams) | 11 entrants from the Premier League | 11 winners from the Third preliminary round | ||
| Round of 16 (16 teams) | 5 entrants from the Premier League | 11 winners from the Round of 32 | ||
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Game date | Number of fixtures | Clubs remaining | New entries this round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | First round | finals | 27 July 2021 | 4 August 2021 | 5 | 65 → 60 | 10 |
| Second round | finals | 6 August 2021 | 17–18 August 2021 | 22 | 60 → 38 | 39 | |
| Third round | finals | 19 August 2021 | 31 August 2021[4] | 11 | 38 → 27 | None | |
| Main event | Round of 32 | finals | 3 September 2021 | 21–23 September 2021 | 11 | 27 → 16 | 11 |
| Round of 16 | finals | 24 September 2021 | 26–28 October 2021 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 5 | |
| Quarter-finals | finals | 28 October 2021 | 2 March 2022 | 4 | 8 → 4 | None | |
| Semi-finals | finals | 3 March 2022 | 20 April 2022 | 2 | 4 → 2 | None | |
| Final at TBA | 11 May 2022[5] | 1 | 2 → 1 | None | |||
Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
In this round, 8 clubs from the Second League and 2 semifinalists of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.
The draw was held on 27 July 2021.[6]
In this round, 16 clubs from the First League and 23 clubs from the Second League enter the competition and join the 5 winners of the First preliminary round (3 clubs from Second League, 2 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 6 August 2021.[7]
In this round participate the 22 winners of the Second preliminary round (10 clubs from First League, 12 – Second League).
The draw was held on 19 August 2021.
In this round, 11 clubs from the Premier League (lower ranked) enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Third preliminary round (7 clubs from First League, 4 – Second League).
The draw was held on 3 September 2021.[8]
In this round, rest of 5 clubs from the Premier League (upper ranked) enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Round of 32 (8 clubs from Premier League, 2 – First League, 1 – Second League).
The draw for round of 16 was held on 24 September 2021.[9]
This round includes one team from the First League (Metalist Kharkiv) and 7 clubs from the Premier League. Base date for the matches is 1–2–3 March 2022.
The draw for quarter-finals was held on 15 December 2021.[10]
The draw for semi-finals and final was meant be held on 3 March 2022.
The competition's top ten goalscorers including preliminary rounds.[11]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=3 | 1 |  Serhiy Kravchenko | Mykolaiv | 3 |
| Stanislav Kulish | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 3 | ||
| Danylo Kondrakov | Rukh Lviv | 3 (2) | ||
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