Lithuanian Football Cup | |
Year: | 2022 |
Country: | Lithuania |
Num Teams: | 54 |
Champions: | FK Žalgiris |
Runner-Up: | FC Hegelmann |
Matches: | 53 |
Goals: | 226 |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Lithuanian Football Cup, for sponsorship reasons also called Lithuanian: '''Hegelmann LFF Taurė'''[1] is a single elimination football tournament in Lithuania.[2] The winner of the competition earns a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Having had participants numbers limited to the first three tiers for the last two years, this year's tournament was open to clubs from any division. As before, the "B" teams do not participate in the cup competition. The A lyga teams entered the tournament from the second round this year. A total number of participants this year was 54: 10 A lyga clubs, 11 LFF I lyga clubs, 11 LFF II lyga clubs, 17 LFF III lyga clubs and 5 SFL clubs.[3]
Round | Draw dates | Match dates | Teams | Participants | |
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Round I | April 15[4] | April 21-26 | 44 | Clubs from I, II, III ir SFL leagues | |
Round of 32 | April 27[5] | May 6-8 | 32 | 22 Round I winners and 10 A lyga clubs | |
Round of 16 | May 11 | May 17-18/24-25[6] | 16 | Winners of the Round of 32 | |
Quarterfinals | June 17 | August 16 - September 14 | 8 | Winners of the Round of 16 | |
Semifinals | September 8 | October 1-5 | 4 | Winners of the Quarterfinals | |
Final | October 16 | 2 | Winners of the Semifinals |
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