2011–12 Belarusian Cup Explained

Belarusian Cup
Year:	2011–12
Country:	Belarus
Num Teams:	48
Champions:	Naftan Novopolotsk
Runner-Up:	Minsk
Matches:	47
Goals:	186
Top Goal Scorer:	Andrey Razin Yuri Korolyuk Yuri Syrokvashko
Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

The 2011–12 Belarusian Cup was the 21st season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 14 June 2011. Naftan Novopolotsk of the Cup and qualified for the second qualifying round^[1] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following teams took part in the competition:

2011 Belarusian Premier League all 12 clubs	2011 Belarusian First League all 16 clubs	2011 Belarusian Second League 15 teams (of 16)	Winners of regional cups 5 teams
BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk Minsk Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Brest Belshina Bobruisk Naftan Novopolotsk Dnepr Mogilev Vitebsk Neman Grodno Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Gomel	Partizan Minsk SKVICH Minsk DSK Gomel Granit Mikashevichi Rudensk Baranovichi Polotsk Khimik Svetlogorsk Slavia Mozyr Volna Pinsk Smorgon Belcard Grodno Vedrich-97 Rechitsa Gorodeya Slutsk Klechesk Kletsk	Kommunalnik Slonim Lida Zabudova Molodechno Zvezda-BGU Minsk Bereza-2010 Gomelzheldortrans Osipovichi Neman Mosty Vigvam Smolevichi Beltransgaz Slonim Zhlobin Orsha Vertikal Kalinkovichi Livadiya Dzerzhinsk Partizan-2 Minsk	Energetik Novolukoml (Vitebsk Region) Kobrin (Brest Region) Nika Minsk (Minsk) Tsementnik Krasnoselsky (Grodno Region) Zabudova-2007 Chist (Minsk Region)

First round

32 teams started the competition in this round: 12 teams from the First League, 15 teams from Second League (all but Dinamo-2 Minsk) and 5 amateur clubs. 4 First League clubs that were at the top of league table at the moment of the draw (Slavia Mozyr, SKVICH Minsk, Partizan Minsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) and all 12 Premier League teams received a bye to the next round. Matches of this round were played on 14, 15 and 16 June 2011.

Round of 32

The winners from the First Round will play against 16 clubs that received a bye to this round. The draw was conducted on 17 June 2011. Matches of this round were played on 29 June 2011. Due to scheduling conflicts with qualifying rounds of UEFA Champions League and Europa League, games involving BATE Borisov, Minsk and Shakhtyor Soligorsk were rescheduled to 22 July, 17 August and 6 September 2011 respectively.

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 28 July 2011. The games were played on 21 September and 13 November 2011.

Quarterfinals

An open draw for quarterfinals was conducted on 21 November 2011.

Match between Lida and Naftan was moved from Lida to Grodno due to bad pitch conditions in March. Match between Klechesk and Neman was moved from Kletsk to the opponent's stadium in Grodno for similar reasons.

Semifinals

The draw for semifinals was held on March 19 and was an open draw.

Final

MINSK:
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GK	1
RB	8	Syarhey Hihevich
CB	26	Oleh Karamushka
CB	21	Artsyom Rakhmanaw
LB	2	Roman Begunov
RM	5
CM	11	Alyaksandr Sachywka
CM	20	Ivan Maewski
LM	6	Andrey Razin (c)
RF	30	Leonid Kovel
LF	10	Raman Vasilyuk
Substitutes:
GK	24	Ihar Logvinaw
MF	7
MF	9
FW	12
MF	13
MF	25	Aboubacar Camara
FW	99
Manager:
Vadim Skripchenko

NAFTAN:
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GK	1	Mikalay Ramanyuk
RB	4	Mihail Harbachow
CB	10	Oleg Shkabara
CB	6	Alyaksey Hawrylovich
LB	44	Dzyanis Obrazaw
DM	2	Alyaksandr Kobets
DM	8	Mikita Bukatkin (c)
RM	13	Fiodor Cernych
CM	7	Ihar Truhaw
LM	37	Roman Sorokin
FW	9	Yahor Zubovich
Substitutes:
GK	16	Igor Dovgyallo
MF	5
DF	15	Nikita Naumov
MF	17	Andrey Yakimov
DF	20
FW	22	Alyaksandr Hawrushka
FW	29
Manager: