2016–17 Taça de Portugal
Format
As in the previous season, the competition format is organised in a knockout system consisting of seven rounds before the final match.

2016–17 Taça de Portugal

Section Title: Format
Table Section Text: As in the previous season, the competition format is organised in a knockout system consisting of seven rounds before the final match.

Round	Teams remaining	Teams involved	Teams from the previous round	New teams in this round	Leagues entering in this round (tier level)

First round	155	120	none	120	Campeonato de Portugal (3rd) District Football Associations (4th)

Second round	110	92	60+15	17	LigaPro (2nd)

Third round	64	64	46	18	Primeira Liga (1st)

Fourth round	32	32	32	none	none

Fifth round	16	16	16	none	none

Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none

Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none

Final	2	2	2	none	none

Sentence(s)

155 teams participated in the competition.

final_sentence: 155 teams participated in the competition.