# 2019–20 Iraq FA Cup

The 2019–20 Iraq FA Cup was the 30th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring a total of 20 teams from the Iraqi Premier League and 48 teams from the Iraqi First Division League and Iraqi Second Division League. The tournament started on 12 September 2019, but was cancelled during the Round of 32 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Format
### Participation

The cup started with the first round, consisting of 48 teams from the Iraqi First Division League and Iraqi Second Division League, followed by the second round, consisting of the 24 qualified teams. The 20 Iraqi Premier League clubs joined the 12 qualified teams to form the Round of 32.

### Cards

If a player received a second yellow card, they were banned from the next cup match. If a player received a red card, they were banned for a minimum of one match, but more could be added by the Iraq Football Association.

## Participating clubs

The following 68 teams were participating in the competition:
| Iraqi Premier League 20 clubs from the 2019–20 season | Iraqi First Division League / Iraqi Second Division League 48 clubs from the 2019–20 season |
| Al-Diwaniya Al-Hudood Al-Kahrabaa Al-Karkh Al-Minaa Al-Naft Al-Najaf Al-Qasim Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Amanat Baghdad Erbil Naft Al-Junoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Zakho | Al-Alam Al-Amir Al-Baladi Al-Hakim Al-Hamza Al-Hawija Al-Hurr Al-Husseiniya Al-Kadhimiya Al-Kifl Al-Kufa Al-Kut Al-Mahmoudiya Al-Maqal Al-Mosul Al-Muroor Al-Najma Al-Nasr wal-Salam Al-Noor Al-Rawdhatain Al-Sadeq Al-Sihha wal-Bi'a Al-Shabab Al-Sufiya Al-Tijara Al-Taji Anah Babil Balad Baladiyat Al-Basra Baladiyat Al-Nasiriya Bani Saad Baquba Biladi Bismaya Diyala Haifa Hibhib Jalawla Jisr Diyala Junoob Baghdad Medinat Al-Shuhadaa Masafi Al-Wasat Shabab Al-Iraq Shahraban Suq Al-Shuyukh Taza Tuz |
* Bold indicates the team is still in the competition.

## Schedule

The rounds of the 2019–20 competition were scheduled as follows:
| Round | Draw date | Match dates | Match dates |
| First round | 25 August 2019 | 12–13 September 2019 | 12–13 September 2019 |
| Second round | 25 August 2019 | 17–20 September 2019 | 17–20 September 2019 |
| Round of 32 | 30 September 2019 | 9 October 2019 – N/A | 9 October 2019 – N/A |
| Round of 16 | 30 September 2019 | N/A | N/A |
| Quarter-finals | 30 September 2019 | N/A | N/A |
| Semi-finals | 30 September 2019 | N/A | N/A |
| Final | 30 September 2019 | N/A | N/A |

## First round

48 teams from the First Division League and Second Division League competed in this round.

## Final phase
### Bracket

| Round of 32 9 October 2019 | Round of 32 9 October 2019 | Round of 16 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1 | |
| Al-Sadeq | 0 | |
| Al-Sadeq | 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| | | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya |
| Amanat Baghdad | 1 (4) | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya |
| Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya (p) | 1 (5) | |
| Al-Hurr | 1 | |
| Al-Diwaniya | 2 | |
| Al-Diwaniya | 2 | Al-Diwaniya |
| | | Al-Samawa |
| Al-Samawa (p) | 0 (7) | Al-Samawa |
| Al-Minaa | 0 (6) | |
| Al-Maqal | 0 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2 | Al-Kahrabaa |
| | | Diyala |
| Al-Sufiya | 0 | Diyala |
| Diyala | 1 | |
| Al-Najaf | 1 | |
| Al-Naft | 3 | |
| Al-Naft | 3 | Al-Naft |
| | | Erbil |
| Tuz | 2 | Erbil |
| Erbil | 3 | |
| Naft Maysan | 3 | |
| Al-Najma | 0 | |
| Al-Najma | 0 | Naft Maysan |
| | | Al-Kifl |
| Balad | 2 (2) | Al-Kifl |
| Al-Kifl (p) | 2 (3) | |
| Zakho (w/o) | 3 | |
| Al-Hudood | 0 | |
| Al-Hudood | 0 | Zakho |
| | | Al-Zawraa |
| Al-Zawraa (w/o) | 3 | Al-Zawraa |
| Al-Mosul | 0 | |
| Al-Karkh | 0 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | Naft Al-Wasat |
| Al-Talaba | | |
| Naft Al-Junoob | | |
| Al-Qasim (p) | 0 (5) | |
| Babil | 0 (3) | |
| Babil | 0 (3) | Al-Qasim |
| | | Al-Shorta |
| Bani Saad | 0 | Al-Shorta |
| Al-Shorta | 6 | |

## Round of 32

20 top-tier teams and 12 lower-tier teams were set to compete in this round.