# 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup

The 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup was the 30th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 26 August 2020 and concluded on 13 May 2021 with the final at the Ternopilsky Misky Stadion in Ternopil.
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.
This season was the first, when two teams started the competition from the quarter-final stage: the defending winners (Dynamo Kyiv) and the champions of Ukraine of the previous season (Shakhtar Donetsk).
Dynamo Kyiv won their joint-record 13th Ukrainian Cup title after beating Zorya Luhansk 1–0 in extra time in the final. They therefore qualified to the play-off round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however they qualified for the Champions League through league season.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, access of spectators to stadium was limited, but was allowed to one of postponed games (matches) of the first preliminary round on 9 September 2020 at Slavutych Arena.

## Team allocation and schedule

The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (14/14 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (23/27) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Three second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament, FC Kalush did not participate.
Distribution :
| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| First preliminary round (38 teams) | First preliminary round (38 teams) | 13 entrants from the First League 23 entrants from the Second League Winner and finalist of the 2019–20 Amateur Cup | |
| Second preliminary round (22 teams) | Second preliminary round (22 teams) | 3 entrants from the First League | 19 winners from the First preliminary round |
| Third preliminary round (22 teams) | Third preliminary round (22 teams) | 11 entrants from the Premier League | 11 winners from the Second preliminary round |
| Round of 16 (12 teams) | Round of 16 (12 teams) | 1 entrant from the Premier League | 11 winners from the Third preliminary round |
| Quarter-finals (8 teams) | Quarter-finals (8 teams) | Winners of the 2019–20 Cup Champions of the 2019–20 Premier League | 6 winners from the Round of 16 |

### Rounds schedule

| Phase | Round | Fractional | Draw date | Game date |
| Preliminary | First round | 1⁄64 finals | 21 August 2020 | 26–30 August 2020 |
| Preliminary | Second round | 1⁄32 finals | 10 September 2020 | 16–17 September 2020 |
| Preliminary | Third round | 1⁄16 finals | 18 September 2020 | 30 September 2020 |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 1⁄8 finals | 27 October 2020 | 2 December 2020 |
| Main event | Quarter-finals | 1⁄4 finals | 18 December 2020 | 3 March 2021 |
| Main event | Semi-finals | 1⁄2 finals | 4 March 2021 | 1–2 April 2021 |
| Main event | Final at Ternopilsky Misky Stadion | Final at Ternopilsky Misky Stadion | 4 March 2021 | 13 May 2021 |

## Competition schedule

Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)

### First preliminary round (1/64)

In this round, 13 clubs from the First League, 23 clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.
The draw was held on 21 August 2020.

#### Notes

* ↑ The winner Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Awarded a technical result (without any score). FC Chernihiv failed to arrived due to a breakdown of the team's bus
* ↑ Awarded a technical result (without any score). The game ended in 1 – 1 tie and (8–7 p) advantage Podillia, but Podillia fielded a disqualified footballer Yan Morhovskyi against Prykarpattia.

### Second preliminary round (1/32)

In this round, 3 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 19 winners of the First preliminary round (11 clubs from First League, 7 – Second League, 1 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 10 September 2020.

### Third preliminary round (1/16)

In this round, 11 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Second preliminary round (7 clubs from First League, 3 – Second League, 1 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 18 September 2020.
* Notes:
* ↑ The official UAF match report for Vorskla – Lviv game, listed the FC Lviv's head coach as Vadym Deonas, while the FC Lviv's website has Giorgi Tsetsadze.
* ↑ Originally scheduled on 1 October 2020, the game between VPK-Ahro – Olimpik was canceled, because more than half of the VPK-Ahro's squad were diagnosed COVID-19 positive. On 9 October 2020 it was announced that the game will take place on 13 November 2020.

### Round of 16 (1/8)

In this round, Zorya Luhansk from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Third preliminary round (8 clubs from Premier League, 3 – First League, 1 – Second League).
The draw was held on 27 October 2020. The game Desna – Zorya was postponed to 16 December 2020.

### Quarter-finals (1/4)

In this round, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 6 winners of the Round of 16 (4 clubs from Premier League, 2 – First League).
The draw was held on 18 December 2020.

### Semi-finals (1/2)

The base date for matches of this round is 21 April 2021. The draw was held on 4 March 2021.

### Final

The city of Ternopil hosted its first Ukrainian Cup final at Ternopilsky Misky Stadion and first major competition final overall, after the previous season's final was initially moved from Ternopil to Lviv and then moved again to Kharkiv due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.

## Bracket

The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
| Round of 16 2–16 December 2020 | Round of 16 2–16 December 2020 | Quarter-finals 3 March 2021 | Quarter-finals 3 March 2021 | | Semi-finals 21 April 2021 | Semi-finals 21 April 2021 | | Final 13 May 2021 | Final 13 May 2021 |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | | | | | |
| Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 | 3 March | 3 March | | | | | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 0 | 3 March | 3 March | | | | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 0 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | | | | | 21 April | 21 April | | |
| Bye (League champions) | | | | | 21 April | 21 April | |
| Bye (League champions) | | | | | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 0 | |
| | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | | 3 March | 3 March | | | | | |
| Bye (Cup winners) | | 3 March | 3 March | | | | |
| Bye (Cup winners) | | Dynamo Kyiv (p) | 0 (4) | | | | |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | Dynamo Kyiv (p) | 0 (4) | | | | |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | Kolos Kovalivka | 0 (3) | | | | |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 0 | Kolos Kovalivka | 0 (3) | | | | |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 0 | | | | | | | 13 May | 13 May |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | | | | | | | 13 May | 13 May |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | | | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | | | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | | | | | | Zorya Luhansk | 0 |
| VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 0 | | | | | | | Zorya Luhansk | 0 |
| VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 0 | 3 March | 3 March | | | | | | |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 5 | 3 March | 3 March | | | | | | |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 5 | SC Dnipro-1 | 1 (3) | | | | | | |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | SC Dnipro-1 | 1 (3) | | | | | | |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | FC Oleksandriya (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 3 | FC Oleksandriya (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 3 | | | | 21 April | 21 April | | | | |
| FC Mynai | 0 | | | | 21 April | 21 April | | | |
| FC Mynai | 0 | | | | FC Oleksandriya | 1 (3) | | | |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | | | | FC Oleksandriya | 1 (3) | | | |
| 2 December 2020 | 2 December 2020 | | | | Zorya Luhansk (p) | 1 (4) | |
| Veres Rivne | 1 | | | | Zorya Luhansk (p) | 1 (4) | |
| Veres Rivne | 1 | 3 March | 3 March | | | | | |
| FC Mariupol | 0 | 3 March | 3 March | | | | |
| FC Mariupol | 0 | Veres Rivne | 1 | | | | |
| 16 December 2020 | 16 December 2020 | | Veres Rivne | 1 | | | | |
| 16 December 2020 | 16 December 2020 | Zorya Luhansk | 2 | | | | |
| Desna Chernihiv | 0 | Zorya Luhansk | 2 | | | | |
| Zorya Luhansk | 1 | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

The competition's top ten goalscorers including preliminary rounds.
    As of 13 May 2021
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Mykola Buy | Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | 4 |
| 1 | Robert Hehedosh | Veres Rivne | 4 |
| 1 | Artem Dovbyk | SC Dnipro-1 | 4 (1) |
| 4 | Pavlo Orikhovskyi | Kolos Kovalivka | 3 |
| 4 | Oleksandr Pyatov | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 3 |
| 4 | Mykhaylo Shestakov | Veres Rivne | 3 (1) |
Notes: