2017–18 Coupe de France
The 2017–18 Coupe de France was the 101st season of the most prestigious football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (winner of 2017 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (winner of 2017 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, and Saint Martin). Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, and won their 4th consecutive final and record 12th title overall with a 2–0 win over Les Herbiers VF  in the final. Teams. Round 1 to 6. The first six rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 enter at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 enter at the fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the fifth round. Round 7. The 145 qualifiers from the 6th Round of the Regional Leagues are joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams  from Ligue 2. Regional Leagues. Figures in parenthesis indicate the tier of the French football league system the team play at. Nouvelle-Aquitaine: 12 teams Pays de la Loire: 11 teams Corsica: 2 teams Grand Est: 20 teams Centre-Val de Loire: 4 teams Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 8 teams Hauts-de-France: 20 teams Occitanie: 11 teams Normandy: 8 teams Méditerranée: 5 teams Brittany: 14 teams Paris-Île-de-France: 11 teams Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 19 teams Overseas Territories teams. French Guiana: 2 teams Seventh round. The draw for the seventh round is made in two parts. First the Overseas  teams are drawn against opponents from the French League structure who have applied to potentially travel overseas. Those French teams not drawn in this part are re-entered into the main draw. The draw for the overseas teams took place on 25 October 2017. The main draw for the seventh round took place on 26 October 2017. Ties took place on 10, 11 and 12 November 2017, with matches postponed from those dates being rescheduled for 18 and 19 November. Main draw. The main draw was split into 10 regional groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of  clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography. Eighth round. The draw for the eighth round took place on 14 November 2017. Because AS Excelsior (R1) won their seventh round tie in mainland France, they are guaranteed a home tie in the eighth round, against one of the opponents from the French League structure who applied to potentially travel overseas. Games were played on 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10 December 2017. Main draw. The main draw was split into 6 groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily  grouping by geography. Round of 64. The draw for the ninth round (known as the round of 64) took place on 14 December 2017. The 20 Ligue 1 teams join the draw at this stage. The draw is split into four groups to ensure equal distribution of teams from each tier, with geographical proximity a secondary factor. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were AC Houilles and FC Still 1930, both from tier 8 (Regional 3). FC Still 1930 entered the competition at the first round, and are the longest standing team still in the  competition. Games were played on 6, 7 and 8 January 2018. Round of 32. The draw for the tenth round (known as the round of 32) took place on 8 January 2018. This was an open draw. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Canet Roussillon FC, FC Saint-Lô Manche and ASC Biesheim, all from tier 5 (Championnat National 3). Games were played on 23, 24 and 25 January 2018. Round of 16. The draw for the eleventh round (known as the round of 16) took place on 25 January 2018. This was an  open draw. The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was US Granville, from tier 4 (Championnat National 2). Games were played on 6, 7 and 8 February 2018. Quarter-finals. The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 8 February 2018. This was an open draw. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were FC Chambly and Les Herbiers VF, both from tier 3 (Championnat National). Games were played on 27 and 28 February and 1 March 2018. Semi-finals. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 1 March  2018. This was an open draw. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were still FC Chambly and Les Herbiers VF, both from tier 3 (Championnat National). Games were played on 17 and 18 April 2018.