2016–17 Ukrainian Cup
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup is the 26th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The decision on a schedule of competitions for clubs from the First and Second League in the composition will be confirmed by Central Council of the Professional Football League of Ukraine and the competition will start on 20 July 2016. Competition schedule. First Preliminary round (1/64). In this round entered 8 clubs from the Second League and two representatives from the 2015 Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches will be played on 20 July 2016. Second Preliminary round (1/32). In this round  18 clubs from First League and the higher seeded clubs from the Second League entered. They were drawn against the five winners of the First Preliminary Round. The round matches were played on 10 August 2016. Round of 20 (1/16). In this round six teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League (bottom placed) and 14 winners from the Second Preliminary round enter this stage of the competition which also includes 10 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League, 4 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League. The draw for this round was held on 17 August 2016 at the House  of Football in Kyiv. Notes: Round of 16 (1/8). In this round six teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League (top placed) and 10 winners from the Round of 20 enter this stage of the competition which also includes 3 more teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, 7 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 23 September 2016 at the House of Football in Kyiv. Notes: Quarterfinals. In this round will participate 4 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League and 4 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on  27 October 2016 at the House of Football in Kyiv. Notes: Semifinals. In this round will participate 3 teams from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League and 1 team from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The draw was held on 6 April 2017 at the Hilton hotel in Kyiv. During the draw there was identified a host for the final whom will be the winner of Shakhtar-Dnipro pair. Top goalscorers. The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds.