2020 Lithuanian Football Cup
Hegelmann LFF Taurė
Tournament details
CountryLithuania Lithuania
Dates16 June – 24 October
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsFK Panevėžys (1st title)
Runner-upFK Sūduva
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored118 (3.69 per match)
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The '2020 Lithuanian Football Cup was a single elimination association football tournament and the 32rd edition of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. The official name of thecompetition was Hegelmann LFF Cup for sponsorship reasons.

The tournament was scheduled to start in April 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start was postponed to mid-June.

A total of 33 A Lyga, LFF I Lyga and II Lyga teams participated in the tournament, reserve teams are not allowed to participate in the cup competition. The A Lyga teams joined the tournament in the round of 16.[1] Due to the postponed start, the teams of lower divisions were not invited to participate this year in order to shorten the length of the competition.

FK Panevėžys defeated defending champions FK Sūduva 5–4 on penalties in the final and have qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Match and draw calendar

Stage Draw Matches Teams Participants
Preliminary Round I 3 June[2] 16-21 June 25 17 teams from II Lyga, 8 randomly drawn teams from LFF I lyga
Preliminary Round II 22 June 24-30 June 16 9 winners of Round I, 7 randomly drawn teams advanced without play
1/8 final 2 July 7-8 and 14-15 July 16 8 winners of Round II, 6 teams from A lyga, 2 randomly drawn teams from LFF I lyga advanced without play
1/4 final 17 July 11 August and 11-12 September
1/2 final 15 September 17 October[3] and 20 October[4]
Final 24 October[5]

Participants

The 33 participants consisted of 6 A Lyga, 10 LFF I Lyga and 17 II Lyga teams.

Results

Preliminary Round I

The league that the team represents is indicated in brackets.
Note: FK Aukštaitija changed the club's name to FK Ekranas.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
BFA (I) 1–0 FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai (I)
FK TERA Vilnius (II) 2–4 FK Atmosfera (2012) (I)
FK Tauras Tauragė (II) 4–0 FK Rosa Klaipėda (II)
FK Juventa-99 Šiauliai (II) 2–2 (2–4 p) FK Vidzgiris Alytus (II)
FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda (II) 5–1 FK Neptūnas Klaipėda (II)
FK Šilutė (II) 1–3 FC Džiugas Telšiai (I)
FK Ekranas (2020) Panevėžys (II) 1–1 (3–4 p) DFK Dainava (I)
FK Utenis (II) 1–1 (4–2 p) FK Atlantas Klaipėda (II)
FM Ateitis Vilnius (II) 0–4 FK Minija (2017) (I)

Randomly drawn teams that advanced to Round II:[5]

FK Viltis Vilnius (II)
Vilniaus Vytis (I)
FK Babrungas Plungė (II)
FK Jonava (I)
SANED Joniškis (II)
FK Sveikata Kybartai (II)
ŠŠPC Radviliškis (II)

Randomly drawn I Lyga teams that advanced to the round of 16:

FC Hegelmann Litauen
FA Šiauliai

Round II

The second round draw took place on 22 June 2020.[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FK Viltis Vilnius (II) 11–0 SANED Joniškis (II)
DFK Dainava (I) 3–0 FK Atmosfera (2012) (I)
FK Vidzgiris Alytus (II) 2–6 FK Minija (2017) (I)
FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda (II) 2–3 BFA (I)
FK Utenis (II) 0–2 FK Sveikata Kybartai (II)
ŠŠPC Radviliškis (II) 1–5 FK Jonava (I)
FK Babrungas Plungė (II) 2–1 FK Tauras Tauragė (II)
Vilniaus Vytis (I) 1–0 FC Džiugas Telšiai (I)

Round of 16

The Round of 16 draw took place on 2 July 2020.[7]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
BFA (I) 1–2 DFK Dainava (I)
FK Sveikata Kybartai (II) 0–4 FK Kauno Žalgiris (A)
FK Viltis Vilnius (II) 0–4 Vilniaus Vytis (I)
FA Šiauliai (I) 0–2 FK Žalgiris (A)
FK Jonava (I) 0–3 FK Panevėžys (A)
FK Minija (2017) (I) 0–3 FK Sūduva (A)
FK Riteriai (A) 2–0 FK Banga Gargždai (A)
FK Babrungas Plungė (II) 1–4 FC Hegelmann Litauen (I)

Quarter-finals

The 1/4 Final draw took place on 17 July 2020[8]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Hegelmann Litauen (I) 0–3 FK Panevėžys (A)
Vilniaus Vytis (I) 0–3 FK Sūduva (A)
DFK Dainava (I) 0–2 FK Riteriai (A)
FK Žalgiris (A) 2–1 FK Kauno Žalgiris (A)

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FK Panevėžys (A) 4–0 FK Riteriai (A)
FK Žalgiris (A) 1–2 FK Sūduva (A)

Final

The final was broadcast on the Lithuanian TV3 channel for the first time.[9]

FINAL
FK Panevėžys1–1 (a.e.t.)FK Sūduva
Ernestas Veliulis 23' lff.lt report
Report		 26' (pen) Renan Oliveira
Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 117' Nicolás Gorobsov
Penalties
Elivelto soccer ball with check mark
Chrysovalantis Kozoronis soccer ball with check mark
Rafael Floro soccer ball with check mark
Justinas Januševskij soccer ball with check mark
Sebastián Vásquez soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Domagoj Pušić
soccer ball with check mark Algis Jankauskas
soccer ball with check mark Thomas Salamon
soccer ball with check mark Yevhen Yefremov
soccer ball with red X Aleksandar Živanović
Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Robertas Valikonis

See also

References

  1. ^ "Futbolas". 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Hegelmann LFF Taurės burtai bus traukiami birželio 3 D".
  3. ^ "Ištraukti Hegelmann LFF taurės pusfinalio burtai".
  4. ^ "Perkeliamos a lygos ir LFF taurės rungtynės | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
  5. ^ a b "Ištraukti Hegelmann LFF taurės I etapo burtai".
  6. ^ "Ištraukti Hegelmann LFF antro etapo taurės burtai".
  7. ^ "Ištraukti Hegelmann LFF taurės aštuntfinalio burtai".
  8. ^ "Ištraukti Hegelmann LFF taurės ketvirtfinalio burtai".
  9. ^ "Istorinis žingsnis: "Hegelmann" LFF taurės kovas rodys TV3 žiniasklaidos grupė".

External links

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