2021 Finnish Cup
Tournament details
Country Finland
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsKuPS
Runner-upHJK Helsinki
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored121 (2.88 per match)
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The 2021 Finnish Cup is the 67th season of the Finnish Cup football competition.[1][2]

Until the 2017–2018 season, the tournament was held in the autumn-spring schedule from July to September of the following year. The introduction of this new format of the contest meant that the League Cup was suspended.

The winner of the Finnish Cup qualifies for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[3]

Teams

Round Dates Clubs
involved		 Winners from
previous round		 New entries
this round		 Leagues entering this round
First round (group stage) 6 – 28 February 2021 24 - 24 Veikkausliiga (12), Ykkönen (12).
Play-off Round 6 – 28 March 2021 10 8 2 Kakkonen (2)
Quarter-finals 20 March –
3 April 2021		 8 3 (group stage)
5 (play off)		 –
Semi-finals 10 April 2021 4 4 –
Finals 8 May 2021 2 2 –

Group stage

The teams participating in the group stage were the teams of Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen. The group stage was played in February 2021 with teams divided into 6 divisional groups, three groups with Veikkausliiga and three groups with Ykkönen teams. The winners of the Veikkausliiga groups qualify for the quarter-finals, the second teams of these groups will play the playoffs. The winners and the best 2 runners up of the Ykkönen groups qualify for the playoffs.[4]

Veikkausliiga – Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
HJK 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Quarter-finals
HIFK 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Play-off
FC Lahti 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
KTP 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [1]


Veikkausliiga – Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Inter Turku 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Quarter-finals
Honka 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Play-off
FC Haka 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
IFK Mariehamn 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: [2]


Veikkausliiga – Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
KuPS 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Quarter-finals
SJK 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Play-off
AC Oulu 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
FC Ilves 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [3]


Ykkönen – Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Gnistan 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Play-off
MP 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
Klubi 04 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
JIPPO 3 1 0 2 1 8 −7 3
Source: [4]


Ykkönen – Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
PK-35 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Play-off
Ekenäs IF 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 6
TPS Turku 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
MuSa 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [5]


Ykkönen – Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
VPS 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Play-off
RoPS 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
FF Jaro 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
KPV 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [6]


Play-off Round

In the playoff round, 2 teams from Kakkonen (PEPO and SJK Akatemia), wil enter the tournament.

6 March 2021 SJK Akatemia (3)0–3 SJK (1) Wallsport Areena, Seinäjoki
14:30 Report
13 March 2021 VPS (2)0–4 Honka (1) Elisa Stadion, Vaasa
13:00 Report
13 March 2021 PEPO (3)0–3 PK-35 (2) Amiksen tekonurmi, Lappeenranta
14:30 Report
13 March 2021 Gnistan (2) 3–2 AETEIF (2)Mustapekka, Helsinki
17:00 Report
28 March 2021 RoPS (2)0-1 HIFK (1) Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä, Rovaniemi
17:00 Report

Quarter-finals

20 March 2021 KuPS (1) 5-0Gnistan (2)Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
13:00 Report
3 April 2021 Honka (1) 1-0 AETPK-35 (2)Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
14:00 Report
3 April 2021 HIFK (1)0-3 HJK (1) Veritas Stadion, Turku
16:00 Report
3 April 2021 Inter Turku (1) 1-0 AETSJK (1)Bolt Arena, Helsinki
16:00 Report

Semi-finals

10 April 2021 KuPS (1) 2-1Honka (1)Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
14:00 Report
10 April 2021 HJK (1) 4-0Inter Turku (1)Bolt Arena, Helsinki
16:00 Report

Final

8 May 2021 HJK (1)0-0 (a.e.t.)
(4-5 p)		 KuPS (1) Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
16:00 Riski Yellow card 4'
Debohi Yellow card 60'		 Report Carrillo Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 63'
Adjei-Boateng Yellow card 102'
Uzochukwu Yellow card 115'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
Penalties
Riski soccer ball with check mark
O'Shaughnessy soccer ball with check mark
Tanaka soccer ball with check mark
Henrique soccer ball with red X
Valenčič soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Adjei-Boateng
soccer ball with check mark Popovitch
soccer ball with check mark Udo
soccer ball with check mark Tomas
soccer ball with check mark Järvinen

References

  1. ^ "Soccerway". Soccerway.com. 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ^ "Miesten Suomen Cup: Ottelut | Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  3. ^ "uefa europa league". uefa.com. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  4. ^ "Suomen Cup 2021 - Soccer, Finland: Live Scores, Standings - Soccerstand.com". soccerstand.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-02-06.

External links

Finnish Cup seasons
2020–21 in European men's football (UEFA)
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