2020–21 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories

The 2020–21 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Overseas Departments and Territories take part in the main competition from the seventh round.

The six (or more, if required) preliminary rounds are organised by the 6 Regional leagues of the overseas departments and territories. They take place between February and October 2020.[1]

In 2019–20 JS Saint-Pierroise from Réunion survived longest in the competition, beating Ligue 2 Niort in the ninth round, before eventually losing to Épinal in the round of 32, equalling the record for an overseas team's progression in the competition.[2][3]

Mayotte

A total of 60 clubs from Régionale 1, Régional 2, Régionale 3 and Régionale 4 divisions were registered for the qualifying tournament. The structure of the tournament required a preliminary round with four ties between Régionale 4 teams, Régionale 2 and Régionale 3 teams entering at the first round stage and Régionale 1 teams entering at the second round stage. The draw for the third round was made on 13 February 2020.[4] Note that the Mayotte League continue to refer to the preliminary round as the first round, and the naming convention used here is to bring the rounds in line with other regions and territories.

Preliminary round (Mayotte)

These matches were scheduled to be played on 23 February 2020.[5]

Preliminary Round Results: Mayotte

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1.	M'bouini Elan Espoir Club (R4)	0–2[lower-alpha 1]	FC Ylang de Koungou (R4)
2.	FMJ Vahibé (R4)	–	Espoir Mtsapéré (R4)
3.	CJ Mronabéja (R4)	4–2	FCO Tsingoni (R4)
4.	Feu du Centre (R4)	–	AS Kahani (R4)

Note: Mayotte League Structure (no promotion to French League Structure):
Régionale 1 (R1)
Régionale 2 (R2)
Régionale 3 (R3)
Régionale 4 (R4)

Result not officially published, but unofficially recorded on the Facebook page of M'bouini Elan Espoir Club.[6]

COVID-19 and future of the competition

The result of just one preliminary round match was officially published before the suspension of all competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mayotte (although one match result was published on an official Facebook account). On 6 July 2020, due to the state of health emergency being extended until the end of October,[7] and the lack of any date for competition to commence, the Mayotte League were contacted by the FFF regarding how the qualifying teams would be selected. The league elected to consult with its clubs.[8]

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References

"Réglément de la Coupe de France §5.2" (PDF) (in French). FFF.fr. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
"JS Saint-Pierroise: Indian Ocean island team Reunion causing a stir in French Cup". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020.
"Coupe de France : Épinal met fin à la belle aventure des Réunionnais de la JS Saint-Pierroise" (in French). L'Équipe. 18 January 2020.
"Procès-verbal n° 01: Commission Régionale Sportive et des Terrains: Réunion du 13 février 2020" (PDF) (in French). Ligue Mahoraise de Football. 13 February 2020.
"Tour de la Coupe Régionale de France" (in French). Ligue Mahoraise de Football. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
"M'bouini Elan Espoir Club" (in French). M'bouini Elan Espoir Club Facebook. 23 February 2020.
"Ce qui change avec la fin de l'état d'urgence sanitaire" (in French). Le Monde. 10 July 2020.
"Réunion du Comitéde Direction, 6 juillet 2020" (PDF) (in French). Ligue Mahoraise de Football. 6 July 2020.

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[7] Result not officially published, but unofficially recorded on the Facebook page of M'bouini Elan Espoir Club.[6]

[1] "Réglément de la Coupe de France §5.2" (PDF) (in French). FFF.fr. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

[2] "JS Saint-Pierroise: Indian Ocean island team Reunion causing a stir in French Cup". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020.

[3] "Coupe de France : Épinal met fin à la belle aventure des Réunionnais de la JS Saint-Pierroise" (in French). L'Équipe. 18 January 2020.

[4] "Procès-verbal n° 01: Commission Régionale Sportive et des Terrains: Réunion du 13 février 2020" (PDF) (in French). Ligue Mahoraise de Football. 13 February 2020.

[5] "Tour de la Coupe Régionale de France" (in French). Ligue Mahoraise de Football. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[6] "M'bouini Elan Espoir Club" (in French). M'bouini Elan Espoir Club Facebook. 23 February 2020.

[8] "Ce qui change avec la fin de l'état d'urgence sanitaire" (in French). Le Monde. 10 July 2020.

[9] "Réunion du Comitéde Direction, 6 juillet 2020" (PDF) (in French). Ligue Mahoraise de Football. 6 July 2020.

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