2020 Latvian Football Cup

The 2020 Latvian Football Cup is the 26th edition of the football tournament. The competition began on 23 July. RFS were the defending champions, having won the previous year's final over Jelgava 3–2 after extra time.[1] The cup winners qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round.

2020 Latvian Football Cup
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Format

47 teams took part in the competition. Each round was played over single leg and matches took place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes. If tied after regular time, 30 minutes of extra time were played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score was still level after this, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out in order to decide the winner. No seeding was applied at any round.

Participating teams
Virslīga

(1st tier)

 1. līga

(2nd tier)

 2. līga

(3rd tier)

 3. līga

(4th tier)

BFC Daugavpils

FK Ventspils

FK Jelgava

Riga FC

FK Liepāja

FK Spartaks Jūrmala

RFS

Valmiera FC

FK Tukums 2000/TSS

FK Metta

 SK Super Nova

Grobiņas SC

JDFS Alberts

Rēzeknes FA/BJSS

FK Dinamo Rīga

FC Lokomotiv Daugavpils

Saldus SS/Leevon

FK Auda

FK Smiltene/BJSS

 FK Priekuļi

FK Limbaži

FK Aliance

Albatroz SC/FS Jelgava

Mārupes SC

SK Krimulda

FK Staiceles Bebri

FK Salaspils

FK Karosta

 FK Lielupe

FK Kalupe

Lubāna/Degumnieki/Madonas BJSS

FK Alberts

FK Valka

SK Upesciems

FK Cēsis

Jēkabpils SC

FK Pļaviņas DM

FC Gauja

FK Dobele Allegro

Liepājas FS

FK Jūrnieks

Jūrmalas SS

Tente/SFS

DSVK Traktors

Talsi/FK Laidze

RTU

FK Kauguri/Beitar

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 7 July.[2] Teams from 2. līga and 3. līga only entered the competition at this point. Two teams: FK Valka and FK Alberts got byes to the second round. The matches were played between 23 July and 9 August 2020.

23 July 2020 Dobele Allegro (4)2–2
(4–3 p)		Rīgas Tehniskā Universitāte (4)FK Jelgava Sporta bāzes mākslīgais laukums, Jelgava
21:00 Ivanovs  18'
Roziņš  44'		 Report Bogdanovs  20'
Suranovs  24'		 Attendance: 89
Referee: Ruslans Botošs
Penalties
Linds
Jansons
Ūtēns
Ivanovs
Pinka 		Morozs
Bogdanovs
Čebotarjovs
Krastiņš
Suranovs
25 July 2020 FK Pļaviņas DM (4)4–2FK Cēsis (4)Gostiņu stadions, Pļaviņas Municipality
12:00 Prohorovs  20', 27', 87' (pen.)
Kokarevičs  46'		 Report Vēlme  7'
Eglītis  44'		 Attendance: 50
Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks
29 July 2020 Liepājas FS (4)1–4Jēkabpils SC (4)Stadions Velnciems, Liepāja
15:00 Ķēdža  15' Report Liņģis  10'
Potlovs  51'
Ragainis  72'
Trofimovs  90+2' (pen.)		 Attendance: 35
Referee: Gints Švažs
2 August 2020 Lubāna/Degumnieki/Madonas BJSS (4)1–13FK Kalupe (4)Degumnieku pamatskolas stadions, Madona Municipality
16:00 Kuncis  87' Report Kozlov  10' (pen.), 28' (pen.)
Maļinovskis  22'
Narovskis  30'
Rasčevskis  47'
Iļjahovs  50', 53', 67', 83'
Kirijenko  70', 75', 80', 89'		 Attendance: 40
Referee: Aleksejs Groznovs
2 August 2020 Talsi/FK Laidze (4)2–1 (a.e.t.)DSVK Traktors (4)Talsu pilsētas stadions, Talsi
17:00 Šnēbergs  28'
Červoņikovs  100'		 Report Čibulis  8' Attendance: 93
Referee: Konstantīns Sprūdžs
3 August 2020 SK Upesciems (4)1–3FK Limbaži (3)Upesciema stadions, Upesciems
18:30 Odiņš  15' Report Kārkliņš  9'
Bieziņš  17'
Ulmis  80'		 Attendance: 31
Referee: Andrejs Gluhovs
4 August 2020 Tente/SFS (4)4–1SK Krimulda (3)Academ Stadium, Rīga
18:00 Rosoha  37' (pen.), 82'
Kļimovs  53'
Medeckis  87'		 Report Ziļs  52' Attendance: 31
Referee: Artis Ķēniņš
6 August 2020 FK Karosta (3)4–0Jūrmalas SS (4)Daugava Stadium, Liepāja
19:00 Reguzovs  3'
Kovaļskis  26'
Attiķis  32'
Moseičenko  38'		 Report Attendance: 120
Referee: Gints Švažs

Second round

13 winners of the first round were joined by FK Valka and FK Alberts (both teams had byes to the second round) as well as nine teams from the 1. līga. The matches are planned to be played over the weekend of 21–23 August 2020.

Third round

12 winners of the second round took part in the third round. The matches are planned to be played over the weekend of 4–6 September 2020.

Fourth round

6 winners of the third round are joined by 10 teams of Latvian Virslīga.

Quarter-finals

8 winners of the fourth round take part in the quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

4 winners of the quarter-finals take part in the semi-finals.

Final

Winners of the semi-finals take part in the final match. The match is scheduled to take part on 8 November at the Ventspils OC stadium in Ventspils.

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See also

References
  1. "Rīgas FS vs. Jelgava 3 - 2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ""Viensviens" Latvijas kausa fināls šogad Ventspilī". LFF.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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