2020–21 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The 2020–21 FA Cup qualifying rounds will open the 140th season of competition in England for The Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. The 32 winning teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.

2020-21 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Country	England Wales
← 2019-20 2021-22 →

The FA made 737 places available in the FA Cup for the 2019–20 season, [1] an increase in two on the previous season, due to the need to produce an extra qualifier at the second qualifying round, following a shortfall in teams at step 2 of the National League System. The 92 teams from the EFL and Premier League received direct entry to the competition proper. The remaining 644 teams, from the National League System (levels 5–10 of the English football league system), entered into the qualifying competition consisting of six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockout matches. [2]

With 889 eligible entrants, [3], more than the number of places available, teams from level 10 of the English football league system were accepted up to the point at which the 737 places were full, based on a random draw [3] This reflected the cancellation of level 10 leagues in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and thus the absence of league placings on which to base qualification, as had been used in previous seasons. The pandemic also led to the removal of replays from the qualifying competition, in order to fit with a delayed start following the extended 2019-20 football season,[4] and a reduction in the prize fund, with figures returning to those last used in the 2017–18 FA Cup.[4]

Calendar

Planned dates for the ealy qualifying rounds were released to clubs in the National League System in late July,[5] and confirmed by the FA on the 3rd August 2020.[4] With replays removed from qualifying, [4] several rounds are scheduled for Tuesdays rather than the usual Saturday.

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Prize fund
Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Losing club	Winning club
Extra Preliminary Round	1 September 2020	184	737 → 552	368	£375	£1,125
Preliminary Round	12 September 2020	160	552 → 392	136	£481	£1,444
First Round Qualifying	17 September 2019	117	392 → 276	74	£750	£2,250
Second Round Qualifying	21 September 2019	80	276 → 196	43	£1,125	£3,375
Third Round Qualifying	5 October 2019	40	196 → 156	0	£1,875	£5,625
Fourth Round Qualifying	19 October 2019	32	156 → 124	24	£3,125	£9,375

References

"The FA Emirates Cup Entries - Accepted" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
"The Emirates FA Cup - List of Exemptions" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
"FA Cup: 2020–21 competition will maintain its existing structure". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Emirates FA Cup 2020-21 details confirmed including round dates, prize fund and more". FA. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Goodard, Ben. "Hereford FC to start competitive action with FA Cup tie". Hereford Times. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

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