The 2020–21
Maltese FA Trophy
The FA Trophy, currently known as the Meridianbet FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football (soccer), football cup competition that takes place in Malta. The cup was founded in 1933; following a match between England national footba ...
was the 83rd edition of the
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
cup competition
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...
. The cup began on 15 December 2020.
The winners of the Maltese FA Trophy this season would have earned a place in the first qualifying round of the
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Rom ...
.
There was no winner of the previous cup because the Malta FA Executive Committee cancelled the competition due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Malta.
On 9 April, the cup was abandoned due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Malta.
Preliminary round
Twelve preliminary round matches were played on 15–27 December 2020.
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 10 December 2020.
First round
Sixteen first round matches were played on 2–24 February 2021. The draw for the first round was held on 14 January 2021.
Second round
Eight second round matches were played on 2–4 March 2021. The draw for the second round was held on 18 February 2021.
See also
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2020–21 Maltese Premier League
The 2020–21 Maltese Premier League was the 106th season of the Maltese Premier League, the top-flight league football in Malta. Floriana were the defending champions, having won their 26th title the previous season.
On 10 March 2021, due to t ...
References
External links
Official FA Trophy websiteThe Maltese FA Trophyon UEFA
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Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
2020-21
Cup
A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...
Maltese FA Trophy
The FA Trophy, currently known as the Meridianbet FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football (soccer), football cup competition that takes place in Malta. The cup was founded in 1933; following a match between England national footba ...