The 2017–18 Copa Federación de España was the 25th edition of the

Copa Federación de España The Copa Real Federación Española de Fútbol, popularly known as the Copa Federación (Federation Cup) or Copa RFEF, is a Spanish football competition organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It has been held since the 1993−9 ...

, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for

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clubs in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

and

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

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won the tournament after winning 1–0 on aggregate score to

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. The champion won the trophy, a cash prize of €90,152 and the qualification for the next year tournament. The runner-up received a cash prize of €30,051 and every semifinalist €12,020. Additionally, each winner of autonomous community tournament received €3,005. The competition began in late July 2017 with the first games of the Regional stages and finished 11 April 2018 with the national final.

Regional tournaments

West Andalusia and Ceuta tournament

The draw was made 4 August.

Semifinal

Final

Match was abandoned at halftime after power failure and Algeciras renounced to continue the match.

East Andalusia and Melilla tournament

Huétor Tájar was the only registered team and qualified directly for national phase.

Aragon tournament

For the 2017–18 edition, the Aragonese Football Federation agreed to change the competition format to two groups of four teams, where after a single-leg round robin tournament, the two group winners will qualify to the Regional final.

Group 1

Group 2

Final

Asturias tournament

The twelve qualified teams were divided into four groups of three teams, where the winners will qualify for the semifinals. Teams were drawn according to their league positions in the previous season. The final was played at

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, as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of

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Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Final bracket

=Final

Balearic Islands tournament

Final

Basque Country tournament

Four teams of the Group 4 of Tercera División and two of Segunda División B registered for the tournament ( Alavés B,

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and R. Sociedad C). Tournament will be played in two stages, the first with two groups of three teams and the winner will play the final over two matches. The group stage phase was drawn on 4 September by

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Group 1

Group 2

Final

Canary Islands tournament

Final

Cantabria tournament

Teams qualified between second and ninth place in

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Group 3 registered for playing the competition. The bracket was drawn on 2 August. Quarter-finals and Semi-finals were played in Santa Cruz de Bezana.

Final

Castile-La Mancha tournament

The Castile-La Mancha Football Federation announced the Copa Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha as the regional Copa RFEF qualifying tournament.

Final

Castile and León tournament

The Castile and León Football Federation made the draw of the tournament on 6 September 2017. The semifinal between

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and Real Burgos was canceled by the regional Football Federation due to not having the seconds enough players for playing this tournament.

Final

Catalonia tournament

Three teams joined the regional tournament, consisted in a single-game knockout tournament.

Final

Extremadura tournament

A record of 17 teams played the tournament, consisting in a single-game knockout tournament. The preliminary round and the round of 16 were firstly drawn, and later each round was drawn independently.

Final

Galicia tournament

Eleven teams registered for playing the competition. The bracket was drawn on 13 July. Teams were divided into two brackets according to geographical criteria and all matches were played at the stadium of the team that plays in a lower division. The federation paid €3,005 to the winner of the competition.

Final

La Rioja tournament

Seven teams will play the regional tournament, consisted in a single-game knockout tournament.

Final

Madrid tournament

Final

Murcia tournament

Final

Navarre tournament

The competition was played in two stages: the first one as a group stage and the final as a single match. The groups were drawn on 5 July 2017.

Group 1

Group 2

Final

Valencian Community tournament

The competition will be played in three rounds, the first as a single match and semi-finals and final with home and away matches. The draw was on 11 August 2017.

Final

National tournament

The national tournament began 29 November 2017.

Qualified teams

;Defending champion

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Huétor Tájar (4)

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*(3) Team playing in

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(third tier) *(4) Team playing in

2017–18 Tercera División The 2017–18 Tercera División was the fourth tier in Spanish football. It began play in August 2017 and ended in late June 2018 with the promotion play-off finals. Competition format *The top four eligible teams in each group will play the pro ...

(fourth tier) *Slashed teams withdrew from the competition. *Team in bold won the competition

Round of 32

The draw for the first round was held on 31 October 2017. The matches were played between 29 November and 13 December 2017. Escobedo and

received a bye.

First leg

Second leg

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2017. The matches were played between 10 and 24 January 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 26 January 2018. Matches were played between 7 and 21 February 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals was held on 23 February 2018. Matches were played between 7 and 14 March 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Final

Final will be played between 4 and 11 April 2018.

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

Royal Spanish Football Federation
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