The 2021–22 Copa del Rey is the 120th staging of the
Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
(including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners are assured a place in the
2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage
The 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 8 September 2022 and ended on 3 November 2022. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.
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. Both the winners and the runners-up will qualify for the four-team
2022–23 Supercopa de España.
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...
are the defending champions, having beaten
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain. They are known as ''Los Le ...
in the
final of the previous edition.
As across Spain, match times up to 31 October 2021 and from 27 March 2022 are
CEST (
UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
). Times on interim ("winter") days are
CET (
UTC+1
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*Central European Time
*West Africa Time
*Western European Summer Time
** B ...
). Matches played in the Canary Islands will use the
WET (
UTC±00:00).
Schedule and format
In August 2021, the RFEF released the calendar of the competition and confirmed the format of the previous season would remain.
;Notes
*From this season, the
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
in the semifinals is abolished.
*Games ending in a draw are decided in extra time, and if still level, by a penalty shoot-out.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the competition. Reserve teams were excluded.
Preliminary round
Draw
Teams were divided into four groups according to geographical criteria.
Matches
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First round
The first round was played by 112 of the 116 qualified teams, with the exceptions being the four participants of the
2021–22 Supercopa de España. The ten winners from the previous preliminary round were paired with ten teams from
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
. The four
Copa Federación semi-finalists with another four teams from
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
and the last two
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
teams with two teams from
Segunda RFEF. Twenty-one teams from
Segunda RFEF were paired with the twenty-one
Segunda División teams, the last nine teams from
Segunda RFEF were paired with nine
Primera RFEF teams. Finally, the remaining twenty teams from
Primera RFEF were paired between them. In the case of opponents from the same division, the home advantage was decided by whichever team was drawn first; otherwise, the match was held in the stadium of the lower division team. A total of 56 games were played from 30 November to 2 December 2021.
Draw
The draw was held on 18 November 2021. Teams were divided into six pots.
Matches
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Second round
Draw
The draw was held on 3 December 2021 in the RFEF headquarters in
Las Rozas. Teams were divided into 4 pots according to their division in the 2021–22 season. Matches were played at the stadiums of lower-ranked teams. A total of 28 games were played from 14 to 16 December 2021.
Matches
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Round of 32
Draw
The draw was held on 17 December 2021 in the RFEF headquarters in
Las Rozas. The four participant teams of the
2021–22 Supercopa de España were drawn with the teams from the lowest category. After them, the remaining teams from the lowest categories faced the rest of La Liga teams. Matches were played at stadiums of lower-ranked teams.
Matches
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Round of 16
Draw
The draw was held on 7 January 2022 in the RFEF headquarters in
Las Rozas. Teams are divided into 3 pots according to their division in the 2021–22 season. When possible, matches will be played at the stadiums of lower-ranked teams. Otherwise, the first team drawn plays home. A total of 8 games will be played from 15 to 20 January 2022.
Matches
;Notes
Quarter-finals
Draw
The draw will be held on 21 January 2022 in the RFEF headquarters in
Las Rozas. As there are no teams from the lower divisions, home teams will be selected by a draw.
Matches
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Semi-finals
Draw
The draw for the semi-finals will be held on X February 2022.
Summary
Matches
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Final
Top scorers
Notes
References
External links
Royal Spanish Football Federation official websiteCopa del Rey at LFP website
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