The 2022 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 70th staging of the

Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol is an annual youth football tournament in Spain, which is contested by 32 teams from the División de Honor Juvenil. It is organised by the RFEF. History The Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol was founded in 1951 wi ...

, the national knockout tournament for youth (under-19)

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Format

The

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led to the 2020 and 2021 editions of the competition being cancelled. The hiatus led to the format being revised by the

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(the senior men's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

and women's

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had also been revamped in recent years). Previously a 16-team end-of season tournament with qualification based on the finishing positions in the

División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol The División de Honor Juvenil is the top level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 19 years old and under. The División de Honor is administered by the RFEF through the ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado (LNFA)''. Format ...

, 32 teams were now invited based on their league positions at the halfway stage (top four in each of the seven groups, plus four highest-ranked 5th-placed), with the Copa del Rey being completed over several months in the second half of the season. Two-leg ties were also replaced by single matches in each round. The first round draw was based on geographical proximity, with teams from each regionalised División de Honor group facing one another in most cases.

Matches

Round of 32

Played between 15 January 2022 and 3 February 2022.Copa del Rey Juvenil 2021/2022
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Round of 16

Played on 26 and 27 February 2022.

Quarter-finals

Played on 26 and 27 March 2022.

Semi-finals

Played on 13 April 2022. The semi-finals and final were each played over one leg at a mini-tournament in a single location (in this instance, in

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Final

References

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