The scene of the draw ceremony.
Photo courtesy of the Football Association Cup
Chinanews.com, October 30th. The draw ceremony for the second phase of the 2020 Chinese Football Association Cup was held in Suzhou on the afternoon of the 30th.
At this stage, 8 Chinese Premier League teams entered, and the 8 Chinese Super League teams that were promoted in the first round were drawn together.
According to the lottery rules, the 8 Super League teams that qualify for the second stage of the 2020 FA Cup are divided into 4 seeded teams and 4 unseeded teams.
Among them, the seeded teams are divided into two levels. The 2019 FA Cup champion (or runner-up) and the Chinese Super League champion are the first seeded teams. The second and third seeded teams of the Chinese Super League in 2019 are the second seeded teams.
Because the defending champion of the Football Association Cup Shanghai Greenland Shenhua failed to advance to the second round, the runner-up Shandong Luneng Taishan team was replaced.
The first seeded team: Shandong Luneng Taishan, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Second seeded team: Beijing Zhonghe Guoan, Shanghai SIPG
Chinese Super League non-seeded teams: Jiangsu Suning Tesco, Guangzhou R&F, Wuhan Zall, Tianjin Teda
The 8 Chinese A teams participating in the second stage of the Football Association Cup are the Chengdu Division (Chong Super Group) of the second stage of the 2020 Chinese A League. 6 teams Chengdu Xingcheng Habitat, Meizhou Hakka, Changchun Yatai, Taizhou Yuanda, Zhejiang Energy Greentown, Kunshan FC, and the first two teams in the Meizhou Division and the Changzhou Division will be determined in the second stage of the Chinese League.
2020 FA Cup 1/8 final match table.
After drawing lots, the second stage of the 2020 Chinese Football Association Cup is as follows:
【Suzhou Division】
Guangzhou Evergrande vs Kunshan FC
Jiangsu Suning vs Meizhou Hakka
Tianjin TEDA vs China First Place in Meizhou Division
Shanghai SIPG vs Changchun Yatai
【Changzhou Division】
Beijing Guoan vs Chengdu Xingcheng
Wuhan Zall vs Taizhou Yuanda
Guangzhou R&F vs. Changzhou Division 1
Shandong Luneng vs Zhejiang Greentown
The second phase of the Football Association Cup is scheduled to start on November 26, and will still adopt the closed management of the game system and the blue-green division.
The eighth-finals will be divided into the upper and lower halves. The upper half includes Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao vs Kunshan FC, Jiangsu Suning Tesco vs Meizhou Hakka, Tianjin Teda vs Zhongjia Meizhou, and Shanghai SIPG vs Changchun Yatai. The match will be held in Suzhou on November 26 and 27. The second half will be Beijing Zhonghe Guoan vs Chengdu Xingcheng Habitat, Wuhan Zall vs Taizhou Yuanda, Guangzhou R&F vs China Changzhou Division 1 and Shandong Luneng Taishan vs. These 4 matches of Zhejiang Energy Greentown will be held in Changzhou on November 28 and 29. The winner of the 16 teams will enter the quarter-finals.
Starting from the quarter-finals, all games will be moved to the Suzhou Division. Except for the semi-finals of the Chinese Football Association Cup this season, which is a two-round competition, all other rounds are in a single elimination system. The final is scheduled to be held on December 19. (Finish)