2020 Norwegian Football Cup


The 2020 Norwegian Football Cup will be the 115th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. It will begin with qualification matches in March and April 2020. The first round is scheduled to be played on 22 April 2020 and the tournament will conclude with the final being held on 25 October 2020.
A change to the schedule ahead of the 2020 season means that the Cup final will be played several rounds before the league finishes, rather than the week after it finishes, to avoid having the final in December.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the start was postponed. As a result the qualifying rounds were dropped and the lower league teams with the best league results last season got a direct spot in the tournament.

Calendar

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
PhaseRoundMain dateNumber of fixturesClubs
Qualifying roundsFirst Qualifying RoundCancelled––
Qualifying roundsSecond Qualifying RoundCancelled––
Main tournamentFirst RoundTBD 202064128 → 64
Main tournamentSecond RoundTBD 20203264 → 32
Main tournamentThird RoundTBD 20201632 → 16
Main tournamentFourth RoundTBD 2020816 → 8
Main tournamentQuarter-finals30 August 202048 → 4
Main tournamentSemi-finals23–24 September 202024 → 2
Main tournamentFinal25 October 202012 → 1

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Qualifying rounds