The 2010–11 Challenge de France is the tenth season of the French cup competition for women. The defending champions are Paris Saint-Germain who defeated Montpellier 5–0 in the 2009–10 edition of the competition. The competition is organized by the French Football Federation and is open to all women's French football clubs in France. The final will be held on 21 May 2011 at Stade de la Pépinière in Poitiers. This will be the last season of the competition under the Challenge de France name as the cup will be renamed to the Coupe de France Feminine for the 2011–12 season and onwards.

Calendar On 15 August 2010, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Challenge de France. Round First match date Fixtures Clubs Notes Regional finals 12 December 2010 First Round 9 January 2011 Clubs participating in D2 Féminine gain entry. Second Round 30 January 2011 Round of 32 20 February 2011 16 32 → 16 Clubs participating in D1 Féminine gain entry. Round of 16 13 March 2011 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 3 April 2011 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 1 May 2011 2 4 → 2 Final 21 May 2011 1 2 → 1

First round The draw for the first round of the Challenge de France was held on 16 December 2010 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by current French women's international and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Élise Bussaglia. The matches were played on 9 January 2011. The canceled will be played on 16 January.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Saint-Avold 1–9 Vendenheim 2 Chèvremont 0–8 Mars Bischheim 3 Valentigney 1–2 Mussig 4 Masevaux 1–4 Algrange 5 Guemar 0–3 Woippy 6 Rossfeld 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Monswiller 7 Ville d'Évry 1–0 Stade Auxerre 8 Saint-Maur 0–2 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 9 Saint-Denis 1–2 Compiègne Oise 10 Dijon 2–0 Bagneux 11 Rochette Vaux 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Val d'Orge 12 Saint-Memmie 3–0 Chauny 13 Cannes Bocca 2–3 Saint-Cyprien 14 Grenoble 2–4 Gardanne 15 Provence 0–5 Monteux 16 Nîmes Métropole 2–1 La Véore 17 Celtic Marseille 1–1 (a.e.t) 2–4 pen. Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone 18 Cannet Rocheville 1–4 Claix 19 Lafrançaise 1–2 Isle 20 Gandalou 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Mérignac Arlac 21 Albi 3–1 Blanquefort 22 Preignan 11–0 Pessac Alouette 23 Limoges Landouge 0–5 Muret 24 Saint-Simont 5–0 Grayan Médoc 25 Chitenay-Celettes 0–10 Saint-Herblain 26 Sainte-Luce 0–2 Verchers Saint-Georges

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 27 Saint-Sauveur 0–11 Tours 28 Vineuil Brion 0–5 Soyaux 29 Orléans 1–7 Poitiers 3 Cités 30 Couffe Conquérante 0–4 Corné 31 Quimper 1–4 Croix-Blanche Angers 32 Saint-Malo 2–1 Condé-sur-Noireau 33 Saint-Brice Stéphanais 0–6 Ploermel 34 Janze 2–5 La Flèche 35 Laval 2–1 Avant Caen 36 Rennes Bréquigny 4–1 Cormelles 37 Amiens Montières 2–1 Pont-de-l'Arche 38 Saint-Olle 3–4 Raismes 39 Leers 2–2 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Arras 40 Issy-les-Moulineaux 2–1 Gravelines 41 Seizième 2–0 Rouen 42 Neuville 0–9 Herblay 43 Iris Lambersart 0–2 Templemars Vendeville 44 Domont 1–2 Rouvroy 45 Plaine Revermont 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–5 pen. Chatenoy Royal 46 Mieussy 0–9 Arpajon 47 Nivolas 1–3 Flacé Mâcon 48 Arbois 1–1 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen. Le Puy 49 Montmerle 2–3 Besançon 50 Andrézieux 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Aulnat 51 Dommartin Tour 0–5 Blanzy 52 Caluire 5–0 Saint-Julien Chapteuil

Second round The draw for the second round of the Challenge de France was held on 12 January 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by former French women's international Sandrine Roux. The matches were played on 29–30 January 2011. The canceled match between Val d'Orge–Saint-Malo was played on 6 February.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Rouvroy 2–0 Raismes 2 Amiens Montières 0–3 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 3 Issy-les-Moulineaux 0–10 Paris Saint-Germain 4 Herblay 2–0 Templemars Vendeville 5 Hénin-Beaumont 6–0 Leers 6 Saint-Memmie 1–3 Compiègne Oise 7 Caluire 0–5 Saint-Étienne 8 Monteux 0–7 Lyon 9 Gardanne 1–2 Nîmes Métropole 10 Claix 4–0 Chatenoy Royal 11 Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone 0–3 Montpellier 12 Saint-Cyprien 1–2 Flacé Mâcon 13 Soyaux 0–1 Rodez 14 Saint-Simont 3–1 Mérignac Arlac 15 Arpajon 2–1 Muret 16 Poitiers 3 Cités 1–0 Aulnat 17 Albi 2–2 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen. Toulouse

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 18 Isle 1–4 Preignan 19 Arbois 0–11 Vendenheim 20 Monswiller 0–4 Mars Bischheim 21 Seizième 0–1 Dijon 22 Algrange 0–5 Juvisy 23 Mussig 0–8 Besançon 24 Woippy 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–2 pen. Blanzy 25 Ville d'Évry 0–4 Yzeure Allier 26 Ploermel 1–2 La Roche-sur-Yon 27 Stade Briochin 1–2 Rennes Bréquigny 28 La Flèche 0–13 Croix-Blanche Angers 29 Tours 0–5 Le Mans 30 Val d'Orge 1–2 Saint-Malo 31 Verchers Saint-Georges 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–1 pen. Condé-sur-Noireau 32 Saint Herblain 2–0 Corné

Round of 32 The draw for the Round of 32 of the Challenge de France was held on 2 February 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation. The draw was conducted the president of the Ligue du Football Amateur (LFA) Bernard Barbet. The matches will be played on 20–21 February.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Rodez 3–1 Claix 2 Nîmes Métropole 0–0 (a.e.t) 1–4 pen. Toulouse 3 Montpellier 9–0 Arpajon 4 Preignan 0–4 Saint-Simont 5 Le Mans 3–1 Croix-Blanche Angers 6 Rennes Bréquigny 2–3 Saint Herblain 7 Saint-Malo 0–1 Verchers Saint-Georges 8 Poitiers 3 Cités 0–2 La Roche-sur-Yon

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 9 Herblay 1–4 Yzeure Allier 10 Saint-Étienne 2–0 Flacé Mâcon 11 Dijon 2–0 Besançon 12 Lyon 13–0 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 13 Rouvroy 0–4 Hénin-Beaumont 14 Vendenheim 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain 15 Compiègne Oise 2–0 Mars Bischheim 16 Woippy 1–9 Juvisy

Round of 16 The draw for the Round of 16 of the Challenge de France was held on 23 February 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by the current coach of the French women's national team Bruno Bini. The matches were played on 13 March.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Toulouse 0–1 Montpellier 2 Vendenheim 0–0 (a.e.t) 5–6 pen. Dijon 3 Saint-Simont 0–1 Saint-Étienne 4 Lyon 3–0 Rodez

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 5 La Roche-sur-Yon 1–1 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Compiègne Oise 6 Saint Herblain 0–5 Juvisy 7 Hénin-Beaumont 0–1 Le Mans 8 Verchers Saint-Georges 3–0Yzeure won the match 5–0, but had to forfeit its place in the quarterfinals after the French Football Federation ruled that the club used a suspended player in the match. Yzeure Allier

Quarterfinals The draw for the quarterfinals of the Challenge de France was held on 16 March 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by Henri Emile, the team coordinator of the France national team. The matches were played on 3 April.

Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals of the Challenge de France was held on 16 March 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by Henri Emile, the team coordinator of the France national team. The matches will be played on 1 May.

Final

References

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