The 2011–12 Belarusian Cup was the 21st season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 14 June 2011. Naftan Novopolotsk of the Cup and qualified for the second qualifying round2012/13 Access list Bert Kassies' Site of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Participating clubs The following teams took part in the competition: 2011 Belarusian Premier Leagueall 12 clubs 2011 Belarusian First Leagueall 16 clubs 2011 Belarusian Second League15 teams (of 16) Winners of regional cups5 teams BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk Minsk Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Brest Belshina Bobruisk Naftan Novopolotsk Dnepr Mogilev Vitebsk Neman Grodno Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Gomel Partizan Minsk SKVICH Minsk DSK Gomel Granit Mikashevichi Rudensk Baranovichi Polotsk Khimik Svetlogorsk Slavia Mozyr Volna Pinsk Smorgon Belcard Grodno Vedrich-97 Rechitsa Gorodeya Slutsk Klechesk Kletsk Kommunalnik Slonim Lida Zabudova Molodechno Zvezda-BGU Minsk Bereza-2010 Gomelzheldortrans Osipovichi Neman Mosty Vigvam Smolevichi Beltransgaz Slonim Zhlobin Orsha Vertikal Kalinkovichi Livadiya Dzerzhinsk Partizan-2 Minsk Energetik Novolukoml(Vitebsk Region) Kobrin(Brest Region) Nika Minsk(Minsk) Tsementnik Krasnoselsky(Grodno Region) Zabudova-2007 Chist(Minsk Region)
First round 32 teams started the competition in this round: 12 teams from the First League, 15 teams from Second League (all but Dinamo-2 Minsk) and 5 amateur clubs. 4 First League clubs that were at the top of league table at the moment of the draw (Slavia Mozyr, SKVICH Minsk, Partizan Minsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) and all 12 Premier League teams received a bye to the next round. Matches of this round were played on 14, 15 and 16 June 2011.
Round of 32 The winners from the First Round will play against 16 clubs that received a bye to this round. The draw was conducted on 17 June 2011. Matches of this round were played on 29 June 2011. Due to scheduling conflicts with qualifying rounds of UEFA Champions League and Europa League, games involving BATE Borisov, Minsk and Shakhtyor Soligorsk were rescheduled to 22 July, 17 August and 6 September 2011 respectively.
Round of 16 The draw was conducted on 28 July 2011. The games were played on 21 September and 13 November 2011.
Quarterfinals An open draw for quarterfinals was conducted on 21 November 2011.
Match between Lida and Naftan was moved from Lida to Grodno due to bad pitch conditions in March. Match between Klechesk and Neman was moved from Kletsk to the opponent's stadium in Grodno for similar reasons.
Semifinals
The draw for semifinals was held on March 19 and was an open draw.
Final
MINSK: GK 1 Artur Lesko RB 8 Syarhey Hihevich CB 26 Oleh KaramushkaCB 21 Artsyom RakhmanawLB 2 Roman Begunov RM 5 Yury Astravukh CM 11 Alyaksandr SachywkaCM 20 Ivan MaewskiLM 6 Andrey Razin (c) RF 30 Leonid KovelLF 10 Raman VasilyukSubstitutes:GK 24 Ihar LogvinawMF 7 Nerijus Valskis MF 9 Sergey Pushnyakov FW 12 Alyaksandr Makas MF 13 Marius Činikas MF 25 Aboubacar CamaraFW 99 Dzmitry Kowb Manager: Vadim SkripchenkoNAFTAN: GK 1 Mikalay RamanyukRB 4 Mihail HarbachowCB 10 Oleg ShkabaraCB 6 Alyaksey HawrylovichLB 44 Dzyanis ObrazawDM 2 Alyaksandr KobetsDM 8 Mikita Bukatkin (c) RM 13 Fiodor CernychCM 7 Ihar Truhaw LM 37 Roman Sorokin FW 9 Yahor Zubovich Substitutes:GK 16 Igor DovgyalloMF 5 Valery Zhukowski DF 15 Nikita NaumovMF 17 Andrey YakimovDF 20 Artem Teplov FW 22 Alyaksandr HawrushkaFW 29 Serhiy Kovalenko Manager: Igor Kovalevich
See also 2011 Belarusian Premier League 2012 Belarusian Premier League 2011 Belarusian First League
References
External links Football.by