The 2017–18 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the national domestic tournament. As a minimum, the winners of the Coppa Italia earn a place in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage unless they qualify for a more favourable UEFA placing based on league play. Seventy-eight clubs participated in this season's cup competition.
Juventus won the title for a record-extending 13th time by defeating Milan 4–0, and extended their record consecutive win streak to four. They had defeated Lazio (in 2014–15 and 2016–17) and Milan (in 2015–16). They did not concede a goal in any of the five games played in this year's competition, outscoring their opponents 10–0 on aggregate.
Participating teams
Serie A (20 teams)
Atalanta Benevento Bologna Cagliari Chievo Crotone Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo SPAL Torino Udinese
Serie B (22 teams)
Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Carpi Cesena Cittadella Cremonese Empoli Foggia Frosinone Novara Palermo Parma Perugia Pescara Pro Vercelli Salernitana Spezia Ternana Venezia Virtus Entella
Serie C (27 teams)
AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Arezzo Bassano Virtus Casertana Cosenza FeralpiSalò Giana Erminio Gubbio Juve Stabia Lecce Livorno Lucchese Matera Padova Paganese Pro Piacenza Piacenza Pisa Pordenone Reggiana Renate Sambenedettese Siracusa Trapani Vicenza Virtus Francavilla
Serie D (9 teams)
Nuova Monterosi Massese Varese Trastevere Imolese Rende Triestina Ciliverghe Mazzano Matelica
Format and seeding Teams entered the competition at various stages, as follows: First phase (one-legged fixtures) First round: 36 teams from Serie C and Serie D started the tournament Second round: the eighteen winners from the previous round were joined by the 22 Serie B teams Third round: the twenty winners from the second round met the twelve Serie A sides seeded 9–20 Fourth round: the sixteen winners faced each other Second phase Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight fourth round winners were inserted into a bracket with the Serie A clubs seeded 1–8 Quarter-finals (one-legged) Semi-finals (two-legged) Final (one-legged)
Round dates The schedule of each round was as follows:
Phase Round First leg Second leg First stage First round 29–30 July 2017 Second round 5–6 August 2017 Third round 11–13 August 2017 Fourth round 29 November 2017 Final stage Round of 16 13–20 December 2017 Quarter-finals 27 December 2017 & 3 January 2018 Semi-finals 31 January 2018 28 February 2018 Final9 May 2018
First stage First round A total of 36 teams from Serie C and Serie D competed in this round, eighteen of which advanced to second round. The first round matches were played between 29 and 30 July 2017.
Second round A total of forty teams from Serie B, Serie C and Serie D competed in the second round, twenty of which advanced to join twelve teams from Serie A in the third round. The second round matches were played on 5 and 6 August 2017.
Third round A total of 32 teams from Serie A, Serie B and Serie C competed in the third round, sixteen of which advanced to the fourth round. The third round matches were played from 11–13 August 2017.
Fourth round The fourth round matches were played between 28–30 November 2017. All times were CET (UTC+1).
Final stage
Bracket
Round of 16 Round of 16 matches were played from 12–20 December 2017.
Quarter-finals Quarter-final matches were played from 26 December 2017 to 3 January 2018.
Semi-finals For the semi-finals, the first legs were played on 30 and 31 January and the second on 28 February 2018.
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alberto CerriPerugia4 Matteo Di PiazzaLecce Maxi LópezUdinese4 Andrea BelottiTorino3 Salvatore BurraiPordenone Ferdinando Del SolePescara Umberto EusepiPisa Andrea FavilliAscoli Dawid KownackiSampdoria Jacopo MuranoTrapani Aleksandar TrajkovskiPalermo
See also 2017–18 Serie A
References
External links
soccerway.com