2019–20 Cupa României (women's football)

The 2019–20 Cupa României is the 17th season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. It was cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic during the Round of 16.

Participating clubs The following 40 teams qualified for the competition:

2019–20 Liga Iall clubs (12) 2019–20 Liga IIwithout 2 second teams and 1 dissolved club (11) 2019–20 Liga IIIwithout 2 second teams (17)entering in Second Round/ Round of 32: Fair Play București Fortuna Becicherecu Mic Heniu Prundu Bârgăului U Olimpia Cluj Universitatea Galați CSȘ Târgoviște Independența Baia Mare Universitatea Alexandria Vasas Femina Odorhei Selena ȘN Constanța Piroș Security Arad Luceafărul Filiași entering in Second Round/ Round of 32: Carmen București Ladies Târgu Mureş Navobi Iași Nicu Gane Fălticeni Onix Râmnicu Sărat Vulpițele Galbene Roman Atletic Drobeta-Turnu-Severin Banat Girls Reșița CSM Târgu Mureș Olimpic Star Cluj United Bihorentering in First Round: Viitorul Arad Student Sport Alba Iulia Atletic Olimpia Gherla Viitorul Reghin Politehnica Timişoara Juventus Timișoara Măgura Cisnădie Csiksereda Miercurea Ciuc CSM Pașcani Măgura 2012 Bacău Activ Slobozia Progresul Bucureşti Dunărea 2020 Giurgiu Dream Team București Colţea 1920 Braşov FCM Târgoviște entering in Second Round/ Round of 32: Zimbrul Tulcea

Round dates

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RoundFirst match dateReference dateLast match dateFirst Round5 October 20196 October 20199 October 2019Second Round/ Round of 3230 October 201910 November 201920 November 2019Third Round/ Round of 1629 February 2020 CancelledQuarter-finals CancelledSemi-finals CancelledFinal Cancelled

First round 16 Liga III teams entered the competition for the First Round. The 8 matches in this round were initially scheduled on Sunday, 6 October. One match was played in advance on Saturday 5 October, another was postponed until the following Wednesday, on 9 October. One match was cancelled following the withdrawal of ACS Viitorul Reghin, while the rest of 5 were played according to the original schedule.

Second Round/ Round of 32 The 8 teams that advanced from the First Round were joined by the remaining teams: 1 Liga III team, 11 Liga II teams and 12 Liga I teams, for a total of 32 teams playing 16 matches. The matches were scheduled to be played on or around 10 November. One was played well in advance, on 30 October 2019, while two on Friday 8 November, one more on 9 November, and two were postponed to 20 November. 10 games were played on the original scheduled day of 10 November.

Third round/ Round of 16 The 8 matches were scheduled to be played on 29 February. However, only 7 games were played, as one was postponed to initially to 14 March, then indefinitely, due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.

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