Results of the draw for the starting rounds of the Ukrainian Cup

On July 31 at 15:30, the draw of the initial stages of the Ukrainian Cup 2026/27 took place at the House of Football in Kyiv.

The draw was attended by former players of the Ukrainian national team Oleg Luzhny and Mykola Morozyuk.

In the 2026/27 season, 69 clubs will compete for the trophy: 16 teams from the Ukrainian Premier League, 14 teams from the First League, 15 teams from the Second League, 6 teams from the Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine, and 18 representatives of regional football associations.

The qualification round will take place from August 9 to 11, 2026. This stage will involve the 18 representatives of regional associations.

In the 1/32 finals stage (August 21–23), 56 teams will play: 9 winners of the qualification, 6 teams from the AAFA (Mayak Sarny, Olimpiya Savintsy, Vilkhivtsi, To4ka Odesa, Rokyta, Agrotekh Tyshkivka), 15 teams from the Second League, 14 teams from the First League, as well as 12 representatives of the Ukrainian Premier League.

The representatives of Ukraine in European competitions – Shakhtar, Dynamo, LNZ, and Polissya – will start their campaigns from the 1/16 finals.

Preliminary round. August 9–11, 2026

The matches of this round will take place on August 9–11.

Group A (Western region)

A1. Novyi Rozdil – Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast

A2. Pokuttia Kolomyia – Dovbush Chernivtsi

A3. Agron Velyki Hai – Lutsksantekhmontazh

Group B (Central and Northern regions)

B1. Kolos Polonne – Novozhukiv

B2. Druzhba-Kozaky Nizhyn – VIVAD Romaniv

B3. Chaika Vyshhorod – Kalynivka

Group C (Southern and Eastern regions)

C1. Ukrainian Team Dnipro – Reshetylivka

C2. Inhul Pervozvanivka – Palmira Odesa

C3. IRON Zaporizhzhia – Bazys Kochubiyivka

1/32 finals. August 21–23, 2026

The matches will be held at the lower league teams' stadiums

“Kulykiv-Bilka” (Kulykiv) — Winner C2

“Dnister” (Zalishchyky) — “Livyi Bereh” (Kyiv)

“Bratslav” (Vinnytsia) — “Oleksandriya” (Oleksandriya)

“Agrotekh” (Tyshkivka) — “Vilkhivtsi” (Zakarpattia Oblast)

Winner B2 — Winner C3

“Avangard” (Lozova) — “Kudrivka” (Kudrivka)

YUKSA (Tarasivka) — “Kolos” (Kovalivka)

“Dinaz” (Vyshhorod) — “Feniks-Mariupol” (Mariupol)

“Mayak” (Sarny) — “Poltava” (Poltava)

“Rokyta” (Rokyta) — “Kryvbas” (Kryvyi Rih)

“Rebel” (Kyiv) — “Agrobiznes” (Volochysk)

“Karpaty” (Lviv) — “Obolon” (Kyiv)

Winner A3 — “Chernihiv” (Chernihiv)

Winner B1 — “Trostianets” (Sumy)

“Lokomotyv” (Kyiv) — “Probiy” (Horodenka)

“Niva” (Vinnytsia) — “Rukh” (Lviv)

“Chornomorets” (Odesa) — “Vilkhivtsi” (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast)

“Skala 1911” (Stryi) — “Zorya” (Luhansk)

“Podillia” (Khmelnytskyi) — “Viktoria” (Sumy)

“To4ka” (Odesa) — “Epicentr” (Kamianets-Podilskyi)

Winner C1 — “Prykarpattia-Blaho” (Ivano-Frankivsk)

“Kharkiv” (Kharkiv) — Winner B3

“Inhulets” (Petrove) — “Veres” (Rivne)

Winner A1 — “Atlet” (Kyiv)

“Olimpiya” (Savintsy) — “Metalurh” (Zaporizhzhia)

“Karbon” (Cherkasy) — Winner A2

“Niva” (Ternopil) — “Bukovyna” (Chernivtsi)

“Penuel” (Kryvyi Rih) — “Metalist” (Kharkiv)

The matches of this round will take place on August 21–23.

Four Ukrainian representatives in the 2026/2027 European competitions, Shakhtar (Donetsk), Dynamo (Kyiv), Polissya (Zhytomyr), and LNZ (Cherkasy), will start their quest for the cup from the 1/16 finals.