Belarusian Cup

The Belarusian Cup (Belarusian: Кубак Беларусі) is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Belarus. The tournament is organized by the Football Federation of Belarus.

Belarusian Cup
Founded1992
Region Belarus
Number of teams52
Qualifier forUEFA Europa League
Domestic cup(s)Belarusian Super Cup
Current championsBATE Borisov
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)BATE Borisov
(4 titles)
2020–21 Belarusian Cup

Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winning team qualifies for the UEFA Europa League.

History and format

The cup is a traditional single-elimination tournament. Usually, the cup involves all clubs participating in Belarusian Premier League, First League and Second League, as well a small number of amateur clubs that can qualify through local amateur Cup competitions. Unlike the league season, Belarusian Cup is still played using a fall/spring schedule (while the League has switched to spring/fall schedule in 1995).

The most frequently used format of the cup included six rounds. The First Round involves clubs from the Second League and amateur clubs paired against First League clubs, with lower league clubs having a home advantage in a single-legged tie. Winners of the First Round proceed to the Round of 32 where they are paired against Premier League clubs, with lower league clubs once again having a home advantage. Sixteen winners of Round of 32 progress to the Round of 16. From this point on, there is no seeding, and pairings and home advantages are decided by an open draw. Typically, the quarterfinals and semifinals are played after the winter break and consist of two-legged ties. However, both the schedule and the number of matches in each round can be adjusted depending on the availability of domestic match dates.

The final match is traditionally played in May. Until 2012, the final was typically played at Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, country's biggest venue, which hosted the final 19 times out of 21. Since 2013, the final is played at various venues across the country.

Finals
Year Winners Runners-up Score Venue Attendance
1992 Dinamo Minsk Dnepr Mogilev 6–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 2,500
1993 Neman Grodno Vedrich Rechitsa 2–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 11,000
1994 Dinamo Minsk Fandok Bobruisk 3–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 3,000
1995 Dinamo-93 Minsk Torpedo Mogilev 1–1 (p.7–6) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 2,500
1996 MPKC Mozyr Dinamo Minsk 4–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 7,600
1997 Belshina Bobruisk Dinamo-93 Minsk 2–0 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 7,000
1998 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Dinamo Minsk 2–1 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 4,000
1999 Belshina Bobruisk Slavia Mozyr 1–1 (p.4–2) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 4,500
2000 Slavia Mozyr Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 2–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 4,000
2001 Belshina Bobruisk Slavia Mozyr 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 8,000
2002 Gomel BATE Borisov 2–0 Dinamo Stadium, Vitebsk 3,600
2003 Dinamo Minsk Lokomotiv Minsk 2–0 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 12,000
2004 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Gomel 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 8,500
2005 MTZ-RIPO Minsk BATE Borisov 2–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 15,500
2006 BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–1 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 5,200
2007 Dynamo Brest BATE Borisov 0–0 (p.4–3) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 9,500
2008 MTZ-RIPO Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 8,500
2009 Naftan Novopolotsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–1 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 9,000
2010 BATE Borisov Torpedo Zhodino 5–0 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 10,200
2011 Gomel Neman Grodno 2–0 Traktor Stadium, Minsk 9,000
2012 Naftan Novopolotsk Minsk 2–2 (p.4–3) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 9,800
2013 Minsk Dinamo Minsk 1–1 (p.4–1) Torpedo Stadium, Zhodino 5,200
2014 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Neman Grodno 1–0 Borisov Arena, Borisov 11,000
2015 BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4–1 Central Stadium, Gomel 9,100
2016 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino BATE Borisov 0–0 (p.3–2) OSK Brestskiy, Brest 4,500
2017 Dynamo Brest Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–1 (p.10–9) Neman Stadium, Grodno 8,479
2018 Dynamo Brest BATE Borisov 3–2 Spartak Stadium, Mogilev 7,200
2019 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Vitebsk 2–0 Vitebsky CSK, Vitebsk 7,954
2020 BATE Borisov Dynamo Brest 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 5,700

Soviet time winners

Finals before independence were:[1]

Performance by club

Performance since independence.

Club Wins Winning years Runners-up Runners-up years
BATE Borisov 4 2006, 2010, 2015, 2020 5 2002, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3 2004, 2014, 2019 5 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017
Dinamo Minsk 3 1992, 1994, 2003 3 1996, 1998, 2013
Dynamo Brest 3 2007, 2017, 2018 1 2020
Belshina Bobruisk 3 1997, 1999, 2001 0
Slavia Mozyr 2 1996, 2000 2 1999, 2001
Gomel 2 2002, 2011 1 2004
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 2 2005, 2008 0
Naftan Novopolotsk 2 2009, 2012 0
Neman Grodno 1 1993 2 2011, 2014
Dinamo-93 Minsk 1 1995 1 1997
Minsk 1 2013 1 2012
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1 2016 1 2010
Vitebsk 1 1998 1 2019
Dnepr Mogilev 0 1 1992
Vedrich Rechitsa 0 1 1993
Fandok Bobruisk 0 1 1994
Torpedo Mogilev 0 1 1995
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 0 1 2000
Lokomotiv Minsk 0 1 2003

References
  1. "Belarus - Cup Tournaments before Independence". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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