When the groups in the Romanian Cup, the ballot boxes, the regulations and the program takes place

Ashley Davis21/09/2025

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Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Sunday, September 21, 2025, 12:21 / Updated Sunday, September 21, 2025 12:29

On Friday, September 26, starting at 4:00 pm, at the headquarters of the Romanian Football Federation will take place the matches of the matches in the Betano Romanian Cup groups, the 2025-2026 edition, a phase in which the teams that finished on the first 8 places of the Superligii are completed.

The event will take place in the “Nicolae Dobrin” Hall, and the actual shooting will be carried out by three former internationals present with the Romanian national at the 2016 European Championship: Ciprian Tătărușanu, Cristian Săpunaru and Gabriel Torje, according to the announcement made by FRF.

In the group stage, format implemented since 2022, 24 teams participate: 8 teams from the first league, best ranked in the previous championship, plus 16 winners in the play-off.

All 24 bands were distributed in three ballot boxes, in each group there are 6 teams, two teams from each ballot box.

The ballot boxes for drawing the Romanian Cup groups

Urn 1: FCSB, CFR Cluj, Craiova University, Cluj University, FC Rapid 1923, Dinamo 1948, AFC Hermannstadt, Steel Galați
Urna 2: ACS Petrol 52, UTA Arad, Constanța Lighthouse, Afc Botoșani, Sepsi OSK Sf. Gheorghe, FC Arges champions, AFK Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc, Metaloglobus București
Urna 3: CSM Slatina, Metal Buzău, Concordia Chiajna, CSC Dumbrăvița, CS Gloria Bistrița, CS Sporting Liești, CS Dinamo Bucharest, CS Health Public Services Cluj

The format of shooting and mating in the group stage

“For each group, the first team extracted from the value ballot 1, respectively 2 will be assigned the generic name” 1a “, respectively” 2A “, and the second extracted will receive the name of” 1b “and” 2B “.

At the same time, the teams in the ballot box 3, which will be distributed in groups by drawing after two two by geographical criteria will be miled, will receive the generic name “3A” and “3B”.

The mating for the teams in the ballot box 3 is as follows: CSM Slatina & CSC Dumbrăvița, Metal Buzău & CS Sporting Liești, Concordia Chiajna & CS Dinamo Bucharest, CS Gloria Bistrița & CS Health Public Services Cluj ”, FRF said.

When the groups in the Romanian Cup, the ballot boxes, the regulations and the program takes place

Mating Groups Romanian Cup / Photo: FRF

All teams will play a match with a team from the urn 1, a match with a team in the ballot box and a match with a team from the ballot at the level of the relevant group, according to the next target

Stage 1: 3b-1b; 2b-1a; 3a-2a;
Stage 2: 2A-1B, 3a-1A, 3b-2B
Stage 3: 1A-1B, 2A-2B, 3A-3B;

The parties will be disputed on the field of the lower -ranked band in the previous season, except for the duel of the first value -raised bands, scheduled on the field of the first extracted team.

Further, the first two teams in each group will be qualified in the quarter quarters, with the mention that the winning teams of the groups will play the matches on their own ground. In the semifinals, the winners of the quarter and 3 quarters will be hosts.