The 2017–18 Copa Federación de España was the 25th edition of the Copa Federación de España, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División B and Tercera División. Pontevedra won the tournament after winning 1–0 on aggregate score to Ontinyent.
The champion won the trophy, a cash prize of €90,152 and the qualification for the next year tournament. The runner-up received a cash prize of €30,051 and every semifinalist €12,020. Additionally, each winner of autonomous community tournament received €3,005.
The competition began in late July 2017 with the first games of the Regional stages and finished 11 April 2018 with the national final.
Regional tournaments West Andalusia and Ceuta tournament The draw was made 4 August.
Semifinal
Final
Match was abandoned at halftime after power failure and Algeciras renounced to continue the match.
East Andalusia and Melilla tournament Huétor Tájar was the only registered team and qualified directly for national phase.
Aragon tournament For the 2017–18 edition, the Aragonese Football Federation agreed to change the competition format to two groups of four teams, where after a single-leg round robin tournament, the two group winners will qualify to the Regional final.
Group 1
Group 2
Final
Asturias tournament The twelve qualified teams were divided into four groups of three teams, where the winners will qualify for the semifinals. Teams were drawn according to their league positions in the previous season.
The final was played at Estadio El Bayu, Siero, as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Club Siero.
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Final bracket
Final
Balearic Islands tournament
Final
Basque Country tournament Four teams of the Group 4 of Tercera División and two of Segunda División B registered for the tournament (Alavés B, Amorebieta, Amurrio, Gernika, Getxo and R. Sociedad C). Tournament will be played in two stages, the first with two groups of three teams and the winner will play the final over two matches. The group stage phase was drawn on 4 September by Basque Football Federation.
Group 1
Group 2
Final
Canary Islands tournament
Final
Cantabria tournament Teams qualified between second and ninth place in 2016–17 Tercera División Group 3 registered for playing the competition. The bracket was drawn on 2 August. Quarter-finals and Semi-finals were played in Santa Cruz de Bezana.
Final
Castile-La Mancha tournament The Castile-La Mancha Football Federation announced the Copa Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha as the regional Copa RFEF qualifying tournament.
Final
Castile and León tournament The Castile and León Football Federation made the draw of the tournament on 6 September 2017.
The semifinal between Ávila and Real Burgos was canceled by the regional Football Federation due to not having the seconds enough players for playing this tournament.
Final
Catalonia tournament Three teams joined the regional tournament, consisted in a single-game knockout tournament.
Final
Extremadura tournament A record of 17 teams played the tournament, consisting in a single-game knockout tournament. The preliminary round and the round of 16 were firstly drawn, and later each round was drawn independently.
Final
Galicia tournament Eleven teams registered for playing the competition. The bracket was drawn on 13 July.
Teams were divided into two brackets according to geographical criteria and all matches were played at the stadium of the team that plays in a lower division. The federation paid €3,005 to the winner of the competition.
Final
La Rioja tournament Seven teams will play the regional tournament, consisted in a single-game knockout tournament.
Final
Madrid tournament
Final
Murcia tournament
Final
Navarre tournament The competition was played in two stages: the first one as a group stage and the final as a single match. The groups were drawn on 5 July 2017.
Group 1
Group 2
Final
Valencian Community tournament The competition will be played in three rounds, the first as a single match and semi-finals and final with home and away matches. The draw was on 11 August 2017.
Final
National tournament The national tournament began 29 November 2017.
Qualified teams
Defending champion Atlético Saguntino (3)
Teams losing Copa del Rey first round Arcos (4) Avilés (4) Badalona (3) Cacereño (4) Gimnástica Torrelavega (4) Melilla (3) Olímpic (4) Peña Sport (3) Pontevedra (3) Racing Santander (3) Rápido de Bouzas (3) Rayo Majadahonda (3) Real Unión (3) Tarazona (4) Toledo (3) UCAM Murcia (3) UD San Fernando (4) Villanovense (3)
Winners of Autonomous Communities tournaments Alavés B (4) Ardoi (4) Betis Deportivo (3) Burgos (3) Cartagena B (4) Escobedo (4) Huétor Tájar (4) Langreo (4) Mallorca B (4) Ontinyent (3) Plasencia (4) San Sebastián de los Reyes (3) SD Logroñés (4) Silva (4) Tenerife B (4) Utebo (4) Vilafranca (4) Villarrobledo (4)
(3) Team playing in 2017–18 Segunda División B (third tier) (4) Team playing in 2017–18 Tercera División (fourth tier) Slashed teams withdrew from the competition. Team in bold won the competition
Round of 32 The draw for the first round was held on 31 October 2017. The matches were played between 29 November and 13 December 2017.
Escobedo and Vilafranca received a bye.
First leg
Second leg
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2017. The matches were played between 10 and 24 January 2018.
First leg
Second leg
Quarterfinals The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 26 January 2018. Matches were played between 7 and 21 February 2018.
First leg
Second leg
Semifinals The draw for the semifinals was held on 23 February 2018. Matches were played between 7 and 14 March 2018.
First leg
Second leg
Final Final will be played between 4 and 11 April 2018.
First leg
Second leg
References
External links Royal Spanish Football Federation