The 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds open the 87th season of the competition in Egypt, the oldest association football single knockout competition in Africa.
Calendar The calendar for the 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the Egyptian Football Association.
Round Date Number of Fixtures Clubs Remaining New Entries This Round First Preliminary Round 12–18 August 2018 101 262 → 161 205; teams playing in the Egyptian Third Division and the Egyptian Fourth Division Second Preliminary Round 4–5 September 2018 31 161 → 130 none Third Preliminary Round 24–26 September 2018 56 130 → 74 39; teams playing in the Egyptian Second Division Fourth Preliminary Round 29–30 September 2018 28 74 → 46 none Fifth Preliminary Round 3 October 2018 14 46 → 32 none
First Preliminary Round First Preliminary Round fixtures were played from 12 to 18 August 2018. A total of 205 teams from the Egyptian Third Division and the Egyptian Fourth Division entered at this stage of the competition. A large number of clubs did not enter the competition due to financial status and other different reasons, including Al Fanar, a club that was playing in the Egyptian Second Division in the previous season. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 12 August 2018 47 Sporting Alexandria 1–0 Delphi 55 MS Abou El Matamer 2–1 MS El Qabari 13 August 2018 53 Nogoom El Metras 1–3 Shabab El Daba'a 14 August 2018 21 MS Snouras 1–1 (5–4 p) Maghagha 24 Beni Mazar 2–1 MS El Fashn 25 MS Naser Beni Suef 1–1 (4–5 p) Matar Taris 26 Al Masry (Cairo) 1–0 MS Al Badrashen 27 Al Obour (El Qalyubia) 1–1 (3–4 p) Plastic Shubra El Kheima 28 El Qanater El Khairiya 2–0 El Ayiat 29 MS Bashtel 1–4 Bahtim 30 Telecom Egypt 1–1 (3–2 p) El Sekka El Hadid 31 MS El Bragel 0–3 Kaskada 32 National Bank 2–0 Aviation Club 33 Banha 3–0 Esco 35 Shebin El Qanater 0–1 Egypt Insurance 38 Helioplis 0–2 Al Ghaba 39 6th of October City 1–1 (5–4 p) Guinness 40 Al Marag 1–1 (4–5 p) Helwan El A'am 41 Eastern Company 2–0 HCHD 42 Workers' Institution 1–3 Al Maady & Al Yacht 45 MS Abou El Nemris 1–1 (3–2 p) MS Toukh 48 El Horreya 4–2 MS Al Ma'amoura 52 MS Al Hammam 2–2 (2–3 p) Al Hilal (El Daba'a) 61 MS El Hanafy 0–1 Sakha 63 Qelein 1–4 MS Koum Hamada 75 Kahraba Damietta 0–1 MS Minyat Samanoud 76 MS El Senbellawein 1–1 (3–4 p) Beni Ebeid 77 MS Al Amir 9–1 Kafr Saad 78 MS Abou Kebir 0–0 (4–3 p) El Matarya 79 Ras El Bar 2–2 (7–8 p) Workers (El Mansoura) 82 El Mostakbal (Damietta) 0–4 Abou Kebir 83 Belbis 3–0 MS New Damietta 84 Belkas 0–1 MS Bedway 86 Talkha 1–0 MS Derb Najm 87 Sheko 3–2 Sherbeen 88 DKWASC 0–1 Ittihad Nabarouh 89 Maa'sara El Dakahlia 1–2 Ghazl Damietta 90 Ittihad El Manzalah 2–2 (6–7 p) Mega Sport 91 MS Abou Hamad 1–4 Dikernis 92 MS El Rawda City 1–2 El Senbellawein 15 August 2018 9 Akhmim 1–1 (4–5 p) Abou Tig 10 MS Al Kharga 1–2 Assiut Petroleum 11 Al Badari 3–3 (8–9 p) Shoban Al Maragha 12 Al Maragha 1–1 (6–5 p) New Valley 13 MS Nogoa Mazin 0–2 Muslim Youths (Assiut) 14 Mecca El Mokarama 2–1 Manfalout 15 MS Al Baleyna 2–1 MS Sahel Selim 17 El Qouseiya 2–2 (7–6 p) Assiut Cement 18 Malawy 1–1 (2–4 p) MS Maghagha 19 MS Atsa 4–0 Al Wasta 20 MS Samalout 1–2 Naser El Fekreia 34 Ittihad El Shorta 1–0 Goldi 36 El Qawmi 0–0 (6–5 p) MS Al Saf 43 MS Kerdasa 1–1 (5–3 p) Manshiyat Naser 44 Planes Factory 3–2 MS New Helwan 46 El Teram 1–2 Al Masry (Al Saloum) 49 Al Zohour (Matrouh) 2–3 El Montazah 50 Alexandria Petroleum 1–0 Horse Owners 51 MS Al Obour (Alexandria) 2–0 Matrouh 54 Taraji El Daba'a 2–2 (3–2 p) Nahdat El A'amreiya 56 MS Housh Eissa 3–0 El Za'faran 57 BWADC 0–0 (3–4 p) MS Eitay El Baroud 58 MS Kafr Bouleyn 1–1 (4–2 p) Rasheed 59 Deskouk 2–1 Badr 60 Al Hamoul 0–0 (8–7 p) Al Zohour (El Noubariya) 62 Baltim 1–0 MS Rasheed 64 MS Qelein 1–0 Ghazl Kafr El Dawar 65 MS Matobis 0–0 (5–3 p) Bela 66 Ashmoun 3–2 MS Zefta 67 Samanoud 3–1 Al Watani (Shebin El Koum) 68 Ghazl Shebin 0–2 Osmathon Tanta 69 Sporting Castle 1–0 Maleyat Kafr El Zayat 70 Al Sonta 1–4 Sers El Layan 71 Qouesna 0–4 Al Said (El Mahalla) 72 Menouf 3–1 Al Watani (Berkat El Saba'a) 73 Arab El Raml 1–0 Ittihad Bassioun 80 MS El Qaniyat 2–1 Kahraba Talkha 81 Hahya 1–9 MS Mit El Khouly Abdullah 85 Faqous 1–1 (4–1 p) Ittihad El Senbellawein 93 El Nobah 4–0 Suez Fertilizers 94 Ghazl Suez 4–1 South Sinai 95 Port Fouad 3–0 Al Nasr (Arish) 98 MS Abou Shehata 1–0 MS Balouza 99 Gharb El Qantara 3–0 Manshiyat El Shohada 100 Al Rebat & Al Anwar 2–0 MS El Kherba 101 Baladeyet Ismailia 1–0 Ittihad North Sinai 16 August 2018 22 MS Tamya 2–2 (5–4 p) MS Beba 37 Al Said (Giza) 2–1 Olympic Champion 74 El Sharkia 2–1 MS Pharscore 17 August 2018 5 Workers (Ras Gharib) 6–0 October (Ras Gharib) 23 Abou Kasah 2–2 (3–4 p) MS Ebshway 18 August 2018 1 Al Hilal (Aswan) 3–0 Gomhoriat Drau 2 Al Salam (Esna) 2–1 Nile Valley 3 MS Al Hasaya & Al Hakroub 1–1 (5–6 p) MS Edfu 4 KIMA Aswan 0–1 Luxor 6 Workers (Farshout) 3–2 Qous 7 Qena 2–2 (4–2 p) Qeft 8 MS Dishna 2–3 Muslim Youths (Qena) 16 Girga 1–1 (4–1 p) Al Ahly (El Monshah) 96 Kahraba Ismailia 3–1 Sinai Star 97 MS Rabaa 0–1 6 October (North Sinai) The following teams received a bye for this round:
MS Abou Souyer MS Damietta MS El Qais
Second Preliminary Round Second Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 4 and 5 September 2018. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 4 September 2018 1 MS Ebshway 1–0 MS Snouras 2 Beni Mazar 4–1 MS Tamya 3 Abou Tig 4–0 Shoban Al Maragha 4 Girga 1–0 Mecca El Mokarama 5 MS Edfu 1–1 (1–4 p) Workers (Farshout) 6 Al Salam (Esna) 0–0 (4–3 p) Luxor 7 Workers (Ras Gharib) 0–1 Muslim Youths (Qena) 8 Port Fouad 2–0 Kahraba Ismailia 9 MS Abou Shehata 0–3 Gharb El Qantara 10 Baladeyet Ismailia 1–0 MS Abou Souyer 11 MS Minyat Samanoud 4–0 MS Bedway 12 Ghazl Damietta 3–1 El Sharkia 13 Belbis 1–0 MS El Qaniyat 14 Talkha 2–1 MS Abou Kebir 15 MS Housh Eissa 1–2 MS Abou El Matamer 16 MS Qelein 1–1 (2–4 p) MS Kafr Bouleyn 17 Deskouk 1–2 Sporting Castle 18 MS Al Obour (Alexandria) 0–2 Al Masry (Al Saloum) 19 MS Kerdasa 2–6 Banha 20 MS Abou El Nemris 1–0 National Bank 21 Bahtim 1–0 Al Maady & Al Yacht 5 September 2018 22 Naser El Fekreia 1–0 MS El Qais 23 MS Al Baleyna 0–0 (3–4 p) Muslim Youths (Assiut) 24 MS Mit El Khouly Abdullah 1–4 Faqous 25 Dikernis 3–0 MS Damietta 26 Baltim 0–1 MS Matobis 27 Sakha 1–3 Al Hamoul 28 Shabab El Daba'a 0–1 Alexandria Petroleum 29 6th of October City 1–1 (6–5 p) Plastic Shubra El Kheima 30 Al Masry (Cairo) 1–2 Al Said (Giza) 31 Ittihad El Shorta 1–0 Egypt Insurance The following teams received a bye for this round:
6 October (North Sinai) Abou Kebir Arab El Raml Ashmoun Assiut Petroleum Beni Ebeid Eastern Company Al Ghaba Ghazl Suez Helwan El A'am Al Hilal (Aswan) Al Hilal (El Daba'a) El Horreya Ittihad Nabarouh Kaskada Al Maragha Matar Taris Mega Sport Menouf El Montazah MS Al Amir MS Atsa MS Eitay El Baroud MS Koum Hamada MS Maghagha El Nobah Osmathon Tanta Planes Factory El Qanater El Khairiya El Qawmi Qena El Qouseiya Al Rebat & Al Anwar Al Said (El Mahalla) Samanoud El Senbellawein Sers El Layan Sheko Sporting Alexandria Taraji El Daba'a Telecom Egypt Workers (El Mansoura)
Third Preliminary Round Third Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 24, 25 and 26 September 2018. A total of 39 teams from the Egyptian Second Division entered at this stage of the competition. Damietta, El Tahrir and Al Walideya, all playing in the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division, did not enter the competition. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 24 September 2018 50 Alexandria Petroleum 0–1 Abou Qir Fertilizers 25 September 2018 1 Sohag 4–1 Tahta 2 Al Salam (Esna) 0–3 Aswan 3 Al Hilal (Aswan) 1–6 Al Aluminium 4 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 4–0 Al Maragha 13 Beni Suef 2–0 MS Ebshway Match abandoned after 77 minutes after MS Ebshway players stopped playing in protest of refereeing when the score was 1–0 to Beni Suef. The Egyptian Football Association later awarded Beni Suef a 2–0 win. 14 Faiyum 2–2 (5–6 p) Telephonat Beni Suef 20 Media 0–0 (4–5 p) El Shams 27 Suez 1–1 (2–1 p) Al Merreikh 31 MS Minyat Samanoud 3–1 Talkha 39 Baladeyet El Mahalla 0–1 Osmathon Tanta 40 MS Tala 1–1 (3–2 p) Banha 41 Sers El Layan 1–3 Sidi Salem 42 Gomhoriat Shebin 5–1 Samanoud 43 Ghazl El Mahalla 3–0 Al Hamoul 47 Tanta 1–1 (4–3 p) Kafr El Sheikh 51 Al Hammam 0–1 Ala'ab Damanhour 52 El Horreya 0–6 Pharco 53 MS Abou El Matamer 3–0 Taraji El Daba'a 55 El Raja 1–1 (0–3 p) Olympic Club 26 September 2018 5 Workers (Farshout) 0–1 Muslim Youths (Qena) 6 Qena 2–0 Girga Match abandoned after 83 minutes after Girga players attacked the referee in protest of refereeing when the score was 2–0 to Qena. The Egyptian Football Association later awarded Qena a 2–0 win, even though the match ended with that result. 7 Muslim Youths (Assiut) 1–2 Dayrout 8 Beni Mazar 1–0 El Qouseiya 9 Naser El Fekreia 2–2 (4–2 p) MS Naser Malawy 10 Abou Tig 1–1 (4–2 p) MS Maghagha 11 Assiut Petroleum 0–2 El Minya 12 Matar Taris 1–2 MS Atsa 15 Planes Factory 1–2 Al Nasr 16 Ittihad El Shorta 2–1 6th of October City 17 Al Said (Giza) 0–0 (6–5 p) MS Abou El Nemris 18 Helwan El A'am 1–1 (8–9 p) Coca-Cola 19 Tersana 5–1 Kaskada 21 Telecom Egypt 2–3 FC Masr 22 Ceramica Cleopatra 4–0 El Qawmi 23 Al Ghaba 1–0 Eastern Company 24 Porto Suez 2–1 Gharb El Qantara 25 Port Fouad 0–0 (2–4 p) El Qanah 26 Ghazl Suez 2–2 (4–5 p) El Nobah 28 Baladeyet Ismailia 1–0 Abou Sakal 29 Al Rebat & Al Anwar 0–1 6 October (North Sinai) 30 Faqous 1–1 (3–2 p) Dikernis 32 Mega Sport 0–2 MS Al Amir 33 Sheko 2–1 Abou Kebir 34 Belbis 0–1 El Mansoura 35 Ittihad Nabarouh 1–1 (11–10 p) Al Zarka 36 El Senbellawein 2–2 (4–5 p) Ghazl Damietta 37 Beni Ebeid 3–1 Workers (El Mansoura) 38 Sporting Castle 1–0 Arab El Raml 44 MS Matobis 0–0 (5–3 p) Al Said (El Mahalla) 45 Bahtim 2–1 Ashmoun 46 El Qanater El Khairiya 1–0 Menouf 48 Al Masry (Al Saloum) 1–0 MS Eitay El Baroud 49 MS Kafr Bouleyn 1–1 (3–4 p) El Montazah 54 Al Jazeera 5–1 MS Koum Hamada 56 Al Hilal (El Daba'a) 1–0 Sporting Alexandria
Fourth Preliminary Round Fourth Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 29 and 30 September 2018. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 29 September 2018 3 Muslim Youths (Qena) 2–1 Qena 4 Dayrout 0–1 Beni Mazar 5 Naser El Fekreia 4–0 Abou Tig 6 El Minya 3–0 MS Atsa 9 Al Said (Giza) 0–2 Coca-Cola 10 Tersana 1–0 El Shams 11 FC Masr 1–0 Ceramica Cleopatra 12 Al Ghaba 2–3 Porto Suez 13 El Qanah 2–2 (4–2 p) El Nobah 14 Suez 2–0 Baladeyet Ismailia 15 Faqous 2–0 6 October (North Sinai) 16 MS Minyat Samanoud 1–0 MS Al Amir 18 Ittihad Nabarouh 2–1 Ghazl Damietta 19 Beni Ebeid 1–0 Sporting Castle 20 Osmathon Tanta 0–1 MS Tala 21 Sidi Salem 0–3 Gomhoriat Shebin 22 Ghazl El Mahalla 3–0 MS Matobis 23 Bahtim 1–0 El Qanater El Khairiya 25 El Montazah 0–3 Abou Qir Fertilizers 26 Ala'ab Damanhour 1–2 Pharco 27 MS Abou El Matamer 0–1 Al Jazeera 28 Olympic Club 5–0 Al Hilal (El Daba'a) 30 September 2018 1 Sohag 0–1 Aswan 2 Al Aluminium 1–0 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 7 Beni Suef 1–1 (5–4 p) Telephonat Beni Suef 8 Al Nasr 2–2 (3–5 p) Ittihad El Shorta 17 Sheko 0–2 El Mansoura 24 Tanta 1–1 (4–3 p) Al Masry (Al Saloum)
Fifth Preliminary Round Fifth Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 3 October 2018. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Aswan 0–0 (4–5 p) Al Aluminium 2 Muslim Youths (Qena) 3–1 Beni Mazar 3 Naser El Fekreia 0–0 (4–3 p) El Minya 4 Beni Suef 0–0 (2–3 p) Ittihad El Shorta 5 Coca-Cola 0–2 Tersana 6 FC Masr 1–2 Porto Suez 7 El Qanah 2–1 Suez 8 Faqous 1–3 MS Minyat Samanoud 9 El Mansoura 0–0 (2–1 p) Ittihad Nabarouh 10 Beni Ebeid 2–2 (4–5 p) MS Tala 11 Gomhoriat Shebin 0–1 Ghazl El Mahalla 12 Bahtim 0–3 Tanta 13 Abou Qir Fertilizers 2–1 Pharco 14 Al Jazeera 2–2 (4–2 p) Olympic Club
Competition proper
Winners from the Fifth Preliminary Round advance to the Round of 32, where teams from the Egyptian Premier League enter the competition.
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