The 2020–21 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds open the 89th season of the competition in Egypt, the oldest association football single knockout competition in Africa.
A large number of clubs did not enter the competition due to various reasons, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, alongside other reasons such as financial status. Only 156 clubs registered to participate in this season's qualifying rounds, 74 less than the previous season. This led the Egyptian Football Association to reduce the number of the qualifying rounds to four rounds only instead of five, with participating teams from the 2020–21 Egyptian Second Division entering at the second preliminary round instead of the third.
Calendar The calendar for the 2020–21 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the Egyptian Football Association.
Round Date Number of Fixtures Byes Clubs Remaining New Entries This Round First Preliminary Round 12–13 January 2021 55 2 174 → 119 112; teams playing in the and the Egyptian Fourth Division Second Preliminary Round 17–26 January 2021 45 11 119 → 74 44; teams playing in the Third Preliminary Round 31 January – 2 February 2021 28 none 74 → 46 none Fourth Preliminary Round 5–6 February 2021 14 none 46 → 32 none
First Preliminary Round The First Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 12 and 13 January 2021. A total of 112 teams from the Egyptian Third Division and the Egyptian Fourth Division entered at this stage of the competition. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 12 January 2021 1 Al Nasr Lel Taa'den 1–1 (2–3 p) Al Madina Al Monawara 2 MS El Zahraa 4–1 Muslim Youths (Esna) 3 Al Maragha 2–1 Workers (Ras Gharib) 4 Ras Gharib 5–0 Qeft 6 Abou Tig 2–0 Al Badari 7 Muslim Youths (Asyut) 0–3 El Qouseiya 9 MS Nasser Malawy 1–2 Beni Mazar 10 Tutankhamun 1–0 Matar Taris 11 Al Wasta 2–2 (3–2 p) MS Snouras 12 MS Abou Kasah 0–8 La Viena 13 Bahtim 1–1 (5–4 p) El Said (Giza) 14 MS Toukh 1–0 Guinness 15 Misr Insurance 3–0 MS Al Amiriya 16 Shabab El Basatin 1–3 Al Marag 17 Al Maady & Al Yacht 1–1 (4–5 p) HCHD 18 El Ayat 4–2 Banha 19 Toshka 2–2 (1–3 p) Helioplis 20 6th of October City 5–4 Esco 21 Al Ghaba 2–2 (3–4 p) Telecom Egypt 22 SCE 1–3 NFP 23 Helwan El A'am 1–2 Al Obour (El Qalyubia) 24 El Qawmi 2–2 (5–4 p) MS El Saf 25 Ittihad El Shorta 0–1 El Shams 26 Pyramids Gardens 4–2 Plastic Shubra El Kheima 27 MS Sol 0–2 Goldi 28 Egyptian Lawyers 3–1 Golden Asmarat 29 Menouf 0–0 (5–4 p) Ittihad Bassioun 30 Ghazl Shebin 2–0 MS Tala 31 Mit Khalf 1–1 (5–4 p) Sporting Castle 32 Ashmoun 1–1 (5–4 p) Samanoud 33 Arab El Raml 0–3 El Said (El Mahalla) 34 MS Minyat Samanoud 0–0 (4–2 p) DKWASC 35 Workers (El Mansoura) 2–2 (3–4 p) MS Sidi Ghazi 36 MS Bedway 2–2 (7–6 p) El Senbellawein 37 Ittihad Al Manzalah 0–1 Ittihad Nabarouh 38 MS El Hanafy 0–2 Baltim 39 Sidi Salem 1–1 (4–5 p) Belkas 40 Al Hamoul 3–0 MS Al Amir 41 Kahraba Talkha 2–0 Sherbeen 42 Sheko 0–2 Mega Sport 43 Koum Hamada 3–1 El Gamarek 44 El Magd 3–1 Badr 45 Delphi 1–1 (4–5 p) BWADC 46 Alexandria Petroleum 0–0 (4–5 p) El Beheira Proxy Work 47 Horse Owners 0–0 (5–4 p) Tala'ea El Ostoul 48 Al Hilal (El Daba'a) 0–0 (5–4 p) El Horreya 49 Matrouh 1–3 Al Masry (Al Saloum) 50 Kahraba Ismailia 7–0 South Sinai 52 Port Fouad 0–0 (4–5 p) Manshiyat El Shohada 53 Ras El Bar 2–1 Al Rebat & Al Anwar 54 Ghazl Damietta 0–1 El Sharkia 55 Al Nasr (Arish) 0–1 Sinai Star 13 January 2021 5 Shoban Al Maragha 0–0 (10–11 p) Al Ahly (El Monshah) 8 Malawy 1–0 MS Maghagha 51 Damietta 4–0 Abou Kebir The following team(s) received a bye for this round:
Akhmim Nasser El Fekreia
Second Preliminary Round The Second Preliminary Round fixtures were played between 17 and 26 January 2021. A total of 44 teams from the Egyptian Second Division entered at this stage of the competition. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 17 January 2021 36 Sporting Alexandria 0–0 (6–7 p) Pharco 37 Al Jazeera 1–0 Al Hilal (El Daba'a) 18 January 2021 16 ZED 1–1 (3–1 p) Tersana 17 Helioplis 1–3 El Sekka El Hadid 19 Coca-Cola 2–0 Bahtim 20 Gomhoriat Shebin 5–1 El Ayat 21 Nogoom 3–1 Mit Khalf 23 Sers El Layan 0–0 (3–4 p) Misr Insurance 24 El Shams 0–1 Al Nasr 27 Ala'ab Damanhour 1–1 (4–5 p) El Beheira Proxy Work 29 Tanta 3–3 (4–3 p) BWADC 30 Mega Sport 0–0 (1–4 p) Biyala 31 El Said (El Mahalla) 0–0 (2–4 p) Dikernis 32 Baladeyet El Mahalla 2–0 Beni Ebeid 34 MS Minyat Samanoud 3–2 Kafr El Sheikh 35 Belkas 1–1 (3–4 p) El Mansoura 38 El Magd 1–5 Haras El Hodoud 39 Horse Owners 1–3 Abou Qir Fertilizers 43 Damietta 0–0 (4–2 p) Suez 45 Petrojet 3–0 Al Zarka 19 January 2021 1 Al Aluminium 2–0 Al Ahly (El Monshah) 2 Al Maragha 1–1 (3–2 p) Al Madina Al Monawara 3 KIMA Aswan 3–0 MS El Zahraa 4 Tahta 2–1 Ras Gharib 5 Sohag 3–0 Qena 6 Telephonat Beni Suef 1–0 Beni Suef 7 El Minya 3–2 Akhmim 8 El Qouseiya 2–2 (3–2 p) Dayrout 9 Al Wasta 0–1 La Viena 10 Abou Tig 1–0 Faiyum 11 Tutankhamun 1–1 (3–2 p) Nasser El Fekreia 12 Asyut Cement 0–3 Asyut Petroleum 13 Ghazl Shebin 3–0 MS Toukh 14 Telecom Egypt 0–1 Al Obour (El Qalyubia) 15 El Qawmi 5–0 Egyptian Lawyers 18 Eastern Company 3–1 Al Marag 22 Goldi 2–0 Menouf 25 NFP 2–0 6th of October City 26 Media 0–0 (4–5 p) Pyramids Gardens 33 Kahraba Talkha 0–0 (4–5 p) Koum Hamada 40 Al Masry (Al Saloum) 2–3 Olympic Club 41 Al Merreikh 1–1 (2–1 p) Kahraba Ismailia 42 Ras El Bar 2–1 Sinai Star 44 El Sharkia 1–1 (3–4 p) Manshiyat El Shohada 26 January 2021 28 MS Sidi Ghazi 1–0 Baltim The following team(s) received a bye for this round:
Ashmoun Beni Mazar El Dakhleya Al Hammam Al Hamoul HCHD Ittihad Nabarouh Malawy MS Bedway Porto Suez El Qanah
Third Preliminary Round The Third Preliminary Round fixtures were played between 31 January and 2 February 2021. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 31 January 2021 23 Pharco 1–0 Al Jazeera 1 February 2021 6 La Viena 1–0 Abou Tig 19 Biyala 0–2 Dikernis 20 Baladeyet El Mahalla 1–1 (5–4 p) Koum Hamada 24 Haras El Hodoud 1–0 Abou Qir Fertilizers 25 Olympic Club 0–1 El Qanah 28 Petrojet 2–1 Porto Suez 2 February 2021 1 Al Aluminium 2–0 Al Maragha 2 KIMA Aswan 2–1 Tahta 3 Sohag 2–1 Beni Mazar 4 Telephonat Beni Suef 0–0 (4–2 p) El Minya 5 El Qouseiya 1–2 Malawy 7 Tutankhamun 0–0 (4–5 p) Asyut Petroleum 8 Ghazl Shebin 0–0 (3–4 p) Ashmoun 9 Al Obour (El Qalyubia) 1–0 El Qawmi 10 ZED 1–1 (3–4 p) El Dakhleya 11 El Sekka El Hadid 2–0 Eastern Company 12 Coca-Cola 0–0 (4–3 p) Gomhoriat Shebin 13 HCHD 1–3 Nogoom 14 Goldi 0–1 Misr Insurance 15 Al Nasr 3–2 NFP 16 Pyramids Gardens 2–2 (4–5 p) MS Bedway 17 El Beheira Proxy Work 0–3 MS Sidi Ghazi 18 Tanta 1–2 Ittihad Nabarouh 21 MS Minyat Samanoud 1–1 (2–3 p) Al Hamoul 22 El Mansoura 0–0 (4–2 p) Al Hammam 26 Al Merreikh 1–0 Ras El Bar 27 Damietta 0–0 (5–6 p) Manshiyat El Shohada
Fourth Preliminary Round The Fourth Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 5 and 6 February 2021. The results were as follows:
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 5 February 2021 1 Al Aluminium 1–2 KIMA Aswan 2 Sohag 1–0 Telephonat Beni Suef 3 Malawy 1–1 (2–3 p) La Viena 5 Al Obour (El Qalyubia) 1–1 (4–3 p) El Dakhleya 6 El Sekka El Hadid 0–0 (7–8 p) Coca-Cola 7 Nogoom 0–0 (8–7 p) Misr Insurance 8 Al Nasr 5–0 MS Bedway 10 Dikernis 0–0 (5–4 p) Baladeyet El Mahalla 11 Al Hamoul 0–2 El Mansoura 12 Pharco 0–0 (3–4 p) Haras El Hodoud 13 El Qanah 1–1 (4–2 p) Al Merreikh 14 Manshiyat El Shohada 1–1 (4–5 p) Petrojet 6 February 2021 4 Asyut Petroleum 0–0 (2–4 p) Ashmoun 9 MS Sidi Ghazi 0–3 Ittihad Nabarouh
Competition proper
Winners from the Fourth Preliminary Round advanced to the Round of 32, where teams from the Egyptian Premier League will enter the competition.
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