The 2026 Finnish Cup is the 72nd season of the Finnish Cup football competition. The winners will qualify for the 2027–28 Conference League second qualifying round. HJK were the defending champions.
Calendar Round Dates Draw Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Leagues entering this roundPreliminary round 6 February – 8 March 29 January 242 - 242 Nelonen and lower levels (242 teams)First round 6 February – 19 March 29 January 240 121 119 Kolmonen and lower levels (119 teams)Second round 9 – 29 March 4 March 120 120 - -Third round 7 – 19 April 1 April 112 60 52 Veikkausliiga (8 non-UEFA teams)Ykkösliiga (9 teams) Ykkönen (10 teams)Kakkonen (25 teams)Fourth round 28 April – 3 May 21 April 56 56 - -Fifth round 13 - 14 May 5 May 32 28 4 Veikkausliiga (4 UEFA Competitions-teams)Sixth round 26 – 27 May 5 May 16 16 - -Quarter-finals 10 June 2 June 8 8 - -Semi-finals 30 June – 1 July 2 June 4 4 - -Final 5 September 2 June 2 2 - -
Format The cup is played as a one legged knockout tournament. Registration for the tournament ran from November 24, 2025 to January 8, 2026.
417 teams (second highest amount in history) registered to participate in this year addition. Since Mandem CF and FC Finnkurd didn't participate in the cup, the number of teams was 415. Lower league teams received home advantage until the fourth round. Teams were divided into geographical groups for the draw until 5th round.https://www.palloliitto.fi/miesten-suomen-cup?tab=info/
Preliminary round
Matches
Round 1 The draw for the first round was made on 29 January 2026 at 11:00 AM (Finnish Time) on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 240 teams participate in this round. They are divided into ten groups based on geography. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Group 1 (Capital region)
Group 2 (Capital region)
Group 3 (Turku, Åland, Raseborg, Salo)
Group 4 (Tampere, Häme, Pori, Rauma)
Group 5 (Uusimaa)
Group 6 (Lahti, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia)
Group 7 (Central Finland, South Savo, North Karelia)
Group 8 (North Savo, Kainuu)
Group 9 (Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia)
Group 10 (North Ostrobothnia, Lapland, Kemi)
Round 2 The draw for the second round was made on 4 March 2026 at 12:00 PM (Finnish Time) on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 120 teams participate in this round. They are divided into seven groups based on geography. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Round 3 The draw for the third round was made on 1 April 2026 at 13:00 (Finnish Time) on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 112 teams participate in this round. They are divided into four groups based on geography. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Round 4 The draw for the fourth round was made on 21 April 2026 at 11:00 (Finnish Time) on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 56 teams participate in this round. They are divided into four groups based on geography. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Round 5 The draw for the fifth round was made on 5 May 2026 at 11:00 (Finnish Time) on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 32 teams participate in this round. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Round 6 The draw for the sixth round was made on 5 May 2026 at 11:00 (Finnish Time) on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 16 teams participate in this round. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 2 June 2026 on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 8 teams participate in this round. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals was made on 2 June 2026 on the Finnish Football Association's (Palloliito) YouTube channel. 4 teams participate in this round. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
Final The final was held between the two semi-final winners. + Number of teams per tier still in competition Veikkausliiga (1) Ykkösliiga (2) Ykkönen (3) Kakkonen (4) Kolmonen (5) Nelonen (6) Vitonen (7) Kutonen (8) Seiska (9) M35 (+35) Total
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