Thursday 17 December 2020 15:30 – Article written by La Rdaction – Respond to this article
As expected and announced by several media since last night, the French Football Cup will be maintained during this special 2020/2021 season, but in another format than traditionally. Information officially confirmed by the French Football Federation (FFF) this afternoon, through a communicated. “Faced with a health situation which disrupts the progress of the Men’s French Cup and the Women’s French Cup, the FFF Executive Committee chaired by Noël Le Graët adopted on Thursday new formats for these two competitions”, indicates the instance.
Gambardella canceled
“For the Men’s French Cup, the principle of an event organized in two ways up to the round of 16 was retained: one route for the clubs of Ligue 1 (entry into contention in the 32nd of finals) and Ligue 2 ( entry in the 8th round), and a second way for the other clubs “, explains the FFF, before specifying the modalities of the feminine version:” For the Women’s French Cup, the twelve clubs of D1 Arkema will play a first round between them (six matches) in the round of 16, before being joined by other clubs qualified from the round of 16 “.
“These measures reflect the will of the FFF to allow these two French Cups to come to an end and to allow all clubs to participate”, concludes the Federation, which announces that “the new calendars will be communicated later. . ” In addition, “the Comex has decided to cancel the 2020-2021 edition of the Gambardella-Crédit Agricole Cup”.
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