2017–18 Belgian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Belgium
Dates	30 July 2017 – 17 March 2018
Teams	312
Final positions
Champions	Standard Liège (8th title)
Runner-up	Genk
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The 2017–18 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 63rd season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 28 July 2017 and ended with the final on 17 March 2018. Zulte Waregem were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Club Brugge in the Seventh Round. Standard Liège won the cup, beating Genk after extra time in the final. As the winner, Standard Liège provisionally qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group Stage but, as they finished 2nd in the Belgian Pro League, they participated in the 3rd qualification round of the Champions League.

The Belgian Cup consists of ten rounds, with teams entering at different points, depending on their 2017-18 League standings.

Round	Teams from last round	Teams entering this round	Leagues entering this round	Teams competing
First round	-	224	Belgian Provincial Leagues, Third Amateur Division	224
Second round	112	48	Second Amateur Division	160
Third round	80	16	First Amateur Division	96
Fourth round	48	0	None	48
Fifth round	24	8	First Division B	32
Sixth round	16	16	First Division A	32
Seventh Round	16	0	None	16
Quarter finals	8	0	None	8
Semi finals	4	0	None	4
Final	2	0	None	2

• Rounds 1–3 will be decided by a penalty shoot-out if level after ninety minutes.
• Rounds 4–7 and the quarter-finals will go to extra time if level after ninety minutes with a penalty shoot-out after that if necessary.
• The semi-finals will be decided over two legs with the winner decided on aggregate.
• The final will be a single match with extra-time and penalties if necessary.

The draw for the first five rounds was made on 19 June 2017.^[1]

Round	Draw date	Match dates	Match numbers
1	19 June 2017	28–30 July 2017	1–112
2		5-6 August 2017	113–192
3		13 August 2017	114–240
4		20 August 2017	241–264
5		27 August 2017	265–280
6	28 August 2017	19-21 September 2017	281–296
7	21 September 2017	28-30 November 2017	297–304
Quarter finals	30 November 2017	12-13 December 2017 18 January 2018[2]	305–308
Semi finals	14 December 2017	Leg 1: 30 January 2018-1 February 2018 Leg 2: 6-8 February 2018	309–312
Final	–	17 March 2018	313

Results from soccerway.com^[3]

The first round began with the teams from the provincial leagues and the Third Amateur Division (tiers 5 and below).

Fixtures from soccerway.com^[4]

In the second round the teams that won their ties in round one are joined by the teams from the Second Amateur Division.

Fixtures from soccerway.com^[5]

In round three, teams from the First Amateur Division join the winners from round two.

The sixth round saw the entry of the Belgian First Division A teams. The matches were played on 19, 20 and 21 September 2017.

The draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Charleroi and La Louvière Centre, was finished. As all 16 teams from the Belgian First Division A won their match in the Sixth Round, no teams from a lower division made it into this round.

The matches were played on 28, 29, and 30 November 2017.

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 30 November 2017, immediately after completion of the final match of the Seventh Round. The matches will be played on 12 and 13 December 2017.

The draw for the semi-finals was supposed to occur right after conclusion of the quarter-final match between Club Brugge and Charleroi, but was postponed to the next day after the match was cancelled. The semi-final dates were also shifted, as the postponed match will take place on 16 January 2018, shifting the semi-final matches back by two weeks, with the first legs now played on 30, 31 January 2018 or 1 February 2018 and the second legs in the period from 6 to 8 February 2017.

The final took place on 17 March 2018 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels and was won by Standard Liège.