The competition started on 31 October 2023 with the first preliminary round of the qualifying phase, and concluded with the final, which was played on 30 August 2024.
Pyramids won the title after beating ZED 1–0 in the final, winning their first-ever Egypt Cup and major title.[1]
Al Ahly were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 after withdrawing from the competition.[2][3]
Schedule
The schedule for the tournament stages is as follows:
The Egypt Cup begin with a round of 32 teams. The 18 teams of the Egyptian Premier League, along with the 14 winning teams that qualified from the third preliminary round of the qualifying rounds.
The 32 participating teams were separated into 3 pots. Pot 1 included the 15th placed team from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League, alongside the 3 promoted teams from the 2022–23 Egyptian Second Division, Pot 2 included the top 14 teams from the previous season of the Egyptian Premier League, and Pot 3 included all 14 teams who qualified to the competition through the qualifying rounds.
Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against each other, while teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3.
Usually, the Egypt Cup defending champions and the Egyptian Premier League winners are placed in different paths, so both teams could face each other only in the final. However, since Al Ahly won both the cup and the league last season, they were placed in the upper (league) path, while the league runners-up, Zamalek, were placed in the lower (cup) path.[8]
Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time are played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score is still level after this, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss decides who takes the first penalty. A total of nine players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to five substitutions being allowed during regulation, and a further sixth is allowed in extra time.
All matches starting from the round of 32 are hosted by the teams drawn first, except for the final, which is played on a venue selected by the Egyptian Football Association.
Champion qualification
The winners of the Egypt Cup earns automatic qualification for the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup. In case they already qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup or CAF Champions League through their position in the Egyptian Premier League, then the spot goes to the cup runners-up. If the cup runners-up also qualified for a CAF competition through their league position, then the spot is given to the fourth-placed team in the league. Should the competition be not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in next season's African competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners would be passed also to the fourth-placed team in the league.
Bracket
The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Starting from this round onwards, all participating teams were winners of the previous round. Tersana were the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition, who were a member of the Egyptian Second Division B (third tier).
^Three matches were postponed from this round, and were played between 15 and 19 July 2024. All matches were originally scheduled to be played by 2 June 2024.
^ abcRound of 32 fixtures involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek, originally scheduled to be played between 29 and 31 May 2024, were postponed after at least three players were called up from each team by the Egypt national football team for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers set to be played in early June 2024.[9][10] The matches were later rescheduled to be played between 15 and 19 July 2024.[11]
^Pharco were awarded a 3–0 walkover win after Al Ahly withdrew from the match.[3]
^"إعلان مؤجلات الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز في كأس مصر" [New date for Egypt Cup's postponed fixtures, involving Al Ahly, Pyramids and Zamalek, announced by EFA]. Yalla Kora (in Arabic). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
