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The Ukrainian Cup ((ウクライナ語:Кубок України)) is a national knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup (prior to 2000 to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup), under special circumstances the finalist also may enter. Since the 2003/04 season the Cup winner qualifies for the newly established competition the Ukrainian Super Cup. From 2007/08 season and until 2011/12 season inclusively, because of sponsorship this tournament's official name is ''DATAGROUP − Football Ukraine Cup'', while its final - ''Inter Cup Final''. ==Current format== The format of this competition consists of two stages - the qualification with two rounds and the main event with four rounds and the final game. The first round of the main event starts with the Round of 32 which involves clubs of the Premier division (16) with another 16 clubs of lower divisions that qualify through the qualification stage. In competition participate all professional clubs and, since 2011, two finalist of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. There were some variations to the format throughout the history of the competition, yet most of the time that one is being used most often. The first editions involved a home-away type of elimination, but in course of history it changed to a single game per round. In some latter editions a conditional replay game was introduced to avoid case of a penalty shootout. Draws may be conducted for two consecutive rounds, but usually they are done before each following round. Also usually the lower division teams are awarded the home-field advantage or the first leg on their home turf in case of two-leg round. The final round consists of a single match that traditionally takes place at the national stadium, Olimpiysky, however since the preparation to the European championship 2012 that tradition has been broken. Since 1999 each club is represented by its senior club in the competition, however some exception were made to the rule. Before 1999 a club could have all its registered teams (second, third, etc.) compete. In 2008 an exception was made for FC Yednist-2 Plysky allowing it to compete as a winner of the Ukrainian Amateur cup. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ukrainian Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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