News: 2024 Korean FA Cup gets rebrand, dates & venue of final decided

K League United

·7 February 2024

News: 2024 Korean FA Cup gets rebrand, dates & venue of final decided

The Korean FA Cup will now be known as the "Korea Cup" and the final of the 2024 edition will be played over one leg at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Saturday 30th November.

According to a document on the Korea Football Association's competition and player registration website,JoinKFA.com, the country's top-tier knockout competition, the FA Cup, will now be known as the Hana Bank Korea Cup.

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The 2024 iteration sees a shift away from the two-leg final that had been in place more or less every year since 2016. Instead, there'll be a one-and-done final played at Seoul World Cup Stadium.

The competition will get underway on Saturday 9th March for Round 1 to be played among the 12 teams that finished in the bottom half of K3 teams, 11 from K4, and eight from K5.

Round 2, to be played over the weekend of Saturday 23rd and 24th March, will see the 13 teams from K League 2 enter the competition while Round 3, to be played on Wednesday 17th April, is where the non-ACL teams in K League 1 enter.

The four teams involved in the ACL enter the competition in the Round of 16 which is scheduled for Wednesday 19th June for a place in the quarterfinals which will be played on Wednesday 17th July.

The semifinals will be played over two legs, the first on Wednesday 21st August, and the second exactly a week later.

There'll then be a three-month wait until the final.

Pohang Steelers are the current holders, having beaten Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the final last season for a first trophy in 10 years.

It was the Steelers's fifth FA Cup triumph, the joint-most along with Jeonbuk and Suwon Bluewings.

Key Dates

Draw

Friday 16th March - 14:00 KST

Round 1

9th-10th March

12 bottom-half K3 teams, 11 K4 teams, 8 K5 teams

Round 2

23rd-24th March12 top-half K3 teams, 13 K League 2 teams, 3 K3 teams, 16 winners from Round 1