2023–24 Egypt Cup

2023–24 Egypt Cup

كأس مصر 2023/24
Tournament details
Country	Egypt
Dates	31 October 2023 – 30 August 2024
Teams	109 (all) 91 (qualifying phase) 32 (main competition, including 14 qualifiers)
Defending champions	Al Ahly
Final positions
Champions	Pyramids (1st title)
Runner-up	ZED
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	65 (2.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marwan Hamdy (4 goals)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → (Note: All statistics do not include preliminary rounds, and include three awarded goals)

The 2023–24 Egypt Cup was the 92nd edition of the Egypt Cup, the oldest recognized football knockout competition in Egypt and Africa.

The competition started on 31 October 2023 with the first preliminary round of the qualifying phase, and concluded with the final, which was be 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.

Al Ahly were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 16 after withdrawing from the competition.^[1][2]

The schedule for the tournament stages is as follows:

Phase	Round	Draw date	Matches
Qualifying phase	First preliminary round	2 October 2023[3]	31 October – 3 November 2023
	Second preliminary round	15 November 2023[4]	22–25 November 2023
	Third preliminary round	3 December 2023[5]	22–24 December 2023
Main competition	Round of 32	2 May 2024[6]	28 May – 19 July 2024[note 1]
	Round of 16		8–21 August 2024
	Quarter-finals		21–24 August 2024
	Semi-finals		27 August 2024
	Final		30 August 2024

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 draw for the main competition was held on 2 May 2024, 14:00 CAST (UTC+3), at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.^[6]

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.^[7]

Pot	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Teams	Baladiyat El Mahalla El Dakhleya El Gouna ZED	Al Ahly Ceramica Cleopatra ENPPI Ismaily Al Ittihad Al Masry Modern Future Al Mokawloon Al Arab National Bank of Egypt Pharco Pyramids Smouha Tala'ea El Gaish Zamalek	Abou Qir Fertilizers Al Aluminium Asyut Petroleum Gomhoriat Shebin La Viena Makadi Al Nasr Nogoom Petrojet Port Fouad Proxy El Qanah Tersana Al Wasta

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.

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.

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.

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Al Ahly	1
	Al Aluminium	0
					Al Ahly	0
					Pharco (w/o)	3
	Pharco	3
	Al Wasta	0
									Pharco	0
									Al Masry	1
	National Bank of Egypt	4
	Petrojet	1
					National Bank of Egypt	1
					Al Masry	3
	Al Masry	1
	Gomhoriat Shebin	0
													Al Masry	1 (3)
													Pyramids (p)	1 (4)
	Pyramids	4
	Al Nasr	0
					Pyramids	1
					Abou Qir Fertilizers	0
	Al Ittihad	0 (3)
	Abou Qir Fertilizers (p)	0 (4)
									Pyramids	4
									El Gouna	0
	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	0
	Tersana	1
					Tersana	0 (0)
					El Gouna (p)	0 (2)
	Baladiyat El Mahalla	1 (4)
	El Gouna (p)	1 (5)
																	Pyramids	1
																	ZED	0
	Zamalek	5
	Proxy	2
					Zamalek	1 (3)
					Tala'ea El Gaish (p)	1 (5)
	Tala'ea El Gaish	1
	Port Fouad	0
									Tala'ea El Gaish	1 (9)
									Ismaily (p)	1 (10)
	Ismaily (a.e.t.)	2
	El Qanah	1
					Ismaily	2
					Smouha	0
	Smouha	1
	La Viena	0
													Ismaily	0
													ZED	1
	Modern Future	3
	Asyut Petroleum	0
					Modern Future	1
					ENPPI	0
	ENPPI	1
	Nogoom	0
									Modern Future	0
									ZED (a.e.t.)	1
	Ceramica Cleopatra	1
	Makadi	0
					Ceramica Cleopatra	0
					ZED (a.e.t.)	3
	ZED (a.e.t.)	2
	El Dakhleya	1

Teams playing in the Egyptian Premier League entered this round, and were joined by the 14 teams advancing from the qualifying phase. This round included five teams from the Egyptian Second Division B (third tier): Al Aluminium, Al Nasr, Port Fouad, Tersana and Al Wasta; the lowest-ranked teams remaining in the competition.

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

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).

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

All times are CAST (UTC+3).

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marwan Hamdy	Pyramids	4
2	Dilson	ZED	3
	Mido Gaber	Al Masry
	Khaled Al Nabris	Ismaily
5	Fiston Mayele	Pyramids	2
	Salah Mohsen	Al Masry
	Jonathan Ngwem	Modern Future
	Godwin Okwara	Tala'ea El Gaish
	Issahaku Yakubu	National Bank of Egypt