All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.[2]
This season was the first, when two teams started the competition from the quarter-final stage: the defending winners (Dynamo Kyiv) and the champions of Ukraine of the previous season (Shakhtar Donetsk).[2]
Dynamo Kyiv won their joint-record 13th Ukrainian Cup title after beating Zorya Luhansk 1–0 in extra time in the final. They therefore qualified to the play-off round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however they qualified for the Champions League through league season.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, access of spectators to stadium was limited, but was allowed to one of postponed games (matches) of the first preliminary round on 9 September 2020 at Slavutych Arena.
Team allocation and schedule
The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (14/14 teams of the league), First League (16/16), Second League (23/27) and two best teams from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Three second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament, FC Kalush did not participate.
^Awarded a technical result (without any score).[6] FC Chernihiv failed to arrived due to a breakdown of the team's bus[7]
^Awarded a technical result (without any score).[6] The game ended in 1 – 1 tie and (8–7 p) advantage Podillia, but Podillia fielded a disqualified footballer Yan Morhovskyi against Prykarpattia.[8]
Second preliminary round (1/32)
In this round, 3 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 19 winners of the First preliminary round (11 clubs from First League, 7 – Second League, 1 – amateurs).
In this round, 11 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Second preliminary round (7 clubs from First League, 3 – Second League, 1 – amateurs).
Stadium: Stadion Meteor Referee: Oleksiy Derevynskyi (Kyiv)
Notes:
^The official UAF match report for Vorskla – Lviv game, listed the FC Lviv's head coach as Vadym Deonas, while the FC Lviv's website has Giorgi Tsetsadze.[12]
^Originally scheduled on 1 October 2020, the game between VPK-Ahro – Olimpik was canceled, because more than half of the VPK-Ahro's squad were diagnosed COVID-19 positive.[13] On 9 October 2020 it was announced that the game will take place on 13 November 2020.[14]
Round of 16 (1/8)
In this round, Zorya Luhansk from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 11 winners of the Third preliminary round (8 clubs from Premier League, 3 – First League, 1 – Second League).
The draw was held on 27 October 2020.[15] The game Desna – Zorya was postponed to 16 December 2020.[16]
In this round, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 6 winners of the Round of 16 (4 clubs from Premier League, 2 – First League).
Stadium: Ternopil City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yuriy Ivanov (Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast)
Bracket
The following is the bracket which the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
