2021–22 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	10 September 2021 – 16 July 2022
Teams	168
Final positions
Champions	Al-Karkh (1st title)
Runner-up	Al-Kahrabaa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	451 (2.51 per match)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup was the 32nd edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring a record 168 clubs from the top four tiers of the Iraqi football league system, (20 from the Iraqi Premier League, 24 from the Iraqi First Division League and 124 from the Iraqi Second Division League and Iraqi Third Division League). The competition began on 10 September 2021 with the first-round matches involving teams from the third and fourth tiers, and the final was played on 16 July 2022 at Al-Madina Stadium in Baghdad.^[1]

The winners of the competition were Al-Karkh, who won their first title with a 2–1 victory over Al-Kahrabaa.^[2]

Teams

The Iraq FA Cup is a knockout competition with 168 participants: 20 teams from the Iraqi Premier League, 24 from the Iraqi First Division League, and 124 in total from the Iraqi Second Division League and Iraqi Third Division League.^[a]

Round	Number of fixtures	New entries this round	Divisions entering this round
First round	59	124	Second Division League (Level 3) and Third Division League (Level 4)
Second round	32	None	None
Third round	20	None	None
Fourth round	22	24	First Division League (Level 2)
Fifth round	11	None	None
Sixth round	5	None	None
Round of 32	16	20	Premier League (Level 1)
Round of 16	8	None	None
Quarter-finals	4	None	None
Semi-finals	2	None	None
Final	1	None	None

Schedule

The rounds of the 2021–22 competition were scheduled as follows:^[3]

Round	Draw date	Match dates
First round	24 August 2021	10–13 September 2021
Second round		14–17 September 2021
Third round		19–30 September 2021
Fourth round	4 October 2021	7–12 October 2021
Fifth round		13–19 October 2021
Sixth round		15–19 October 2021
Round of 32	20 October 2021	9–11 November 2021
Round of 16		4–5 December 2021
Quarter-finals		12–13 June 2022
Semi-finals		28 June 2022
Final		16 July 2022

First round

Gharb Baghdad, Junoob Baghdad, Kara, Midya, Sahl Nineveh and Qazaniya received byes to the second round.

Baghdad Section

Central Euphrates Section

Al-Anbar Section

Mosul, Erbil and Duhok Section

Diyala and Salahaddin Section

Southern Section

Kirkuk and Sulaymaniya Section

Second round

Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi received a bye to the third round.

Baghdad Section

Central Euphrates Section

Al-Anbar Section

Mosul, Erbil and Duhok Section

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