The Spanish Football Federation has called today for next October 10 (1:00 p.m.) the draw for the first round of the Copa del Rey 2024-25. 110 teams of the 115 participants will participate in 55 competitive matches.
The current Primera RFEF champion (Deportivo de la Coruña) is exempt, as well as the four First Division clubs (Athletic Club, Real Madrid, RCD Mallorca and FC Barcelona) who begin their journey in the Cup directly in sixteenths at the end. A right that they earned as participants in the Spanish Super Cup.
Pairings will be carried out by lotteryfacing, as far as possible, the clubs of lower category against those of higher category. To carry out this draw, seven cups, including, in each of them, the 16 teams of the First Division, the 21 teams of the Second Division, the 16 teams of the First Federation, the 34 teams of the Second Federation, the 8 teams of the Third Federation, the 4 semifinalists of the Federation Cup and the 10 winning teams of the qualifying round that takes place on Wednesday, October 9.
The team of lower category of each eliminatory will always act as local in it. If the clubs belong to the same category, the team whose ball was drawn first will serve as home team.
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