2021 Hazfi Cup

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2021 Hazfi Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iran
Dates	19 January 2021 (2021-01-19) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Defending champions	Tractor
Final positions
Champions	Foolad (1st title)
Runner-up	Esteghlal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	154 (2.2 per match)

The 2021 Hazfi Cup was the 34th season of the Iranian football knockout competition.^[1][2]

The competition began in January 2021 and the final was played on August 8, 2021. Foolad won their first title after defeating Esteghlal in the final.

Participating teams

A total of 96 teams are eligible participate in the 2021 Hazfi Cup. The teams were divided into four main groups.^[3]

16 teams of the Persian Gulf Pro League: (entering from Round of 32)

Esteghlal Foolad Gol Gohar Mashin Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mes Rafsanjan Persepolis

Peykan Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Aluminium Arak Shahr Khodro Tractor Zob Ahan

• All of the 16 teams were obliged to participate.

18 teams of Azadegan League: (entering from third round)

Arman Gohar Sirjan Baadraan Tehran Chooka Talesh Esteghlal Khuzestan Esteghlal Molasani Fajr Sepasi Gol Reyhan Havadar Pakdasht Kheybar Khorramabad

Khooshe Talaei Saveh Malavan Mes Kerman Navad Urmia Pars Jonoubi Jam Qashqai Shiraz Rayka Babol Shahin Shahrdari Astara

• 13 teams (from maximum 18 possible) were registered to participate.

28 teams of 2nd Division: (entering from second round)

Atrak Bojnourd Elmoadab Tabriz Espad Tehran Ettehad Kamyaran Foolad Novin Ahvaz Melli Hafari Ahvaz Iranjavan Bushehr Mes Novin Kerman Mes Shahr-e Babak Milad Mehr Iranian Mohtasham Tabriz Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Nirooye Zamini Naft Omidieh

Oghab Tehran PAS Hamedan Perspolis Ganaveh Sardar Bookan Shams Azar Qazvin Sepidrood Shahid Ghandi Yazd Shahin Bandar Ameri Shahrdari Bam Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Hamedan Shahrdari Mahshahr Shohadaye Babolsar Vista Toorbin

• 17 teams (from maximum 28 possible) were registered to participate.

34 teams of Provincial Leagues: (Kish, Khoramshahr and Tehran can have extra Representatives.) (entering from first round)

Alborz (Vahdat Aghasht) Ardebil (Mi’ad Pars Moghan) Azarbayejan Gharbi (Kanyav Oshnouyeh) Azarbayejan Sharghi (Setaregan Azhand Azarbaijan) Boushehr (Aboozar Kangan) Chaharmahal & Bakhtiyari (Zagros Neshinan Bakhtiyari) Fars (Helal Ahmar Gerash) Gilan (Shahrdari Bandar Anzali) Golestan Hamedan Hormozgan (Foolad Hormozgan) Ilam (Padideh Malekshahi Ilam) Isfahan (Padma Yadak Iranian Isfahan) Kerman Kermanshah (Ettehad Ravansar) Khoramshahr Khorasan Jonoubi (Payam Khorasan Jonoubi)

Khorasan Razavi (Shahrdari Bardeskan) Khorasan Shomali Khouzestan (Shahrdari Do Kooheh Andimeshk) Kish (Armak Kish) Kohgiluye & Boyer Ahmad (Aboozar Basht) Kordestan (Heyat Football Baneh) Lorestan Markazi (Esteghlal Raveh Delijan) Mazandaran (Sorkhpooshan Sari) Qazvin Qom (Sohan Mohammad Qom) Semnan (Siman Shahrood) Sistan & Balouchestan Tehran (Shahin Tehran) Tehran Suburbs (Damash Parseh Tehran) Yazd Zanjan (Darayi Khoramdareh)

• 25 teams (from maximum 34 possible) were registered to participate.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage	Round	Draw date	Matches dates
First stage	Preliminary round	12 January 2021[4]	19 January 2021
	Round 1		23–28 January 2021
	Round 2	26 January 2021	6–9 February 2021
	Round 3	9 February 2021[5]	23–25 February 2021
Second Stage	Round of 32	26 February 2021[6]	11–13 March 2021[7]
	Round of 16	6 April 2021[8]	29 April 2021 18–19 May 2021
	Quarter-finals	13 June 2021[9]	15, 24 July 2021
	Semi-finals	26 July 2021[10]	4 August 2021
	Final		8 August 2021

First stage

Preliminary round

Fixture source:^[11]
Results source:^[12]

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
16 / 16	18 / 18	28 / 28	25 / 34	87 / 96

First round

Fixture source:^[13]
Results source:^[14]

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
16 / 16	18 / 18	28 / 28	22 / 34	84 / 96

Second round

Fixture source:^[15]

Results source:^[16] This round includes 11 winners of first round and 17 teams (which registered to participate) from 2nd Division.

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
16 / 16	18 / 18	17 / 28	11 / 34	62 / 96

Third round

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
16 / 16	13 / 18	11 / 28	3 / 34	43 / 96

This round includes 14 winners of first round and 18 teams from the Azadegan League.
Shahrdari Bardeskan (4), Khooshe Talaei Saveh (2), Vista Toorbin (3), Havadar Pakdasht (2), and Shahin Bandar Ameri (3) received byes to the next round.

Second stage

Bracket

	Fourth round (round of 32) 11–13 March 2021				Fifth round (round of 16) 29 April 2021 18–19 May 2021				Sixth round (quarter-final) 15 July 2021 24 July 2021				Semi-final 4 August 2021				Final 8 August 2021
	Mashin Sazi	0
	Foolad	3
					Qashqai	1
					Foolad	2
	Avalan Kamyaran	0 (9)
	Qashqai	0 (10)
									Foolad	1 (5)
									Sepahan	1 (4)
	Sepahan	2
	Mes Rafsanjan	1
					Khooshe Talaei	0
					Sepahan (a.e.t.)	2
	Shahrdari Bardeskan	0
	Khooshe Talaei	3
													Foolad	2
													Malavan	0
	Malavan	2
	Vista Toorbin	1
					Nassaji	0
					Malavan	1
	Nassaji	0 (8)
	Saipa	0 (7)
									Malavan	0 (4)
									Kheybar	0 (3)
	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0 (3)
	Kheybar	0 (4)
					Kheybar	1
					Sanat Naft	0
	Sanat Naft	4
	Damash Parseh Tehran	0
																	Foolad	0 (4)
																	Esteghlal	0 (2)
	Mes Novin Kerman	0
	Persepolis	3
					Shahin Bandar Ameri	1
					Persepolis	4
	Esteghlal Mollasani	0 (3)
	Shahin Bandar Ameri	0 (4)
									Persepolis	0 (3)
									Esteghlal	0 (4)
	Paykan	1
	Esteghlal	2
					Esteghlal	2
					ZobAhan	1
	ZobAhan	2
	Padideh	1
													Esteghlal	2
													Gol Gohar	1
	Pars Jonoubi	3
	PAS	0
					Gol Gohar	3
					Pars Jonoubi	0
	Gol Gohar (a.e.t.)	2
	Mes Kerman	1
									Gol Gohar	3
									Aluminium	1
	Aluminium	0 (5)
	Havadar	0 (4)
					Aluminium	2
					Tractor	0
	Tractor	3
	Shahrdari Mahshahr	0

Fourth round (round of 32)

The 16 teams from Iran Pro League entered the competition from the second stage.

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
16 / 16	8 / 18	6 / 28	2 / 34	32 / 96

Fifth round (round of 16)

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
10 / 16	5 / 18	1 / 28	0 / 34	16 / 96

Sixth round (quarter-finals)

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
6 / 16	2 / 18	0 / 28	0 / 34	8 / 96

Seventh round (semi-finals)

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
3 / 16	1 / 18	0 / 28	0 / 34	4 / 96

Eighth round (final)

Number of teams per tier entering this round

Pro League (1)	1. division (2)	2. division (3)	Provincial Leagues (4)	Total
2 / 16	0 / 18	0 / 28	0 / 34	2 / 96

Statistics

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See also

• Iran Pro League 2020–21
• Azadegan League 2020–21
• Iran Football's 2nd Division 2020–21
• Iran Football's 3rd Division 2020–21
• Iranian Super Cup

Notes

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