The Chinese Football Association will organize a joint meeting of Chinese Super League clubs in Suzhou at 1 pm on September 2nd.
In addition to announcing the schedule and competition system for the second stage of the 2020 Chinese Super League, the Chinese Football Association will also confirm the retention of the FA Cup this season and hold a draw ceremony on the spot.
The new season of the FA Cup will kick off on September 18.
Among them, the first round of the competition will be held in the Dalian Division on September 18 and the Suzhou Division on the 19th. The participating teams are limited to the Chinese Super League teams.
The 2nd to 5th rounds of the FA Cup will start on November 26, which is about 2 weeks after the end of the Chinese League, and will continue until December 19.
In the first round, only 16 Chinese Super League teams participated. The champions of the 2019 Chinese Football Association Cup and 1 to 7 of the 2019 Chinese Super League were seeded teams.
Big Taobao, Jiangsu Suning Tesco, Shandong Luneng Taishan, Beijing Zhonghe Guoan in Suzhou Division, Shanghai SIPG, Wuhan Zall, Tianjin Teda.
The other 8 Chinese Super League teams will become unseeded teams according to their divisions.
FA Cup first-round draw results: Dalian Division: Shanghai Shenhua VS Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou Evergrande VS Henan Jianye Jiangsu Suning VS Shenzhen Kaisa Shandong Luneng VS Dalian People Suzhou Division: Beijing Zhonghe Guoan VS Qingdao Huanghai Shanggang VS Chongqing Dangdai Wuhan Zhuo
Seoul VS Hebei China Fortune Tianjin TEDA VS Shijiazhuang Yongchang Football Association Cup first round match will be held in Dalian on September 18th, and the Suzhou Division will be held the next day.
The 8 winning teams will participate in the second round on November 26, against the top 8 teams in the Chinese League One, and the winners will enter the next round of the quarter-finals.
Except for the fourth round of semi-finals, which is a two-round match, the other rounds are single-elimination. It is planned to decide the champion on December 19.