1. The Coppa Italia is a traditional football match sponsored by the Italian Football Association. Every year 1 starts, and the finals are usually held at the end of May or early June.
2. The Italian Cup * * * consists of seven rounds, namely: group match, 1/8 final, 1/4 final, semi-final, final, play-offs and three or four finals.
3. The round robin system of home and away games is adopted in the group match, which lasts for * * 90 minutes. The winners, draws and losers are scored 3 points, 1 point and 0 point respectively, and ranked according to the points.
4. Before the start of each round, the home and away games will be decided by drawing lots according to the results of the last round.
5. In the group match, if the two teams draw in two rounds, extra time is needed. There is no golden ball and penalty system in overtime.
6. 1/8 finals, 1/4 finals and semi-finals adopt the home and away elimination system, and the winner must be decided in two rounds. There is no golden ball and penalty system in overtime.
7. In the final, if the game is tied within 90 minutes, it will take 30 minutes of overtime, and if it is tied in overtime, it will take a penalty to decide the outcome.
8. The Italian Cup allows teams to call players from the reserves to support the first team.
9. The Italian Cup winner can participate in the European Super Cup next season.
10. In the past decades, the competition in the Italian Cup has been fierce, including traditional strong teams such as Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Rome.
Introduction to the development history of the Italian Cup;
The Italian Cup started at 1922, but the second match was cancelled midway, and the match was not resumed until 1935. Great changes have taken place in the Italian Cup since the 2007/08 season. The number of participating teams has changed from Grade A, Grade B and Grade C to only Grade A (20 teams) and Grade B (22 teams) ***42 teams. The two-turn system of subject and object that has been used in the finals has also been changed to the single elimination system, and it is stipulated that the competition will be held at the Rome Olympic Stadium, the main venue in Rome.
In the 2008/09 season, the number of places to participate in the Italian Cup increased to 78, allowing teams with better performance in Class C and Italy to participate, in order to follow the example of the English Football Association Cup. Juventus won the Coppa Italia the most times in history, 14 times. Followed by Rome 9 times, Inter Milan 8 times and Lazio 7 times. Florence and Naples tied for sixth place, each winning six championships. Juventus is the team that advanced to the finals the most times, ***2 1 time.