KNVB Beker (Netherlands): matches and statistics

The KNVB Cup (Netherlands) (KNVB Beker, first final played on 9 May 1899) is the Netherlands’ domestic knockout cup competition organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association. Regulations: the current structure includes a qualifying stage for amateur sides followed by a main competition that starts with a 64-team first round and then progresses through the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a single-match final, with all rounds played as one-off ties. If level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time are played and then a penalty shoot-out decides the winner. The final is staged at De Kuip in Rotterdam, the winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, and if the cup winner has already qualified for the UEFA Europa League via the league, the cup-winner berth is reallocated to the club finishing immediately below the cup winner in the domestic championship.