2019–20 Ukrainian Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Dates | 20 August 2019–8 July 2020 20 August 2019–25 September 2019 (qualification rounds) 30 October 2019–8 July 2020 (main event) |
| Teams | 49 |
| Defending champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv (12th title) |
| Runners-up | Vorskla Poltava |
| UEFA Europa League | none |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 47 |
| Goals scored | 121 (2.57 per match) |
| Attendance | 106,969 (2,276 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | 4 – Vladyslav Sharay (Alians) |
All statistics correct as of 9 July 2020. | |
The 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup was the 29th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 20 August 2019 and concluded on 8 July 2020 with the final at the OSC Metalist in Kharkiv.
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs are able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).
Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons, but was eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the round of 16. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last nine years winning seven of them.
Dynamo Kyiv won their 12th Ukrainian Cup title after beating Vorskla Poltava 8–7 on penalties in the final with the game ending in the 1–1 draw. They therefore qualified to the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, however they can still qualify for the Champions League through league season.
Some changes were introduced. Unlike the last season starting with the third round of the competition there was a seeded draw, while for the first two rounds the draw remained blind. This was the first Ukrainian Cup season to implement the Video assistant referee (VAR) system on some matches, the first game to use VAR was the quarter-final match between Dynamo Kyiv and Oleksandriya.
On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Football made a decision to pause all football competitions in the country on 18 March 2020 for an unspecified period of time (until the decision to resume competitions) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, which caused a postponement of the semi-final and final matches to another date.