2023–24 Ukrainian Cup
Football tournament season
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The 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup was the 32nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition began on 29 July 2023 and concluded on 15 May 2024 with the final. The competition has been resumed after being paused for a season due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an attempt to resume league competitions.[2] In the fall of last year (2022), there was information about the possibility of resuming cup competitions in the spring (2023), but the idea was never realized.[3][4]
29 July 2023–23 August 2023
(preliminary rounds)
27 September 2023–15 May 2024
(main event)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Dates | 29 July 2023–15 May 2024[1] 29 July 2023–23 August 2023 (preliminary rounds) 27 September 2023–15 May 2024 (main event) |
| Teams | 51 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk (14th title) |
| Runners-up | Vorskla Poltava |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Goals scored | 137 (2.8 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,601 (114 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Dmytro Kulyk Andriy Shtohrin (4 goals) |
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2024.3 out of 49 matches had spectators | |
Due to security concerns on 1 December 2023, the government of Ukraine established recommendations related to allowing spectators at stadiums.[5] As result, attendance was permitted only in the spring of 2024 and was limited.[6][7]
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind. Qualification for the competition was granted to all professional clubs and four better performers of 2 last amateur seasons the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup.[8]
Team allocation and schedule
The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (20/20), Second League (11/15) and four best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Four second club teams from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.
| Distribution[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
| First preliminary round (6 teams) |
2 entrants from the Second League 4 entrants of the 2022–23 Amateur Cup |
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| Second preliminary round (32 teams) |
9 entrants from the Second League 20 entrants from the First League |
3 winners from the First preliminary round | |
| Third preliminary round (16 teams) |
(no new entrants) | 16 winners from the Second preliminary round | |
| Fourth preliminary round (16 teams) |
8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Third preliminary round | |
| Round of 16 (16 teams) |
8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Fourth preliminary round | |
Rounds schedule
| Phase | Round | Number of fixtures |
Clubs remaining |
Draw date | Game date[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | First round | 3 | 6 → 3 | 21 July 2023[1] | 29 July 2023 |
| Second round | 16 | 32 → 16 | 2 August 2023 | ||
| Third round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 4 August 2023[9] | 15 August 2023 | |
| Fourth round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 17 August 2023[10] | 23 August 2023 | |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 31 August 2023[11] | 27 September 2023 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 | 13 October 2023[12] | 1 November 2023 | |
| Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 | 29 January 2024 | 3 April 2024 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 → 1 | 15 May 2024 |
Teams
| Enter in First Round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Fourth Round | Enter in Round of 16 | ||
| AAFU 4 teams |
PFL League 2 2/15 teams |
PFL League 2 9/15 teams |
PFL League 1 20/20 teams |
UPL 8/16 teams |
UPL 8/16 teams |
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Notes:
- With the asterisk (*) are noted the Second League teams that were recently admitted to the league from amateurs and the AAFU (amateur) team(s) that qualified in place of the Amateur Cup finalist(s).
- Since there was no competition held last season due to hostilities, for this season the Ukrainian Association of Football approved qualification of four teams from the Ukrainian Amateur Cup, two from 2021–22 season and two from 2022–23. Now, the 2021–22 season stopped at the semifinal stage. From 2021–22 season qualified Olympia Savyntsi and Mykolaiv (the other two semifinalists were Druzhba Myrivka that already qualified as a professional, and Motor Zaporizhia was dissolved in January 2023), now since both finalists of the 2022–23 season qualified, the 2022–23 spot was filled with losing semifinalists Shturm Ivankiv and Fazenda Chernivtsi.[13][14] Technically, none of the AAFU representatives qualified as the Amateur Cup finalists, although Olympiya Savyntsi reached a final, their awarded quota was for previous season when they stopped at semifinals.
- Four reserve teams from the PFL League 2 were not eligible to participate.
Bracket
The following is the tournament bracket that the main stage of the Ukrainian Cup resembles. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Competition schedule
Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
First preliminary round (1/128)
In this round, 2 clubs from the Second League and four clubs of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Amateur Cup and the 2021–22 Ukrainian Amateur Cup entered the competition.[15]
The draw was held on 21 July 2023.[1]
| 29 July 2023 | Mykolaiv (AM) | 6–1 | (AM) Fazenda Chernivtsi | Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast |
| 17:00 |
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Stadium: Miskyi Referee: A.Shevchuk (Volyn Oblast) |
| 29 July 2023 | Olimpiya Savyntsi (AM) | 0–1 | (2L) Kudrivka | Myrhorod, Poltava Oblast |
| 14:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Start Referee: S.Dubykivskyi (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 29 July 2023 | Shturm Ivankiv (AM) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | (2L) UCSA Tarasivka | Kyiv |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Dynamo Training Center Referee: V.Solovyov (Odesa) |
| Penalties | ||||
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- Notes
Second preliminary round (1/64)
In this round, 9 clubs from the Second League and 20 clubs from the First League entered the competition and joined the 3 winners of the First preliminary round (2 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).
| 2 August 2023 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1L) | 2–1 | (1L) Karpaty Lviv | Ivano-Frankivsk |
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[ Report] |
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Stadium: Rukh Referee: O.Kohut (Ternopil) |
| 2 August 2023 | Metalist Kharkiv (1L) | 1–2 | (1L) Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | Uzhhorod |
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[ Report] |
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Stadium: Avanhard Referee: O.Tytov (Donetsk) |
| 2 August 2023 | Skala 1911 Stryi (2L) | 5–2 | (1L) Khust | Stryi, Lviv Oblast |
| [ Report] |
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Stadium: Sokil Referee: M.Lypko (Ivano-Frankivsk) |
| 2 August 2023 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi (1L) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | (1L) Nyva Ternopil | Khmelnytskyi |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Podillia Referee: Ya.Leskiv (Lviv Oblast) | |||
| Penalties | ||||
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| 2 August 2023 | Nyva Vinnytsia (2L) | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Vinnytsia |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Tsentralnyi Miskyi Referee: Ye.Kyevlich (Kropyvnytskyi) |
| 2 August 2023 | Mykolaiv (AM) | 1–0 | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Miskyi Referee: V.Malyar (Khmelnytskyi) |
| 2 August 2023 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (1L) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Poltava | Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Yunist Referee: Ye.Tsybulko (Cherkasy Oblast) |
| 2 August 2023 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 4–3 | (1L) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast |
| [ Report] |
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Stadium: Inhulets Referee: V.Zaprutnyak (Vinnytsia) |
| 2 August 2023 | Kudrivka (2L) | 3–0 | (1L) Kremin Kremenchuk | Chernihiv |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Yunist Stadium Referee: K.Usova (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 2 August 2023 | Zviahel (2L) | 5–0 | (2L) Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Avanhard Referee: S.Podryhulia (Lutsk) |
| 2 August 2023 | UCSA Tarasivka (2L) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | (1L) Nyva Buzova | Kyiv |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Bannikov Referee: D.Osaulenko (Poltava) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 2 August 2023 | Chernihiv (1L) | 1–2 | (1L) Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Chernihiv |
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[ Report] |
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Stadium: Yunist Stadium Referee: A.Mykhailyuk (Zhytomyr) |
| 2 August 2023 | Vast Mykolaiv (2L) | 2–5 | (1L) Mariupol | Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Kolos Referee: M.Firsov (Rivne) |
| 2 August 2023 | Druzhba Myrivka (2L) | 1–2 | (1L) Viktoriya Sumy | Kaharlyk, Kyiv Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Druzhba Referee: M.Bohatyr (Zaporizhia) |
| 3 August 2023 | Lokomotyv Kyiv (2L) | 1–0 | (1L) Dinaz Vyshhorod | Kyiv |
Sakhnyuk  56' |
[ Report] | Stadium: Bannikov Referee: D.Kuzovlyev (Zaporizhia) |
| Trostianets (2L) | + / - | (2L) Real Pharma Odesa | Trostianets, Sumy Oblast | |
| Report | Stadium: imeni Kutsa |
Third preliminary round (1/32)
In this round, the 16 winners of the Second preliminary round participate (8 clubs from First League, 7 clubs from Second League, 1 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 4 August 2023.[9]
| 15 August 2023 | Kudrivka (2L) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | (1L) Mariupol | Kudrivka, Chernihiv Oblast |
| 13:00 |
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Stadium: Kudrivka Arena Referee: O.Kohut (Ternopil) |
| Penalties | ||||
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| 15 August 2023 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1L) | 1–2 | (1L) Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Rukh Referee: Ye.Tsybulko (Cherkasy Oblast) |
| 15 August 2023 | Zviahel (2L) | 4–0 | (2L) UCSA Tarasivka | Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast |
| 15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Avanhard Referee: S.Lapko (Lviv) |
| 15 August 2023 | Trostianets (2L) | 1–2 | (1L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Trostianets, Sumy Oblast |
| 15:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: imeni Kutsa Referee: Ye.Kyevlich (Kropyvnytskyi) |
| 15 August 2023 | Lokomotyv Kyiv (2L) | 0–2 | (1L) Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Kyiv |
| 16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bannikov Referee: D.Kubriak (Odesa) |
| 15 August 2023 | Inhulets Petrove (1L) | 0–1 | (1L) Viktoriya Sumy | Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast |
| 16:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Inhulets Referee: A.Mykhailyuk (Zhytomyr) |
| 15 August 2023 | Mykolaiv (AM) | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Miskyi Referee: M.Lypko (Ivano-Frankivsk) |
| 16 August 2023 | Skala 1911 Stryi (2L) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Nyva Ternopil | Stryi, Lviv Oblast |
| 16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sokil Referee: V. Zaprutnyak (Vinnytsia) |
- Notes:
Fourth preliminary round (1/16)
In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (6 clubs from First League and 2 clubs from Second League).
| 23 August 2023 | Skala 1911 Stryi (2L) | 0–2 | (PL) Rukh Lviv | Stryi, Lviv Oblast |
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[ Report] |
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Stadium: Sokil Referee: O.Afanasyev (Kharkiv) |
| 23 August 2023 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk (1L) | 0–2 | (PL) Polissya Zhytomyr | Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| [ Report] |
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Stadium: Yunist Referee: S.Zadyran (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 23 August 2023 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi (1L) | 1–3 | (PL) Veres Rivne | Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: imeni Tonkocheyeva Referee: M.Raida (Zakarapattia Oblast) |
| 23 August 2023 | Mariupol (1L) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | (PL) Kolos Kovalivka | Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Kolos Referee: D.Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) | ||
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| 23 August 2023 | Zviahel (2L) | 0–1 | (PL) Obolon Kyiv | Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast |
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[ Report] |
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Stadium: Avanhard Referee: S.Prychyna (Lviv Oblast) |
| 23 August 2023 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv (1L) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | (PL) Chornomorets Odesa | Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh Referee: K.Kozoroh (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 23 August 2023 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (1L) | 1–3 | (PL) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Yunist Referee: D.Yevtukhov (Dnipro) |
| 23 August 2023 | LNZ Cherkasy (PL) | 0–1 | (1L) Viktoriya Sumy | Cherkasy |
| [ Report] |
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Stadium: Cherkasy Arena Referee: N.Dyord (Uzhhorod) |
- Notes:
LNZ vs Viktoriya had been interrupted due to air alert.[16]
Round of 16 (1/8)
In this round, 8 clubs from the Premier League will enter the competition and join the 8 winners of the Fourth preliminary round (6 clubs from Premier League and 2 clubs from First League).
| 26 September 2023 | Rukh Lviv (PL) | 0–1 | (PL) Oleksandriya | Vynnyky, Lviv |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Іmeni Bohdana Markevycha Referee: D. Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) |
| 26 September 2023 | Veres Rivne (PL) | 0–3 | (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk | Rivne |
| [ Report] |
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Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Referee: I. Paskhal (Kherson) |
| 27 September 2023 | Viktoriya Sumy (1L) | 1–0 | (PL) Mynai | Sumy |
| 14:00 |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Yuvileinyi Referee: K. Kozoroh (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 27 September 2023 | Polissia Zhytomyr (PL) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | (PL) Dnipro-1 | Zhytomyr |
| 15:00 |
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[ Report] |
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Stadium: Tsentralnyi Referee: O. Omelchenko (Sloviansk) |
| Penalties | ||||
| 27 September 2023 | Chornomorets Odesa (PL) | 2–1 | (PL) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Odesa |
| 17:00 | [ Report] |
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Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Referee: S. Prychyna (Lviv Oblast) |
| 27 September 2023 | Obolon Kyiv (PL) | 1–0 | (PL) Dynamo Kyiv | Kyiv |
| 17:00 |
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[ Report] | Stadium: Obolon Arena Referee: N. Dyord (Uzhhorod) |
| 27 September 2023 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (PL) | 0–3 | (PL) Vorskla Poltava | Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast |
| 18:30 | [ Report] |
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Stadium: Livyi Bereh Referee: D. Reznikov (Kamianske) |
| 12 October 2023 | Mariupol (1L) | 0–1 | (PL) Zorya Luhansk | Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast |
| 13:00 | [ Report] | Voloshyn 45+1' |
Stadium: Kolos Stadium Referee: D. Kubryak (Odesa) |
- Notes:
Rukh vs Oleksandriya kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes due to air alert.[17]
Quarter-finals (1/4)
This round includes one team from the First League and 7 clubs from the Premier League. Base date for the matches is 1 November 2023. The draw for the round took place at Epet Arena, Prague with active participation of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ruslan Malinovskyi.[18]
| 30 October 2023 | Viktoriya Sumy (1L) | 0–3 | (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk | Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Livyi Bereh Referee: O.Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi) |
| 1 November 2023 | Chornomorets Odesa (PL) | 4–1 | (PL) Zorya Luhansk | Odesa |
| 15:00 | [ Report] |
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Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Referee: M.Balakin (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 2 November 2023 | Polissia Zhytomyr (PL) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | (PL) Oleksandriya | Zhytomyr |
| 15:00 | [ Report] | Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Referee: V.Romanov (Dnipro) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 2 November 2023 | Obolon Kyiv (PL) | 0–3 | (PL) Vorskla Poltava | Kyiv |
| 17:00 | [ Report] | Stadium: Obolon Arena Referee: D.Shurman (Kyiv Oblast) |
- Notes:
Polissia vs Oleksandriya match had been interrupted in the 85th minute for 50 minutes due to air alert.[19]
Semi-finals (1/2)
| 3 April 2024 | Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 4–1 | (PL) Chornomorets Odesa | Lviv |
| 18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 674 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi) |
| 4 April 2024 | Polissia Zhytomyr (PL) | 0–1 | (PL) Vorskla Poltava | Zhytomyr |
| 18:00 | [ Report] |
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Stadium: Tsentralny Attendance: 1,427 Referee: Maksym Kozyriatskyi (Zaporizhia) |
- Notes:
Polissia vs Vorskla match had been interrupted in the 80th minute for 40 minutes due to air alert.[20]
Final
Top goalscorers
The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.
- As of 4 April 2024[21]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
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| 1 |  Dmytro Kulyk |
Kudrivka | 4 |
| Andriy Shtohrin |
Chornomorets Odesa | 4 | |
| 3 | Oleksandr Batalskyi |
Mariupol | 3 |
| Yaroslav Kvasov |
Inhulets Petrove | 3 | |
| Artur Vashchyshyn |
Zviahel | 3 (1) | |
Notes: