2026 Malaysia Cup

In the competition, the top 13 teams from the 2025–26 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top three teams from the 2025–26 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League. The competition was played from 17 January 2026 until 23 May 2026, with 16 teams in the knockout stage which began in the round of 16, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. This stage was played in two legs, except for the final which was played as a single leg.^[4]

For this edition, a total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament, which qualifying results will be determined after the first round of Super League and A1 Semi-Pro League matches. The top 8 teams from Super League will automatically qualify to the knockout stage as seeded. Super League teams ranked 9th until 13th and three teams from A1 Semi-Pro League teams will be drawn as unseeded. Teams that fail to progress to the quarter-finals will automatically continue the challenge at the 2026 MFL Challenge Cup.^[4]

The draw for the 2026 Malaysia Cup was held on 2 January 2026.^[4]

The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams become hosting for the second leg of round of 16.^[4][5]

For the draw, the teams were seeded and unseeded into two pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season). The results seeding will be determined after the first round of Super League and A1 Semi-Pro League matches:

• Pot A contained the top 8 teams from 2025–26 Super League.
• Pot B contained the 9th until 13th placed teams from 2025–26 Super League, and the 3 teams selected from 2025–26 A1 Semi-Pro League, based on subject approval from the MFL Board of Directors.

Pot A (seeded) Rank Team 1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 2 Kuching City 3 Selangor 4 Kuala Lumpur City 5 Terengganu 6 Negeri Sembilan 7 DPMM 8 Sabah

Pot B (unseeded) Rank Team 9 Immigration 10 Kelantan The Real Warriors 11 Penang 12 Melaka 13 PDRM 14 Perak 15 UM-Damansara United 16 Kelantan Red Warrior

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the final which was played as a single-leg game.

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	UM-Damansara United	0	0	0
	Terengganu	2	5	7
							Terengganu	1	1	2
							Kuala Lumpur City	1	2	3
	Perak	2	0	2
	Kuala Lumpur City (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
													Kuala Lumpur City	0	1	1
													Johor Darul Ta'zim	4	4	8
	PDRM	1	0	1
	Johor Darul Ta'zim	10	1	11
							Johor Darul Ta'zim	5	3	8
							Melaka	0	1	1
	Melaka	2	3	5
	Sabah	2	0	2
																			Johor Darul Ta'zim
																			Kuching City
	Immigration	0	0	0
	Negeri Sembilan	0	1	1
							Negeri Sembilan	0	1	1
							Selangor	1	5	6
	Kelantan The Real Warriors	1	0	1
	Selangor	2	3	5
													Selangor	1	0	1
													Kuching City	1	1	2
	Kelantan Red Warrior	0	1	1
	DPMM	2	1	3
							DPMM	1	1	2
							Kuching City	3	3	6
	Penang	1	0	1
	Kuching City	0	2	2

The first legs were played on 17, 18 and 19 January, and the second legs were played on 22, 23, 24 and 25 January 2026.^[6][7] The losers were transferred to the MFL Challenge Cup.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Immigration	0–1	Negeri Sembilan	0–0	0–1
Melaka	5–2	Sabah	2–2	3–0
Kelantan Red Warrior	1–3	DPMM	0–2	1–1
Penang	1–2	Kuching City	1–0	0–2
PDRM	1–11	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–10	0–1
Perak	2–3	Kuala Lumpur City	2–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)
UM-Damansara United	0–7	Terengganu	0–2	0–5
Kelantan The Real Warriors	1–5	Selangor	1–2	0–3

The first legs were played on 6, 7, 8 and 13 February, and the second legs were played on 14, 15 and 25 February 2026.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Terengganu	2–3	Kuala Lumpur City	1–1	1–2
DPMM	2–6	Kuching City	1–3	1–3
Negeri Sembilan	1–6	Selangor	0–1	1–5
Johor Darul Ta'zim	8–1	Melaka	5–0	3–1

The first legs were played on 3 and 5 April, and the second legs were played on 7 and 18 April 2026.^[9]

The final will be played in 23 May 2026 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.