2026 Malaysia Cup knockout stage

The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams become hosting for the second leg of round of 16.^[1][2]

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.

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Teams from 2024–25 Malaysia Super League
Teams from 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League

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

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied).^[3] If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings.

The draw for the 2026 Malaysia Cup was held on 2 January 2026.^[1]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Knockout phase	Round of 16	17–19 January 2026	22–25 January 2026
	Quarter-finals	6–8 & 13 February 2026	14–15 & 25 February 2026
	Semi-finals	3 & 5 April 2026	7 & 18 April 2026
	Final	23 May 2026 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

The bracket was decided after the draw.^[4]

	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

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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.^[5][6] The losers were transferred to the MFL Challenge Cup.^[1]

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

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Negeri Sembilan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Melaka won 5–2 on aggregate.

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DPMM won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Kuching City won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Kuala Lumpur City won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Terengganu won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Selangor won 5–1 on aggregate.

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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.^[7]

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

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Kuala Lumpur City won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Kuching City won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Selangor won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim won 8–1 on aggregate.

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The first legs were played on 3 and 5 April, and the second legs were played on 7 and 18 April 2026.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kuala Lumpur City	1–8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–4	1–4
Selangor	1–2	Kuching City	1–1	1–2

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Johor Darul Ta'zim won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Kuching City won 2–1 on aggregate.

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