2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds

The 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds open the 87th season of the competition in Egypt, the oldest association football single knockout competition in Africa.

2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds

Tournament details
Country	Egypt

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018–19 Egypt Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the Egyptian Football Association.

Round	Date	Number of Fixtures	Clubs Remaining	New Entries This Round
First Preliminary Round	12–18 August 2018	101	262 → 161	205; teams playing in the Egyptian Third Division and the Egyptian Fourth Division
Second Preliminary Round	4–5 September 2018	31	161 → 130	none
Third Preliminary Round	24–26 September 2018	56	130 → 74	39; teams playing in the Egyptian Second Division
Fourth Preliminary Round	29–30 September 2018	28	74 → 46	none
Fifth Preliminary Round	3 October 2018	14	46 → 32	none

First Preliminary Round

First Preliminary Round fixtures were played from 12 to 18 August 2018. A total of 205 teams from the Egyptian Third Division and the Egyptian Fourth Division entered at this stage of the competition. A large number of clubs did not enter the competition due to financial status and other different reasons, including Al Fanar, a club that was playing in the Egyptian Second Division in the previous season. The results were as follows:

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
12 August 2018
47	Sporting Alexandria	1–0	Delphi
55	MS Abou El Matamer	2–1	MS El Qabari
13 August 2018
53	Nogoom El Metras	1–3	Shabab El Daba'a
14 August 2018
21	MS Snouras	1–1 (5–4 p)	Maghagha
24	Beni Mazar	2–1	MS El Fashn
25	MS Naser Beni Suef	1–1 (4–5 p)	Matar Taris
26	Al Masry (Cairo)	1–0	MS Al Badrashen
27	Al Obour (El Qalyubia)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Plastic Shubra El Kheima
28	El Qanater El Khairiya	2–0	El Ayiat
29	MS Bashtel	1–4	Bahtim
30	Telecom Egypt	1–1 (3–2 p)	El Sekka El Hadid
31	MS El Bragel	0–3	Kaskada
32	National Bank	2–0	Aviation Club
33	Banha	3–0	Esco
35	Shebin El Qanater	0–1	Egypt Insurance
38	Helioplis	0–2	Al Ghaba
39	6th of October City	1–1 (5–4 p)	Guinness
40	Al Marag	1–1 (4–5 p)	Helwan El A'am
41	Eastern Company	2–0	HCHD
42	Workers' Institution	1–3	Al Maady & Al Yacht
45	MS Abou El Nemris	1–1 (3–2 p)	MS Toukh
48	El Horreya	4–2	MS Al Ma'amoura
52	MS Al Hammam	2–2 (2–3 p)	Al Hilal (El Daba'a)
61	MS El Hanafy	0–1	Sakha
63	Qelein	1–4	MS Koum Hamada
75	Kahraba Damietta	0–1	MS Minyat Samanoud
76	MS El Senbellawein	1–1 (3–4 p)	Beni Ebeid
77	MS Al Amir	9–1	Kafr Saad
78	MS Abou Kebir	0–0 (4–3 p)	El Matarya
79	Ras El Bar	2–2 (7–8 p)	Workers (El Mansoura)
82	El Mostakbal (Damietta)	0–4	Abou Kebir
83	Belbis	3–0	MS New Damietta
84	Belkas	0–1	MS Bedway
86	Talkha	1–0	MS Derb Najm
87	Sheko	3–2	Sherbeen
88	DKWASC	0–1	Ittihad Nabarouh
89	Maa'sara El Dakahlia	1–2	Ghazl Damietta
90	Ittihad El Manzalah	2–2 (6–7 p)	Mega Sport
91	MS Abou Hamad	1–4	Dikernis
92	MS El Rawda City	1–2	El Senbellawein
15 August 2018
9	Akhmim	1–1 (4–5 p)	Abou Tig
10	MS Al Kharga	1–2	Assiut Petroleum
11	Al Badari	3–3 (8–9 p)	Shoban Al Maragha
12	Al Maragha	1–1 (6–5 p)	New Valley
13	MS Nogoa Mazin	0–2	Muslim Youths (Assiut)
14	Mecca El Mokarama	2–1	Manfalout
15	MS Al Baleyna	2–1	MS Sahel Selim
17	El Qouseiya	2–2 (7–6 p)	Assiut Cement
18	Malawy	1–1 (2–4 p)	MS Maghagha
19	MS Atsa	4–0	Al Wasta
20	MS Samalout	1–2	Naser El Fekreia
34	Ittihad El Shorta	1–0	Goldi
36	El Qawmi	0–0 (6–5 p)	MS Al Saf
43	MS Kerdasa	1–1 (5–3 p)	Manshiyat Naser
44	Planes Factory	3–2	MS New Helwan
46	El Teram	1–2	Al Masry (Al Saloum)
49	Al Zohour (Matrouh)	2–3	El Montazah
50	Alexandria Petroleum	1–0	Horse Owners
51	MS Al Obour (Alexandria)	2–0	Matrouh
54	Taraji El Daba'a	2–2 (3–2 p)	Nahdat El A'amreiya
56	MS Housh Eissa	3–0	El Za'faran
57	BWADC	0–0 (3–4 p)	MS Eitay El Baroud
58	MS Kafr Bouleyn	1–1 (4–2 p)	Rasheed
59	Deskouk	2–1	Badr
60	Al Hamoul	0–0 (8–7 p)	Al Zohour (El Noubariya)
62	Baltim	1–0	MS Rasheed
64	MS Qelein	1–0	Ghazl Kafr El Dawar
65	MS Matobis	0–0 (5–3 p)	Bela
66	Ashmoun	3–2	MS Zefta
67	Samanoud	3–1	Al Watani (Shebin El Koum)
68	Ghazl Shebin	0–2	Osmathon Tanta
69	Sporting Castle	1–0	Maleyat Kafr El Zayat
70	Al Sonta	1–4	Sers El Layan
71	Qouesna	0–4	Al Said (El Mahalla)
72	Menouf	3–1	Al Watani (Berkat El Saba'a)
73	Arab El Raml	1–0	Ittihad Bassioun
80	MS El Qaniyat	2–1	Kahraba Talkha
81	Hahya	1–9	MS Mit El Khouly Abdullah
85	Faqous	1–1 (4–1 p)	Ittihad El Senbellawein
93	El Nobah	4–0	Suez Fertilizers
94	Ghazl Suez	4–1	South Sinai
95	Port Fouad	3–0	Al Nasr (Arish)
98	MS Abou Shehata	1–0	MS Balouza
99	Gharb El Qantara	3–0	Manshiyat El Shohada
100	Al Rebat & Al Anwar	2–0	MS El Kherba
101	Baladeyet Ismailia	1–0	Ittihad North Sinai
16 August 2018
22	MS Tamya	2–2 (5–4 p)	MS Beba
37	Al Said (Giza)	2–1	Olympic Champion
74	El Sharkia	2–1	MS Pharscore
17 August 2018
5	Workers (Ras Gharib)	6–0	October (Ras Gharib)
23	Abou Kasah	2–2 (3–4 p)	MS Ebshway
18 August 2018
1	Al Hilal (Aswan)	3–0	Gomhoriat Drau
2	Al Salam (Esna)	2–1	Nile Valley
3	MS Al Hasaya & Al Hakroub	1–1 (5–6 p)	MS Edfu
4	KIMA Aswan	0–1	Luxor
6	Workers (Farshout)	3–2	Qous
7	Qena	2–2 (4–2 p)	Qeft
8	MS Dishna	2–3	Muslim Youths (Qena)
16	Girga	1–1 (4–1 p)	Al Ahly (El Monshah)
96	Kahraba Ismailia	3–1	Sinai Star
97	MS Rabaa	0–1	6 October (North Sinai)

The following teams received a bye for this round:

• MS Abou Souyer
• MS Damietta
• MS El Qais

Second Preliminary Round

Second Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 4 and 5 September 2018. The results were as follows:

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
4 September 2018
1	MS Ebshway	1–0	MS Snouras
2	Beni Mazar	4–1	MS Tamya
3	Abou Tig	4–0	Shoban Al Maragha
4	Girga	1–0	Mecca El Mokarama
5	MS Edfu	1–1 (1–4 p)	Workers (Farshout)
6	Al Salam (Esna)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Luxor
7	Workers (Ras Gharib)	0–1	Muslim Youths (Qena)
8	Port Fouad	2–0	Kahraba Ismailia
9	MS Abou Shehata	0–3	Gharb El Qantara
10	Baladeyet Ismailia	1–0	MS Abou Souyer
11	MS Minyat Samanoud	4–0	MS Bedway
12	Ghazl Damietta	3–1	El Sharkia
13	Belbis	1–0	MS El Qaniyat
14	Talkha	2–1	MS Abou Kebir
15	MS Housh Eissa	1–2	MS Abou El Matamer
16	MS Qelein	1–1 (2–4 p)	MS Kafr Bouleyn
17	Deskouk	1–2	Sporting Castle
18	MS Al Obour (Alexandria)	0–2	Al Masry (Al Saloum)
19	MS Kerdasa	2–6	Banha
20	MS Abou El Nemris	1–0	National Bank
21	Bahtim	1–0	Al Maady & Al Yacht
5 September 2018
22	Naser El Fekreia	1–0	MS El Qais
23	MS Al Baleyna	0–0 (3–4 p)	Muslim Youths (Assiut)
24	MS Mit El Khouly Abdullah	1–4	Faqous
25	Dikernis	3–0	MS Damietta
26	Baltim	0–1	MS Matobis
27	Sakha	1–3	Al Hamoul
28	Shabab El Daba'a	0–1	Alexandria Petroleum
29	6th of October City	1–1 (6–5 p)	Plastic Shubra El Kheima
30	Al Masry (Cairo)	1–2	Al Said (Giza)
31	Ittihad El Shorta	1–0	Egypt Insurance

The following teams received a bye for this round:

• 6 October (North Sinai)
• Abou Kebir
• Arab El Raml
• Ashmoun
• Assiut Petroleum
• Beni Ebeid
• Eastern Company
• Al Ghaba
• Ghazl Suez
• Helwan El A'am
• Al Hilal (Aswan)
• Al Hilal (El Daba'a)
• El Horreya
• Ittihad Nabarouh
• Kaskada
• Al Maragha
• Matar Taris
• Mega Sport
• Menouf
• El Montazah
• MS Al Amir
• MS Atsa
• MS Eitay El Baroud
• MS Koum Hamada
• MS Maghagha
• El Nobah
• Osmathon Tanta
• Planes Factory
• El Qanater El Khairiya
• El Qawmi
• Qena
• El Qouseiya
• Al Rebat & Al Anwar
• Al Said (El Mahalla)
• Samanoud
• El Senbellawein
• Sers El Layan
• Sheko
• Sporting Alexandria
• Taraji El Daba'a
• Telecom Egypt
• Workers (El Mansoura)

Third Preliminary Round

Third Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 24, 25 and 26 September 2018. A total of 39 teams from the Egyptian Second Division entered at this stage of the competition. Damietta, El Tahrir and Al Walideya, all playing in the 2018–19 Egyptian Second Division, did not enter the competition. The results were as follows:

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
24 September 2018
50	Alexandria Petroleum	0–1	Abou Qir Fertilizers
25 September 2018
1	Sohag	4–1	Tahta
2	Al Salam (Esna)	0–3	Aswan
3	Al Hilal (Aswan)	1–6	Al Aluminium
4	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	4–0	Al Maragha
13	Beni Suef	2–0	MS Ebshway
Match abandoned after 77 minutes after MS Ebshway players stopped playing in protest of refereeing when the score was 1–0 to Beni Suef. The Egyptian Football Association later awarded Beni Suef a 2–0 win.
14	Faiyum	2–2 (5–6 p)	Telephonat Beni Suef
20	Media	0–0 (4–5 p)	El Shams
27	Suez	1–1 (2–1 p)	Al Merreikh
31	MS Minyat Samanoud	3–1	Talkha
39	Baladeyet El Mahalla	0–1	Osmathon Tanta
40	MS Tala	1–1 (3–2 p)	Banha
41	Sers El Layan	1–3	Sidi Salem
42	Gomhoriat Shebin	5–1	Samanoud
43	Ghazl El Mahalla	3–0	Al Hamoul
47	Tanta	1–1 (4–3 p)	Kafr El Sheikh
51	Al Hammam	0–1	Ala'ab Damanhour
52	El Horreya	0–6	Pharco
53	MS Abou El Matamer	3–0	Taraji El Daba'a
55	El Raja	1–1 (0–3 p)	Olympic Club
26 September 2018
5	Workers (Farshout)	0–1	Muslim Youths (Qena)
6	Qena	2–0	Girga
Match abandoned after 83 minutes after Girga players attacked the referee in protest of refereeing when the score was 2–0 to Qena. The Egyptian Football Association later awarded Qena a 2–0 win, even though the match ended with that result.
7	Muslim Youths (Assiut)	1–2	Dayrout
8	Beni Mazar	1–0	El Qouseiya
9	Naser El Fekreia	2–2 (4–2 p)	MS Naser Malawy
10	Abou Tig	1–1 (4–2 p)	MS Maghagha
11	Assiut Petroleum	0–2	El Minya
12	Matar Taris	1–2	MS Atsa
15	Planes Factory	1–2	Al Nasr
16	Ittihad El Shorta	2–1	6th of October City
17	Al Said (Giza)	0–0 (6–5 p)	MS Abou El Nemris
18	Helwan El A'am	1–1 (8–9 p)	Coca-Cola
19	Tersana	5–1	Kaskada
21	Telecom Egypt	2–3	FC Masr
22	Ceramica Cleopatra	4–0	El Qawmi
23	Al Ghaba	1–0	Eastern Company
24	Porto Suez	2–1	Gharb El Qantara
25	Port Fouad	0–0 (2–4 p)	El Qanah
26	Ghazl Suez	2–2 (4–5 p)	El Nobah
28	Baladeyet Ismailia	1–0	Abou Sakal
29	Al Rebat & Al Anwar	0–1	6 October (North Sinai)
30	Faqous	1–1 (3–2 p)	Dikernis
32	Mega Sport	0–2	MS Al Amir
33	Sheko	2–1	Abou Kebir
34	Belbis	0–1	El Mansoura
35	Ittihad Nabarouh	1–1 (11–10 p)	Al Zarka
36	El Senbellawein	2–2 (4–5 p)	Ghazl Damietta
37	Beni Ebeid	3–1	Workers (El Mansoura)
38	Sporting Castle	1–0	Arab El Raml
44	MS Matobis	0–0 (5–3 p)	Al Said (El Mahalla)
45	Bahtim	2–1	Ashmoun
46	El Qanater El Khairiya	1–0	Menouf
48	Al Masry (Al Saloum)	1–0	MS Eitay El Baroud
49	MS Kafr Bouleyn	1–1 (3–4 p)	El Montazah
54	Al Jazeera	5–1	MS Koum Hamada
56	Al Hilal (El Daba'a)	1–0	Sporting Alexandria

Fourth Preliminary Round

Fourth Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 29 and 30 September 2018. The results were as follows:

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
29 September 2018
3	Muslim Youths (Qena)	2–1	Qena
4	Dayrout	0–1	Beni Mazar
5	Naser El Fekreia	4–0	Abou Tig
6	El Minya	3–0	MS Atsa
9	Al Said (Giza)	0–2	Coca-Cola
10	Tersana	1–0	El Shams
11	FC Masr	1–0	Ceramica Cleopatra
12	Al Ghaba	2–3	Porto Suez
13	El Qanah	2–2 (4–2 p)	El Nobah
14	Suez	2–0	Baladeyet Ismailia
15	Faqous	2–0	6 October (North Sinai)
16	MS Minyat Samanoud	1–0	MS Al Amir
18	Ittihad Nabarouh	2–1	Ghazl Damietta
19	Beni Ebeid	1–0	Sporting Castle
20	Osmathon Tanta	0–1	MS Tala
21	Sidi Salem	0–3	Gomhoriat Shebin
22	Ghazl El Mahalla	3–0	MS Matobis
23	Bahtim	1–0	El Qanater El Khairiya
25	El Montazah	0–3	Abou Qir Fertilizers
26	Ala'ab Damanhour	1–2	Pharco
27	MS Abou El Matamer	0–1	Al Jazeera
28	Olympic Club	5–0	Al Hilal (El Daba'a)
30 September 2018
1	Sohag	0–1	Aswan
2	Al Aluminium	1–0	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den
7	Beni Suef	1–1 (5–4 p)	Telephonat Beni Suef
8	Al Nasr	2–2 (3–5 p)	Ittihad El Shorta
17	Sheko	0–2	El Mansoura
24	Tanta	1–1 (4–3 p)	Al Masry (Al Saloum)

Fifth Preliminary Round

Fifth Preliminary Round fixtures were played on 3 October 2018. The results were as follows:

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Aswan	0–0 (4–5 p)	Al Aluminium
2	Muslim Youths (Qena)	3–1	Beni Mazar
3	Naser El Fekreia	0–0 (4–3 p)	El Minya
4	Beni Suef	0–0 (2–3 p)	Ittihad El Shorta
5	Coca-Cola	0–2	Tersana
6	FC Masr	1–2	Porto Suez
7	El Qanah	2–1	Suez
8	Faqous	1–3	MS Minyat Samanoud
9	El Mansoura	0–0 (2–1 p)	Ittihad Nabarouh
10	Beni Ebeid	2–2 (4–5 p)	MS Tala
11	Gomhoriat Shebin	0–1	Ghazl El Mahalla
12	Bahtim	0–3	Tanta
13	Abou Qir Fertilizers	2–1	Pharco
14	Al Jazeera	2–2 (4–2 p)	Olympic Club

Competition proper

Main article: 2018–19 Egypt Cup

Winners from the Fifth Preliminary Round advance to the Round of 32, where teams from the Egyptian Premier League enter the competition.