Ukrainian Cup Roundup: 9 of the 16 teams advancing to the Round of 16 have been determined

The Round of 32 matches of the 2026/27 Ukrainian Cup are taking place from September 8 to 17, 2026.

On September 9, seven matches of this round took place. Nine of the 16 teams advancing to the Round of 16 have already been determined.

Thirty-two teams are competing in the Round of 32: 14 from the Ukrainian Premier League, 9 from the First League, 4 from the Second League, and 5 amateur teams.

Zhytomyr’s Polissya defeated Kudrivka (2–0) in a match that dragged on into the night due to an air raid alert. The winners’ goals were scored by Mykola Haiduchyk (69th min) and Leandro Andrade (79th min).

Nine teams have already advanced to the Round of 16:

• UPL: Polissya, Kryvbas, Zorya Luhansk, Epicenter, Livyi Bereg

• First League: Oleksandriya, Metalist Kharkiv

• Amateurs: Mayak Sarny, Novyi Rozdol

On September 10, Kyiv’s Dynamo, the reigning Ukrainian Cup champion, will play an away match against Niva from Vinnytsia. Ukrainian champion Shakhtar will face Vilkhivtsi from Zakarpattia on the road on September 17. Two other matchups feature UPL teams: Kolos Kovalevka vs. Karpaty Lviv, and Bukovyna Chernivtsi vs. LNZ Cherkasy.

The Round of 16 matches will take place October 27–29. The knockout stages will be held in 2027: quarterfinals on March 2–4, semifinals on April 20–22, and the final on May 19.

2026–27 Ukrainian Cup. Round of 32

September 8, 2026

• 1:00 p.m. Olimpia Savintsy – Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – 0–2

• 3:00 p.m. Basis Kochubiivka – Mayak Sarny – 1:4

September 9, 2026

• 11:00 a.m. Viktoria Sumy – Metalist Kharkiv – 0–1

• 12:00 p.m. Karbon Cherkasy – Epicenter Kamianets-Podilskyi – 0:3

• 1:00 p.m. Probi Gorodenka – Oleksandriya – 1:1 (pen. 1:3)

• 2:00 p.m. Novyi Rozdol vs. Agrotech Tyshivka – 3:1

• 3:00 p.m. Agrobiznes Volochysk – Livyi Bereg Kyiv – 1:1 (pen. 2:4)

• 4:00 p.m. Phoenix-Mariupol vs. Zorya Luhansk – 0–2

• 6:00 p.m. Polissya Zhytomyr – Kudrivka – 2:0

September 10, 2026

• 3:30 p.m. Niva Vinnytsia – Dynamo Kyiv

September 16, 2026

• 2:00 p.m. Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk – Kharkiv

• 3:00 p.m. Kulykiv-Bilka vs. Veres Rivne

• 4:00 p.m. Bukovyna Chernivtsi vs. LNZ Cherkasy

September 17, 2026

• 11:00 a.m. Trostyanets – Chernihiv

• 3:00 p.m. Vilkhivtsi vs. Shakhtar Donetsk

• 3:30 p.m. Kolos Kovalivka vs. Karpaty Lviv

Goal highlights and match recaps