Copa del Rey draw: 2019/20 first-round pairings revealed
2019/20 Copa del Rey first-round draw revealed
Ties played on 17, 18 and 19 December
All ties will be played on Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 December.
The draw for the next stage will then be held the day after the completion of the first round, on Friday 20 December.
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2019/20 Copa del Rey first-round draw in full:
Intercity - Athletic
Melilla CD - Levante
Peña Azagresa - Celta Vigo
El Palmar CF - Getafe
CD Becerril - Real Sociedad
Comillas - Villarreal
Club Atlético Antoniano - Real Betis
Tolosa - Real Valladolid
CD El Álamo - Mallorca
CF Andorra - Leganés
Gimnástica Segoviana - Elche
Tudelano - Albacete
Bergantiños CF - Sevilla FC
CD Castellón - UD Las Palmas
Coruxo - CD Mirandés
Lorca - Osasuna
CP Cacereño - Alcorcón
Linares Deportivo - Girona
Real Jaén - Alavés
Zamora CF - Sporting Gijón
Socuéllamos - Real Zaragoza
CP Mensajero - Tenerife
Laredo - Huesca
SD Logroñés - Eibar
Lealtad - Cádiz
Ceuta - Numancia
Tarazona - Rayo Vallecano
Hospitalet - Granada
Real Murcia - Racing Santander
Portugalete - Extremadura
Peña Sport - Fuenlabrada
Sestao River - CD Lugo
Illueca - Deportivo la Coruña
Escobedo - Málaga
Tamaraceite - Almería
Lleida - Espanyol
Badalona - Oviedo
Peña Deportiva - Ponferradina
Cartagena - Leioa
CD Leonesa - Las Rozas
Gimnastic Tarragona - Olot
UD Melilla - UCAM Murcia
UD Logroñés - Marino Luanco
AD Mérida - La Nucía
Hércules - Recreativo Huelva
Pontevedra - Ibiza
Llagostera - Club Haro Deportivo
Cornellá - Orihuela
San Sebastián de los Reyes - Córdoba
Rayo Majadahonda - Racing Ferrol
Langreo - Ebro
Barakaldo - Villarrubia
Amorebieta - Badajoz
Unionistas Salamanca - Atlético Baleares
Marbella - Guijuelo
Bye to second round: Yeclano Deportivo
The final ten all-Segunda B ties are:
Pontevedra - Ibiza
Llagostera - Club Haro Deportivo
Cornellá - Orihuela
San Sebastián de los Reyes - Córdoba
Rayo Majadahonda - Racing Ferrol
Langreo - Ebro
Barakaldo - Villarrubia
Amorebieta - Badajoz
Unionistas Salamanca - Atlético Baleares
Marbella - Guijuelo
The bye to the second round therefore goes to Yeclano Deportivo.
And that concludes the draw!
There are ten all-Segunda B ties still to be picked out of the hat, plus the one lucky club who'll get a bye to the next stage.
We wave goodbye to Oyarzabal, and say hello to Villarreal's Pau Torres, who made a goal-scoring Spain debut in Friday's 7-0 thumping of Malta.
The first seven all-Segunda B first-round ties are:
Cartagena - Leioa
CD Leonesa - Las Rozas
Gimnastic Tarragona - Olot
UD Melilla - UCAM Murcia
UD Logroñés - Marino Luanco
AD Mérida - La Nucía
Hércules - Recreativo Huelva
With that out of the way, the remaining 35 Segunda B clubs in Pot 5 will be drawn against each other. Remember that Reus' expulsion for financial irregularities is the reason for this being an odd number - a situation that means one team will get a bye to the second round, the lucky devils.
Right, so that leaves three Primera/Segunda clubs who are yet to be given a first-round tie. They will be paired with one of the 38 Segunda B clubs in Pot 5.
Spain and Real Sociedad's Mikel Oyarzabal is up next to pick the balls out of the hat...
And the three Primera/Segunda vs Segunda B ties are:
Lleida - Espanyol
Badalona - Oviedo
Peña Deportiva - Ponferradina
Jesús Navas on to do the honours
Having had Spain Under-21s' Manu García up to pull the last few out of the hat, the star factor is now raised significantly as full international Jesús Navas steps up to continue the ball-pluckage.
A reminder that we're still pairing clubs from Tercera/the Copa RFEF semi-finals with sides from either Segunda or Primera.
He pulls out:
Laredo - Huesca
SD Logroñés - Eibar
Lealtad - Cádiz
Ceuta - Numancia
Tarazona - Rayo Vallecano
Hospitalet - Granada
Real Murcia - Racing Santander
Portugalete - Extremadura
Peña Sport - Fuenlabrada
Sestao River - CD Lugo
Illueca - Deportivo la Coruña
Escobedo - Málaga
Tamaraceite - Almería*
*Not sure if Almería's owner will persuade Messi to watch that one with him too.
Two more...
Socuéllamos - Real Zaragoza
CP Mensajero - Tenerife
Five more for you:
Lorca - Osasuna
CP Cacereño - Alcorcón
Linares Deportivo - Girona
Real Jaén - Alavés
Zamora CF - Sporting Gijón
First five Pot 3-Pot 4 ties out of the hat:
Gimnástica Segoviana - Elche
Tudelano - Albacete
Bergantiños CF - Sevilla FC
CD Castellón - UD Las Palmas
Coruxo - CD Mirandés
The 21 Tercera División clubs and four Copa RFEF semi-finalists in Pot 3 will now be drawn either against one of the Segunda teams in Pot 4 or against one of the six LaLiga clubs left over from Pot 2...
Members of the Spain Under-21 squad are on hand to pluck the balls from the hat, by the way. Getafe's Marc Cucurella was called onto the stage to pull out the first five ties, and now we have Celta's Fran Beltrán. Star-studded stuff.
The next five pairings are:
Comillas - Villarreal
Club Atlético Antoniano - Real Betis
Tolosa - Real Valladolid
CD El Álamo - Mallorca
CF Andorra - Leganés
The first five pairings are drawn out of the hat. They are:
Intercity - Athletic
Melilla CD - Levante
Peña Azagresa - Celta Vigo
El Palmar CF - Getafe
CD Becerril - Real Sociedad
In every first-round tie, the team in the lower division will be the home side. If both are in the same league, this will be decided by the order in which their names are drawn out of the hat.
Draw underway!
Right, after a good quater of an hour of exposition, the Copa del Rey draw is up and running. The first ties to be drawn out of the hat will be the clashes between the qualifiers from the preliminary round in Pot 1, and 10 of the LaLiga sides in Pot 2.
Who are the teams in each pot (ctd)?
Pot 5 (38 Segunda División B clubs):
Rayo Majadahonda
Córdoba
Nàstic
Cultural Leonesa
Pontevedra
Guijuelo
San Sebastián de los Reyes
Unionistas
UD Logroñés
Barakaldo
Leioa
Amorebieta
Langreo
At. Baleares
Hércules
Cornellá
Lleida Esportiu
Badalona
Ebro
Olot
Recreativo Huelva
Cartagena
Melilla
Badajoz
UCAM Murcia
Ibiza
Marbella
Racing de Ferrol
Llagostera
Orihuela
Peña Deportiva
Yeclano
Mérida
Haro
Villarrubia
Marino de Luanco
Las Rozas
La Nucía
Who are the teams in each pot (ctd)?
Pot 4 (22 Segunda clubs):
Girona
Huesca
Rayo Vallecano
Málaga
Albacete
Deportivo
Cádiz
Real Oviedo
Sporting
Almería
Elche
Las Palmas
Extremadura
Alcorcón
Zaragoza
Tenerife
Numancia
Lugo
Fuenlanbrada
Racing Santander
Mirandés
Ponferradina
Who are the teams in each pot (ctd)?
Pot 3 (21 Tercera clubs and four Copa RFEF semi-finalists):
Lealtad
Escobedo
Portugalete
Zamora
Real Jaén
Ceuta
Tamaraceite
Peña Sport
Tarazona
Socuéllamos
SD Logroñés
Gimnástica Segoviana
Linares Deportivo
Lorca Deportiva
Laredo
Cacereño
Sestao River
L'Hospitalet
Bergantiños
Illueca
Mensajero
Copa RFEF semi-finalist: Coruxo
Copa RFEF semi-finalist: Tudelano
Copa RFEF semi-finalist: Castellón
Copa RFEF semi-finalist: Real Murcia
Who are the teams in each pot (ctd)?
Pot 2 (16 LaLiga clubs):
Getafe
Sevilla
Espanyol
Athletic
Real Sociedad
Betis
Alavés
Eibar
Leganés
Villarreal
Levante
Valladolid
Celta
Osasuna
Granada
Mallorca
Who are the teams in each pot?
Pot 1 (Qualifiers from the preliminary-round):
Tolosa
Becerril
Andorra
Comillas
Peña Azagresa
Melilla CD
Atlético Antoniano
El Palmar
El Álamo
Intercity Sant Joan d'Alacant
How will the Copa del Rey first-round draw work?
There will be five pots, which break down as follows:
Pot 1: 10 qualifiers from the preliminary round
Pot 2: 16 LaLiga clubs
Pot 3: 21 Tercera División clubs and the four semi-finalists in the Copa RFEF (a cup competition for clubs in Segunda B and Tercerca)
Pot 4: 22 Segunda División clubs
Pot 5: 38 Segunda División B clubs
The 10 clubs in Pot 1 will all be handed a tie with a LaLiga club, with the six remaining Pot 2 sides then joining the 22 Segunda teams in Pot 4. All but three of this 28-club group will be paired with a team from Pot 3; the trio left over will each be given a tie against one of the 38 Segunda B clubs in Pot 5.
Finally, the remaining 35 Segunda B sides will be drawn against each other. As this is an odd number (a circumstance caused by Reus' expulsion for financial irregularities), one team will be given a bye to the second round.
What could be more straightforward?
By the way, here is our guide on how and where to watch the draw, should you be keen to accompany our live feed with sounds and moving images.
Two-legged Copa format all but abandoned
The other most significant change to this year's Copa del Rey is that, having previously been two-legged ties all the way to the final, every round except the semi-finals will now be played in single-match format.
All but four LaLiga clubs in first-round draw
Previously, all 20 LaLiga clubs were given a bye until the last 32 of the Copa; as of this season, however, 16 Primera sides join the competition in the first round.
The only top-flight sides not involved at this stage are the clubs who have qualified for the new, four-team Spanish Super Cup, which is to be held in Saudi Arabia in January.
They are: Copa holders Valencia, Copa runners-up Barcelona, and Atlético and Real Madrid, who are in the Super Cup because they came second and third to Barça in LaLiga last term.
The quartet all get to keep their bye to the last 32.
How has the Copa del Rey been revamped, you ask? Well, the changes made to this season's competition chiefly come down to the following two questions: Who's involved when? And how many games do teams have to play?
Afternoon!
No fewer than 111 teams - including 16 LaLiga Santander clubs - are about to find out who they're to face in the first round of Spain's freshly revamped Copa del Rey.
Proceedings are due to get underway at 12:30 CET, and we'll be bringing you details of every pairing as it is pulled out of the hat.