2024/25 Copa third round draw: teams, rules, format and dates

After getting byes from both first and second rounds of the 24/25 Copa del Rey, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic and Mallorca (the four 2025 Spanish Super Cup sides) will be in the hat for the third round draw next Monday.

The remaining 32 sides still in contention in the cup will discover their pairings in the next round with the draw set to be staged at the headquarters of the Spanish FA at 1pm local time (7 am ET) on the 9th of December.

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The round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, will be played on 4/5 January (2025) and will see the four teams from the Super Cup, twelve from the First Division, nine from the Second Division, three from the third tier 1A RFEF and four from the Second RFEF involved.

Giant killers

Barbastro, UD Logroñés, Pontevedra and Deportiva Minera were this week’s giant-killers in a tremendous second round with packed lower league grounds as top flight sides: Espanyol, Girona, Villarreal and Alaves all coming up short against lower league opposition.

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The prize for the quartet of 2A RFEF teams are home draws against one of the four Super Cup teams with the remaining three 1A RFEF clubs also guaranteed home times against an opponent from LaLiga EA Sports.

Third round pairings

-Four clubs from the Second RFEF will be pitted at home against the four from the Super Cup

-Three teams from the First RFEF will play at home against three from the Primera Division

-Nine Second Division clubs will face one of the nine First Division clubs at home

Copa del Rey third round pots:

Pot A (Super Cup): Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic and Mallorca.

Pot B (First Division): Valladolid, Celta, Las Palmas, Betis, Rayo, Leganés, Valencia, Atlético, Osasuna, Getafe, Sevilla and Real Sociedad.

Pot C (Second Division): Elche, Granada, Huesca, Almería, Eldense, Racing, Tenerife, Cartagena and Racing de Ferrol.

Pot D (1A RFEF): Ourense, Marbella and Ponferradina.

Pot E (2A RFEF): Barbastro, UD Logroñés and Pontevedra and Deportiva Minera.

Cup dates

Third Round: January 4 and 5

Round of 16: January 15

Quarters: February 5

Semi-final first leg: February 26

Second leg of semi-finals: April 2

Final: April 26

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