Copa del Rey 2023/24 round-of-32 draw, as it happened

3rd round games to be played 6 & 7 Jan

Alaves will host Real Betis

Betis and Alaves are the two sides still to be drawn. 

Just a question of seeing which side is drawn first.

Eibar will face Athletic Club

Cartagena vs Valencia

Next out .... Amorebieta and they face Celta Vigo

Next up... Huesca and they face Rayo Vallecano

Next game pits: Ferrol and the Galician side will take on Sevilla

Espanyol will face Getafe

Tenerife will host Las Palmas... Big Canary Island derby

Next up: Burgos and they will take on Mallorca

Joel will draw the 2nd division sides and the first name out is ....

Elche and the side from Alicante will face table topping Girona

Next up is Eibar keeper Joel who will be the next draw assistant.

Eibar squeaked through on spot kicks against Mellila in the previous round.

Next up, teams from the 2A division who will take on top flight sides.

That concludes the draw featuring the 2A RFEF and 1A RFEF sides.

Unionistas de Salamanca who will face Villarreal

More draws coming up....

Malaga, and the Costa del Sol side will face Real Sociedad

Next up to assist with the draw is Andoni Goikoetxea, former Athletic Club player who once again reflects on the Basque club's 125 years and special relationship with the Copa del Rey.

Draw recap

Four ties drawn so far:

UD Barbastro vs FC Barcelona

Arandina CF vs Real Madrid

Castellon vs Osasuna

Lugo vs Atletico Madrid

Next side out is .....Lugo and the Galician side will face Atletico Madrid

So, next draws coming up.... the four 1A RFEF sides next out ...

Castellon will face Osasuna

Jesus de Miguel is the next draw assistant as the Castellon player takes to the stage.

Next up is an intervention from Unionistas captain.

He's looking forward to whatever side comes out in the draw.

So, two Super Cup sides (Osasuna and Atletico Madrid) still to be drawn and they will face one of: Malaga, Castellon, Unionistas or Lugo.

The Arandina squad are in raptures with the draw.

The current champions will be heading to Aranda del Duero on the 6th or 7th of January for the third round clash.

Next up, Arandina CF will face Real Madrid

Time to get a quick reaction from Barbastro and the captain is delighted with the draw and cannot wait for the game to come around.

First up is ....

Barbastro and the side from Huesca province will face FC Barcelona

Here we go..... 

A run through the draw format and we should be underway any seond now

So, first up, who will the two 2A RFEF sides draw?

We'll soon find out as Osasuna's Kike Barja will draw the Super Cup teams 

We're edging towards the draw as Jorge Gonzalez "Pesca" (Arandina player) is on hand and will be one of the draw assistants.

A video now reminds us of how both Barbastro and Arandina dumped Almeria and Cadiz out of the cup in the second round.

Next up, Arandina CF, the full squad is ready with captain Alonso joining us and admits that there are plenty of nerves as the 2A RFEF side awaits the result from the draw... one of the four Super Cup sides will be heading to Aranda del Duero in January.

Now time to focus on the two 2A RFEF sides, Arandina and Barbastro.

Oscar Perez, Barbastro team captain now joins us and offers his thoughts ahead of the draw.

The Huesca based side will play one of: Real Madrid, Atleti, Barcelona or Osasuna.

Another video this time shows some pre game scenes from the second round focusing on the smaller clubs.

A video now looks back at some iconic Copa del Rey moments in Athletic's history.

First up is a guest appearance from Jose Angel Iribar, legendary Athletic Club keeper and he reinforces the special relationship the Basque club have with the competition.

We're live at Las Rozas.

Saul Ramos is our MC for the draw.

We're minutes away from going live to the Luis Aragones convention room at the Spanish FA HQ in Las Rozas.

I'd envisage the full draw process taking 30-40 minutes, there will be the inevitable preamble along with interviews with key Copa del Rey protagonists. 

Girona fans want Espanyol

Many Girona fans replying to a post on Twitter stating that Espanyol would be their preferred rival in the third round.

Arandina expedition arrive at Las Rozas

A group representing the side from Aranda del Duero are at the Spanish FA HQ and generating plenty of attention after their giant killing achievements in eliminating Cadiz last week in a game overshadowed by the terrible state of the waterlogged pitch. 

Copa de Rey draw scenarios

Two Supercopa sides will be drawn against the two remaining Segunda RFEF teams 

Two Supercopa sides will play opponents from the four remaining Primera RFEF sides

The remaining two Primera RFEF teams will play LaLiga EA Sport opposition

Nine Segunda teams will be drawn against top flight rivals

The two remaining top flight sides will face one another

Valencia await their opponent

Valencia player Hugo Guillamon will speak to the club's official media channel as soon as their opponent are drawn.

3 top flight sides eliminated

Almeria and Cadiz were the top flight victims losing in the second round to Barbastro and Arandina respectively.

In the previous round, Granada were eliminated for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Arosa.

Malaga await top flight side

Not so long ago Malaga were competing in the latter stages of the Champions League but the side from the Costa del Sol languish in 1A RFEF (third tier) after last season's relegation.

The Andalusian outfit will be guaranteed a 1a side in the next round with the game to be played at La Rosaleda.

Saudi bound Osasuna getting ready for the draw

Osasuna delighted their fans with their cup run last year, falling short at the final hurdle with defeat in the final to Real Madrid.

The Rojillos are, however off to Saudi Arabia in January to compete in the Super Cup where they face Barcelona on 11 January.

Both Copa del Rey 23-24 finalists will qualify for the Spanish Super Cup with the winners guaranteed a place in the 2024-25 Europa League.

Eibar CM getting misty eyed ahead of Copa draw

Second division Eibar will be guaranteed to face a top flight side in today's draw with the Basque side also knowing that the game will be played at their Ipurua home. 

Copa del Rey 23-24: key dates

These are the following key dates for the next rounds of the cup:

3rd round: 5/6/7 January 2024

Round of 16: 17 January (2024)

Quarterfinals: 24 January

Semifinals (first leg): 7 February

Semifinals (second leg): 28 February

Final: 6 April

All roads lead to La Cartuja

All 32 sides will have an eye on the 6 April final which will be staged, once again at Seville's La Cartuja stadium.

FC Barcelona, kings of the cup

The Catalan side have lifted the Copa del Rey more than any other side in Spain running out winners on 31 occasions. 

Athletic Club have a fine cup pedigree with 23 wins under their best with Real Madrid completing the podium with 20 titles, the last of which came last year as they beat Osasuna in the final.

When will the 3rd round ties be played?

The round-of-32 ties, which will be single-elimination matches involving extra time and penalties if necessary, are scheduled to be played on 5,6 and 7 January 2024.

All set in Las Rozas

The famous trophy is centre stage for today's draw which gets under way in just over an hour.

Barbastro gets ready

2A RFEF side Barbastro were one of the giant killers from the second round in beating top flight Almeria to stake a place in the third round draw for the first time ever in the club's history.

The club have invited fans to join the squad for today's draw at the town hall to see which one of the four Super Cup sides the team from Huesca province draw in the next round.

One of Atletico, Real Madrid, Barça or Osasuna will be heading to the fresh climes of Barbastro in early January.

How will the Copa del Rey draw work?

The highest-ranked teams will be paired against the lowest-ranked available opposition. 

There will be one all Primera division clash.

In each tie, the team from the lower division will be at home. If both clubs are from the same tier, home advantage will be decided during the draw.

The 32 sides by category

2 teams from 2A RFEF (fourth tier of Spanish football) remain in the competition, both Arandina and Barbastro are guaranteed to get a home tie against one of the four Super Cup sides.

The other two Super Cup sides will face one of the four teams from 1A RFEF. 

Who is in the draw?

Having qualified for this season’s Spanish Super Cup, Barça, Atletico, Real Madrid and Osasuna were given byes to the last 32. They are joined in the hat by the 28 teams that made it through last midweek’s second-round ties. The clubs in today's draw are:

Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
Atlético de Madrid
Osasuna
Villarreal
Getafe
Valencia
Espanyol
Castellón
Barbastro
Rayo Vallecano
Huesca
Tenerife
Cartagena
Alavés
Real Sociedad
Burgos
Unionistas de Salamanca
Málaga
Betis
Mallorca
Lugo
Amorebieta
Sevilla
Las Palmas
Arandina
Elche
Racing Ferrol
Eibar
Girona
Athletic
Celta Vigo

Copa del Rey: 3rd round draw times

Copa del Rey draw

CET: 1pm 

ET: 7am 

PT: 4am

The 28 sides who progressed from the second round of the 2023/24 Copa del Rey are joined for the third round draw by the four Spanish Super Cup sides Barcelona, Osasuna, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid for the draw on Tuesday, as the round-of-32 ties are pulled out of the hat at the Spanish Football Federation’s headquarters in Las Rozas.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 2023-24 season Copa del Rey third round draw as the 32 sides left in the competition will discover their opponents in the next stage of the competition.