The Hrvatski nogometni kup (English: Croatian football cup ), also colloquially known as Rabuzinovo sunce ( lit. ' Rabuzin 's Sun ' ), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the HNL championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and usually runs from late August to late May. Cup winners automatically qualify for next season's UEFA Europa League , except when cup winners are also Prva HNL champions, in which case their berth in the Europa Conference League goes to the best-placed team in the Prva HNL who have not qualified for the UEFA competitions through their league performance.
25-437: Croatian Cup may refer to: Croatian Football Cup Croatian Football Super Cup Croatian Women's Football Cup Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup Croatian Handball Cup Croatian Water Polo Cup Croatian Minute Movie Cup [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names This article includes
50-462: A two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score , the sum of the scores of the two legs, for example, if the scores of the two legs are: Then the aggregate score will be Team A 5–3 Team B, meaning team A wins the tie. In some competitions, a tie is considered to be drawn if each team wins one leg, regardless of
75-422: A handful of best-ranked lower level teams). Round of 32 (R1) and round of 16 (R2) are also played as single-legged fixtures. Until the 2014–15 season, from the quarter-finals onward, the competition employed a two-legged tie format, with winners progressing through on aggregate score. Since 2015–16, quarter-finals are also played as single-legged fixtures and, since 2017–18, the same applies for semi-finals. In case
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125-520: A slight defeat is considered a favorable result), and then "win" the tie at home in the second leg (even away goals rule). Additionally, hosting the second match also gives an advantage as the hosting team may get to play extra-time or a penalty shootout in their home stadium if a tiebreak was needed. A statistical analysis of roughly 12,000 matches from the European club competitions between 1956 and 2007 showed that around 53% of teams playing at home in
150-452: Is Dinamo Zagreb (formerly known in the 1990s as HAŠK Građanski and Croatia Zagreb) who appeared in 23 finals and won 16 titles, followed by Hajduk Split who won 8 titles out of 13 finals they appeared in. Either Dinamo or Hajduk appeared in all but three cup finals (in 1999 , 2006 and 2020 ) and only three other clubs have won the cup— Rijeka (six wins), Inter Zaprešić (one win) and Osijek (one win). Although clubs can qualify for
175-514: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Croatian Football Cup The cup was established in 1992, after Croatian clubs had abandoned the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Cup competitions following the breakup of Yugoslavia . As of the most recent 2021–22 season a total of 31 cup seasons were held. The competition has historically been dominated by the two Eternal Derby sides—the most successful club
200-575: The Canadian Football League and their predecessor leagues in the postseason, most recently in the 1986 playoffs . In Arena football , the playoff semifinals (but not the Arena Bowl itself) are decided, as of the 2018 season , by a two-legged total points playoff. In one 2018 semifinal, the first game ended in a tie, and went to overtime. However, the winner of the second game won by a larger margin (within regulation time) and
225-666: The Coppa Italia and the Copa del Rey ; in domestic league play-offs, including the English Football League play-offs ; and in national-team playoffs in some qualification tournaments, including FIFA World Cup qualification . In ice hockey , the National Hockey League used two-game, total-goals series in the early years of its playoffs. It applied to all its playoffs from 1918 to 1926 , and
250-520: The Primera División de México , the team with the better regular-season record advances; some leagues take the two teams' record against one another into account. In the promotion playoffs in Italy's Serie B (which do not necessarily occur in a given season), two-legged ties that are level on aggregate at the end of regulation time of the second leg go to extra time (away goals are not used); if
275-597: The UEFA Champions League round of 16, the group winners play the second leg at home against the group runners-up. In both the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs, the group runners-up play the second leg at home against the higher competition's third-place team from the group stage while in the round of 16, the group winners play the second leg at home against these knockout round playoff winners. Until
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#1732772861296300-500: The Cup. There are two exceptions in awarding points, first is clubs from preliminary round doesn't receive any points and second is a final where winner receives double of runner up. Points are summed through the season and added to five year ranking. Points used in this ranking will be used for qualification for the 2025–26 season and seeding for the season 2024–25. Two-legged tie In sports (particularly association football ),
325-480: The aggregate score is tied after the two legs, various methods can be used to break ties. Under the away goals rule , the team who scored more away goals advances. If away goals are equal, or are not considered, then the tie may be decided by extra time and/or a penalty shootout . Replays , at the second-leg venue or a neutral venue, were formerly used in European club competitions. In the Liguilla (playoffs) of
350-516: The aggregate score. Two-legged ties can be used in knockout cup competitions and playoffs . In North America, the equivalent term is home-and-away series or, if decided by aggregate, two-game total-goals series . In association football, two-legged ties are used in the later stages of many international club tournaments, including the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores ; in many domestic cup competitions, including
375-426: The cup via regional county cups, which are usually contested by second- , third- or fourth-level sides, Uljanik Pula in 2003 was the only team in the history of the competition to have reached the cup final from outside the top level. Although in theory any club can take part in the cup, 48 teams enter the competition proper, based on three criteria: The 32 clubs which qualify via regional cups always enter in
400-497: The early rounds until 1937 , when it completed the switch to best-of- n series; Rendez-vous '87 (which pitted a team of NHL All-Stars against the Soviet Union ) was the only two-legged tie to be held in the league's history after 1937. The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship also used a two-game total goals format for much of its history. The Champions Hockey League has been using two-legged ties for its playoffs (except for
425-710: The final) since its first season in 2015. In rugby union , two-legged matches are used in the qualifying stages of the Rugby World Cup . The semifinals of the Italian National Championship of Excellence are also two-legged, as are the semifinals and final of England's second-tier league, the RFU Championship . In basketball , the two top European club competitions, the Euroleague and Eurocup , both use two-legged ties in
450-539: The final, which remained a single match through 2011–12, were changed to best-of-three series. The final changed to best-of-five starting in 2012–13. Other the seasons, Gaelic football , two-legged finals were used for five seasons of the National Football League , the last in 1988–89 . The International Rules Series was also two-legged in 1998–2013 and from 2017 onward. In Canadian football , two-legged total point series were occasionally used by
475-472: The preliminary round, which consists of 16 single-legged fixtures. In case of a draw at the end of normal time, thirty minutes of extra time is played, and if scores are still level, a penalty shootout is held to determine the winner of the tie. Sixteen winners of the preliminary ties go on to the first round proper (round of 32), where they are joined by the sixteen best-ranked clubs according to cup coefficient (this usually means all First League clubs and
500-416: The qualifying rounds that determine the clubs advancing to each competition's group phase. The Eurocup also uses two-legged ties in its quarterfinal round, which will be a separate phase of the competition starting in 2009–10 . The French Pro A league used two-legged ties in all of its playoff rounds, except for the one-off final, until the 2006–07 season. At that time, all of its playoff rounds leading up to
525-450: The score is still level at the end of regular time, extra time is played. If the score remains level after extra time, a penalty shootout takes place to determine tie winners. With the exception of 1997 and 1999 finals, all finals were also played as two-legged fixtures until the rules were most recently changed for the 2014–15 season and a single-match final was made permanent. Clubs are awarded points for participation in specific round of
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#1732772861296550-407: The second leg won the tie (even after allowing for the fact that team playing at home in the second leg tend to be better teams). In the case of World Cup intercontinental playoffs, the team that plays the second leg at home has won 61% of ties. In many competitions where two-legged ties involve seeded and unseeded teams, the seeded team are given home advantage in the second leg. For example, in
575-628: The second match to determine the winner of the tie. In handball , two-legged ties with aggreate scores are used in competitions like the EHF Champions League or the qualification to the World Men's and Women's Championships . Outside of sports, the American game shows Jeopardy! , Wheel of Fortune , and The Challengers have used the two-legged tie in the final round of tournament play at some point in their history. If
600-428: The tie remains level after extra time, the team that finished higher in the league table advances. Each team hosts one match, and there is no intended advantage to whether a team plays at home first or second. However, many managers and players believe that the team playing at home for the second leg has a slight advantage. The thinking is that the team playing away for the first leg can play it safe there (a draw or even
625-483: Was awarded overall victory based on total aggregate points. In volleyball , two-legged ties are used e.g. in the CEV Champions League . The team earning more points wins the tie. A win with 3–0 or 3–1 sets scores three points for the winner, a 3–2 gives two points for the winner, one for the loser. If both teams are equal on points after the second match, a single golden set is played immediately after
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