Tuesday, July 30 saw the draw for the Women's Cup of Ukraine-2025/2026. Special guests invited to the ceremony were star of the "Kvartal 95" studio Kateryna Nikitina and famous blogger Ivan Goloida.

For the season-2025/2026, the Women's Cup in Ukraine has a new format that will allow more effective integration of teams from different regions and at various levels of preparation, as well as increase competition at every stage of the tournament.

All representatives of the highest and first leagues are required to participate, with the exception of reserve teams (thus, "Metalist 1925" Reserve will not take part in the competitions).

The tournament includes four preliminary stages and a final stage: quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. All knockout rounds consist of one match.

In case of a draw after regular time, the winner will be determined without extra time, immediately through penalty kicks (penalty shootout) according to IFAB Laws of the Game.

First Preliminary Round

The first round includes participants from the first league, divided into four groups by region.

Group "A"

«Yantarochka» — «Minay»

«Ruh» — «Prykarpattia-DYSS No. 3»

Group "B"

«Nadbugyya» — «Volymsky Lyceum»

«Pohorina» — DYSS No. 1

Group "C"

«Zhytomyrsky Lyceum» — «DYSS Podil»

«Atexs» — «Mariupol»

Group "D"

«Leader» — «Yunytsya»

«Zhyvyr» advances directly to the next round.

Each group will conduct internal matches in a knockout format to determine two teams that will advance further.

Second Preliminary Round

Winner of the first semi-final "A" — winner of the second semi-final "A".

Winner of the second semi-final "B" — winner of the first semi-final "B".

Winner of the first semi-final "C" — winner of the second semi-final "C".

Winner of the first semi-final "D" — «Zhyvyr».

Third Preliminary Round

Semi-Final 1

Winner of Group "B" — winner of Group "A".

Semi-Final 2

Winner of Group "C" — winner of Group "D".

Fourth Preliminary Round

In this stage, two teams that have passed all qualifying rounds and six teams from the highest league that finished 5th to 10th in the previous season will participate: «Shakhtar», «Ladomir», «Kryvbas», «Polska», «Panthers», and «EMS-Podillya».

Four pairs will be formed, with winners advancing to the quarter-finals along with the top four teams from the highest league of the 2024/2025 season: «Vorsklo», «Metalist 1925», «Kolos», and «Sisters».

Final Stage: Quarter-finals, semi-finals, final

Schedule of Women's Cup Ukraine-2025/2026 matches (basic dates)

First preliminary round: August 16, 2025.

Second preliminary round: August 23, 2025.

Third preliminary round: September 2, 2025.

Fourth preliminary round: September 14, 2025.

Quarter-finals: November 18, 2025.

Semi-finals: 2026.

Final: 2026.