With Manises-Getafe and Parla Escuela-Valencia played last Tuesday, November 26, we already know the 55 teams that have passed the first round of the Copa del Rey and that will be present in the draw for the second round, which is being held this Wednesday the 27th. Those 55 classified clubs are joined in the draw hype by Deportivo de la Coruñawho was directly classified until this round for being champion of the First Federation.
Of course, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will still be out of the draw, which They will enter directly into the third roundin which there will only be 32 teams left. The same happens with the current champion, Athletic Club, and Mallorca. It will be in 2025 when the path of these four clubs to win the 2024/25 Copa del Rey begins.
Why don’t you enter the draw?
Real Madrid and Barcelona are exempt from the first two rounds of the Copa del Rey due to their classification in LaLiga EA Sports 2023/24. Whites, league champions, and Blaugranas, who were runners-up, secured their participation, next January, in the Spanish Super Cup, which in turn qualifies them for the third round of the Copa del Rey.
This was one of the novelties that were introduced with the change in the format of the competition in the 2019-2020 season, a campaign in which the Spanish Super Cup system was reformed. The decision was then made that the four participants in the Super Cup were exempt from the first two rounds of the Cup so that this tournament would not overload their calendar.
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Thus, no First Division team can play more than 46 games in national competitions (38 in the League and a maximum of 8 between the Cup and the Super Cup). For that reason, Real Madrid (League champion), Athletic (Cup champion), Barcelona (League runner-up) and Mallorca (Cup runner-up) are exempt from the first two rounds..
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