The competition began in September with the first games of the Regional stages and ended in December with the final of the National tournament. As part of the new competition format started in 2019, the four semifinalists qualified to the Copa del Rey first round.
Regional tournaments
Andalusia tournament
The Andalusia Football Federation (RFAF) decided to create the 'Copa RFAF' in 2020. The finalists would be the Andalusian representatives in the Copa Federación national phase.[1]
The best Andalusian teams in groups 9 (Eastern Andalusia and Melilla) and 10 (Western Andalusia and Ceuta) of the 2019–20 Tercera División not qualified for the 2020–21 Copa del Rey were selected for the competition. The best and second-best qualified teams of each group were seeded and played the quarter-final matches against the fourth and third-best qualified teams of their groups, respectively. The semi-finals were then between the winners from the same group, in order to have one finalist, and therefore one team qualified for the national phase, from each group.
Due to the delay on starting the competitions, the tournament was played in a reduced format based on single-match rounds. 12 teams joined the competition. Semifinals and Final were played at Estadio Hermanos Antuña, in Mieres with a limited maximum attendance of 1,000 spectators, after they were moved from Estadio Ganzábal, in Langreo due to an outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asturias.[3]
Seeded teams joined the competition in the second round. In the first two rounds, if a match ended in a draw the best-ranked team qualified. In the semi-finals and the final, in case of draw there would be directly a penalty shootout, without playing any overtime.[4]
The matches of the two first rounds were played at the stadium of the worst qualified team.
Tenisca was directly selected by Federación Canaria de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to Copa del Rey).[5]
Tropezón was directly selected by Federación Cántabra de Fútbol due to sporting merits (being the better team qualified in 2019-20 Tercera División not yet qualified to Copa del Rey).
Mar Menor was directly selected by Federación de Fútbol de la Región de Murcia due to sporting merits (being the best team qualified in 2019–20 Tercera División that was not yet qualified to the Copa del Rey).[14]
3 teams joined the tournament: Alzira, Intercity and Villajoyosa. The tournament was played in the Guillermo Olagüe field in Gandia. Each game lasted 45 minutes.[15]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Federació de Fútbol de la Comunitat Valenciana Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results.
Stadium: Guillermo Olagüe Referee: Javier Villascusa
National phase
National phase was played between October and December with 32 teams (18 winners of the Regional Tournaments and 14 teams of Segunda División B). The four semifinalists qualified to 2020–21 Copa del Rey first round.[16]
Times are CET/CEST,[a] (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
The draw of all the tournament was held at the headquarters of the RFEF on 5 October. Teams were divided into four pots according to geographical criteria. Each pot will play independently until the semi-finals.[17]
