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The 2009–10 Austrian Cup
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...

was the 76th season of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's nationwide football cup competition. It commenced with the matches of the Preliminary Round in July 2009 and concluded with the Final on 16 May 2010. The winners of the competition, Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....

, qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Preliminary round

The Preliminary Round involved 66 amateur clubs from all regional federations, divided into smaller groups according to the Austrian federal states. The draw for this round was conducted at Franz Horr Stadium in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

on 8 July 2009. Thirty-three matches were played between mid-July and 2 August 2009. The winners of these matches advanced to the First Round.
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First round

The draw for this round was conducted on 4 August 2009. The draw involved the 33 winners of the Preliminary Round, the 22 professional teams from the 2009–10 Bundesliga and First League

2009–10 Austrian Football First League

The 2009-10 Austrian Football First League is the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2009 and will end on 28 May 2010....

, and nine regional cup winners. The matches of this round were played on 14 and 15 August 2009.

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Second round

This round involved the 32 winners from the First Round. These matches were played on 19 September 2009.

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¹This match was abandoned in the 77th minute due to Grazer AK

Grazer AK

Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

fans storming the pitch.

Third round

This round involved the 16 winners from the previous round. The matches were played on 9 and 10 March 2010.
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Quarterfinals

This round involved the eight winners from the previous round. These matches were played on 30 and 31 March 2010.
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Semifinals

This round involved the four winners from the previous round. These matches took place on 20 and 21 April 2010.
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