KNVB Cup 2017/18

The 2017/18 KNVB-Pokal was the 100th edition of the Dutch soccer cup competition. A total of 105 teams took part in the competition: the 34 clubs of the two professional leagues (excluding the four reserve teams playing there) and 71 amateur teams.

The first round took place in August 2017, the final was held on April 22, 2018. The winner qualified for the play-offs of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League . Last year's winner was Vitesse Arnheim , who was eliminated on penalties in the first main round against fifth division club AVV Swift .

Attendees

league	societies
Eredivisie (1)	ADO The Hague	VVV-Venlo	Sparta Rotterdam	Excelsior Rotterdam
	Ajax Amsterdam	FC Groningen	PEC Zwolle	FC Twente Enschede
	AZ Alkmaar	SC Heerenveen	PSV Eindhoven	FC Utrecht
	NAC Breda	Heracles Almelo	Willem II Tilburg	Vitesse Arnhem
	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Roda JC Kerkrade
First Division (2)	RKC Waalwijk	FC Emmen	Helmond Sport	Telstar
	Almere City FC	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	MVV Maastricht	NEC Nijmegen
	FC Den Bosch	Fortuna Sittard	FC Oss	FC Volendam
	FC Eindhoven	FC Dordrecht	BV De Graafschap	SC Cambuur
Tweede Divisie (3)	Amsterdamsche FC DWS	BVV Barendrecht	Excelsior Maassluis	GVVV
	HHC Hardenberg	VV Katwijk	Royal HFC	Kozakken Boys
	FC Lienden	ASV De Dijk	TEC VV	De hits
	Rijnsburgse Boys	VVSB	Achilles '29	FC Lisse
	VV IJsselmeervogels
Top class (4)	VV Capelle	EVV	HSC '21	HBS Craeyenhout
	UPS Hercules	ODIN '59	VV UNA	Blauw Geel '38
	OFC	ONS Boso Sneek	VV De Meern	SVV Scheveningen
	Quick '20	Kvv Quick Boys	JVC Cuijk	OJC Rosmalen
	ACV	ADO '20	ASWH	Be Quick 1887
	VV DOVO	VV Dongen	DVS '33	Harkemase Boys
	SV Spakenburg	Quick The Hague	VVOG	RKVV Westlandia
	Magreb '90	VV Spijkenisse
Hoofd class (5)	VV Staphorst	DHC Delft	VV Gemert	RKSV Nuenen
	SV DFS	RKSV Groene Ster	VC Vlissingen	CSV Apeldoorn
	SC Genemuiden	SDC putting	AVV Swift	VV Noordwijk
	HSV Hoek	VV Sparta Nijkerk	Ter Leede Sassenheim	VV Zwaluwen
	Ajax Amsterdam amateurs
First class (6)	VV Chevremont	VPV Purmersteijn	ZSV	Olde Veste '54
First class (6)	VV Buitenpost
Tweede Class (7)	BVV
Derde class (8)	VV Altius

Events

round	Events
First preliminary round	19th August 2017
Second preliminary round	19.-26. August 2017
First round	19. – 21. September 2017
Second round	24.-26. October 2017
Round of 16	19. – 21. December 2017
Quarter finals	Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2018
Semifinals	Feb. 27 - March 1, 2018
final	April 22, 2018

First preliminary round

In the first preliminary round, 28 of the 71 qualified amateur teams played.

	Result
VVOG (4)	2-0	VV Gemert (5)
Ter Leede Sassenheim (5)	2-0	DHC Delft (5)
VV Buitenpost (6)	4: 3	ZSV (6)
VV Capelle (4)	6-0	RKSV Nuenen (5)
ACV (4)	0: 3	UPS Hercules (4)
VV Dongen (4)	5: 2	VV DOVO (4)
Ajax Amsterdam Amateurs (5)	3: 1	OJC Rosmalen (4)
Sparta Nijkerk (5)	3-0	VPV Purmersteijn (6)
ADO '20 (4)	1: 1 (10:11 i. E.)	SV Spakenburg (4)
VV Chevremont (6)	1: 3	AVV Swift (5)
RKSV Groene Ster (5)	1: 2	SVV Scheveningen (4)
BVV (7)	1: 5	VV Staphorst (5)
JVC Cuijk (4)	0: 1 a.d.	SDC putting (5)
EVV (4)	4: 1	Olde Veste '54 (6)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Second preliminary round

In the second preliminary round, the winners of the first preliminary round, the other teams in the top and hoofd classes and 14 teams from the Tweede Divisie met each other.

	Result
DVS '33 (4)	1: 2	Kvv Quick Boys (4)
ASWH (3)	1: 3	HSV Hoek (5)
Achilles '29 (3)	3: 2	OFC (4)
TEC VV (3)	1: 3	Rijnsburgse Boys (3)
Royal HFC (3)	4-0	RKVV Westlandia (4)
Amsterdamsche FC DWS (3)	0: 2	ASV De Dijk (3)
SVV Scheveningen (4)	0: 0 (3: 2 on perk)	VV Spijkenisse (4)
HSC '21 (4)	0: 1	VV Zwaluwen (5)
BVV Barendrecht (3)	1-0	VVOG (4)
Harkemase Boys (4)	0: 0 (2: 3 on perk)	Sparta Nijkerk (5)
Blauw Geel '38 (4)	3: 2	SV Spakenburg (4)
SV DFS (5)	1: 2	ONS Boso Sneek (4)
AVV Swift (5)	3-0	HBS Craeyenhout (4)
UPS Hercules (4)	4: 2 a.d.	VV Dongen (4)
VV Capelle (4)	6: 1	VV Altius (8)
VVSB (3)	4: 3 a.d.	EVV (4)
FC Lienden (3)	0: 1	HHC Hardenberg (3)
VV UNA (4)	1: 2	VV Staphorst (5)
Quick The Hague (4)	2: 3	Ter Leede Sassenheim (5)
Quick '20 (4)	0: 1	CSV Apeldoorn (5)
Excelsior Maasluis (3)	1: 1 (6: 7 on account)	FC Lisse (3)
Ajax Amsterdam Amateurs (5)	2: 1 a.d.	Be Quick 1887 (4)
VV De Meern (4)	1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.)	VC Vlissingen (5)
GVVV (3)	7-0	Magreb '90 (4)
VV Noordwijk (5)	3: 2	VV IJsselmeervogels (3)
ODIN '59 (4)	1: 3	SDC putting (5)
VV Buitenpost (6)	0: 2	SC Genemuiden (5)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

First round

In this round got the professional clubs from Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie ; The 64 field was completed by the winners of the first round. Teams that competed in a European cup competition could not be drawn against each other.

	Result
VV Zwaluwen (5)	2: 3	FC Den Bosch (2)
RKC Waalwijk (2)	1-0	Sparta Rotterdam (1)
VV Noordwijk (5)	0: 1	Fortuna Sittard (2)
BVV Barendrecht (3)	1: 3	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (2)
Sparta Nijkerk (5)	0: 1	FC Eindhoven (2)
FC Oss (2)	0: 2	Almere City FC (2)
Helmond Sport (2)	1: 5	SC Cambuur (2)
GVVV (3)	1-0	FC Dordrecht (2)
FC Emmen (2)	1: 3	NEC Nijmegen (2)
Kozakken Boys (3)	1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.)	De Graafschap (2)
Kvv Quick Boys (4)	1: 3	FC Volendam (2)
SC Genemuiden (5)	1: 3	De Treffers (3)
Rijnsburgse Boys (3)	0: 2	Heracles Almelo (1)
MVV Maastricht (2)	2: 3	AZ Alkmaar (1)
VV Capelle (4)	0: 5	Roda JC Kerkrade (1)
AVV Swift (5)	0: 0 (5: 3 on behalf)	Vitesse Arnhem (1)
SVV Scheveningen (4)	1: 5	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
ASV De Dijk (3)	2: 1	HHC Hardenberg (3)
VV Katwijk (3)	4-0	Ter Leede Sassenheim (5)
VVSB (3)	4: 1	Telstar (2)
Excelsior Rotterdam (1)	1: 2	SC Heerenveen (1)
VV Staphorst (5)	2: 3	Royal HFC (3)
ONS Boso Sneek (4)	1: 3	FC Twente Enschede (1)
Ajax Amsterdam Amateurs (5)	0: 6	FC Utrecht (1)
CSV Apeldoorn (5)	2: 4	Willem II Tilburg (1)
FC Lisse (3)	2: 2 (5: 6 on behalf)	HSV Hoek (5)
Achilles '29 (3)	4: 3	NAC Breda (1)
Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)	2-0	ADO The Hague (1)
VV De Meern (4)	0: 5	PEC Zwolle (1)
UPS Hercules (4)	2: 4	FC Groningen (1)
Blauw Geel '38 (4)	0: 3	VVV-Venlo (1)
SDC putting (5)	0: 4	PSV Eindhoven (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Second round

	Result
NEC Nijmegen (2)	3-0	Achilles '29 (3)
GVVV (3)	1-0	Royal HFC (3)
VV Katwijk (3)	1: 2	VVSB (3)
RKC Waalwijk (2)	7-0	De Treffers (3)
PEC Zwolle (1)	3: 2 a.d.	Kozakken Boys (3)
FC Den Bosch (2)	0: 2	SC Cambuur (2)
Fortuna Sittard (2)	3-0	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (2)
FC Twente Enschede (1)	3-0	FC Eindhoven (2)
ASV De Dijk (3)	1: 4	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
VVV-Venlo (1)	3: 1	FC Utrecht (1)
Heracles Almelo (1)	3: 1	HSV Hoek (5)
Willem II Tilburg (1)	2: 1	SC Heerenveen (1)
Roda JC Kerkrade (1)	3: 1	FC Groningen (1)
Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)	4: 1	AVV Swift (5)
FC Volendam (2)	0: 2 a.d.	PSV Eindhoven (1)
Almere City FC (2)	0: 4	AZ Alkmaar (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Round of 16

	Result
PEC Zwolle (1)	2-0	NEC Nijmegen (2)
SC Cambuur (2)	3-0	GVVV (3)
Willem II Tilburg (1)	3-0	RKC Waalwijk (2)
PSV Eindhoven (1)	4: 1	VVV-Venlo (1)
Fortuna Sittard (2)	2: 4	AZ Alkmaar (1)
FC Twente Enschede (1)	1: 1 (6: 5 i.E.)	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
VVSB (3)	0: 1	Roda JC Kerkrade (1)
Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)	3: 1	Heracles Almelo (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Quarter finals

	Result
FC Twente Enschede (1)	3: 1	SC Cambuur (2)
AZ Alkmaar (1)	4: 1	PEC Zwolle (1)
Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)	2-0	PSV Eindhoven (1)
Willem II Tilburg (1)	2: 2 (5: 4 on account)	Roda JC Kerkrade (1)