Overview

• The tournament opens with four preliminary matches on August 9 and 10 featuring Virtus Entella vs Ternana, Padova vs Vicenza, Avellino vs Audace Cerignola, and Pescara vs Rimini.
• The round of 32 is scheduled from August 15 to 18 in a single-leg knockout format.
• AC Milan will face Bari on August 17 at 21:15 in one of the round of 32 fixtures.
• Top eight seeds—Bologna, Napoli, Inter, Atalanta, Juventus, Roma, Fiorentina and Lazio—enter at the round of 16 on December 3 and 17.
• Quarterfinals are set for February 4 and 11, semifinals will be played over two legs on March 4 and April 22, and the final will take place on May 13, 2026.