July 19, 2022 - The SuperSport Croatian Football Cup draw was held on Tuesday, revealing the preliminary matches of Croatian clubs looking for a spot in the round of 32. 

The draw for the preliminary round of the SuperSport Croatian Football Cup was held on Tuesday in Zagreb. The pairs that will try to fight for the main part of the competition, in which 16 clubs with the best cup coefficient in the past five seasons are already placed, are known, announced HNS. 

The winners of all county cups and 11 finalists of those county associations with the largest number of registered clubs participate in the preliminary round.

There are several former first division teams (Međimurje, Neretva, Marsonia, Dubrava, Belišće) who will seek a place in the round of 16 through the preliminary round, in which, if they pass, they will host a favored opponent. Some of them will be visited by the best Croatian first league clubs.

The scheduled date for playing the preliminary round matches is August 31.

Recall, Hajduk won the Croatian Cup last season, beating Rijeka 3:1 in the final at Poljud in May. It was the first trophy for Hajduk in 9 years. Hajduk had last won the Cup in 2013. Dinamo won the Cup in the 2020/2021 season, while Rijeka won the Cup in the two seasons prior (2018/2019, 2019/2020). 

SuperSport Croatian Football Cup preliminary round

Sava Strmec - Bednja
Moslavina - Međimurje
Solin - Funtana
Nehaj Senj - Primorac Biograd
Neretva - Grobničan
BSK Bijelo Brdo - Marsonia
Radnik Križevci - Dubrava
Nedelišće - Varteks
Virovitica - Mladost Ždralovi
Tehničar Cvetkovec - Mladost Petrinja
Belišće - BSK Buk
Bjelovar - Gaj Mače
Slavonac Bukovlje - Borinci
Papuk Orahovica - Karlovac 1919
Vuteks Sloga - Jadran Poreč
Bistra - Vodice

Teams in the round of 32

Rijeka
Dinamo
Hajduk
Lokomotiva
Osijek
Istra 1961
Gorica
Slaven Belupo
Inter Zaprešić
Šibenik
Rudeš
Varaždin
Vinogradar
Oriolik
Cibalia
Split

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April 23, 2022 - HNK Rijeka and HNK Hajduk will meet in the final of this season's SuperSport Croatian Football Cup on May 26 at Poljud Stadium. 

The SuperSport Croatian Football Cup final will be played on May 26 at Poljud Stadium, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets for the match between Rijeka and Hajduk will be available at the following prices through the finalist clubs, reports HNS. 

Tribune North: 90 kuna
Tribune South: 90 kuna
Tribune East: 120 kuna
Tribune West: 150 kuna

Tickets for fans of the finalist clubs (20% of the stadium capacity for fans of each club) will be available directly through the clubs, while ticket sales to the public (50% of the stadium capacity) will be organized by the technical host at Poljud Stadium, HNK Hajduk.

Ticket sales for sectors intended for Hajduk fans
From Monday, April 25, the club's subscribers will have the right of first refusal for the sectors reserved for HNK Hajduk fans.

Hajduk subscribers can buy tickets online, at the Membership Department at Poljud (weekdays from 8 am to 8 pm and on Saturday, April 30, from 8 am to 2 pm), at the Hajduk Fan Shop at Joker (every day from 9 am to 9 pm) and at Ticketshop (Tisak media) points of sale until April 30 at 11:59 pm.

More details are on the official Hajduk website.

Ticket sales for sectors intended for Rijeka fans

Sectors A, B, C, and D will be available for Rijeka fans at the following prices:

Sector A: 90 kuna
Sector B: 120 kuna
Sector C and D: 150 kuna

Ticket sales start on Wednesday, April 27, and the HNK Rijeka box office will be open from Wednesday to May 2 from 4 pm to 9 pm and on Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. From May 2, the opening hours of the box office will be Monday through Friday from 4 to 9 pm.

To buy tickets, you need to present a personal document with a photo and there will be no online ticket sales for the sectors intended for Rijeka fans.

More details can be found on the official Rijeka website. 

Ticket sales for the public sector
Ticket sales will begin on May 2 at 8 pm. Tickets will be available on the website ulaznice.hajduk.hr, at the Membership Department at Poljud (every working day from 8 am to 8 pm), at the Hajduk Fan shop at Joker (every day from 9 am to 9 pm), and at Ticketshop sales points Tisak media. 

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