1996–97 Belarusian Cup

Belarusian Cup 1996–97 Belarus 32 Belshina Bobruisk (1st title) Dinamo-93 Minsk 30 98 Andrey Khlebasolaw (5 goals) 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Belarusian Cup was the sixth season of the annual Belarusian football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It began on 20 July 1996 with the first of five rounds and ended on 25 May 1997 with the final at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. FC MPKC Mozyr were the defending champions, having defeated FC Dinamo Minsk in the 1996 final, but were knocked out in the second round by one of the eventual finalists FC Dinamo-93 Minsk, the eventual runners-up. FC Belshina Bobruisk won the final against FC Dinamo-93 Minsk to win their first title. Round of 32 The games were played on 20, 23 and 24 July 1996. Kristall Smolevichi (III) 0–3 Dinamo-93 Minsk Stroitel Starye Dorogi (II) 0–4 Dinamo Minsk Kommunalnik Slonim (II) 1–3 Dnepr Mogilev Lokomotiv Vitebsk (II) 2–4 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Kobrin (II) 4–2 Obuvshchik Lida Gomel (II) 1–2 Torpedo Minsk Stroitel Bereza (II) 0–5 Molodechno Transmash Mogilev (II) 0–1 Torpedo Mogilev Torpedo Zhodino (II) 1–2 Vedrich Rechitsa Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) 0–2 MPKC Mozyr Veras Vysoka Lipa (III) 0–1 Neman Grodno BATE Borisov (III) 0–2 Dinamo Brest Maksim-Legmash Orsha (II) 1–1 (8–9 p) Belshina Bobruisk Kommunalnik Pinsk (II) 0–2 Ataka-Aura Minsk Kardan-Flyers Grodno (II) 1–1 (3–2 p) Shakhtyor Soligorsk Dinamo-Juni Minsk (II) 1–1 (4–2 p) Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk |} Round of 32 The games were played between 1 and 4 August 1996. Molodechno 0–2 Dinamo Minsk MPKC Mozyr 1–2 Dinamo-93 Minsk Ataka-Aura Minsk 3–2 Neman Grodno Dinamo Brest 2–0 Dinamo-Juni Minsk (II) Vedrich Rechitsa 2–3 Kobrin (II) Dnepr Mogilev 3–1 Kardan-Flyers Grodno (II) Belshina Bobruisk 3–2 Torpedo Minsk Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 6–1 Torpedo Mogilev |} Quarterfinals The games were played on 7 and 8 May 1997. Kobrin (II) w/o Dnepr Mogilev Dinamo-93 Minsk 3–0 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Ataka Minsk 1–2 Belshina Bobruisk Dinamo Minsk 1–0 Dinamo Brest |} Semifinals The games were played on 16 May 1997. Belshina Bobruisk 2–0 Dnepr Mogilev Dinamo Minsk 2–4 Dinamo-93 Minsk |} Final The final match was played on 25 May 1997 at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. 25 May 1997 17:00 UTC+3 Belshina Bobruisk 2–0 Report Dinamo-93 Minsk Smirnykh 86Balashow 90 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 7,000 Sergey Shmolik (Brest) External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian Cup seasons Belarusian Cup Cup Cup