Fa Trophy Quarter Final Draw

Football tournament season

2021–22 FA Trophy
Football Association Trophy
Country	England Wales
Dates	Qualifying Rounds: 25 September 2021 – 30 October 2021 Competition Proper: 13 November 2021 – 22 May 2022
Teams	Qualifying: 244 Competition Proper: 66 + (78 from Qualifying) Total Teams: 310
Defending champions	Hornchurch
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) is the 53rd season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System. The competition consists of three qualifying rounds, and seven proper rounds. Teams from level 8 enter into the first qualifying round and second qualifying round, level 7 into the third qualifying round, level 6 (the National League North and National League South) into round 2, and level 5 (the National League) into round 3.^{[ citation needed ]}

All matches will be in a single-match knockout format, with the winner decided by penalties if the match was drawn after 90 minutes, apart from the Final where the winner will be decided by extra-time and penalties if the match is drawn.^{[ citation needed ]} This is the same format as the 2020–21 season which was a change from previous seasons where replays were used and where the semi-finals were scheduled as two-legged.^{[ citation needed ]}

Calendar [edit]

The calendar for the 2021-22 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.^[1]

Round	Main Date	Number of Fixtures	Clubs Remaining	New Entries This Round	Losing Club	Winning Club
First Round Qualifying	25 September 2021	19	310 → 291	38	£400	£1,500
Second Round Qualifying	9 October 2021	69	291 → 222	119	£575	£2,250
Third Round Qualifying	30 October 2021	78	222 → 144	87	£625	£2,450
First Round Proper	13 November 2021	39	144 → 105	0	£775	£3,000
Second Round Proper	27 November 2021	41	105 → 64	43	£1,000	£3,750
Third Round Proper	18 December 2021	32	64 → 32	23	£1,250	£4,500
Fourth Round Proper	15 January 2022	16	32 → 16	0	£1,500	£5,250
Fifth Round Proper	12 February 2022	8	16 → 8	0	£1,750	£6,000
Quarter-Finals	12 March 2022	4	8 → 4	0	£2,000	£7,500
Semi-Finals	2 April 2022	2	4 → 2	0	£5,000	£15,000
Final	22 May 2022	1	2 → 1	0	£30,000	£60,000

First Round Qualifying [edit]

The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 9 July 2021. The round included 38 teams from tier 8, the lowest tier in the competition.^[2]

Second Round Qualifying [edit]

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 9 July 2021, and saw 119 clubs from tier 8 joining the 19 winners from the First Qualifying Round.^[3]

Third Round Qualifying [edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 11 October 2021, and saw 87 clubs from tier 7 joining the 69 winners from the Second Qualifying Round.^[5]

First Round Proper [edit]

The draw for the first round proper was made on 1 November 2021, and featured the 78 winners from the Third Qualifying Round with no additional teams.^[6]

Second Round Proper [edit]

The draw for the second round took place on 15 November, featuring the 39 winners from the previous round as well as the 43 teams entering from the sixth tier.^[7]

Third Round Proper [edit]

Fourth Round Proper [edit]

Fifth Round Proper [edit]

Quarter-Finals [edit]

Semi-Finals [edit]

Final [edit]

References [edit]

^ "The Buildbase FA Trophy Round Dates for the 2021-22 campaign". The Football Association. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/09/20210709-buildbase-fa-vase-fa-trophy-and-fa-youth-cup-early-round-draws-released
^ https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/09/20210709-buildbase-fa-vase-fa-trophy-and-fa-youth-cup-early-round-draws-released
^ Townsend, Ian (14 June 2021). "Whyteleafe announce their withdrawal from the League". Isthmian League. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "The Buildbase FA Trophy third round qualifying draw has been made".
^ "The first round proper draw for the Buildbase FA Trophy has been made".
^ "Buildabase FA Trophy second round proper draw made". www.thefa.com. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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