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The Bedistan Football Association (BFA) Trophy is an annual football tournament in Bedistan, in which a number of professional clubs compete. It runs alongside the Bedistan Premier League and Bedistan Football League.

Format

The BFA Trophy is a one-legged, twelve-round knockout competition in which 244 clubs from the Bedistan Football League Conference North and South and lower leagues participate. In each round, if the match ends in a draw, it is replayed at the home ground of the opposing team. The replay will go to extra time and/or a penalty shootout if necessary to resolve a draw. The aggregate score of the two matches is not used.

32 non-league teams go through the First and Second Qualifying Rounds, and the 8 winners of the Second Qualifying Round are admitted to the competition proper. In the First Round, they are joined by 56 clubs from the Third Divisions of the Western, Northern, Heartland, and Deep South Leagues. In the Third Round, 128 more clubs from the First and Second Divisions of those leagues join. Finally, in the Fifth Round, the 28 members of the Bedistan Football League Conference North and South enter the competition. This brings the total number of Fifth Round participants to 64, who participate in a simple knockout for the remainder of the Cup.

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