FA Cup 2005/6
| Number of teams per level to reach each round | Total Entries: 674 | |||||||||||||
| Round | LEVEL: | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Total | Prize Money * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Prelimary | 2 | 34 | 136 | 172 | £500 | |||||||||
| Prelimary | 5 | 63 | 207 | 89 | 364 | £1,000 | ||||||||
| 1st Qualifying | 5 | 18 | 100 | 59 | 66 | 248 | £2,250 | |||||||
| 2nd Qualifying | 0 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 51 | 44 | 168 | £3,750 | ||||||
| 3rd Qualifying | -- | 0 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 84 | £5,000 | ||||||
| 4th Qualifying | -- | -- | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 64 | £10,000 | |||||
| 1st | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 80 | £16,000 | |||
| 2nd | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 40 | £24,000 | |||
| 3rd | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 20 | 64 | £40,000 | |
| 4th | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 32 | £60,000 | |
| 5th | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | £120,000 | |
| Quarter-Final | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | £300,000 | |
| Semi-Final | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 4 | £900,000 | |
| Final | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | £1,000,000 | |
* Prize money is the amount the winner at that round recieves, assuming they win no other matches.
The following list details where the clubs at each round come from. Thanks to Tony Kempster for this info.
- EP - 172 clubs
- Pre - 364 including 89 exemptions (level 8 clubs) and 189 byes (randomly drawn from clubs at level 9 and below)
- Q1 - 248 including 66 exemptions (level 7 clubs)
- Q2 - 168 including 44 exemptions (level 6 i.e. Conference North/South clubs)
- Q3 - 84
- Q4 - 64 including 22 exemptions (Conference national clubs)
- R1 - 80 including 48 exemptions (2nd and 3rd division clubs)
- R2 - 40
- R3 - 64 including 44 exemptions (Premiership and 1st Division clubs)
- R4 - 32
- R5 - 16
- R6 - 8
- SF - 4
- F - 2
Mean level of teams at each round
| ROUND | EP | P | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | 1st
| Mean Level | 9.22 | 8.96 | 8.34 | 7.47 | 7.02 | 6.13 | 4.53
| ROUND | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | QF | SF | F
| Mean Level | 4.08 | 2.41 | 2.09 | 1.44 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00
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