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FA Cup 2007/8

Number of teams per level to reach each round Total Entries: 731
Level 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Total Prize Money
Extra Prelimary 98 242 254 * £500
Prelimary 49 159123 332 * £1,000
1st Qualifying 15 76 75 65 232 * £2,250
2nd Qualifying 6 27 41 42 44 160 £3,750
3rd Qualifying 2 5 18 27 28 80 £5,000
4th Qualifying 0 0 8 13 19 24 64 £10,000
1st -- -- 3 4 8 10 24 24 80 £16,000
2nd -- -- 2 2 1 8 9 17 40 £24,000
3rd -- -- 1 0 1 0 6 11 24 20 64 £40,000
4th -- -- 0 -- 1 -- 5 5 10 13 32 £60,000
5th -- -- -- -- 0 -- 2 2 8 10 16 £120,000
Quarter-Final -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 £300,000
Semi-Final -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 £900,000
Final -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 £1,000,000
* Two teams have been removed in the Extra Prelimary Round, and one from the Prelimary and 1st Qualifying Rounds

Mean level of teams at each round
ROUND EP P 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1st
Mean Level 9.298.788.187.437.084.204.41
ROUND 2nd 3rd 4th 5th QF SF F
Mean Level 4.202.252.251.75

The following list provides further details about the clubs how many clubs there are at each round. My thanks go to Tony Kempster for this information.

  • EP - 254 clubs
  • Pre - 332 including 123 exemptions (level 8 clubs) and 35 byes (randomly drawn from clubs at level 9 and below)
  • Q1 - 232 including 66 exemptions (level 7 clubs)
  • Q2 - 160 including 44 exemptions (level 6 clubs - Conference North/South)
  • Q3 - 80
  • Q4 - 64 including 24 exemptions (Conference national clubs)
  • R1 - 80 including 48 exemptions (League One and League Two clubs)
  • R2 - 40
  • R3 - 64 including 44 exemptions (Premiership and Championship clubs)
  • R4 - 32
  • R5 - 16
  • R6 - 8
  • SF - 4
  • F - 2


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