FA Cup 2003/4
| Number of teams per level to reach each round | Total Entries: 644 | |||||||||||||
| Round | LEVEL: | X | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Total | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Prelimary | 1 | 2 | 27 | 100 | 130 | £500 | ||||||||
| Prelimary | 5 | 3 | 56 | 218 | 114 | 396 | £1,000 | |||||||
| 1st Qualifying | 0 | 1 | 20 | 103 | 74 | 198 | £2,250 | |||||||
| 2nd Qualifying | -- | 0 | 9 | 40 | 50 | 69 | 168 | £3,750 | ||||||
| 3rd Qualifying | -- | -- | 4 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 84 | £5,000 | ||||||
| 4th Qualifying | -- | -- | 0 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 64 | £10,000 | |||||
| 1st | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 80 | £12,500 | |||
| 2nd | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 40 | £15,000 | |||
| 3rd | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 64 | £50,000 | |
| 4th | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 32 | £75,000 | |
| 5th | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | £150,000 | |
| Quarter-Final | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | £400,000 | |
| Semi-Final | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | £1,000,000 | |
| Final | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | £2,000,000 | |
Note: 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.
- EP - 130 clubs
- Pre - 396 including 114 exemptions (clubs from level 7, which in 2003/4 comprised the five first divisions of the Northern Premier, Southern and Isthmian Leagues) and 217 byes (randomly drawn from clubs at level 8 and below )
- Q1 - 198
- Q2 - 168 including 69 exemptions (clubs from level 6, which in 2003/4 comprised the three premier divisions of the Northern Premier, Southern and Isthmian Leagues)
- Q3 - 84
- Q4 - 64 including 22 exemptions (Conference 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 | 8.18 | 7.77 | 7.74 | 6.93 | 6.77 | 6.05 | 4.39
| ROUND | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | QF | SF | F
| Mean Level | 3.93 | 2.23 | 2.06 | 1.75 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5
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