The Yugoslav Cup was a tournament for which clubs from all tiers of the football pyramid were eligible to enter. In addition, amateur teams put together by individual
Yugoslav People's Army garrisons and various factories and industrial plants were also encouraged to enter, which meant that each cup edition had thousands of teams in its initial stages. These teams would go through a number of qualifying rounds before reaching the first round proper, in which they would be paired with top-flight teams. The cup final was scheduled to coincide with
Youth Day, a national holiday celebrated on 25 May and accompanied by the
Relay of Youth, which doubled as the official commemoration of
Josip Broz Tito's birthday. ==First round==