Rounds 1 to 6 The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Departments/Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from
Championnat National 3 entered at the third round, those from
Championnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those from
Championnat National entered at the fifth round.
Number of teams per division and per round Below is the number of teams per level according to the rounds.
Round 7 teams The 155 qualified clubs from the 6th round are joined by the 18
Ligue 2 clubs as well as the overseas representatives of
Mayotte and
Tahiti. Due to the riots and its consequences, no club from
New Caledonia participated in this edition. Of the two overseas clubs entering the 7th round, only the club representing
Tahiti,
AS Dragon, plays at home against a mainland club according to the rule of biannual alternation (Métropole/Outre-Mer), the
Mayotte representative, Diables Noirs, must travel to mainland France, Mayotte not having an approved stadium to host this type of meeting.
Overseas teams A draw to determine the club which travels to
Tahiti in Round 7, and then
French Guiana, and
Réunion in Round 8 takes place from a list of candidate clubs from mainland France, having expressed the wish to travel overseas while the
Mayotte club is included in the main draw. Should an allocated team be knocked out in Round 7, the draw will move down the list to the next team, and this team will travel overseas. Overseas teams can only play one match at home against a mainland team, should they advance from Round 8 they will have to travel to France for the later rounds. ==Round 7==