The victory gave Paris Saint-Germain their eight Coupe de France title and their third this millennium.
The draw for the seventh round of Coupe de France was conducted on 5 November 2009 at the Maison du Sport Français, the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris by French journalist and television host Michel Drucker and Jean Djorkaeff, the president of the Coupe de France Commission.
[4] The overseas regional draw was conducted in Paris the same day, by World fencing champions Adriana Lamalle and Jean-Michel Lucenay.
The draw for the eighth round of the Coupe de France was conducted on 25 November 2009 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris, by FCF Juvisy and women's national team member Sandrine Soubeyrand, taekwondo world champion Gwladys Épangue, former national team member Steve Marlet, and Jean Djorkaeff, the president of the Coupe de France Commission.
The draw for the round of 64 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 14 December 2009 at the Champ Libres in Rennes, by former French internationals Stéphane Guivarc'h and Daniel Rodighiero, Stade Briochin and women's national team member Eugénie Le Sommer, and the current captain of the France women's national rugby union team Sandrine Agricole.
The draw was conducted by former Gabon national team manager and former French international Alain Giresse.
The move, similar to the previous round, was made to accommodate the anticipated high attendance for the match and also because the French Football Federation felt the Stade Robert Diochon did not meet the standards needed to host a Coupe de France semi-final match.