It commenced with the matches of the preliminary round in July 2010 and concluded with the Final on 29 May 2011.
[1] The Preliminary Round involved 68 amateur clubs from all regional federations, divided into smaller groups according to the Austrian federal states.
[2] After the draw, SV Bad Aussee had to withdraw from the competition after going into administration,[citation needed] earning their opponents USV Allerheiligen a walkover.
[2] The draw involved the 34 winners of the preliminary round, the 20 professional teams from the 2010–11 Bundesliga and First League, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 as losing team of the 2009–10 Regionalliga promotion play-offs and nine regional cup winners.
The 16 winners from the previous round competed in this stage of the competition.