It is the 15th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament.
11 S.League clubs and 4 invited foreign teams play in this edition.
The cup was a single-elimination tournament, with all sixteen teams playing from the first round.
Subsequent rounds involved ties of two legs.
[1] The Courts Young Lions and Malaysia's Harimau Muda, both of whom are Great Eastern-YEO'S S.League participant teams, have requested and received permission to sit out of the RHB Singapore Cup, due to their respective preparations for the AFC Under-22 Asian Cup qualifiers in June.