2020–21 Coupe de France

The competition was paused on 28 October 2020, when France entered a second period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[2] Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, and they won a record fourteenth title with a 2–0 win over Monaco in the final.

[4] On 28 October 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a second COVID-19 lockdown, including the suspension of all amateur football, for four weeks.

[5] The following day, the FFF confirmed the suspension of senior football at all levels below Championnat National.

[6] On 17 November, the FFF formally announced the postponement of the seventh and eighth rounds until January 2021.

[9] Following the changes introduced regarding Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique last year,[10] teams from Réunion and Mayotte also played an internal match in the seventh round.

[12] On 22 October 2020, the FFF announced that clubs from New Caledonia and Tahiti would not participate in the seventh round due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

[14] On 17 December, the FFF announced a change of format to avoid cancelling the competition due to a lack of available dates.

The competition would be divided into two parts: A professional path, involving teams from Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, and an amateur path, involving mainland teams qualifying from the preliminary rounds and the overseas qualifiers.

The amateur path was straight knockout over two rounds (seventh, eighth), taking 124 qualifiers down to 31.

The winners were then joined by the twenty Ligue 1 teams for the round of 64, resulting in fifteen qualifiers at the end of the path.

The ties involving teams from Mayotte, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guiana were pre-drawn on 25 November 2020.

[29] FC Mtsapéré were scheduled to face a team from the mainland at INF Clairefontaine, opponent to be decided in the main draw on 12 February 2021.

However, having arrived at Roland Garros Airport on Réunion on 11 February, they were denied transit to France due to COVID-19 contact concerns, and informed they must return to Mayotte.

[31] A report on 12 February suggested it might have been possible for the team to isolate in Réunion and travel to France at a later date, but this did not happen.

[34] It consisted of matches split into four groups, balanced primarily by geography but also to ensure an even spread of teams from different levels.