Leicester City beat Chelsea 1–0 in the final to win their first FA Cup, having been runners-up on four previous occasions.
[2] The FA Cup[3] is a knockout competition with 124 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final at Wembley in May 2021.
This year's competition was subject to changes to the rules and round dates at short notice to follow the latest national and local government guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the previous season's competition was delayed, with the final played roughly three months late, on 1 August 2020.
[10] Planned dates for the early qualifying rounds were released to clubs in the National League System in late July,[6][11] and confirmed by the FA on 3 August 2020.
[3] While restrictions on fans attending games in person were in place, the usual prize money awarded to the winners for each round was split 75% to 25% with the losers.
[17] The 20 winners from the second round proper joined the clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship in 32 ties played over the weekend of 9 January 2021.
[21] The 16 winners from the fourth round proper played in eight ties in midweek during the week commencing Monday 8 February 2021.
The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the BBC and subscription channel BT Sport.
The FA Cup Final was required to be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events.