At the Livyi Bereh Arena near Kyiv, Vorskla Poltava won 3–0 with a series of goals from Ibrahim Kane, Ruslan Stepanyuk, and Ivan Nesterenko.

In the Quarter-finals, they were drawn against Viktoriya Sumy and won 3-0 at the Livyi Bereh in Hnidyn with goals from Nazaryna, Zubkov and Rakitskyi.

In the Semi-Finals, they were drawn to Chornomorets Odesa and won 4-1 at Arena Lviv thanks to goals from Sikan, Bondarenko (penalty) and a brace from Sudakov.

Both clubs exist since the Soviet times, but they never played each other in official games (domestic league, national cup) with Shakhtar playing at the top tier and Vorskla (earlier as Kolos) at the third tier of the All-Union football competitions.

Within the Ukrainian Cup, both teams met 9 times with 6 matches played at quarterfinals stage.