The Cup is intended to be organised between the Cup holders of the regional tournaments, but in reality, it is an optional invitational tournament among teams that are delegated by selected regions (oblasts of Ukraine and autonomous republic of Crimea).

This format was first tested out in the Cup competition for the non-amateur Ukrainian teams in 1974 and 1975 seasons.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the first edition of the current competition was organised by the Ukrainian Football Federation for 1996–97.

The first Ukrainian Amateur Cup final was played in the spring of 1997 with Domobudivnyk Chernihiv which defeated Krystal Parkhomivka 3–1 on aggregate (results for the two-leg play-off were 1–1 and 2–0).

An autumn-spring competition period was used until 1998–99 and since then a spring-autumn system has been adopted over the calendar year.