If both finalists obtained professional status (admitted to the Second League (tier 3)), then two better performers of the amateur competition are invited.

[2] The Ukrainian Association of Football organizes the draw in qualification phase by geographic principles, so to accommodate "smaller" clubs (in lower tiers) by reducing their travel time.

Past variations of the competition involved a home-away type of elimination, but the Ukrainian Cup has since changed to a single game per round format.

The lower division teams are usually awarded the home-field advantage (or the first leg at home in case of a two-leg round).

[3] The streamer on top of a picture reads in Russian language "The first Cup of Ukraine in football" (Russian: Первый кубок Украины по футболу, Pervyi kubok Ukrainy po futbolu), while the same thing is written at the picture's footer in Ukrainian language (Ukrainian: Перший кубок України з футболу, Perhyi kubok Ukrayiny z futbolu).

[3] Already in 1948 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv as one of the Soviet Top League clubs from Ukraine chose not to participate in the Ukrainian Cup competition.

The main contender, Dynamo Kyiv, settled for a draw in its first game at home against a team that was an amateur club in Soviet times, Skala Stryi.

The Ukrainian Cup finals are played most often at the main countries association football venue, Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex.

Since 2008 and establishing of the Ukrainian Premier League, the final games started to be conducted at alternative stadiums among which most often was used the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex and the Dnipro Arena.