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The qualifying rounds for the1900–01 Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup for short), the 30th edition of the world's oldestassociation football competition, consisting of six rounds of matches played between September and December 1900. A total of 220 teams entered the tournament, 178 of which played in at least one qualifying stage. The 1900–01 FA Cup began on 22 September 1900 when 40 teams competed in the preliminary round and ended on 20 April 1901, whenSouthern League sideTottenham Hotspur became the only evernon-League club to win the competition.
| Round | Date | Ties | Byes | Number of clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | Saturday 22 September 1900 | 20 | 0 | 220→200 |
| First qualifying round | Saturday 6 October 1900 | 55 | 0 | 200→145 |
| Second qualifying round | Saturday 20 October 1900 | 35 | 3 | 145→110 |
| Third qualifying round | Saturday 3 November 1900 | 38 | 2 | 110→72 |
| Fourth qualifying round | Saturday 17 November 1900 | 20 | 0 | 72→52 |
| Fifth qualifying round | Saturday 8 December 1900 | 10 | 0 | 52→42 |
| Intermediate round | Saturday 5 January 1901 | 10 | 0 | 42→32 |
| First round proper | Saturday 9 February 1901 | 16 | 0 | 32→16 |
| Second round proper | Saturday 23 February 1901 | 8 | 0 | 16→8 |
| Third round proper | Saturday 23 March 1901 | 4 | 0 | 8→4 |
| Semi-final | Saturday 6 April 1901 | 2 | 0 | 4→2 |
| Final | Saturday 20 April 1901 | 1 | 0 | 2→1 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | 2–0 | Richmond Association | 8 December 1900 |
| 2 | Walsall | 6–0 | Wellington Town | 8 December 1900 |
| 3 | Southport Central | 1–1 | Darwen | 8 December 1900 |
| 3r | Darwen | 2–0 | Southport Central | 11 December 1900 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 5–1 | Nantwich | 8 December 1900 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 4–0 | Bishop Auckland | 8 December 1900 |
| 6 | Burton Swifts | 1–2 | Kettering | 8 December 1900 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 3–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 December 1900 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 1–5 | Chesterfield | 8 December 1900 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 5–1 | Swindon Town | 8 December 1900 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 1–1 | Clapton | 8 December 1900 |
| 10r | Clapton | 2–3 | West Ham United | 12 December 1900 |