| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Belarus |
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Belshina Bobruisk (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Dinamo-93 Minsk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 98 (3.27 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Andrey Khlebasolaw (5 goals) |
The1996–97Belarusian Cup was the sixth season of the annual Belarusianfootball cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It began on 20 July 1996 with the first of five rounds and ended on 25 May 1997 with the final at theDinamo Stadium inMinsk.
FC MPKC Mozyr were the defending champions, having defeatedFC Dinamo Minsk in the 1996 final, but were knocked out in the second round by one of the eventual finalistsFC Dinamo-93 Minsk, the eventual runners-up.
FC Belshina Bobruisk won the final againstFC Dinamo-93 Minsk to win their first title.
The games were played on 20, 23 and 24 July 1996.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristall Smolevichi (III) | 0–3 | Dinamo-93 Minsk |
| Stroitel Starye Dorogi (II) | 0–4 | Dinamo Minsk |
| Kommunalnik Slonim (II) | 1–3 | Dnepr Mogilev |
| Lokomotiv Vitebsk (II) | 2–4 | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk |
| Kobrin (II) | 4–2 | Obuvshchik Lida |
| Gomel (II) | 1–2 | Torpedo Minsk |
| Stroitel Bereza (II) | 0–5 | Molodechno |
| Transmash Mogilev (II) | 0–1 | Torpedo Mogilev |
| Torpedo Zhodino (II) | 1–2 | Vedrich Rechitsa |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) | 0–2 | MPKC Mozyr |
| Veras Vysoka Lipa (III) | 0–1 | Neman Grodno |
| BATE Borisov (III) | 0–2 | Dinamo Brest |
| Maksim-Legmash Orsha (II) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–9p) | Belshina Bobruisk |
| Kommunalnik Pinsk (II) | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | Ataka-Aura Minsk |
| Kardan-Flyers Grodno (II) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2p) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Dinamo-Juni Minsk (II) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2p) | Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk |
The games were played between 1 and 4 August 1996.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Molodechno | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | Dinamo Minsk |
| MPKC Mozyr | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Dinamo-93 Minsk |
| Ataka-Aura Minsk | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Neman Grodno |
| Dinamo Brest | 2–0 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk (II) |
| Vedrich Rechitsa | 2–3 | Kobrin (II) |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 3–1 | Kardan-Flyers Grodno (II) |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Torpedo Minsk |
| Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 6–1 | Torpedo Mogilev |
The games were played on 7 and 8 May 1997.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kobrin (II) | w/o | Dnepr Mogilev |
| Dinamo-93 Minsk | 3–0 | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk |
| Ataka Minsk | 1–2 | Belshina Bobruisk |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–0 | Dinamo Brest |
The games were played on 16 May 1997.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Belshina Bobruisk | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Dnepr Mogilev |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Dinamo-93 Minsk |
The final match was played on 25 May 1997 at theDinamo Stadium inMinsk.
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