Coppa Italia: Benevento and Arezzo Celebrate as They Advance from the Preliminary Rounds; The Complete Bracket for the Round of 32, Including Serie A Teams

Benevento’s victory over Ravenna—a thrilling 5-3 win on Sunday evening—brought the preliminary round of the 2026-2027 Coppa Italia to a close: the Sanniti, with goals from Prisco, Salvemini (two goals), Romano, and Scognamillo (while Vinicius’s two goals and Maggio’s single goal were not enough for the opposition), advance to the round of 32 to join Arezzo, which defeated Union Brescia 2-0 (with goals from Arena and Tavernelli), Catania, which beat Vicenza on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw at the 90-minute mark, and Ascoli, which defeated Potenza 3-1.

Here is the complete lineup for the round of 32, scheduled for August 14–17, featuring twelve Serie A teams:
Genoa vs. Ascoli
Catanzaro vs. Südtirol
Lazio vs. Mantova
Palermo vs. Lecce
Torino vs. Carrarese
Monza vs. Avellino
Cremonese vs. Sampdoria
Parma vs. Catania
Cagliari vs. Arezzo
Hellas Verona vs. Virtus Entella
Sassuolo vs. Cesena
Frosinone vs. Juve Stabia
Udinese vs. Padova
Venezia vs. Modena
Pisa vs. Empoli
Fiorentina vs. Benevento

The sixteen qualifiers will then advance to the Round of 32, which will be played according to the pairings and the corresponding paths to the Round of 16, as previously determined:
Winner of Genoa vs. Ascoli vs. winner of Catanzaro vs. Südtirol (opponent in the Round of 16: Inter)
Winner of Lazio vs. Mantova vs. winner of Palermo vs. Lecce (opponent in the Round of 16: Bologna)
Winner of Torino–Carrarese vs. winner of Monza–Avellino (opponent in the Round of 16: Milan)
Winner of Cremonese–Sampdoria vs. winner of Parma–Catania (opponent in the Round of 16: Como)
Winner of Cagliari vs. Arezzo vs. winner of Hellas Verona vs. Virtus Entella (opponent in the Round of 16: Roma)
Winner of Sassuolo vs. Cesena vs. winner of Frosinone vs. Juve Stabia (opponent in the Round of 16: Juventus)
Winner of Udinese vs. Padova vs. winner of Venezia vs. Modena (opponent in the Round of 16: Atalanta)
Winner of Pisa vs. Empoli vs. winner of Fiorentina vs. Benevento (opponent in the Round of 16: Napoli)

The round of 16 will be played between December 2 and 16, 2026, while the quarterfinals—like all previous rounds, a single-leg match—will be played between February 3 and 10, 2027. As is traditional, the semifinals will be played as home-and-away matches in early March and late April 2027, while the final—a single-leg match at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico—will take place on May 19, 2027, unless otherwise specified by Lega Serie A, the body that organizes the competition won last year by Inter and in which Juventus holds the record for the most titles, with 15.