France · Open Cup
Coupe de France
In US-sports termsThe most open cup on Earth — thousands of clubs enter, including amateur teams from French islands in the Caribbean and Pacific. March Madness if literally every gym in America could enter.
What it is
France's knockout cup — open to every registered club in the country and its overseas territories. Entry runs into the thousands of teams; pro clubs join as rounds progress.
How you get in
Exist as a French club, anywhere on the planet — then win your way through.
What it feeds
Winner → Europa League (cascade applies) and the Trophée des Champions.
Clubs from Tahiti, Guadeloupe and Réunion genuinely enter — a village team from a Pacific island can, in theory, lift the cup in Paris. No other country does this.