French Cup. Little thumbs, posters, broadcasters… What you need to know about the 8th round

Exploits, total disillusionments, completely crazy scenarios… The Coupe de France version 2024-2025 once again delivers its share of emotions, while the 7^e tour was marked by the entry into the running of Ligue 2 clubs. If some acquired an easy qualification (SM Caen, Bastia, Guingamp), others had more difficulty (Grenoble, Amiens) or have even already passed down the drain (Paris FC, Rodez, Ajaccio). The 8^e round will be the last before the Ligue 1 teams enter the competition, during the 32^es final, a goal that many amateur clubs set themselves, hoping to challenge PSG or OM. It will be held on Saturday November 30 and Sunday November 1^is December.

Valence and Le Touquet, new little thumbs

There are now no more district clubs in the race. The little thumbs are now two Regional 3 teams (Valence FC and Le Touquet ACFCO), the eighth level of French football. The Drôme and Pas-de-Calais clubs both achieved exploits. The first took out Marignane (1-0, National 2) and will face FC Martigues, bottom of Ligue 2. The second notably eliminated (1-1, 4-1 tab) the Portuguese Porto Amiens (R1) and will receive the RC Calais by Claudio Beauvue.

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The Ligeriens from US Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (N3) will go to Saint-Denis, in Reunion. US Thionville Lusitanos (N2) will also go overseas, but does not yet know its opponent, since AS Matoury (R1) and the Aigles d'Or Mana (R2), in Guyana, will not play, their 7^e tour, only Saturday, November 23 (3:45 p.m. local time).

The draw for 8^e tour had been carried out at the same time as that of the 7^e round. The 46 posters are therefore already known. Some matches will be broadcast on the local channels of France 3 and on FFFTV, the precise programming has not yet been detailed.

The 46 posters of the 8^e tour

AS Nancy Lorraine (N1) – SC Bastia (L2)

FC Luneville (R1) – ES Thaon (N3)

SR Colmar (N3) – FCSR Haguenau (N2)

ASS Still Mutzig (R1) – Les Abymes (Guadeloupe)

US Raon-l'Étape (N3) – FC Metz (L2)

AS Matoury (R1, Guyana) or Aigles d’Or Mana (R2, Guyana) – US Thionville Lusitanos (N2)

US Noyelles (R2) – JA Drancy (N3)

FC 93 Bobigny (N2) – Red Star FC (L2)

ENT Feignies Aulnoye FC (N2) – Gallia Club de Lucciana (N3)

Aubervilliers CM (N2) – USL Dunkerque (L2)

Neuilly-sur-Marne SFC (N3) – Valenciennes FC (N1)

US Boulogne CO (N1) – AS Beauvais Oise (N2)

USC Corte (N3) – Black Devils of Combani (Mayotte)

FC Liancourt Clermont (R2) – Quevilly-Rouen (N1)

Le Touquet ACO (R3) – RC Calais (N3)

Calais Beau Marais (R1) – Amiens SC (L2)

US Currency (R1) – FC Lorient (L2)

Le Mans FC (N1) – La Saint-Colomban Locminé (N2)

Stade Lavallois (L2) – US Concarneau (N1)

Tours FC (R1) – OC Cesson (N3)

AS Ginglin Cesson (R1) – FC Rouen (N1)

Stade Briochin (N2) – US Saint-Malo (N2)

US Bolbec (R1) – SM Caen (L2)

Dinan Léhon FC (N2) – EA Guingamp (L2)

SU Dives Cabourg (N3) – AS Dragon (Polynesia)

SA Mérignac (R1) – Beaumont-Saint-Cyr (R2)

US Orléans (N1) – La Roche VF (N2)

Saint-Denis FC (Reunion) – US Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (N3)

Maritime Star (R2) – La Roche-sur-Yon (N3)

Girondins de Bordeaux (N2) – The Herbaria (N2)

Pau FC (L2) – RC Saint-Joseph (Martinique)

FC Marmande (R2) – Vierzon FC (N3)

Angoulême FC (N2) – Clermont (L2)

Union Saint-Jean (R1) – FC Versailles (N1)

RCO Agde (N3) – Le Puy Foot (N2)

Couzaix Chaptelat (R2) – FC Espaly (N3)

Istres FC (N2) – Grenoble (L2)

Olympique Alès (N3) – AS Cannes (N2)

Valence FC (R3) – FC Martigues (L2)

Bourgoin-Jallieu (N3) – Olympique de Valence (R1)

Carnoux FC (R1) – Hauts Lyonnais (N3)

Rumilly-Vallières (N2) – Goal FC (N2)

Chambéry (N3) – Dijon FCO (N1)

Cluses SFC (R1) – Troyes (L2)

UF Mâcon (N3) – FC Sochaux (N1)

Jura Sud (N2) VS – FC Annecy (L2)