Copa del Rey 2021-22 Champions, matches and scorers

Copa del Rey 2021-22 was the 120th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners were assured a place in the UEFA Europa League 2022–23 group stage. Both the winners and the runners-up qualified for the four-team Supercopa de España 2022–23.
Barcelona were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by previous two seasons’ runners-up Athletic Bilbao in the round of 16. Real Betis won the final 5–4 over Valencia on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time for their third Copa del Rey title.
As across Spain, match times up to 31 October 2021 and from 27 March 2022 were CEST (UTC+2). Times on interim (“winter”) days were CET (UTC+1). Matches played in the Canary Islands used the WET (UTC±00:00).

Champions:  Real Betis (3rd title)
Runner-up:  Valencia
Top Goal Scorer: Borja Iglesias ( Real Betis), 5 goal

Round of 16 Draw
The draw was held on 7 January 2022 in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas. Teams are divided into 3 pots according to their division in the 2021–22 season. When possible, matches will be played at the stadiums of lower-ranked teams. Otherwise, the first team drawn plays home. A total of 8 games will be played from 15 to 20 January 2022.

Pot 1 13 teams of La Liga	Pot 2 2 teams of Segunda División	Pot 3 1 team of Primera RFEF
Athletic Bilbao	Girona	Atlético Baleares
Atlético Madrid	Sporting Gijón
Barcelona
Cádiz
Elche
Espanyol
Mallorca
Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis
Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
Valencia

Copa del Rey 2021-22 Round of 16 Matches

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
15 January 2022	Mallorca	2–1	Espanyol
15 January 2022	Sporting Gijón	0–0 (a.e.t.) 2–4 (penalties)	Cádiz
15 January 2022	Girona	1–2	Rayo Vallecano
16 January 2022	Atlético Baleares	0–1	Valencia
16 January 2022[a]	Real Betis	2–1	Sevilla
19 January 2022	Real Sociedad	2–0	Atlético Madrid
20 January 2022	Elche	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Real Madrid
20 January 2022	Athletic Bilbao	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona

Notes: The match was originally played on 15 January at 21:30, but was suspended in the 40th minute after Sevilla’s Joan Jordán was hit in the head by an object thrown from the crowd. The match was resumed the next day at 16:00 behind closed doors.

Copa del Rey 2021-22 Quarter Final matches
The draw was held on 21 January 2022 in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas. As there are no teams from the lower divisions, home teams were selected by a draw.

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
2 February 2022	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Mallorca
2 February 2022	Valencia	2–1	Cádiz
3 February 2022	Real Sociedad	0–4	Real Betis
3 February 2022	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Real Madrid

Copa del Rey 2021-22 Semi Final matches
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 4 February 2022 in the RFEF headquarters in Las Rozas.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rayo Vallecano	2–3	Real Betis	1–2	1–1
Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Valencia	1–1	0–1

Copa del Rey 2021-22 Final match
23 April 2022 22:00 CEST, La Cartuja, Seville

Real Betis	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Valencia
Borja Iglesias 11′		Hugo Duro 30′
Willian José Joaquín Guardado Tello Miranda	Penalties 5 – 4	Soler Račić Guedes Musah Gayà

Copa del Rey 2021-22 Top Goal scorer list

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Borja Iglesias	Real Betis	5
2	Ángel Rodríguez	Mallorca	4
3	Alfredo Ortuño	Cartagena	4
4	Dani Gómez	Levante	4
5	Mikel Oyarzabal	Real Sociedad	3
6	Álvaro Negredo	Cádiz	3
7	Loren Morón	Espanyol	3
8	Manel Martínez	Atlético Baleares	3
9	Alejandro Marqués	Mirandés	3
10	Paco Alcácer	Villarreal	3