when is the next carabao cup draw

The next scheduled Carabao Cup draw has already taken place for the current 2025–26 season, so there is no upcoming draw date left in this edition of the competition.

So… when is the “next” Carabao Cup draw?

Right now we are in late January 2026, and the tournament is already at the semi‑final stage.

• The semi‑final draw for the 2025–26 Carabao Cup was held in mid‑December 2025.

• The semi‑final ties themselves are scheduled across January and early February 2026.

• The next major date in the calendar is now the final on Sunday 22 March 2026 , not another draw.

So if your question is literally “when is the next Carabao Cup draw?”, the answer is: there isn’t another draw for this season; the next big event is the final on 22 March 2026.

Key 2025–26 Carabao Cup dates

• Round four draw took place on 24 September 2025.

• Quarter‑final draw was held on 29 October 2025.

• Semi‑final draw happened in December 2025 (ahead of January first legs).

• Semi‑final first legs: week commencing 12 January 2026 (e.g. 13–14 January).

• Semi‑final second legs: week commencing 2 February 2026.

• Final: Sunday 22 March 2026 at Wembley.

If you meant a future season’s draw

If you were asking more generally “when is the next Carabao Cup draw each year?”, the pattern for recent seasons looks like this:

• Early rounds (preliminary/round one): draws in late June (fixture release day) and then in August.

• Mid rounds (rounds three to five): draws typically in September, October, and December, often right after live TV games.

• Semi‑final draw: usually mid‑December once the quarter‑finals finish, often shown live on TV and streaming.

You can expect the next season’s first main draw to land around late June on the EFL’s fixture release day again, with exact dates confirmed closer to the time.

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