The FA Cup has 14 rounds in total if you include every stage from the very first qualifying games to the final at Wembley.

  • 6 qualifying rounds (for non-league and lower-level teams).
  • 8 “proper” rounds once the main competition begins:
    1. First Round Proper
    2. Second Round Proper
    3. Third Round Proper (Premier League and Championship teams enter)
4. Fourth Round Proper
5. Fifth Round Proper
6. Quarter-finals
7. Semi-finals
8. Final

In most casual conversations, when people ask “how many FA Cup rounds are there?”, they’re often thinking mainly about those 8 proper rounds , but officially the full competition structure runs across 14 rounds from start to finish.

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