The 2018–19 Coupe de France was the 102nd season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (AS Magenta, winner of 2018 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (AS Dragon, winner of 2017–18 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre and Miquelon). Paris Saint-Germain were the four-time defending champions, but lost in the final on penalties to Rennes, who won their third Coupe de France title and first since 1971. Dates Dates for the first two qualifying round are set by the individual Regional leagues. The remaining qualifying rounds, the seventh and eight round, and the round of 64 take place at weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, take place on midweek evenings. The final will take place on Saturday 27 April 2019. Teams Round 1 to 6 The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 enter at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 enter at the fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the fifth round. The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows: Round 7 145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues will be joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams from Ligue 2. Ligue 2 Ajaccio Auxerre Béziers Brest Châteauroux Clermont Gazélec Ajaccio Grenoble Le Havre Lens Lorient Metz Nancy Niort Orléans Paris FC Red Star Sochaux Troyes Valenciennes Regional Leagues Figures in parenthesis indicate the tier of the French football league system the team play at. Nouvelle-Aquitaine: 12 teams Pau FC (3) Bergerac Périgord FC (4) Genêts Anglet (5) Angoulême CFC (5) FC Chauray (5) US Chauvigny (5) US Lège Cap Ferret (5) Limoges FC (5) Stade Poitevin FC (5) SO Châtellerault (6) La Brède FC (6) FC Tartas-St Yaguen (6) Pays de la Loire: 11 teams SO Cholet (3) Le Mans FC (3) Les Herbiers VF (4) FC Challans (5) USSA Vertou (5) Vendée Fontenay Foot (5) JSC Bellevue Nantes (6) AS Bourny Laval (6) AS La Châtaigneraie (6)