2013–14 Belarusian Cup

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Country Belarus Runners-up Neman Grodno Goals scored 164 (3.81 per match)		Teams 45 Matches played 43
Champions Shakhtyor Soligorsk (2nd title)

2013–14 Belarusian Cup was the twenty third season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games played on 29 May 2013. Shakhtyor Soligorsk, winner of the Cup, qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following teams took part in the competition:

Preliminary Round

In this round six winners of regional cups (amateur teams) played against six teams from the Second League. The draw was conducted on 21 May 2013. The matches were played on 29 May 2013.

First Round

In this round six winners of preliminary round are joined by another six teams from Second League and 10 clubs from the First League.

Another five First League clubs were given a bye to the next round: Gorodeya, Volna Pinsk, Slutsk, Lida (top four clubs in the league table as of the draw date) and SKVICH Minsk (by drawing of lots). The reserve teams (Minsk-2 and Vitebsk-2) were not allowed to participate.

The draw was conducted on 30 May 2013. The matches were played on 12 June 2013.

¹ Partizan-MTZ Minsk were awarded a technical defeat for being unable to provide a stadium to host a match.

Second Round

In this round eleven winners of the First Round are joined by another five teams from First League and 8 clubs from the Premier League.

The four Premier League clubs that qualified for 2013–14 European Cups (BATE Borisov, Minsk, Shakhtyor Soligorsk and Dinamo Minsk) were given a bye to the next round.

The draw was conducted on 17 June 2013. The matches were played on 27 and 28 July 2013.

^{1, 2} Matches were moved to opposite sides' grounds per mutual agreement.

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 29 July 2013. The matches will be played on 24 and 25 August 2013. The match involving Minsk was moved to 7 September due to team's participation in UEFA Europa League play-off round.