Yanjing Beer 2018 Chinese FA Cup () was the 20th edition of the Chinese FA Cup. On 29 December 2017, Yanjing Beer extended their sponsorship contract for another four years (2018âÂÂ2021).
The schedule was as follows.
According to Chinese FA Cup Procedure, in each round, home team advantages are decided as follows.
For the 2018 Chinese FA Cup preliminary round, the local football associations are allocated places according to the total number of FA Cup matches of all amateur clubs associated to local FAs from 2011 to 2016. Shanghai Jiading Boji, who advanced to the third round of 2017 Chinese FA Cup, and the champions and the runners-up of 2017 "I Love Football" Chinese Football Nongovernmental Championships would join the qualifying round directly.
29 teams registered to participate in the qualifying rounds of the 2018 Chinese FA Cup. Teams ranked 9âÂÂ13 in the north group and Teams ranked 6âÂÂ17 in the south group participated in this round.
Teams ranked 1âÂÂ8 in the north group, teams ranked 1âÂÂ5 in the south group, 8 preliminary round winners, Shanghai Huajiao and Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang, the champions and the runners-up of 2017 "I Love Football" Chinese Football Nongovernmental Championships and Shanghai Jiading Boji, who advanced to the third round of 2017 Chinese FA Cup will participate in this round. Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang, already qualified as top five teams in the south group, left a vacancy which was filled by Nanchang Teneng. Shenyang West Winner, already qualified as top eight teams in the north group, withdrew and replaced by Chifeng Hongshan Shire.
Format of qualifying round was a variation of Double-elimination tournament with three rounds as follows.
Shenzhen Pengcheng and Sichuan Jiuniu replaced Qiqihaer Zhongjian Bituminous Concrete and Lhasa Urban Construction Investment who withdrew from 2018 China League Two in the original draw.
Baotou Nanjiao and Fujian Tianxin replaced Chengdu Qbao and Shanghai JuJu Sports who withdrew from 2018 China League Two in the original draw.
Dalian Yifang won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Shandong Luneng Taishan won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
Guangzhou R&F won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Shandong Luneng Taishan won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Beijing Sinobo Guoan won on away goals.