For the 34th time in the 33rd season of the Azerbaijan Cup, the winner was determined in a penalty shootout.

Offsideplus.az reports that the press service of the Professional Football League published information about this.

This happened in the match "Sabah" - "Turan Tovuz", which took place in the 1/8 finals of the 2024/2025 season of the cup.

The capital's representative won the away duel with the Tovuz club - 2:2 (3:1, p.). This is also the first match in the current season that has gone to a penalty shootout.

In the previous 32 seasons, the winner was determined 33 times in a post-match "lottery". The last such matches took place in the first qualifying round of the last season. "Shahdag Gusar" defeated "Gusar" (0:0, p. 5:4), "Shafa" defeated "Shamkir" (1:1, p. 5:3).

It should be noted that both "Sabah" and "Turan Tovuz" tested their strength in a penalty shootout for the first time in the national cup.