The draw of the 1/8 finals of the Coupe de France took place tonight on the set of the channel Eurosport. The eighth place where D1 teams are present in number with nine elite teams, four of whom will be face-to-face for this round.

In these round of 16, we could expect some posters at the top. Finish the groups by regional area and therefore the opportunity to see the best teams in the championship even before the last laps.

A Etienne derby in the eighth?
In these eighths also, four teams of DH will be present as well as Henin-Beaumont who evolves in Inter-Regional. Among these now "little squeaks", a team remains to emerge as FC Saint-Etienne and FC Rousset Sainte-Victoire meet this weekend to determine the sixteenth team qualified for these eighth.

In case of victory, the club Forez could find the other club in the city, AS Saint-Etienne with the prospect of a real derby on February 19. Of these teams of third division, it will necessarily remain a representative because of the poster between Merignac-Arlac (DH) and Henin-Beaumont. The two teams that played in D2 last season will have the opportunity to climb one more step in this competition.

Another poster, more unbalanced, the reception of Montpellier at the Paris FC Domont. The team of Val d'Oise offers one of the best teams in France for a real match Cup and probably a Sunday of celebration for the club north of the Paris region.

A reception while the other two clubs in the Ile-de-France, Juvisy and PSG will play outside. The Juv 'will move on the lawn of La Roche-sur-Yon, which left the previous round the Girondines de Bordeaux. PSG will be on the turf of FC Tours (DH) who plays in the same championship as Bourges Paris had eliminated in the 32nd finals.

Two posters 100% D1
With so many representatives, we expected a few posters between D1 clubs. There will be two. The first will see the move of Rodez on the lawn of FC Metz, which eliminated the FF Yzeure yesterday. The other meeting will see the En Avant Guingamp receive the defending champion, Olympique Lyonnais. Both teams had recently met at the Fred Aubert stadium, with a 3-0 victory for OL.

Last poster of these eighths, the meeting between the VGA Saint-Maur and Soyaux. The Val de Marne team, who had made a good run last season in the Cup, found Soldjaciennes who had laboriously qualified against a brave team from FC Nantes. What to feed hopes of surprise? Answer the 19th of February next.

1/8 finals - Posters (matches on February 18 and 19)
Sunday 19 February

FC Metz (D1) - Rodez AF (D1) 1 pm

FCE Merignac-Arlac (DH) * - FCF Hénin-Beaumont (Inter-Regional) 14h

ESOF La Roche-sur-Yon (D2) - FCF Juvisy (D1) 2.30 pm

Domont FC (DH) - Montpellier HSC (D1) 15h

FC Tours (DH) - Paris Saint-Germain (D1) 15h

ASJ Soyaux (D1) - VGA Saint-Maur (D2) 15h

FC Rousset Sainte-Victoire (DH) - AS St. Etienne (D1) 15h

EA Guingamp (D1) - Olympique Lyonnais (D1) 4:40 pm

* The 16th final between FC Saint-Étienne and FC Rousset Sainte-Victoire which was played Sunday, February 5 at 13:45.