2020–21 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, overseas departments and territories
The 2020–21 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, overseas departments and territories, made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Overseas Departments and Territories took part in the main competition from the seventh round. The six (or more, if required) preliminary rounds were organised by the 6 Regional leagues of the overseas departments and territories. They took place between February and October 2020. In 2019–20 JS Saint-Pierroise from Réunion survived longest in the competition, beating Ligue 2 Niort in the ninth round, before eventually losing to Épinal in the round of 32, equalling the record for an overseas team's progression in the competition. Mayotte Originally, a total of 60 teams from Régionale 1, Régional 2, Régionale 3 and Régionale 4 divisions were registered for the qualifying tournament. The original structure of the tournament required a preliminary round with four ties between Régionale 4 teams; Régionale 2 and Régionale 3 teams entering at the first round stage and Régionale 1 teams entering at the second round stage. The draw for the preliminary round was made on 13 February 2020. Note that the Mayotte League continue to refer to the preliminary round as the first round, and the naming