Fixtures List• First round: All the clubs from League Two and League One will enter alongside 22 of the 24 Championship teams, with Hull City and Middlesbrough receiving byes to the second round. Round one of the League Cup will take place immediately after the season openers, with midweek slots on week commencing Monday, August 7.
• Second Round: All Premier League clubs not involved in European competition enter. Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all received byes to the third round due to their participation in the Champions League and Europa League
• Final: Sunday, February 25, 2018
The first round draw got off to a messy start in Bangkok when the live stream crashed after half an hour, and Charlton were drawn twice.
League Cup first-round draw: League Cup event descends into farce
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/16/league-cup-first-round-draw-live-thailand-carabao-cup-ties/Charlton Athletic 'drawn twice' due to graphics error in EFL League Cup draw
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/charlton-drawn-twice-in-botched-efl-cup-draw-a7793341.html