2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Country England
Teams 72
Matches played 61
Goals scored 328 (5.38 per match)
All statistics correct as of 6 November 2016.

The 2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 26th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League, and for the third season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the Premier League Plate.[1]

All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament.

Going into the tournament, Tottenham Hotspur is the reigning champions, having defeated Cardiff City 2–1 after extra time the previous season.[2]

Results

All results listed are published by The Football Association.[3] Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.

The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.

Qualifying rounds

Determining round

The competition begins with a Determining Round, which consisted of all 72 teams in the FA Women's Premier League being drawn in pairs. The winners of these 36 games progressed to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualified for the 2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Plate.[4]

Competition proper

First round

With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needs to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place. Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round are given byes to the second round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in first round ties.

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

References

  1. "About the FA WPL". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. "Joy for Spurs as they lift FA WPL Cup after extra-time". The Football Association. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. "FA WPL Cup". Full Time. The Football Association. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "FA Women's Premier League Cup determining round match fixtures". Women's Soccer United. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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