2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Country England
Teams 72
Champions Tottenham Hotspur
Runners-up Charlton Athletic
Matches played 68
Goals scored 351 (5.16 per match)
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

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 round

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

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Tottenham Hotspur (S) 3–0 Cardiff City (S)
  • Wendy Martin  31'
  • Leah Rawle  53'
  • Nikita Whinnett  82'
Report Abbie Britton Yellow card
Cheshunt Stadium, Cheshunt
Attendance: 81
Charlton Athletic (S) 4–3 (a.e.t.) Blackburn Rovers (N)
  • Kit Graham  36'
  • Gemma Shepherd  49'
  • Stefanie Simmons  114', 117'
  • Alexandra Baker Yellow card
  • Katie Flack Yellow card
Report
  • Danielle Hill Yellow card 13'
  • Ellie Stewart Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 30', 120'
  • Saffron Jordon Yellow card 45'  75', 120'
  • Lynda Shepherd  86' (pen.) Yellow card 88'
  • Danielle Whitham Yellow card 113'
Sporting Club Thamesmead, London
Attendance: 152

Final

Charlton Athletic (S) 0–0 (a.e.t.) Tottenham Hotspur (S)
Report Report
Penalties
3–4
Attendance: 544
Charlton Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. "About the FA WPL". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. 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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