2017–18 FA WSL CupCountry |
England |
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Dates |
11 October 2017 – 14 March 2018 |
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Teams |
20 |
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Defending champions |
Manchester City |
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Champions |
Arsenal |
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Runners-up |
Manchester City |
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Matches played |
47 |
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Goals scored |
180 (3.83 per match) |
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All statistics correct as of 14 March 2018. |
The 2017–18 FA WSL Cup was the 7th edition of the FA WSL's league cup competition. It was sponsored by Continental AG, who have sponsored the competition since its creation, and is officially known as the FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup. All 20 teams of the two divisions of the WSL contest the competition - the largest field in the history of the cup.
Manchester City were the defending champions. Before the competition, only Manchester City and Arsenal had won the cup in the previous six seasons it was contested in.
After a one-year experiment with a pure knockout formula, the WSL Cup returned to a format featuring a group stage. Four groups of five teams each, with an approximately even split between the two divisions, compete for two qualification spots for the knock-out round per group with each team playing every other team only once. Similarly to previous iterations of the cup, the groups have a geographical split, with two "Northern" groups and two "Southern". Another new implementation for the season was an automatic penalty shoot-out for all games tied after 90 minutes, with a bonus point awarded for the team who emerged victorious afterwards.[1]
After the group stage, the remaining eight teams will contest a non-seeded standard knock-out format as in the 2015 season.[1]
Group stage
Group One North
Source:
FA WSLRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Group Two North
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FA WSLRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Group One South
Source:
FA WSLRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Group Two South
Source:
FA WSLRules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Knock-out rounds
Quarter-finals
Attendance: 155
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Attendance: 400
Referee: Josh Smith
Attendance: 352
Referee: Savvas Yianni
Attendance: 1,161
Referee: Alex Burke
Semi-finals
Attendance: 2,595
Referee: Rebecca Welch
Attendance: 749
Referee: Ryan Atkin
Top goalscorers
- As of 18 December 2017.[2]
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