2018–19 FA Women's Cup

2018–19 Women's FA Cup
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 293
Matches played 202
Goals scored 1073 (5.31 per match)
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All statistics correct as of 13:16, 8 October 2018 (UTC).

The 2018–19 Women's FA Cup is the 49th staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Chelsea are the defending champions, having beaten Arsenal 3–1 in the previous final.[1]

Teams

A total of 293 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. One hundred and ninety-nine teams enter at the preliminary round or first round qualifying. Teams that play in the FA Women's National League Division One are given exemption to the Second Round Qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions enter at the Second Round Proper. Teams in the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship are exempted to the Fourth Round Proper.

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		Games playedGoals scoredPrize money[2]
Preliminary Round293106–46223£325
First Round Qualifying2401465367373£375
Second Round Qualifying1671207359338£450
Third Round Qualifying107606030139£600
First Round773030£850
Second Round624015£900
Third Round422020£1,000
Fourth Round323210£2,000
Fifth Round161616£3,000
Quarter-Final888£4,000
Semi-Final444£5,000
The Final222£15,000 (runners-up)
£25,000 (winners)

The Preliminary Round saw six ties cancelled due to the withdrawal of one of the teams with one additional tie cancelled due to Woodley United not being able to field a team. The First Round Qualifying saw five ties cancelled as a result of withdrawals with one additional tie cancelled due to the disqualification of Wealdstone. The Second Round Qualifying saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal of St Nicholas.

Preliminary round

There was no preliminary round in the original schedule of the competition.[3] It was added by The Football Association as a result of increased entries into the competition.[4] Fifty three matches were scheduled for the preliminary round, to be played by Sunday 26 August 2018.[5] The first match was played on Friday 17 August 2018, with six more on Sunday 19 August 2018. One match was postponed from 26 August 2018, with another abandoned and replayed the following Sunday.[6]

First round qualifying

Seventy three matches were scheduled for the first qualifying round.[7] The 146 teams taking part consisted of 93 teams with a bye to this stage, plus 53 match winners from the previous round. Matches were played on the scheduled date of Sunday 2 September 2018, except two delays caused by matches from the previous round not yet having taken place and Swindon Spitfires v Southampton FC Ladies delayed due to the removal of Moneyfields from the competition.[6]

Second round qualifying

Sixty matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round.[9] The 120 teams taking part consists of 47 FA Women's National League Division One teams exempted to this stage, plus the 73 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 23 September, except seven which were postponed to the following week.[6]

Third round qualifying

Thirty matches were scheduled for the third qualifying round.[10] All were played on Sunday 7 October.[6]

First round proper

Fifteen matches are scheduled for the third qualifying round, which is to be played on Sunday 11 November.[11]

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