2016 Scottish Women's Cup
The 2016 SWF Scottish Cup was the 45th official edition (47th overall) of the main national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and SWPL 1 & 2 were eligible to enter.
Tournament details | |
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Country | Scotland |
Teams | 71 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hibernian |
Runner-up | Glasgow City |
Hibernian won the final after penalties against Glasgow City, who had won the cup for the previous five years.[1]
Format
Teams are either drawn into the first round or receive a bye, so there are 16 matches to play in the second round. The winners of the first round are then joined by the 16 SWPL 1 & 2 teams in the second round.
First round
30 of 32 teams were drawn into this round. Edinburgh Caledonia & Dumbarton United received a bye to the second round.[2]
Elgin City | 2–3 | Raith Rovers |
Ross County | 2–1 | Stranraer |
Dundee City | 1–2 | Granite City |
Kemnay | 0–2 | St Roch's |
Boroughmuir Thistle | 2–3 | Kilmarnock |
East Kilbride Girls | 5–2 | Edinburgh South |
Teesside | 1–3 | Dee Ladies |
United Glasgow | 1–2 | Stenhousemuir |
Caithness | 2–16 | Dunfermline Athletic |
Blackburn United | 0–5 | Dundee United |
Renfrew | 4–3 | Cumbernauld Colts |
Stonehaven | 1–9 | East Fife |
Westerland | 8–1 | Bayside |
Motherwell | 12–0 | Central Girls |
Bistopton FCL | 0–1 | Dee Vale |
Second round
SWPL teams enter.
Dee Vale | 1–5 | Granite City |
Dunfermline Athletic | 7–0 | Dumbarton United |
Glasgow City | 26–0 | East Kilbride Girls[3] |
Spartans | 0–0 | Hamilton Academical (Hamilton won 4–3 on penalties) |
Buchan | 3–5 | Forfar Farmington |
Dee Ladies | 3–4 | Raith Rovers |
Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | St Roch's |
Hibernian | 11–0 | Boroughmuir Thistle |
Jeanfield Swifts | 18–0 | Ross County |
Rangers | 7–0 | East Fife |
Stirling University | 10–0 | Westerlands |
Renfrew | 5–0 | Queen's Park |
Motherwell | 1–4 | Glasgow Girls |
Hutchison Vale | 5–0 | Edinburgh Caledonia |
Celtic | 7–0 | Aberdeen |
Dundee United | 8–0 | Stenhousemuir |
Third round
Granite City | 3–8 | Hutchison Thistle |
Hibernian | 19–0 | Renfrew |
Celtic | 3–1 | Forfar Farmington |
Dunfermline Athletic | 0–4 | Glasgow Girls |
Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | Hamilton Academical |
Rangers | 1–3 | Glasgow City |
Dundee United | 1–6 | Stirling University |
Jeanfield Swifts | 6–1 | Raith Rovers |
Quarter-finals
4 September 2016 | Stirling University | 0–4 | Glasgow City | University of Stirling |
14:00 | Stadium: Stirling |
4 September 2016 | Jeanfield Swifts | 3–5 | Glasgow Girls | Perth |
15:00 | Stadium: McDiarmid Park |
Semi-finals
16 October 2016 | Glasgow Girls | 0–9 | Glasgow City | Edinburgh |
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Stadium: Ainslie Park |
Final
The final was played between Glasgow City and Hibernian on 6 November 2016 at New Douglas Park in Hamilton. It featured the same teams as the previous year's final and the SWPL Cup final earlier in the year (as well as the previous two editions of that competition). Hibs won their sixth Scottish Cup, their first since 2010 (Glasgow City having won all of the intervening five).[1][5][6]
Glasgow City | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Hibernian |
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Penalties | ||
Brown ![]() Cuthbert ![]() McMurchie ![]() Lauder ![]() Shine ![]() Love ![]() Kerr ![]() |
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References
- "Scottish Women's Cup: Hibernian win final on penalties against Glasgow City". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- "SWF Scottish Cup 1st Round Draw". 25 March 2016.
- "Glasgow City score 26 in Scottish Women's Cup win over East Kilbride". BBC. June 13, 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- Glasgow City & Hibernian Ladies to contest Scottish Cup final again, BBC Sport, 16 October 2016
- Hibs claim cup double after epic SSE Scottish Women's Cup final, Scottish Women's Football, 6 November 2016
- Highlights | Glasgow City v Hibernian (SSE Cup Final), Glasgow City FC on YouTube (teams at 1:04 / 1:28, pens from 10:53)