2018–19 FAW Women's Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 34 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cardiff Met |
Runner-up | Abergavenny |
The 2018–19 FAW Women's Cup is the 27th edition of the FAW Women's Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition for women's association football teams in Wales.
Most teams entered the competition at the first round stage, however there were also three qualifying round matches and Swansea City were given a bye to the second round as reigning champions,[1] having beaten Cardiff City in the previous season's final.[2]
Format
The tournament is a single-elimination knock-out tournament, with six teams entering in the qualifying round, 27 receiving a bye to the first round proper, and the reigning champions entering at the second round stage.
Calendar
Round | Main Date | Number of Fixtures | Clubs |
Qualifying round | 16 September 2018 | 3 | 34 → 31 |
First round | 14 October 2018 | 15 | 31 → 16 |
Second round | 18 November 2018 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
Quarter-finals | 10 February 2019 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
Semi-finals | 17 March 2019 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
Final | 14 April 2019 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
Qualifying round
The draw for the qualifying round took place at the FAW's headquarters in Cardiff. All three matches took place on Sunday 16 September 2018.
Tie | Date | Home team | Result | Away team |
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Southern section | ||||
1 | 16 September | Cascade Youth Club | 7–0 | Villa Dino Christchurch |
2 | 16 September | Coed Duon Dragons | 1–7 | Splott Albion |
3 | 16 September | Rhos | 0–3 | Willows |
First round
Home team | Result | Away team |
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14 October 2018 | ||
Aberdare Town | 0–10 | Splott Albion |
Aberystwyth Town | 5–0 | Merthyr Town |
Barry Town United | 2–0 | Penybont |
Briton Ferry Llansawel | H–W | Caerphilly Castle |
Cardiff Met. | 6–0 | Caldicot Town |
Denbigh Town | 0–2 | Llanfair United |
Llandudno | 13–0 | Corwen |
Llangyfelach | 1–8 | Cyncoed |
Northop Hall Girls | 1–2 | Airbus UK Broughton |
Rhyl | 5–0 | Amlwch Town |
Tredegar Town | 1–11 | Cardiff City Women |
21 October 2018 | ||
Dafen | 1–2 | Cascade Youth Club |
Kinmel Bay | 5–6 | Caernarfon Town |
Penrhyncoch | 0–16 | Port Talbot Town |
Willows | 0–8 | Abergavenny |
Second round
Home team | Result | Away team |
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18 November 2018 | ||
Abergavenny | 1–0 | Cascade Youth Club |
Airbus UK Broughton | 0–2 | Rhyl |
Briton Ferry Llansawel | 7–1 | Splott Albion |
Cardiff City Women | 3–1 | Port Talbot Town |
Cardiff Met. | 2–1 | Swansea City |
Cyncoed | 7–2 | Barry Town United |
Llandudno | 4–0 | Aberystwyth Town |
Llanfair United | 1–2 | Caernarfon Town |
Quarter-finals
Home team | Result | Away team |
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10 February 2019 | ||
Cardiff City Women | 6–1 | Rhyl |
Cyncoed | 0–5 | Cardiff Met. |
Llandudno | 1–2 | Abergavenny |
17 February 2019 | ||
Briton Ferry Llansawel | H–W | Caernarfon Town |
Semi-finals
Cardiff Met. | 3–2 | Briton Ferry Llansawel |
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Tiley ![]() Schupbach ![]() Clipston ![]() |
Report | Braithwaite ![]() Powell ![]() |
Abergavenny | 2–0 | Cardiff City Women |
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Jeremiah ![]() |
Report |
Final
Abergavenny | 0–2 | Cardiff Met. |
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Report | Schupbach ![]() |
References
- ^ "FAW Women's Cup round 1 draw". Football Association of Wales. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Swansea come back to beat Cardiff in FAW Women's Cup final". Football Association of Wales. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
External links
- FAW Cups on the Football Association of Wales website.
- Full video of the final on the Sgorio YouTube channel.