FA Women's Cup
The The Football Association Women 's Challenge Cup Competition (short: FA Women's Cup ) is the English Club Cup for women's football clubs. The competition is similar to the DFB Cup in Germany. For the first time the FA Women's Cup was played in 1971. First winner was the Southampton FC, Arsenal LFC is eleven Cup success record winner. The FA Women's Cup has a relatively low priority in England. Nevertheless, the final will be transmitted for several years by the BBC live radio and television.
Mode
At the FA Women's Cup every English club can participate, who plays in a sanctioned association connected by the Football Association or the Football Association league. If a club wishes to participate, he must request this at the Football Association and pay a participation fee. Deadline for applications is July 1. After that, the Football Association will examine the applications and decides which clubs are allowed to participate and which are not.
The FA Women's Cup will be played in the knockout system. Is it tied after 90 minutes, the game shall be extended for two periods of 15 minutes. Is it then still a tie, the winner in the penalty shootout is determined. Thus, the FA Women's Cup is different from the FA Cup the men, where the regulations provide for a replay in such a case.
In the two qualifying rounds and the first three rounds of the main round, the draw will be conducted on a geographical basis. The first drawn team basically has home advantage. This means that a club in the FA Women's Premier League home advantage against a team from the fourth division may have. The final will be played in a neutral stadium.