2016 Scottish Women's Cup


The 2016 SWF Scottish Cup, known as the 2016 SSE Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th official edition 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.
Hibernian won the final after penalties against Glasgow City, who had won the cup for the previous five years.

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.
Elgin City2–3Raith Rovers
Ross County2–1Stranraer
Dundee City1–2Granite City
Kemnay0–2St Roch's
Boroughmuir Thistle2–3Kilmarnock
East Kilbride Girls5–2Edinburgh South
Teesside1–3Dee Ladies
United Glasgow1–2Stenhousemuir
Caithness2–16Dunfermline Athletic
Blackburn United0–5Dundee United
Renfrew4–3Cumbernauld Colts
Stonehaven1–9East Fife
Westerland8–1Bayside
Motherwell12–0Central Girls
Bistopton FCL0–1Dee Vale

Second round

SWPL teams enter.
Dee Vale1–5Granite City
Dunfermline Athletic7–0Dumbarton United
Glasgow City26–0East Kilbride Girls
Spartans0–0Hamilton Academical
Buchan3–5Forfar Farmington
Dee Ladies3–4Raith Rovers
Heart of Midlothian3–0St Roch's
Hibernian11–0Boroughmuir Thistle
Jeanfield Swifts 18–0Ross County
Rangers7–0East Fife
Stirling University10–0Westerlands
Renfrew5–0Queen's Park
Motherwell1–4 Glasgow Girls
Hutchison Vale 5–0Edinburgh Caledonia
Celtic 7–0Aberdeen
Dundee United 8–0Stenhousemuir

Third round

Granite City3–8Hutchison Thistle
Hibernian19–0Renfrew
Celtic3–1Forfar Farmington
Dunfermline Athletic0–4Glasgow Girls
Heart of Midlothian3–0Hamilton Academical
Rangers1–3Glasgow City
Dundee United1–6Stirling University
Jeanfield Swifts 6–1Raith Rovers

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. Hibs won their sixth Scottish Cup, their first since 2010.
Hibs men's team had also won the 2015–16 Scottish Cup, and this was the first instance of a club holding both national trophies at the same time.