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| Event | 2020–21 Women's FA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium,London | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Sam Kerr[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Helen Conley (Durham) | ||||||
| Attendance | 40,942 | ||||||
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The2021 Women's FA Cup final was the 51st final of theWomen's FA Cup, England's primarycup competition forwomen's football teams. The showpiece event was the 27th to be played directly under the auspices ofthe Football Association (FA) and wasnamed theVitality Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.
The final was contested betweenArsenal andChelsea on 5 December 2021 atWembley Stadium in London and broadcast onBBC1. Chelsea won 3–0 in front of a crowd of 40,942 to clinch their third title.
Originally scheduled to be played in May 2021, the match was delayed by theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The alternative date in December was chosen to symbolically coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the FA's infamous ruling to ban women's football from the grounds of all its affiliated clubs.[2]
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