| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Teams | 71 |
| Defending champions | Glasgow City |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hibernian |
| Runners-up | Glasgow City |
The2016SWF Scottish Cup, known as the2016SSE Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th official edition (47th overall) of the main national cup competition in Scottishwomen's football. All teams in theScottish Women's Football League andSWPL 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.[1]
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 16SWPL 1 & 2 teams in the second 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18 September 2016 | Heart of Midlothian | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Hutchison Vale | Dalkeith |
| 14:00 | [4] | Stadium:Kings Park |
| 16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) | Glasgow Girls | 0–9 | Glasgow City | Edinburgh |
| [5] | Crilly Shine Boyce | Stadium:Ainslie Park |
| 16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) | Hibernian | 5–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Edinburgh |
| McLauchlan Arnot Ewens | [5] | Stadium:Ainslie Park |
The final was played between Glasgow City and Hibernian on 6 November 2016 atNew Douglas Park inHamilton. It featured the same teams as theprevious year's final and theSWPL 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][6][7]
Hibs men's team had also won the2015–16 Scottish Cup, and this was the first instance of a club holding both national trophies at the same time (albeit the women's team was only an affiliate and not a fully integrated element of the club at that point, and due to the differing schedules this was only for six months rather than a whole year).
| Glasgow City | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Hibernian |
|---|---|---|
| Lauder | Robertson 23' | |
| Penalties | ||
Brown Cuthbert McMurchie Lauder  Shine Love Kerr | 5–6 | RobertsonHunterArnotBrownlieGrahamEwensMurray |
          Glasgow City |  Hibernian |
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