The 2016 Egypt Cup final decided the winner of the 2016 Egypt Cup, the 84th season of Egypt's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 8 August 2016 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.
Zamalek, who have won the three previous finals, faced Al Ahly, the record-title holders who last won in 2007. Zamalek won the match 3–1 to secure their 4th consecutive and 25th overall title.
As Zamalek won the Cup, they will play against the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League winner Al Ahly in the 2016 Egyptian Super Cup. Because both Zamalek and Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) is passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.
Background
Route to the final The Egypt Cup is a thirty-two team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams are drawn against each other in pots, and the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.
Zamalek Round Al Ahly Opponent Result 2016 Egypt Cup Opponent Result Shabab El Daba'a 2–0 Round of 32 Dayrout 3–0 Ittihad El Shorta 2–1 Round of 16 Haras El Hodoud 2–1 Al Ittihad 2–1 Quarter-finals Smouha 1–0 Ismaily 4–0 Semi-finals ENPPI 2–1
Match
Details Zamalek were the "home" team (for administrative purposes), as they played the first semi-final match.
GK 1 Ahmed El Shenawy RB 6 Shawky El SaidCB 7 Islam GamalCB 25 Ali GabrLB 27 Ali Fathy DM 3 Tarek HamedCM 4 Ahmed TawfikCM 15 Maarouf YoussefRW 10 Mahmoud Shikabala (c) LW 14 Ayman Hefny FW 17 Basem Morsy Substitutes:GK 28 Omar SalahDF 19 Ahmed DuiedarDF 33 Osama IbrahimMF 11 Mohamed Nasef MF 5 Ibrahim Salah FW 9 Ahmed GaafarFW 30 Mostafa Fathi Manager: Moamen Soliman GK 13 Ahmed AdelRB 3 Ramy Rabia CB 20 Saad SamirLB 6 Sabri RaheelDM 25 Hossam Ashour RM 20 Ahmed Fathy CM 14 Hossam Ghaly (c) LM 11 Walid Soliman AM 8 Moamen ZakariaFW 9 Amr Gamal FW 19 Abdallah SaidSubstitutes:GK 16 Mohamed El ShenawyDF 21 Ali MaâloulDF 23 Mohamed NagiebDF 24 Mohamed HanyMF 15 Mohamed Gaber FW 4 Marwan Mohsen FW 10 Emad Moteab Manager: Martin Jol
Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
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