The 2018–19 FAW Women's Cup is the 27th edition of the FAW Women's Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition for women's association football teams in Wales.
Most teams entered the competition at the first round stage, however there were also three qualifying round matches and Swansea City were given a bye to the second round as reigning champions, having beaten Cardiff City in the previous season's final.
Format The tournament is a single-elimination knock-out tournament, with six teams entering in the qualifying round, 27 receiving a bye to the first round proper, and the reigning champions entering at the second round stage.
Calendar Round Main Date Number of Fixtures Clubs Qualifying round 16 September 2018 3 34 → 31 First round 14 October 2018 15 31 → 16 Second round 18 November 2018 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 10 February 2019 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 17 March 2019 2 4 → 2 Final 14 April 2019 1 2 → 1
Qualifying round The draw for the qualifying round took place at the FAW's headquarters in Cardiff. All three matches took place on Sunday 16 September 2018. Tie Date Home team Result Away teamSouthern section1 16 September Cascade Youth Club 7–0 Villa Dino Christchurch2 16 September Coed Duon Dragons 1–7 Splott Albion3 16 September Rhos 0–3 Willows
First round Home team Result Away team 14 October 2018 Aberdare Town 0–10 Splott Albion Aberystwyth Town 5–0 Merthyr Town Barry Town United 2–0 Penybont Briton Ferry Llansawel H–W Caerphilly Castle Cardiff Met. 6–0 Caldicot Town Denbigh Town 0–2 Llanfair United Llandudno 13–0 Corwen Llangyfelach 1–8 Cyncoed Northop Hall Girls 1–2 Airbus UK Broughton Rhyl 5–0 Amlwch Town Tredegar Town 1–11 Cardiff City Women 21 October 2018 Dafen 1–2 Cascade Youth Club Kinmel Bay 5–6 Caernarfon Town Penrhyncoch 0–16 Port Talbot Town Willows 0–8 Abergavenny
Second round Home team Result Away team 18 November 2018 Abergavenny 1–0 Cascade Youth Club Airbus UK Broughton 0–2 Rhyl Briton Ferry Llansawel 7–1 Splott Albion Cardiff City Women 3–1 Port Talbot Town Cardiff Met. 2–1 Swansea City Cyncoed 7–2 Barry Town United Llandudno 4–0 Aberystwyth Town Llanfair United 1–2 Caernarfon Town
Quarter-finals Home team Result Away team 10 February 2019 Cardiff City Women 6–1 Rhyl Cyncoed 0–5 Cardiff Met. Llandudno 1–2 Abergavenny 17 February 2019 Briton Ferry Llansawel H–W Caernarfon Town
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links FAW Cups on the Football Association of Wales website. Full video of the final on the Sgorio YouTube channel.