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Football tournament
The
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup,
currently known as the
Sky Sports
Cup due to sponsorship and commonly shortened to the
SWPL Cup
, is a
league cup
competition in
women's football in Scotland
. The cup is open only to the teams in the
Scottish Women's Premier League
. There are four rounds, including the final.
The competition was launched in 2002?03 along with the Scottish Women's Premier League, and the first winners were
Kilmarnock
.
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It supplanted the
Scottish Women's Football League Cup
(Kilmarnock were also its last winners) which continued as a lower-division competition.
The SWPL Cup changed to run on a summer schedule played in a single calendar year (from around March to November) from the 2009 edition
[2]
[3]
until the COVID-19 pandemic ended the 2020 season prematurely (leaving
that year's edition
unfinished) and caused the SWPL to revert to a winter format in all competitions for the following season, which was retained after pandemic restrictions ended.
The trophy has been won most often by
Hibernian
, seven times.
Format
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Up to 2015, eight of the twelve Premier League teams were drawn to play in the first round. The four winners and the other four teams then played in the quarter-finals. All matches were played over one leg.
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Since the addition of the division SWPL 2 in
2016
, all teams from the Premier League's two divisions have taken part in the cup. The last edition with the straight-knockout format was the
2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
In a large change to the format for
the 2020 edition of the Cup
, a 16-team group stage was inaugurated, planned to qualify teams for the eight-team knockout phase, with the League's top two clubs given a bye to the quarter-finals; but the SWPL was abandoned early in the 2020 season, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the League reverted to the winter format as a result. The league cup was not played in the 2020?21 season. The group phase was played with all clubs in the 2021?22 SWPL Cup,
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which was completed and won by
Celtic
.
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Past winners
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Previous finals are:
List of winners
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See also
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References
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a
b
"Kilmarnock women on course for double treble dominance"
.
Herald Scotland
. 5 May 2003
. Retrieved
25 May
2019
.
- ^
a
b
"2009 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
24 November
2012
.
- ^
Leighton, Tony (19 December 2010).
"England coach Hope Powell calls for women's game to switch to summer"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
28 August
2011
.
- ^
"Scottish Premier League Cup draw"
. shekicks.net. 2 February 2014
. Retrieved
29 July
2014
.
- ^
"SWPL CUP 2021"
. Soccerway.
- ^
a
b
"SWPL Cup: Celtic beat Glasgow City to win first silverware since 2010"
.
BBC Sport
. 5 December 2021
. Retrieved
6 December
2021
.
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Scotland (Women) 2004/05
, RSSSF, 6 June 2008
- ^
"Killie show City team who's boss"
. KillieFC.com. 14 May 2006. Archived from
the original
on 7 April 2014
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
- ^
Match Reports :- Edinburgh Ladies FC v Hibernian Ladies FC - S.W.P.L. Cup Final
,
Spartans W.F.C.
web archive, 30 November 2006
- ^
"2007-08 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
24 November
2012
.
- ^
"Hibernian v Queens' Park - Premier League Cup Final"
.
Match report archives
.
Spartans W.F.C.
11 November 2007
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
- ^
Gavin Madeley (10 November 2007).
"Match Report"
. The Pink. Archived from
the original
on 13 March 2012
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
- ^
"2008-09 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
24 November
2012
.
- ^
Match Reports :- Glasgow City v Spartans - SWPL Cup Final
,
Spartans W.F.C.
web archive, 8 November 2008
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City lift Premier League Cup
, Glasgow City FC, 8 November 2008
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Scotland (Women) 2009
, RSSSF, 6 Aug 2020
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City lift Premier League Cup
, Glasgow City FC, 7 November 2009
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"2010 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
24 November
2012
.
- ^
"Celtic secure women's League Cup"
. BBC Sport. 13 May 2010
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
- ^
"Celtic break trophy duck in style"
. WSS. 13 May 2010. Archived from
the original
on 23 April 2016
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
- ^
"2011 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
24 November
2012
.
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Spartans - Premier League Cup Final 25/05/11
, Hibernian WFC via YouTube
- ^
"2012 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
24 November
2012
.
- ^
"Glasgow City defeat Spartans to win the Scottish Premier League Cup"
.
Spartans W.F.C.
31 May 2012
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
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"2013 Premier League Cup Final"
.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
. Scottish Football Association
. Retrieved
30 May
2013
.
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City Surge To Cup Final Victory
, The Spartans FC Women, 29 June 2013
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"Glasgow City win third successive League Cup final"
.
www.scotzine.com
. 29 May 2014
. Retrieved
11 July
2014
.
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"glasgow city win third successive league cup final"
.
bbc.co.uk
. BBC. May 28, 2014
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
Glasgow City won the Scottish Women's League Cup
- ^
"Glasgow City retain League Cup with extra-time win over Hibernian"
. BBC Sport. 3 June 2015
. Retrieved
4 June
2015
.
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"2016 SWPL Cup Final - Hibernian 2-1 Glasgow City: Lizzie Arnot's late goal shocks the holders"
.
Vavel
. 16 June 2016
. Retrieved
15 September
2017
.
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Southwick, Andrew (21 May 2017).
"SWPL Cup: Hibernian cruise to victory over Celtic to retain trophy"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
21 May
2017
.
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Southwick, Andrew (20 May 2018).
"SWPL: Hibernian thrash Celtic 9-0 to win third Women's Premier League Cup in a row"
. BBC Sport
. Retrieved
20 May
2018
.
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"Hibernian 0-0 Glasgow City: Hibs retain SWPL Cup 4-2 on penalties"
. BBC Sport. 10 May 2019
. Retrieved
10 May
2019
.
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"Sky Sports Cup final - Rangers 2-0 Hibernian: Lizzie Arnot scores screamer and Kirsty Howat adds second to seal victory"
.
skysports.com
. Sky Sports. December 11, 2022
. Retrieved
December 15,
2022
.
Rangers win the first domestic trophy of the Scottish women's season with a 2-0 victory against seven-time champions Hibernian
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"Rangers Women 4-1 Partick Thistle Women: Jo Potter's side retain Sky Sports Cup with comfortable win at Tynecastle"
.
skysports.com
. Sky Sports. March 25, 2024
. Retrieved
March 28,
2024
.
In front of over 4,000 spectators at Tynecastle - a record for the Sky Sports Cup final
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