The 2016 Singapore Cup (also known as the

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Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th edition of Singapore's annual premier club

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tournament organised by the

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are the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year. The final was won by Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0.

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league ...

striker

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received the man of the match award.

Teams

A total of 12 teams participate in the 2016 Singapore Cup. 9 of the teams are from domestic

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while the other three are invited from

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and

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. ;S.League Clubs *

Balestier Khalsa Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a Singaporean professional association football, football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest Football in Singapore, football club in Singap ...

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei Pr ...

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* Young Lions ;Invited Foreign Teams * Ceres-La Salle *

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Format

Eight teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other four seeded teams received a bye for that round. The eight teams will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the

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. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match final. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of

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to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a

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is held to determine a winner.

Bracket

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 24 April 2016 at

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. Eight teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 26 to 29 May 2016. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the

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Quarter-finals

Four teams (

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and Ceres-La Salle) will join the four seeded teams in this round after winning their matches in the preliminary round. All matches will be played in a two-legged knockout basis. Away goal rule will not be applied in this tournament. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the

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Summary

Matches

''Balestier Khalsa won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Albirex Niigata (S) won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tampines Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ceres-La Salle won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

''Albirex Niigata (S) won 2-0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tampines Rovers won 5-3 on aggregate.''

Third place

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

External links

Official S.League website

Football Association of Singapore website

References

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