The Ghana Women's FA Cup, is the top women's knockout tournament of the

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

. The competition is played between the clubs of the

Ghana Women's Premier League The Ghana Women’s Premier League (GWPL), currently known as the Malta Guinness Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was launched in 2012 as the National Women's League (NWL) and is the top division league for women's football in Gha ...

and Division One League. The inaugural winners of the competition were Police Ladies.

History

The Ghana Women's FA Cup was launched in 2016 by the Women's League Board (WLB) of

Ghana Football Association The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is a governing body of association football, based in Accra. Founded in 1957, it was dissolved with "immediate effect", according to Minister of Sport, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, on 7 June 2018, after the uncover ...

(GFA) as the highest women's knockout tournament. The first four editions of the competitions from 2016 to 2020 were sponsored by Sanford Women's Clinic. In 2016, Police Ladies defeated Fabulous Ladies by 2–1 to win the maiden edition of the cup. Princella Adubea of Ampem Darko Ladies won the top goal scorer of the competition with 6 goals, whilst Suzy Teye Dede of Lady Strikers was also awarded as the discovery of the tournament.

Sponsorship

The first four editions of the competitions from 2016 to 2020 were sponsored by Sanford Women's Clinic. In June 2021, the GFA announced that Electroland Ghana Ltd, distributors of NASCO electronic appliances and sponsors of the Player of the Match award for the Women's Premier League had extended their sponsorship package to the Women's FA Cup competition, with players who were adjudged as best players from the

Round of 16 A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

and

Quarter-finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

were to receive a NASCO Hand dryer and a sleek NASCO Mobile Phone each. The best players from the Semi-finals and the Final game were also entitled to products from NASCO.

Winners

References

External links

Ghana Women's FA Cup category

Official Website
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History

Sponsorship

Winners

See also

References

External links