The KNVB Women's Cup () is the

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

for

women's football in the Netherlands Women's football in the Netherlands has traditionally had a low profile and female players had to play abroad. However, the national team began having success in the 2010s, notably in winning the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament and the domestic ...

. The competition was established in 1980, along with the

KNVB Amateur Cup The KNVB Amateur Cup () was the cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The winner qualified until 2016 for the amateur super cup match against the national Hoofdklasse champion. The cup was contested by the winners of the ...

. It is organized by the

Royal Dutch Football Association The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues ( Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and w ...

(K''oninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond'' or KNVB). It is currently called the Toto KNVB Beker due to an advertising agreement. With the formation of the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

in the 2007, the first round of the cup was a group stage for clubs in the lower leagues, the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

and the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...

. Eredivisie clubs joined the competition in the second round. The amateur

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...

joined the competition in the 2015–16 competition. In 2020, the cup competition was abandoned before the quarterfinal round, due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. Currently, the 12 Eredivisie clubs join the competition in the Round of 16, which also features four clubs from lower leagues.

Winners

Most wins

Sources

References

External links

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