The FA of Wales Women's Challenge Cup, better known as the Welsh Women's Cup is the national
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
cup competition for Wales. It is run by the
Football Association of Wales
The Football Association of Wales (FAW; ) is the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, its Wales women's national football team, correspo ...
.
As Wales had no national league for women until the establishment of the
Welsh Premier League
The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. It was found ...
in the 2009–10 season the Welsh Cup was the only ticket to the
Women's Champions League. Unlike in the men's game, however, English-oriented clubs are allowed to participate.
Cardiff City Ladies won eight consecutive cups from 2003 to 2010.
Possible reform
Following a number of high scoring, one sided matches in the opening round of the
2012–13 competition, the league's unofficial website called on the FAW to consider revamping the competition to avoid such embarrassing results in future seasons and encourage greater lower league participation.
Winners
The list of finals:
References
External links
faw.cymru*
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Football cup competitions in Wales
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
Women's football competitions in Wales
Recurring sporting events established in 1992
1992 establishments in Wales