2016 Egypt Cup final explained

2016 Egypt Cup Final
Event:	2016 Egypt Cup
Team1:	Zamalek
Team1score:	3
Team2:	Al Ahly
Team2score:	1
Stadium:	Borg El Arab Stadium
City:	Alexandria
Referee:	Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)^[1]
Weather:	Clear 27°C 79% humidity^[2]
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Egypt Cup Final decided the winner of the 2016 Egypt Cup, the 84th season of Egypt's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 8 August 2016 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.^[3]

Zamalek, who have won the three previous finals, faced Al Ahly, the record-title holders who last won in 2007. Zamalek won the match 3–1 to secure their 4th consecutive and 25th overall title.

As Zamalek won the Cup, they will play against the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League winner Al Ahly in the 2016 Egyptian Super Cup. Because both Zamalek and Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) is passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

Route to the final

The Egypt Cup is a thirty-two team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams are drawn against each other in pots, and the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.

Zamalek		Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Result	2016 Egypt Cup	Opponent	Result
Shabab El Daba'a	2–0	Round of 32	Dayrout	3–0
Ittihad El Shorta	2–1	Round of 16	Haras El Hodoud	2–1
Al Ittihad	2–1	Quarter-finals	Smouha	1–0
Ismaily	4–0	Semi-finals	ENPPI	2–1

Match

Details

Zamalek were the "home" team (for administrative purposes), as they played the first semi-final match.^{[4] [5]}

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 RB 6 Shawky El Said CB 7 Islam Gamal CB 25 Ali Gabr LB 27 DM 3 Tarek Hamed CM 4 Ahmed Tawfik CM 15 Maarouf Youssef RW 10 Mahmoud Shikabala (c) LW 14 FW 17 Substitutes: GK 28 Omar Salah DF 19 Ahmed Duiedar DF 33 Osama Ibrahim MF 11 MF 5 FW 9 Ahmed Gaafar FW 30 Manager: Moamen Soliman

width=25 ! width=25 GK 13 Ahmed Adel RB 3 CB 20 Saad Samir LB 6 Sabri Raheel DM 25 RM 20 CM 14 Hossam Ghaly (c) LM 11 AM 8 Moamen Zakaria FW 9 FW 19 Abdallah Said Substitutes: GK 16 Mohamed El Shenawy DF 21 Ali Maâloul DF 23 Mohamed Nagieb DF 24 Mohamed Hany MF 15 FW 4 FW 10 Manager: Martin Jol

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Notes and References

1. Web site: طاقم حكام مجري لإدارة نهائي كأس مصر . Hungarian match officials to officiate Egypt Cup Final . efa.com.eg . . 6 August 2016 . 7 August 2016 . Arabic . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807213928/http://www.efa.com.eg/article5775.htm . 7 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Weather History for Alexandria Borg El Arab, Egypt . . . 8 August 2016 . 8 August 2016.
3. Web site: برج العرب يستضيف المباراة النهائية لكأس مصر . Borg El Arab Stadium to host Egypt Cup Final . efa.com.eg . . 6 August 2016 . 7 August 2016 . Arabic . https://web.archive.org/web/20160920111458/http://efa.com.eg/article5776.htm . 20 September 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: مباراة الزمالك والاسماعيلى باستاد برج العرب . Zamalek v Ismaily match details . efa.com.eg . . 27 July 2016 . 7 August 2016 . Arabic . https://web.archive.org/web/20160920113425/http://www.efa.com.eg/article5752.htm . 20 September 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
5. Web site: الزمالك صاحب الملعب في نهائي الكأس . Zamalek will be the "home" team in the Cup Final . efa.com.eg . . 7 August 2016 . 7 August 2016 . Arabic . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810034054/http://efa.com.eg/article5780.htm . 10 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .