2016 Faroe Islands Cup Explained

Faroe Islands Cup
Year:2016
Other Title:Løgmanssteypið
Country:Faroe Islands
Num Teams:18
Champions: (6th title)
Runner-Up:Víkingur
Matches:19
Goals:69
Top Goal Scorer: Jóannes Bjartalíð (5 goals)
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017

The 2016 Faroe Islands Cup was the 62nd edition of Faroe Islands domestic football cup. The competition started on 24 March and will end on 27 August. Víkingur are the defending champions, having won their fifth cup title the previous year. The winner of competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Only the first teams of Faroese football clubs were allowed to participate. The preliminary round involves clubs from 1. deild, 2. deild and one team from 3. deild. The remaining teams from 1. deild and all of the Effodeildin enter the competition in the first round.

Participating clubs

TH – Title Holders

Round and draw dates

RoundDraw dateGame date
Preliminary round22 February24–26 March
First round 23–24 April
Quarterfinals25 April7–8 May
Semifinals9 May[1] 25–26 May & 15 June
Final27 August 2016 at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Preliminary round

Two clubs from 2. deild and one each from 1. deild and 3. deild entered this round. The matches took place on 24 and 26 March.|}

First round

All ten clubs from the Effodeildin, four from 1. deild and the two winners of Preliminary round entered this round.|}

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Jóannes Bjartalíð5
2 Øssur DalbúðHB4
3 Ari OlsenHB3
Brian JacobsenSkála
Sølvi VatnhamarVíkingur

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soleiðis verður spælt um Løgmannsteypið. KVF. https://web.archive.org/web/20160510104049/http://kvf.fo/greinar/2016/05/09/soleidis-verdur-spaelt-um-logmanssteypid. 9 May 2016. 10 May 2016. 1 April 2019. fo.