FA Women's Cup

The Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England - designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier.

Since the creation of the FA Women's Premier League in 1993, the semi-professional teams affiliated with male Premiership and Football League counterparts have dominated the competition. Arsenal won the 2004 competition, beating Charlton Athletic 3-0 in the final on May 3. On May 2 2005, Charlton Athletic made amends for the disappointment of the two previous years, by beating Everton 1-0. Arsenal regained the trophy on May 1, 2006, beating Leeds United 5-0.

In recent years the final of the tournament has been covered by BBC TV, presented by Celina Hinchcliffe, Rebecca Lowe and commentary by Steve Lee. The final has also been simulcast on BBC Radio Five Live. From 2009, the final will move to ITV1.

The FA Women's Cup shares sponsorship with its men's equivalent (for 2006 to 2010, E.ON). The current cup holders are Arsenal. They beat Leeds United 4-1 on May 05 2008.

List of finals

The Cup winner competes with the FA Women's Premier League National Division winners for the FA Women's Community Shield.

ee also

*List of women's football (soccer) competitions
*List of women's football teams

Media coverage

The final of the FA Women's Cup is the only match broadcast on TV and it is broadcast live on BBC One

The Broadcast will be live from The City Ground in Nottingham on May 5th.The team will be fronted by Jake Humphrey, with Gavin Peacock, Everton's Rachel Brown and Jo Potter as pundits.

In Australia the FA Women's Cup is broadcast by Setanta Sports Australia

External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensCup/ The FA Women's Cup]