Country Faroe Islands Matches played 19 | Teams 18 | |
The 2016 Faroe Islands Cup is the 61st edition of Faroe Islands domestic football cup. The competition started on 24th 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.
Contents
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
Preliminary round
Entering this round are 2 clubs from 2. deild, and 1 club from 1. deild and 3. deild. These matches took place on 24 and 26 March.
First round
Entering this round are all ten clubs from Effodeildin, four from 1. deild and the two winners of Preliminary round.