2016 Faroe Islands Cup
# 2016 Faroe Islands Cup

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

| 2016 Effodeildin 10 teams | 2016 1. deild 5 teams | 2015 2. deild 2 teams | 2015 3. deild 1 team |
| - | - | - | - |
| AB B36 B68 HB ÍF KÍ NSÍ Skála TB Víkingur $^{TH}$ | 07 Vestur FC Suðuroy B71 EB/Streymur Giza Hoyvík | MB Royn | Undrið |

$^{TH}$ – Title Holders

## Round and draw dates

| Round | Draw date | Game date |
| - | - | - |
| Preliminary round | 22 February | 24–26 March |
| First round | 22 February | 23–24 April |
| Quarterfinals | 25 April | 7–8 May |
| Semifinals | 9 May | 25–26 May & 15 June |
| Final | — | 27 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.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| MB (3) | 0–2 | Undrið (4) |
| FC Suðuroy (2) | 4–2 | Royn (3) |

## First round

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Undrið (4) | 0–6 | Skála (1) |
| AB (1) | 1–2 | B36 (1) |
| ÍF (1) | 0–4 | KÍ (1) |
| EB/Streymur (2) | 2–1 | 07 Vestur (2) |
| Giza Hoyvík (1) | 2–0 | B68 (1) |
| HB (1) | 9–1 | B71 (2) |
| TB (1) | 1–2 | NSÍ (1) |
| FC Suðuroy (2) | 2–3 | Víkingur (1) |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| KÍ (1) | 2–1 | B36 (1) |
| EB/Streymur (2) | 0–2 | NSÍ (1) |
| Skála (1) | 2–1 | Giza Hoyvík (1) |
| HB (1) | 3–4 | Víkingur (1) |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| KÍ | 4–1 | NSÍ | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Skála | 1–2 | Víkingur | 0–1 | 1–1 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jóannes Bjartalíð | KÍ | 5 |
| 2 | Øssur Dalbúð | HB | 4 |
| 3 | Ari Olsen | HB | 3 |
| 3 | Brian Jacobsen | Skála | 3 |
| 3 | Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | 3 |
