Welsh Cup | |
Year: | 2017–18 |
Country: | Wales |
Champions: | Connah's Quay Nomads |
Runner-Up: | Aberystwyth Town |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 FAW Welsh Cup was the 131st season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.[1]
The winners Connah's Quay Nomads qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League preliminary round.[2]
The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 12 July 2017. The draw was regionalized into six sections: South East, South Central, South West, Central, North West and North East. All matches were played on 19 August 2017.[3]
South East region
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South Central region
The Aber Valley/Cardiff Corinthians and Merthyr Saints/Tiger Bay ties had been reversed. |}
South West region
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Central region
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North East region
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North West region
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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 August 2017. The draw was regionalized into five sections: South East, South West, Central, North West and North East. Matches were played on 9 September 2017 with the exception of Mynydd Llandygai/Mochdre Sports which was played on 23 September 2017 .[4] Treharris Athletic Western were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player and Llanrumney United replaced them.
South East region|}
South West region
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Central region
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North East region
The Mold Alexandra/Acton, Penycae/Llay Welfare and Llanuwchllyn/Chirk ties were reversed from the original draw. |}
North West region
Glantraeth FC were due to play Prestatyn Sports but withdrew.
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The draw for the first round was held on 11 September 2017.[5]
Results:[1] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 October|-!colspan="3" align="center"|7 October}|}
The draw for the second round was held on 8 October 2017.[6]
Results:[1] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 November|}
The draw for the third round was held on 6 November 2017.[7]
Results:[1] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|1 December|-!colspan="3" align="center"|2 December|-!colspan="3" align="center"|3 December|}
The draw for the fourth round was held on 4 December 2017.[8]
Results:[1] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 January|-!colspan="3" align="center"|27 January|}
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 29 January 2018.[9]
Results:[1] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 March|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 March|}
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 March 2018.[10] The matches were played at neutral venues.
Results:[1] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|7/8 April|}
The final was played on 6 May 2018.|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 May|}