2016 Egypt Cup final

The 2016 Egypt Cup Final decided the winner of the 2016 Egypt Cup, the 84th season of Egypt's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 8 August 2016 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.^[3]

2016 Egypt Cup Final

Event	2016 Egypt Cup
Zamalek Al Ahly 3 1
Date	8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
Venue	Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee	Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)[1]
Weather	Clear 27 °C (81 °F) 79% humidity[2]
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Zamalek, who have won the three previous finals, faced Al Ahly, the record-title holders who last won in 2007. Zamalek won the match 3–1 to secure their 4th consecutive and 25th overall title.

As Zamalek won the Cup, they will play against the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League winner Al Ahly in the 2016 Egyptian Super Cup. Because both Zamalek and Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) is passed to the fourth-placed team which were the next best teams in the table not already qualified for any African competition.

Background

Route to the final

The Egypt Cup is a thirty-two team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams are drawn against each other in pots, and the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.

Zamalek		Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Result	2016 Egypt Cup	Opponent	Result
Shabab El Daba'a	2–0	Round of 32	Dayrout	3–0
Ittihad El Shorta	2–1	Round of 16	Haras El Hodoud	2–1
Al Ittihad	2–1	Quarter-finals	Smouha	1–0
Ismaily	4–0	Semi-finals	ENPPI	2–1

Match

Details

Zamalek were the "home" team (for administrative purposes), as they played the first semi-final match.^[4][5]

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)

20:30 UTC+2

Zamalek	3–1	Al Ahly
Morsy 20', 25' (pen.) M. Fathi 59'	Report	Said 33' (pen.)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Andó-Szabó Sándor (Hungary)

Zamalek

Al Ahly

GK 1 Ahmed El Shenawy  84' RB 6 Shawky El Said CB 7 Islam Gamal CB 25 Ali Gabr LB 27 Ali Fathy  76' DM 3 Tarek Hamed CM 4 Ahmed Tawfik CM 15 Maarouf Youssef RW 10 Mahmoud Shikabala (c)  51' LW 14 Ayman Hefny  65' FW 17 Basem Morsy  7' Substitutes: GK 28 Omar Salah DF 19 Ahmed Duiedar DF 33 Osama Ibrahim MF 11 Mohamed Nasef  65' MF 5 Ibrahim Salah  76' FW 9 Ahmed Gaafar FW 30 Mostafa Fathi  51' Manager: Moamen Soliman

GK 13 Ahmed Adel RB 3 Ramy Rabia  62' CB 20 Saad Samir LB 6 Sabri Raheel DM 25 Hossam Ashour  68' RM 20 Ahmed Fathy  88'  90+1' CM 14 Hossam Ghaly (c)  65'  83' LM 11 Walid Soliman  63' AM 8 Moamen Zakaria FW 9 Amr Gamal  58' FW 19 Abdallah Said Substitutes: GK 16 Mohamed El Shenawy DF 21 Ali Maâloul DF 23 Mohamed Nagieb DF 24 Mohamed Hany MF 15 Mohamed Gaber  68' FW 4 Marwan Mohsen  63' FW 10 Emad Moteab  58' Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Peter Berettyan (Hungary) Zsolt Varga (Hungary) Fourth official: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

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