2016–17 Egypt Cup

The 2016–17 Egypt Cup was the 85th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in Africa. It was sponsored by Obour Land, and known as the Obour Land Cup for sponsorship purposes. 294 clubs were accepted into the tournament, and it began with the First Qualifying Round on 14 October 2016, and concluded with the final on 15 August 2017. The winner earns automatic qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

2016–17 Egypt Cup

Country	Egypt
Dates	14 October 2016 – 15 August 2017
Teams	294
Champions	Al Ahly (36th title)
Runners-up	Al Masry
Confederation Cup	Al Masry[lower-alpha 1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Al Masry.

Al Ahly won their 36th title after defeating Al Masry 2–1 in the final after the match went to extra time, winning their 1st Cup title since 10 years.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Round of 32	32	32	14	18	Premier League
Round of 16	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date	Match date
Qualifying rounds	First Qualifying Round	10 October 2016	14 October – 2 November 2016[1]
	Second Qualifying Round	2 November 2016	6–9 November 2016[2]
	Third Qualifying Round	17 November 2016	21–23 November 2016[3]
	Fourth Qualifying Round	28 November 2016	2–6 December 2016[4]
	Fifth Qualifying Round		9–10 December 2016[4]
Main tournament	Round of 32	15 December 2016	21 December 2016 – 17 February 2017[5][6]
	Round of 16		5 February – 1 March 2017
	Quarter-finals		13 May – 18 July 2017
	Semi-finals		8–9 August 2017
	Final		15 August 2017

Qualifying rounds

The qualifying competition began with the First Qualifying Round on 14 October 2016. All of the competing teams that are not members of the Premier League will have to compete in the qualifying rounds to secure a place in the Round of 32. The final (fifth) qualifying round was played on 9 and 10 December 2016.

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Egypt Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

	Round of 32 21 December 2016 – 17 February 2017				Round of 16 5 February – 1 March 2017				Quarter-finals 13 May – 18 July 2017				Semi-finals 8–9 August 2017				Final 15 August 2017
	Misr Lel Makkasa	2
	Ittihad El Shorta	1
					Misr Lel Makkasa	3
					Petrojet	0
	Petojet	1
	Al Assiouty Sport	0
									Misr Lel Makkasa	0
									Smouha (a.e.t.)	1
	Ismaily	2
	Arab El Raml	1
					Ismaily	0
					Smouha	1
	Smouha	3
	Al Merreikh	2
													Smouha	0
													Al Ahly	4
	Al Ahly	6
	Aluminium Nag Hammâdi	0
					Al Ahly	2
					El Dakhleya	1
	El Dakhleya	1
	El Gouna	0
									Al Ahly	4
									Wadi Degla	1
	Wadi Degla	3
	Pharco	0
					Wadi Degla (a.e.t.)	1
					Tanta	0
	Tanta	2
	Aswan	0
																	Al Ahly (a.e.t.)	2
																	Al Masry	1
	El Sharkia (a.e.t.)	1
	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den	0
					El Sharkia	0
					Tala'ea El Gaish	1
	Tala'ea El Gaish	2
	Kahrabaa Ismailia	1
									Tala'ea El Gaish	0
									Zamalek	3
	Al Mokawloon	1 (4)
	Haras El Hodoud (p)	1 (5)
					Haras El Hodoud	0
					Zamalek	1
	Zamalek	2
	Olympic Club	0
													Zamalek	0
													Al Masry	2
	Al Masry (a.e.t.)	3
	Ghazl El Mahalla	1
					Al Masry	2
					El Entag El Harby	0
	El Entag El Harby	3
	FC Masr	1
									Al Masry (p)	1 (5)
									ENPPI	1 (4)
	Al Ittihad	3
	El Sekka El Hadid	1
					Al Ittihad	0
					ENPPI	3
	ENPPI	2
	Fayoum	0

Round of 32

A total of 32 clubs played in this round; 14 winners of the fifth qualifying round, and 18 teams from the Premier League entering in this round. The draw was held on 15 December 2016 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[5] The matches were played from 21 December 2016 to 17 February 2017. The round included one team from Level 3 still in the competition, Arab El Raml, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Al Ittihad (1) v El Sekka El Hadid (2)

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21)	Al Ittihad (1)	3–1	El Sekka El Hadid (2)	Alexandria
15:00	Tarek  43' Kamar  73' Osama  90+2'	Report	Farouk  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Ahmed Anas

Petrojet (1) v Al Assiouty Sport (2)

22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)	Petrojet (1)	1–0	Al Assiouty Sport (2)	Suez
14:00	Shimelis  35'	Report		Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Badawy Hemida

ENPPI (1) v Fayoum (2)

22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)	ENPPI (1)	2–0	Fayoum (2)	Cairo
14:00	Marey  26', 33'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ahmed Saleh

Smouha (1) v Al Merreikh (2)

22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)	Smouha (1)	3–2	Al Merreikh (2)	Alexandria
17:00	Raouf  8' Farid  87' (pen.) Sayed  90+1'	Report	Gedo  14' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Amr Aied

Al Ahly (1) v Aluminium Nag Hammâdi (2)

22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)	Al Ahly (1)	6–0	Aluminium Nag Hammâdi (2)	Cairo
20:00	Gamal  14', 51' Zakaria  23' Moteab  65', 85', 86'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saber

El Dakhleya (1) v El Gouna (2)

23 December 2016 (2016-12-23)	El Dakhleya (1)	1–0	El Gouna (2)	Cairo
14:30	Mohamed  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Police Academy Stadium Referee: Osama Ismail

Tala'ea El Gaish (1) v Kahrabaa Ismailia (2)

23 December 2016 (2016-12-23)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	2–1	Kahrabaa Ismailia (2)	Cairo
14:30	Abdel Malek  62' Al Badari  70'	Report	Kamal  31'	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Referee: Hossam El Galad

Wadi Degla (1) v Pharco (2)

23 December 2016 (2016-12-23)	Wadi Degla (1)	3–0	Pharco (2)	Cairo
17:30	Sherif  53', 83' Helal  54'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Desouky

Al Mokawloon (1) v Haras El Hodoud (2)

24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)	Al Mokawloon (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Haras El Hodoud (2)	Cairo
15:00	Ali  90+2'	Report	M. Gamal  90+6'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al Amshitey
	Penalties
	Adel O. Gamal Gedo Samir El Shayeb		El Fayoumi Al Masry Mekky Samy Mubarak

Ismaily (1) v Arab El Raml (3)

25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)	Ismaily (1)	2–1	Arab El Raml (3)	Ismailia
14:00	Bambo  15' El Saidy  74'	Report	Farahat  11'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Dalil

Al Masry (1) v Ghazl El Mahalla (2)

25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)	Al Masry (1)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Ghazl El Mahalla (2)	Alexandria
17:00	Wilson  45+3' Ah. Gomaa  105+1' Kaboria  120+1'	Report	Sobhi  37'	Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Bahaa Atef

Misr Lel Makkasa (1) v Ittihad El Shorta (2)

25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	2–1	Ittihad El Shorta (2)	Fayoum
20:00	Hesham  2' El Shahat  29' (pen.)	Report	Patrick  83'	Stadium: Fayoum Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagy

El Entag El Harby (1) v FC Masr (2)

25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)	El Entag El Harby (1)	3–1	FC Masr (2)	Cairo
20:00	Oukka  75' (pen.) Magdy  77' Oukri  85'	Report	Kamal  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ekramy Alaa

Tanta (1) v Aswan (1)

2 January 2017 (2017-01-02)	Tanta (1)	2–0	Aswan (1)	Tanta
14:00	Tetteh  81', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Tanta Stadium Referee: Amr Ramadan

El Sharkia (1) v Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (1)

3 January 2017 (2017-01-03)	El Sharkia (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al Nasr Lel Taa'den (1)	Banha
14:00	Shika  119'	Report		Stadium: Banha Stadium Referee: Sameh Farouk

Zamalek (1) v Olympic Club (2)

17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)	Zamalek (1)	2–0	Olympic Club (2)	Cairo
20:00	Morsy  52' Dunga  81'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Round of 16

A total of 16 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 15 December 2016 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[5] The matches were played from 5 February to 1 March 2017. The round included one team from Level 2 still in the competition, Haras El Hodoud, who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Al Masry (1) v El Entag El Harby (1)

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	Al Masry (1)	2–0	El Entag El Harby (1)	Alexandria
16:00	El Shamy  1' Shoukry  75'	Report		Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Sabahy

El Sharkia (1) v Tala'ea El Gaish (1)

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	El Sharkia (1)	0–1	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	Suez
16:00		Report	Dao  18'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Said Hamza

Wadi Degla (1) v Tanta (1)

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Wadi Degla (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Tanta (1)	Ismailia
19:00	Arafat  117'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salama

Al Ittihad (1) v ENPPI (1)

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)	Al Ittihad (1)	0–3	ENPPI (1)	Suez
16:00		Report	Hamdy  3' Kaoud  74' Lamah  79'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Awad Saafan

Misr Lel Makkasa (1) v Petrojet (1)

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	3–0	Petrojet (1)	Cairo
19:00	Nabil  36' Antwi  51', 67'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abou Khater

Ismaily (1) v Smouha (1)

9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)	Ismaily (1)	0–1	Smouha (1)	Cairo
18:00		Report	Mekky  71'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz El Sayed

Haras El Hodoud (2) v Zamalek (1)

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)	Haras El Hodoud (2)	0–1	Zamalek (1)	Cairo
19:00		Report	Hefny  71'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Adel

Al Ahly (1) v El Dakhleya (1)

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)	Al Ahly (1)	2–1	El Dakhleya (1)	Cairo
19:00	Gamal  34' Ghaly  49'	Report	Samir  63'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Quarter-finals

A total of 8 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 15 December 2016 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[5] The matches were played from 13 May to 18 July 2017.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Al Masry (1) v ENPPI (1)

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)	Al Masry (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	ENPPI (1)	Suez
21:15	El Shamy  90+5'	Report	Magdy  39'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Nader Kamr El Dawla
	Penalties
	El Shamy Shawky Kaboria Ayman Kouao		Hamdy Abdel Aziz Fawzy Soliman Sabry

Al Ahly (1) v Wadi Degla (1)

12 July 2017 (2017-07-12)	Al Ahly (1)	4–1	Wadi Degla (1)	Cairo
20:00	Gomaa  29' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Zakaria  88' Moteab  90+2'	Report	Anwar  25'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din

Tala'ea El Gaish (1) v Zamalek (1)

13 July 2017 (2017-07-13)	Tala'ea El Gaish (1)	0–3	Zamalek (1)	Cairo
21:00		Report	Ohawuchi  45+3' Youssef  68' H. Fathy  76'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Farouk

Misr Lel Makkasa (1) v Smouha (1)

18 July 2017 (2017-07-18)	Misr Lel Makkasa (1)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Smouha (1)	Cairo
20:00		Report	Ezzat  97'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

Semi-finals

A total of 4 clubs played in this round; all winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 15 December 2016 at the EFA headquarters in Gezira, Cairo.[5] The matches were played on 8 and 9 August 2017.

All times are CAT (UTC+2).

Zamalek (1) v Al Masry (1)

8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)	Zamalek (1)	0–2	Al Masry (1)	Alexandria
20:00		Report	Ab. Gomaa  86' (pen.) Bika  90+5'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ashour

Smouha (1) v Al Ahly (1)

9 August 2017 (2017-08-09)	Smouha (1)	0–4	Al Ahly (1)	Alexandria
20:00		Report	Ajayi  38' Soliman  40', 55' Gomaa  67'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Al Banna

Final

Further information: 2017 Egypt Cup Final

The final was played on 15 August 2017 at Borg El Arab Stadium.

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)

20:00 CAT

Al Ahly (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Masry (1)
Gamal  116' Fathy  120+1'	Report	Bika  102'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

References

1. "جدول مباريات الدور التمهيدي الأول لكأس مصر" [Draw result for the First Qualifying Round of the Egypt Cup]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
2. "جدول مباريات الدور التمهيدي الثاني لكأس مصر" [Draw result for the Second Qualifying Round of the Egypt Cup]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
3. "جدول مباريات الدور التمهيدي الثالث لكأس مصر" [Draw result for the Third Qualifying Round of the Egypt Cup]. efa.com.eg (in Arabic). Egyptian Football Association. 17 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
4. "جدول مباريات الدور التمهيدى الرابع والخامس لكأس مصر" [Draw result for the Fourth and Fifth Qualifying Rounds of the Egypt Cup]. youm7.com (in Arabic). Youm7. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
5. "اتحاد الكرة يعلن مواعيد مباريات دور الـ32 بكأس مصر" [Draw result for the Round of 32 of the Egypt Cup]. yallakora.com (in Arabic). YallaKora. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
6. "رسميًا.. تأجيل مباراة الزمالك والأوليمبي في الكأس إلى 17 فبراير" [Zamalek v Olympic Club match in the Egypt Cup to be played on 17 February]. alwafd.org (in Arabic). Al Wafd. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

Notes

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Egypt Cup, Al Ahly, qualified for African competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Confederation Cup) was given to the Cup runners-up, Al Masry.