2016 Iraq FA Cup Final

2016 Iraq FA Cup Final

Al-Shaab Stadium hosted the final
Event	2015–16 Iraq FA Cup
Al-Zawra'a Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 2
Date	29 May 2016
Venue	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Referee	Haitham Mohammed
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The 2016 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Iraq FA Cup. The match was contested between the Baghdad rivals, Al-Zawra'a and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 29 May 2016 to be the final match of the competition. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya made their 7th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Al-Zawra'a extended their record to 16 final appearances. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the match 2–0 with goals from Bashar Rasan and Humam Tariq, for the club's 4th title.

The winners of the cup, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were also set to face the winners of the league, Al-Zawra'a, in the 2016 Iraqi Super Cup, but it was eventually cancelled.

Al-Zawra'a will be playing a record 16th Iraq FA Cup final. They had previously won a record 14 finals, most recently in the 2000 Iraq FA Cup final against the same team that they will be facing this final, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, with a 4–3 penalty shoot-out win after a 0–0 draw. Their only loss in the final was in 1988, losing 4–3 by a penalty shoot-out, after a 1–1 draw, against Al-Rasheed.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya will be playing their 7th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final, of which they had won three, most recently in 1997 with a 8–7 penalty shoot-out win, after a 1–1 draw, against Al Shorta. Their most recent loss in the final was against Al-Zawra'a in 2000.

The two teams faced each other in the fourth round of the final stage of the 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League at Al-Shaab Stadium and in front of more than 30,000 spectators, where Al-Zawra'a achieved an important 1–0 win with Alaa Ali Mhawi's 60th-minute goal, leaving Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya with little hopes of winning the league title and moving Al-Zawra'a to 2nd place.