The Football Association (FA) has released a roadmap for the return of Women’s FA Cup.
The competition was halted in January after the suspension of ‘non-elite’ sport due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The English FA disclosed In a statement that the Women’s FA Cup will make its return from March 31. It said it is already in talks with FIFA.
The statement read: “The Football Association is pleased to confirm that following the Government’s recent roadmap announcement which will see the safe return of grassroots football from 29 March, the 2020/2021 Vitality Women’s FA Cup will recommence at the end of this month.”
“With the recent announcement that the suspension will be lifted in a few weeks, The FA is in a position to reschedule the first four rounds of the competition – with one tie still to be played in the first round and 17 in the second round, before the third and fourth rounds can be played.”
As a result, the remaining fixture in the first round will take place on March 31, followed by the second round from April 4, third round from April 11 and fourth round from April 18.
Women’s Super League (WSL) and Women’s Championship sides enter the competition from the fourth round stage.
