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2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup

Tournament details
Country	Bahrain
Teams	19
Final positions
Champions	Muharraq
Runner-up	Riffa S.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
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The Bahraini King's Cup is a cup competition involving teams from the Bahraini Premier League and 2nd tier. Hidd SCC are the current holders of the King's Cup, having defeated Busaiteen in extra time in last year's final.

Draw

The official draw took place on 24 December 2015.

Preliminary round

3 teams played a knockout tie. 3 ties were played over one leg. The first match was played between Al-Shabab and Isa Town Club on 28 December 2015. Al-Shabab, Al-Ittihad Bahrain and Qalali Club advanced to the Round of 16 after winning their respective ties.

Al-Shabab	2 - 1	Isa Town Club
Sayyed Ibrahim Alawi 79' Mohammad Jameel 90+1'		Hamad Al-Rumaihi 12'

Al-Ittihad	2 - 0	Tadamun Buri
Mohammad Jawad 51' Mahdi Abduljabbar 72'

Al-Ittifaq	0 - 1	Qalali
		Qassem Hassan 37'

Round of 16

The round of 16 had the 3 winners from the previous round, alongside 13 new entrants: 10 from the First Division and 3 from the Second Division. The draw was made 24 December 2015 with the preliminary round draw. 8 teams advanced from this round into the Quarterfinals. The draw for the upcoming rounds was also made on the same day as the preliminary round draw.

Qalali	0 - 9	Malkiya
		Ali Al-Sayyed Essa 15', 28', 53', 66' Sayyed Redha Essa 24', 55' Mohammad Darwish 38' Jassim Mohammad 42' Seydou Kalo Balo 45'

Sitra	0 - 3	Al-Hidd
		Mohammad Al-Rumaihi 52', 60', 74'

East Riffa Club	1 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Manama
Ala'a Hubail 105'		Mladen Jovancic 109' (pen.)
Penalties
Mladen Jovancic Abdulla Yousif Faisal Bodahoom Leith Hashem	2-4	Ringo Ala'a Hubail Djelaludin Sharityar Mohammad Essa

Budaiya Club	1 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Najma
Samuel Al-Sar 64'		Ahmad Mohammad Abdulrasoul 59' Abdulrahman Yousif 103'

Bahrain Club	1 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Busaiteen Club
Tiago 120' (pen.)

Al Hala Club	1 - 4	Al-Ahli
Mahdi Baqer 60' (o.g.)		Diego Pelicles da Silva 10', 16' Clieton 38' Dia Salman 83'

Al-Shabab	0 - 5	Muharraq
		Felipinho 24' Ismail Abdullatif 47', 56' (pen.) Abdulla Abdo 38' Admir Catovic 38'

Al-Ittihad	0 - 4	Riffa
		Essa Ghaleb 11' Komail Al-Aswad 69' Abdulla Al-Zayed 76' Mohammed Al-Tayeb 83'

Quarter finals

4 teams advanced from this round into the Semifinals.

Malkiya	0 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ahli
	Report
Penalties
Ali Al-Sayyed Essa Essa Abdulwahab Al-Beri Sayyed Hashem Adnan Mohammad Darwish Hussein Khalaf Nawaf Abdulla Jassim Mohammad	4-5	Patrick Uche Jassim Al-Sheikh Diego Pelicles da Silva Hani Al-Badrani Imad Zatara Hassan Ishaq Mahdi Baqer

Manama	2 - 6	Muharraq
Mahmood Abdulrahman 34' (pen.) 42'	Report	Ismail Abdullatif 25' Saleh Abdulhameed 36' Kanu 45+1', 68' Felipinho 55', 90+2'

Al-Hidd	0 - 2	Riffa
	Report	Mohammed Al-Tayeb 57' Sayed Mohamed Adnan 64' (o.g.)

Bahrain Club	1 - 3	Al-Najma
Thiago de Souza 94'	Report	Ali Yaqoub Al-Dossary 53' Saad Al Amer 77', 83'

Semi finals

The two winners from this round progressed to meet in the final.

Al-Najma	1 - 6	Muharraq
Saleh Abdulhameed 80' (o.g.)	Report	Ismail Abdullatif 49' Abdulla Abdo 52', 70' Ebrahim Al Mishkhas 58' Admir Catovic 79' Shohrux Gadoyev 89'

Al-Ahli	1 - 2	Riffa
Diego Pelicles da Silva 28'	Report	Mahmoud Maowas 4' Ahmad Al Douni 64'

Final

Muharraq	3 - 1	Riffa
Abdulla Abdo 24' Ali Jamal 89' Jamal Rashid 90+1'	Report	Mahmoud Maowas 37'

References

1. "The Draw for "Most Valuable" King Cup on December 24". Al-Bilad Press. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
2. "King Cup Draw on December 24". albiladpress.com.
3. "Al-Shabab rise to topple Isa Town in King Cup Preliminary round". alwasatnews.com.
4. "Holders meet Sitra, while Manama face East Riffa in hottest encounter". Al-Bilad Press. 24 December 2015.
5. "Bahrain qualify for QFs with killer penalty". Al-Wasat News. 20 January 2016.
6. "Riffa complete final 8 after quadruple against Al-Ittihad". Al-Wasat News. 21 January 2016.
7. "Muharraq hit Al-Shabab with 5". Al-Wasat News. 21 January 2016.
8. "Holders Al-Hidd begin with success". Al-Wasat News. 18 January 2016.
9. "Malkiya get past Qalali in King Cup". Al-Wasat News. 18 January 2016.
10. "Al-Ahli qualify with quadruple vs. Al-Hala". Al-Wasat News. 20 January 2016.
11. "Al-Najma qualify in King Cup". Al-Wasat News. 19 January 2016.
12. "Manama qualify for Quarterfinals via penalty shootout". Al-Wasat News. 19 January 2016.
13. "Holders meet Sitra, while Manama face East Riffa in hottest encounter". Al-Bilad Press. 24 December 2015.
14. "Al-Muharraq pummel Manama, while Al-Ahli and Malkiya go to extra time". Al-Wasat News. 31 January 2016.
15. "Riffa eliminate holders Al-Hidd". Al-Ayam. 1 February 2016.
16. "Riffa and Najma complete semi-final line-up". Al-Wasat News. 1 February 2016.
17. "Riffa get past Al-Ahli and book final with Muharraq" (20 February 2016). Al-Ayam.
18. "Muharraq thrash Najma and book place in Final". 19 February 2016.
19. "Estimates: 10,000 watched the King Cup Final". Al-Wasat News. 4 March 2016.

• Bahraini King's Cup seasons
• 2015–16 in Bahraini football
• 2016 domestic association football cups