The 2011–12 FAW Welsh Cup

Welsh Cup

The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1877-78...

will be the 125th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. The 2011–12 tournament will commence on August 13, 2011, and will run until the final in May 2012. The winner of the Cup will qualify to the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....

.. The 2011–12 Welsh Cup sees the return of Western League

Western Football League

The Western Football League is a football league in the south west of England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and parts of South Wales...

 side and Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

 sides and . Football League side , Conference North

Conference North

The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...

 side and Premier League side rejected the invitation to participate in this season's Welsh Cup.

Qualifying round 1

Qualifying Round 1 will be played on either Saturday 13 or Sunday 14 August 2011.

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Qualifying round 2

Qualifying Round 2 will be played on either Saturday 3 or Sunday 4 September 2011.

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Round 1

Round 1 will be played on either Saturday 1 or Sunday 2 October 2011.

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Round 2

Round 2 will be played on either Saturday 5 or Sunday 6 November 2011.

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Round 3

Round 3 will be played on either Saturday 3 or Sunday 4 December 2011.

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Semi-finals

The Semi-finals will be played on either Saturday 31 March 2012 or Sunday 1 April 2012.