 The winners of these 36 games progressed to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualified for the 2016–17 FA Women's Premier League Plate.With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needed to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place.Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the second round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in first round ties.