The 2016–17 FAW Welsh Cup is the 130th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.

The defending champions are The New Saints, having defeated Airbus UK Broughton 2–0 in the previous year's competition.

[2] The First Qualifying Round featured teams outside of the top two tiers of Welsh football league system.

The matches in the first qualifying round were played on 19, 20, 21, and 27 August 2016 and was regionalised into North-west, North-east, Central, South-west and South-east.

This round was regionalised to North and South groups and included teams from the second tier of Welsh football.