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The 2016–17 Scottish Cup will be the 132nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament will be sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what will be the sixth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.
Contents
- Media coverage
- Calendar
- Preliminary rounds
- Draw
- First round
- Second round
- Third round
- Matches
- Replays
- Fourth round
- Fifth round
- Quarter finals
- Top goalscorers
- Broadcasting rights
- References
The defending champions are Hibernian, who defeated Rangers in the 2016 final.
Media coverage
From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2016–17 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.
Preliminary rounds
The draw for the Preliminary Rounds took place at the Coldstream Museum on Monday 18 July 2016. There were 17 clubs involved in the draw. Of which, 7 would receive byes to the Second Preliminary Round, while the other 10 would enter in the First Preliminary Round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League, South of Scotland Football League, Scottish Junior Football Association and the Scottish Amateur Football Association. There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which 7 clubs, from the 10 eligible, that would receive a bye to the Second Preliminary Round. The 3 clubs which do not receive a bye into the Second Preliminary Round will enter the First Preliminary Round, 5 ties were drawn in the First Preliminary Round to be played on Saturday, 13 August 2016. The final part of the draw will see 6 ties drawn in the Second Preliminary Round to be played on Saturday, 3 September 2016.
Draw
Teams in Bold advanced to the first round.
The following teams received a bye to the Second Preliminary Round: Banks O’Dee, Burntisland Shipyard, Coldstream, Girvan, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose and Threave Rovers.
First round
The first round took place on the weekend of 24 September. Along with the six winners from the Second Preliminary Round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League. From the first round, should a replayed tie go to extra time, teams will be permitted to use an additional fourth substitute in the extra time period.
Draw
The draw for the first round was made on Monday, 5 September at 2:30pm. The draw took place at Edinburgh College and was made by Hibernian's cup winning captain David Gray. It was streamed live on the Scottish Cup's official Facebook page.
Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.
Second round
The second round took place on the weekend of 22 October. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there will be 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and 10 from Scottish League Two.
Draw
The draw for the second round was hosted by Highland Football League champions Cove Rangers and took place at the Aberdeen Altens Hotel on Monday, 26 September at 6pm. Scottish Football Association president, Alex McRea will oversee the draw which will be made by Nigg Community Council chairperson Alan Strachan.
Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.
Third round
The third round took place on the weekend of 26 November 2016. Along with the 16 winners from the second round, there were to be 16 new entries, 10 from Scottish League One and six from the Scottish Championship, at this stage.
Draw
The draw for the third round was made at 6pm on Tuesday, 25 October. The draw took place at Cappielow and was hosted by Greenock Morton. Chief Executive of the Greenock Morton Community Trust, Warren Hawke helped make the draw.
Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.
Matches
A total of nine third round ties were postponed due to frozen pitches. The St Mirren-Spartans, Beith Juniors-Greenock Morton, Clyde-Arbroath, Albion Rovers-Queen of the South and Stirling Albion-Wick Academy matches were postponed on Friday, 25 November, a day before they were due to take place after failing pitch inspections due to the freezing weather. These games were subsequently rearranged for 29 November, 3 and 6 December. The Queen's Park-Montrose match was originally scheduled for 29 November due to the League Cup final taking place at Hampden Park, Queen's Park's home ground, on 27 November. A further three games were postponed after failing early pitch inspections on Saturday, 26 November. These were the East Fife-Edinburgh City, Stranraer-East Kilbride and Brechin City-Ayr United matches. The Formartine United-Annan Athletic match originally passed a pitch inspection at 7am but was postponed after failing at supplementary inspection at 10:30am after temperatures in Pitmedden hadn't risen as expected.
Replays
Fourth round
The fourth round took place on the weekend of 21 January 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries, four from the Scottish Championship and 12 from the Scottish Premiership, at this stage. Ayr United became the first Scottish club to make four substitutions in a single match in their fourth round replay with Queen's Park. The Scottish FA's rule change at the start of the season to allow a fourth substitute to be used if a match went to extra time was used for the first time when Michael Rose replaced Nicky Devlin in the 121st minute of the match on 24 January 2017.
Draw
The draw for the fourth round was made at 6:35pm on Monday, 28 November. The draw was at Rugby Park, hosted by Kilmarnock. It was made by Kilmarnock's 1997 Scottish Cup winning midfielder Gary Holt, alongside the Scottish Football Association President, Alan McRae, and Liz Poole-Adams from competition sponsors William Hill.
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.
Replays
Fifth round
The fifth round is due to take place on the weekend of 11 February 2017.
Draw
The draw for the fifth round was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Albion Rovers-Celtic match on 22 January 2017. The draw was made by former Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs and Celtic fan Rod Stewart.
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals are due to take place on the weekend of 4 March 2017.
Draw
The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Rangers-Greenock Morton match on 12 February 2017. The draw was conducted by seven-time Scottish Cup winner Alex McLeish.
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw.
Top goalscorers
As of 14 February 2017Broadcasting rights
From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and the Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.
The following matches are to be broadcast live on television: