Английская Википедия:2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox football tournament season The 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the IRN-BRU Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the competition. The tournament took on a different format from previous seasons with a total of 54 teams participating. It was the first season with two clubs from both Northern Ireland and Wales competing alongside the 30 members of the 2016–17 Scottish Championship, 2016–17 Scottish League One and 2016–17 Scottish League Two, four teams from the 2016–17 Highland Football League and four from the 2016–17 Lowland Football League as well as the Under-20 teams of the teams competing in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership.

The defending champions, Rangers, who defeated Peterhead in the 2016 final, did not compete in the competition due to their promotion to the Scottish Premiership. Irn Bru replaced Petrofac as the main sponsor of the competition in June 2016.

Format

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	New Entries
First round	2–3 August 2016	14	54 → 40	12 Under-20 teams from 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 8 teams placed 3rd–10th from 2015–16 Scottish League Two 4 teams from 2015–16 Lowland Football League 4 teams from 2015–16 Highland Football League
Second round	16–17 August 2016	12	40 → 28	2 teams placed 1st and 2nd from 2015–16 Scottish League Two 8 teams placed 3rd–10th from 2015–16 Scottish League One
Third round	3–4 September 2016	12	28 → 16	2 teams placed 1st and 2nd from 2015–16 Scottish League One 9 teams from 2015–16 Scottish Championship plus Dundee United
Fourth round	8–9 October 2016	8	16 → 8	2 teams from 2015–16 NIFL Premiership 2 teams from 2015–16 Welsh Premier League Note: Fourth round draw was regionalised to keep Northern Irish and Welsh teams apart.
Quarter-finals	12–13 November 2016	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	18–19 February 2017	2	4 → 2
Final	25 or 26 March 2017	1	2 → 1

First round

The draw for the first round was made on 23 June at Hampden Park. The 28 teams entering at this stage were separated into 4 regional pools. This was to ensure that U20s teams were not drawn against each other and that teams from the Highland and Lowland Leagues were not drawn against each other.

North Section

Draw and seeding

Teams from Pool A will be drawn against teams from Pool B. Teams in Bold qualified for the Second round.

Pool A	Pool B
Aberdeen U20s Dundee U20s Heart of Midlothian U20s Inverness Caledonian Thistle U20s Ross County U20s St Johnstone U20s East Stirlingshire	Cove Rangers Formartine United Brora Rangers Turriff United Stirling Albion Montrose Arbroath

South Section

Draw and seeding

Teams from Pool C will be drawn against teams from Pool D. Teams in Bold qualified for the Second round.

Pool C	Pool D
Celtic U20s Hamilton Academical U20s Kilmarnock U20s Motherwell U20s Partick Thistle U20s Rangers U20s Berwick Rangers	Edinburgh City Spartans Stirling University Cumbernauld Colts Clyde Queen's Park Annan Athletic

Second round

The draw for the second round was made at 12:30pm on Thursday, 4 August at Hampden Park and streamed live on Periscope by Irn-Bru's football Twitter account. The 14 teams advancing from the first round were joined by the top two teams from the 2015–16 Scottish League Two and the eight teams placed third to 10th from the 2015–16 Scottish League One.

The second round ties will take place on Tuesday 16 or Wednesday 17 August 2016.

North Section

Draw and seeding

Teams from Pot A will be drawn against teams from Pot B. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Pot A	Pot B
Шаблон:Plainlist	Шаблон:Plainlist

South Section

Draw and seeding

Teams from Pot C will be drawn against teams from Pot D. Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Pot C	Pot D
Шаблон:Plainlist	Шаблон:Plainlist

Third round

The draw for the third round was made on Thursday 18 August at 1pm at The Kelpies and was streamed live on Periscope by Irn-Bru's football Twitter account. The 12 teams advancing from the second round will be joined by the ten teams from the 2016–17 Scottish Championship and the bottom two teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship.

The third round ties took place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September 2016.

North Section

Draw and seeding

Teams from Pot A will be drawn against teams from Pot B. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Pot A	Pot B
Шаблон:Plainlist	Шаблон:Plainlist

South Section

Draw and seeding

Teams from Pot C will be drawn against teams from Pot D. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Pot C	Pot D
Шаблон:Plainlist	Шаблон:Plainlist

Fourth round

The 12 teams advancing from the third round were to be joined by the four teams that finished first and second in the 2015–16 NIFL Premiership and the 2015–16 Welsh Premier League.

Draw and seeding

The draw for the fourth round was made at the Oriam National Performance Centre, Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh on Tuesday, 6 September at 12pm. The draw was made by John Hartson and IRN-BRU super fan Michael Douglas. There was no seeding for the draw however, teams for Northern Ireland and Wales could not be drawn against each other. As a result they were placed into two separate pots (A and B) before being drawn against the remaining Scottish teams (Pot C). The Welsh teams were drawn first followed by the Northern Irish teams with one of each playing at home and one away.

Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pot A Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League	Pot B Шаблон:Fbaicon NIFL Premiership	Pot C Шаблон:Fbaicon SPFL
Шаблон:Plainlist 01. The New Saints 02. Bala Town	Шаблон:Plainlist 03. Crusaders 04. Linfield	Шаблон:Plainlist 05. Dundee United 06. Falkirk 07. Hibernian 08. St Mirren 09. Queen of the South 10. Livingston 11. Alloa Athletic 12. Dunfermline Athletic 13. Ayr United 14. Stranraer 15. Forfar Athletic 16. Queen's Park

Replay

Notes

Quarter-finals

Draw

The draw for the quarter-finals was made at the Titan Crane on the River Clyde in Clydebank on Monday, 10 October at 2pm and was streamed live on Periscope by Irn-Bru's football Twitter account. The draw was made by former Dundee United and Scotland striker Kevin Gallacher and Rio 2016 silver medallist Dan Wallace. There was no seeding for the draw however, as with the previous round, teams from Northern Ireland and Wales, should they qualify, would not be drawn against each other. The ties took place on the weekend of 12 and 13 November.

Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League	Шаблон:Fbaicon SPFL
01. The New Saints	Шаблон:Plainlist

Semi-finals

Draw

The draw for the semi-finals was made at the Toryglen Regional Football Centre in Glasgow on Monday, 14 November and streamed live on Periscope by Irn-Bru's football Twitter account. The draw was made by former Manchester City and Scotland striker Paul Dickov and current Scotland and Hibernian striker Abi Harrison. There was no seeding for the draw and the ties are due to take place on the weekend of 18 and 19 February 2017.

Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Шаблон:Fbaicon Championship	Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League
Шаблон:Plainlist	The New Saints

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	6
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Josh Peters	Forfar Athletic	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Liam Buchanan	Livingston
	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Malcolm	Stranraer
	Шаблон:Flagicon John Sutton	St Mirren
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Wright	Aberdeen U20s	3
	Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Dunlop	Albion Rovers
	Шаблон:Flagicon Greig Spence	Alloa Athletic
	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Andreu	Dundee United
	Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Nisbet	Partick Thistle U20s
	Шаблон:Flagicon Rory McAllister	Peterhead
	Шаблон:Flagicon Greg Draper	The New Saints
	Шаблон:Flagicon Stevie Mallan	St Mirren

Player of the Round

The Golden Ball Award is a 'Player of the Round' award given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best performance of that round out of all the players in teams left competing in that round of the competition. The winner is voted for by supporters from a chosen short-list of players on the official Irn-Bru Football twitter page.

Round	Player	Club	Match	Ref
First Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Josh Jeffries	Rangers U20s	4–0 v Stirling University (H)
Second Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Malcolm	Stranraer	7–1 v Spartans (H)
Third Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	7–1 v Stenhousemuir (H)
Fourth Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Farid El Alagui	Dunfermline Athletic	2–1 v Queen's Park (H)
Quarter-finals	Шаблон:Flagicon John Sutton	St Mirren	2–1 v Ayr United (H)
Semi-finals	Шаблон:Flagicon Stevie Mallan	St Mirren	4–1 v The New Saints (H)

Broadcasting rights

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition are held jointly by BBC Alba, S4C (for matches involving Welsh teams) and subscription channel Premier Sports. Prior to the re-format in the 2016–17 season, BBC Alba had exclusive rights.

The following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television:

Round	BBC Alba	S4C	Premier Sports
First Round		N/A	Celtic U20s v Annan Athletic
Second Round		N/A	Cowdenbeath v Celtic U20s
Third Round	Turriff United v Hibernian	N/A	Livingston v Celtic U20s
Fourth Round	Queen of the South v Linfield	Bala Town v Alloa Athletic	Crusaders v Livingston (original tie)
Quarter-Finals	Livingston v The New Saints	Livingston v The New Saints	Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee United St Mirren v Ayr United
Semi-Finals	Queen of the South v Dundee United St Mirren v The New Saints	St Mirren v The New Saints
Final	Dundee United v St Mirren

External links

• Scottish Challenge Cup at the Scottish Professional Football League