Английская Википедия:2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox football tournament season The 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the IRN-BRU Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of the competition. The tournament took on a similar format from the previous season, however, two teams from the Republic of Ireland's Airtricity League (Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers) entered the competition for the first time taking the total number of participating clubs to 56. This was the second season with two clubs from both Northern Ireland and Wales competing alongside the 30 members of the 2017–18 Scottish Championship, 2017–18 Scottish League One and 2017–18 Scottish League Two, four teams from the 2017–18 Highland Football League and four from the 2017–18 Lowland Football League as well as the Under-20 teams of the teams competing in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership. The Welsh teams were The New Saints and Connah's Quay Nomads while the Northern Irish teams were Crusaders and Linfield.

Dundee United were the defending champions after they beat St Mirren 2–1 in the 2017 final, but were eliminated in the Quarter-finals by Crusaders.

Irn Bru replaced Petrofac as the main sponsor of the competition in June 2016.

Format

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First round	15–16 August 2017	24	56 → 32	Teams placed 3rd–10th from 2016–17 Scottish Championship 10 teams from 2016–17 Scottish League One 10 teams from 2016–17 Scottish League Two 4 teams from 2016–17 Highland Football League 4 teams from 2016–17 Lowland Football League 12 U20s teams from 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
Second round	2–3 September 2017	16	32 → 16	12th placed team from 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 2nd placed team from 2016–17 Scottish Championship 2 teams from 2016–17 NIFL Premiership 2 teams from 2016–17 Welsh Premier League 2 teams from 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division
Third round	7–8 October 2017	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	11–12 November 2017	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	17–18 February 2018	2	4 → 2
Final	24 or 25 March 2018	1	2 → 1

First round

The draw for the first round was made at 1 pm on 27 June 2017 at the Summerlee Industrial Museum in Coatbridge and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was regionalised into northern and southern sections with each section containing 14 SPFL clubs, four Highland Football League or Lowland Football League clubs and six U20s teams with any team able to face any other within their section.

North Section

Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

North section

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-4 01. Alloa Athletic 02. Arbroath 03. Brechin City 04. Cowdenbeath 05. Dundee United 06. Dunfermline Athletic Шаблон:Col-4 07. East Fife 08. Elgin City 09. Forfar Athletic 10. Montrose 11. Peterhead 12. Raith Rovers Шаблон:Col-4 13. Stenhousemuir 14. Stirling Albion 15. Aberdeen U20s 16. Dundee U20s 17. Heart of Midlothian U20s 18. Hibernian U20s Шаблон:Col-4 19. Ross County U20s 20. St Johnstone U20s 21. Brora Rangers 22. Buckie Thistle 23. Cove Rangers 24. Formartine United Шаблон:Col-end

South Section

Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.

South section

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-4 25. Airdrieonians 26. Albion Rovers 27. Annan Athletic 28. Berwick Rangers 29. Ayr United 30. Clyde Шаблон:Col-4 31. Dumbarton 32. Edinburgh City 33. Livingston 34. Greenock Morton 35. Queen of the South 36. Queen's Park Шаблон:Col-4 37. St Mirren 38. Stranraer 39. Celtic U20s 40. Hamilton Academical U20s 41. Kilmarnock U20s 42. Motherwell U20s Шаблон:Col-4 43. Partick Thistle U20s 44. Rangers U20s 45. East Kilbride 46. East Stirlingshire 47. Spartans 48. Stirling University Шаблон:Col-end

Matches

Notes

Second round

Draw

The draw for the second round was made at 1 pm on 17 August 2017 at the Falkirk Wheel and streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded but the six non-Scottish teams were kept apart with one team from each country drawn at home and one away. Linfield were allocated an away tie due to the unavailability of Windsor Park so Crusaders played at home.

Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Шаблон:Fbaicon Premier Division	Шаблон:Fbaicon NIFL Premiership	Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League	Шаблон:Fbaicon SPFL	Other Scottish
01. Sligo Rovers 02. Bray Wanderers	03. Linfield 04. Crusaders	05. The New Saints 06. Connah's Quay Nomads	Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2 07. Inverness Caledonian Thistle 08. Falkirk 09. Dundee United 10. Dunfermline Athletic 11. Queen of the South 12. St Mirren 13. Dumbarton 14. Raith Rovers 15. Ayr United Шаблон:Col-2 16. Livingston 17. Alloa Athletic 18. Stranraer 19. Spartans 20. Peterhead 21. Annan Athletic 22. Montrose 23. Elgin City 24. Berwick Rangers Шаблон:Col-end	Premiership U20s 25. Ross County U20s 26. Hamilton Academical U20s 27. Motherwell U20s 28. Partick Thistle U20s 29. Aberdeen U20s 30. Heart of Midlothian U20s Highland Football League 31. Buckie Thistle 32. Cove Rangers

Matches

The SPFL launched an investigation after two different methods of penalty shootout were used in the second round matches that required the tiebreaker. Montrose's 6–5 win over Ayr United used the traditional ABAB method where one team follows the other whereas The New Saints' 6–5 win over Livingston used the trial ABBA method where one team goes first before the other takes two consecutively and then the first team takes their second. SPFL rules state that the ABAB method should be used. The mix up is suspected to have come after confusion between the Irish referee and Welsh linesmen in The New Saints-Livingston match over which method was to be used. The result of the investigation is not expected to impact the result of The New Saints-Livingston tie.

Third round

Draw

The draw for the third round was made at 1 pm on 5 September 2017 at the Riverside Museum and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded and there were no longer any requirements for non-SPFL sides to be kept apart.

Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.

Шаблон:Fbaicon NIFL Premiership	Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League	Шаблон:Fbaicon SPFL	Шаблон:Fbaicon Highland Football League
01. Linfield 02. Crusaders	03. The New Saints	Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2 04. Inverness Caledonian Thistle 05. Falkirk 06. Dundee United 07. Dunfermline Athletic 08. Queen of the South 09. St Mirren Шаблон:Col-2 10. Dumbarton 11. Raith Rovers 12. Stranraer 13. Peterhead 14. Montrose 15. Elgin City Шаблон:Col-end	16. Cove Rangers

Quarter-finals

Draw

The draw for the quarter-finals was made at 1 pm on 10 October 2017 at the Forth Road Bridge Visitor Centre and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded.

Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Шаблон:Fbaicon NIFL Premiership	Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League	Шаблон:Fbaicon SPFL
01. Crusaders	02. The New Saints	03. Inverness Caledonian Thistle 04. Falkirk 05. Dundee United 06. Queen of the South 07. Dumbarton 08. Raith Rovers

Semi-finals

Draw

The draw for the semi-finals was made at 1pm on 14 November 2017 at the SEC Armadillo and was streamed live on the SPFL's Facebook page. The draw was unseeded.

Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Шаблон:Fbaicon NIFL Premiership	Шаблон:Fbaicon Welsh Premier League	Шаблон:Fbaicon SPFL
01. Crusaders	02. The New Saints	03. Inverness Caledonian Thistle 04. Dumbarton

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Vaughan	Raith Rovers
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Aidan Smith	Annan Athletic	3
	Шаблон:Flagicon Mitchel Megginson	Cove Rangers
	Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick N'Koyi	Dundee United
	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Ryan	Dunfermline Athletic
	Шаблон:Flagicon Neil McLaughlin	Partick Thistle U20s
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gavin Reilly	St Mirren
9	20 players		2

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, which is posted on the Irn-Bru Football Twitter page.

Round	Player	Club	Match	Ref
First Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Fraser	Buckie Thistle	2–1 v Brechin City (H)
Second Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Gavin Reilly	St Mirren	3–1 v Heart of Midlothian U20s (H)
Third Round	Шаблон:Flagicon Myles Hippolyte	Falkirk	2–0 v Dunfermline Athletic (H)
Quarter-finals	Шаблон:Flagicon Gavin Whyte	Crusaders	2–1 v Dundee United (A)
Semi-finals	Шаблон:Flagicon Dimitris Froxylias	Dumbarton	2–1 v The New Saints (A)

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
Second Round		The New Saints v Livingston
Third Round	Dundee United v Linfield	The New Saints v Elgin City
Quarter-Finals	Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Falkirk	The New Saints v Queen of the South
Semi-Finals	Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Crusaders	The New Saints v Dumbarton
Final	Dumbarton v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

External links

• Scottish Challenge Cup at the Scottish Professional Football League