SFA Youth Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Scotland |
Teams | 55 |
The 2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup is the 34th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association for its full and associate member clubs. The tournament was for the under-20 age group, to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition. Players born after 1 January 1997 are eligible to play.
Motherwell are the defending champions after they beat Heart of Midlothian 5–2 in last season's final.
Calendar
Round | Match date | Fixtures | Clubs |
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First Round | 28 August 2016[1] | 7 | 55 → 48 |
Second Round | 25 September 2016[1] | 16 | 48 → 32 |
Third Round | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
Fourth Round | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
Final | 1 | 2 → 1 |
Format
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2015–16 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-nine clubs enter the first round and are initially divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.
First Round
The draw for the first and second rounds took place on 3 August 2016.[1] The following clubs were involved in the first round draw:
North Section | Central Section | South Section | ||
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01. Aberdeen |
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01. Annan Athletic |
North Section
Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:[1]
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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Deveronvale | Match One | Inverurie Loco Works |
Turriff United | Match Two | Keith |
Aberdeen | Match Three | Fraserburgh |
Central Section
Four ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round:[1]
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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Clyde | Match Four | Queen's Park |
Dunfermline Athletic | Match Five | Berwick Rangers |
Heriot-Watt University | Match Six | Partick Thistle |
Edusport Academy | Match Seven | Alloa Athletic |
Second Round
North Section
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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Buckie Thistle | Clachnacuddin | |
Banks O' Dee | Montrose | |
Formartine United | Lossiemouth | |
Winners of Match One | Forfar Athletic | |
Winners of Match Two | Winners of Match Three |
Central Section
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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Winners of Match Seven | Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale | |
Edinburgh City | Preston Athletic | |
Spartans | Whitehill Welfare | |
Livingston | Winners of Match Five | |
Stirling Albion | Winners of Match Four | |
Falkirk | Albion Rovers | |
East Kilbride | BSC Glasgow | |
Hamilton Academical | Raith Rovers | |
Cowdenbeath | Winners of Match Six | |
Tynecastle | Hibernian |
South Section
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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Stranraer | Annan Athletic |
Third Round
The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:[1]
Third Round entrants | ||
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External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Youth Cup first and second round draws". Scottish Football Association. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.