The 2017–18

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who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2017–18 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by

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Preliminary rounds

The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Monday, 10 July 2017 at

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and was made by

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internationals Gemma Fay and

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. 15 clubs were involved in the draw, of which nine received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other six entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the

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(5),

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(3),

North Caledonian Football League The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competit ...

(1),

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(4) and the

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(2). Glenafton Athletic took part in the

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. There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which nine clubs, from the 11 eligible, received a bye to the second preliminary round. The two clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered the first preliminary round. Three ties were then drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 12 August 2017. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 2 September 2017. Wigtown & Bladnoch were in the draw when it was first announced, but withdrew from the competition before the date of the draw.

Preliminary round one

Draw

Clubs with a valid club licence at the date of the draw are eligible for a bye to the second preliminary round. Teams in Bold advanced to the first round. The following teams received a bye to the Second Preliminary Round: Banks O’Dee,

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, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose, Preston Athletic, St Cuthbert Wanderers and Threave Rovers.

Matches

Preliminary round two

Matches

Replay

First round

The first round took place on the weekend of 23 September 2017. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the

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and 16 from the

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Draw

The draw for the first round was made at 5:30 pm on 2 September 2017 at the

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, Airdrie and was made by

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, representing defending champions

and Donnie Fergusson from hosts

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

Matches

Replays

Second round

The second round took place on the weekend of 14 October 2017. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there were 14 new entries at this stage, two from the

, two from the

and all 10 from League Two.

Draw

The draw for the second round was made at 17:45 on 23 September 2017 at

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. The draw was made by former

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cricket captain

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and former

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striker

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

Matches

Third round

The third round took take place on the weekend of 18 November 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the first round, there were 16 new entries at this stage, all 10 from League One and six from the

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Draw

The draw for the third round was made at 5:45pm on Saturday 14 October 2017 at

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, Montrose. The draw was made by Archie Knox and Derek Sim, chairman of Links Park Community Trust. The draw had to be re-done following a mix-up that lead to

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being drawn twice. Of the 16 ties, 15 had already been drawn, including Glenafton Athletic- Queen of the South and

- Queen's Park, before the mistake was discovered. The

claimed that the draw had to be re-done due to "a technical issue" in incident mirroring the 2016 quarter-final draw where when one of the balls containing the club names split open before it was pulled out. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.

Matches

Replay

Fourth round

The fourth round took place on the weekend of 20 January 2018. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries at this stage - the remaining four clubs from the

, and all 12 from the Premiership.

Draw

The draw for the fourth round was made at 4:45pm on Monday, 20 November 2017. The draw was made by

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and Colin Cameron. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.

Matches

Replay

Fifth round

The draw for the fifth round was made live on

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following Heart of Midlothian's Edinburgh derby victory on Sunday, 21 January 2018. The draw was made by

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and David Weir.

Draw

Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.

Matches

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on

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following Aberdeen's tie against

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on Sunday, 11 February 2018. The draw was made by

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and

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Draw

Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Matches

Replay

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made live on

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following Rangers' tie against

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on Sunday, 4 March 2018. The draw was made by

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and Gordon Reid.

Draw

Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the final.

Matches

Final

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Scottish Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a replay.

Media coverage

From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by

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and

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. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round, with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland, and both channels screen the final live. The following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television:

References

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