The 2012–13

Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...

was the 67th season of

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's second-most prestigious

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knockout competition. It is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup for sponsorship reasons, after the Scottish Government continued their 1.7 million sponsorship for a second season.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the first to third rounds seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn). Fixtures are played to a finish, with

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and then penalties used in the event of draws. The competition is open to all clubs in the

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and

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. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round in order to avoid congestion of fixtures. *First round: 28 of the 30 sides from the previous season's Scottish Football League enter, except Ross County and

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. After the liquidation of the original Rangers F.C. the newly formed

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joined the

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and entered at this round. *Second round: The 15 winners of the first round are joined by 6 of the 7 of last season's SPL sides not in Europe, plus newly promoted Ross County. *Third round: The 11 winners of the second round are joined by the five SPL sides participating in European competition. *Quarter-finals: The 8 winners of the third round play. *Semi-finals: The 4 winners of the quarter-finals play. *Final: The 2 winners of the semi-finals play.

Schedule

*Round 1: Saturday 4 August *Round 2: Tuesday 28/Wednesday 29 August *Round 3: Tuesday 25/Wednesday 26 September *Quarter-Finals: Tuesday 30/Wednesday 31 October *Semi-Finals: Saturday 26/Sunday 27 January 2013 *Final: Sunday 17 March 2013

Fixtures and results

First round

The first round draw was conducted on 20 July 2012 at

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by the

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, Alex Salmond.

were entered into the draw pending an application for membership of the

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, which is needed to participate.

Second round

The Second round draw was conducted on 9 August 2012.

Third round

The third round draw took place on 3 September 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 25 or Wednesday 26 September 2012.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw took place on 4 October 2012. The matches were played on Tuesday 30 or Wednesday 31 October 2012.

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place on 8 November 2012. The first match was played on Saturday 26 and the second was played on Sunday 27 January 2013.

Final

References

External links

Official site

Results
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