The 2010 Scottish Women's Cup was the 39th official edition (41st overall) of the

Scottish Women's Cup The Women's Scottish Cup is the national knockout cup competition for women's football in Scotland. First held in 1970–71 and known as the Scottish Women's FA Cup, the competition was owned and managed by Scottish Women's Football (SWF), an ...

, the main knockout tournament in

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. With the schedule having been changed from autumn-spring to summer, no Scottish Cup was played during the shortened 2009 Scottish Women's Premier League and instead it was held over to the next year, to remain as the end-of season showpiece but now played in the latter part of the calendar year: matches in the 2010 tournament (which was sponsored by

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) were played between May and November,2010 Season
Spartans FC Women news archive with the final taking place 18 months after that of the 2008–09 season.

Third round

Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.Scottish Women's Cup 2010 Scottish Women's Cup
Scottish Football Historical Archive, 6 November 2022

Quarter-finals

Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Teams in bold advanced to the final.

Final

Hibernian won the trophy for the fifth time in their history, coming from behind to beat

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who lost their second Scottish Cup final in succession.Women's Scottish Cup glory for Hibernian
BBC Sport, 14 November 2010 During their run to the final, Hibs eliminated the three clubs who were above them in the 2010 Scottish Women's Premier League (

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and Glasgow City, who were also the cup holders).

References

External links

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Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2010 domestic association football cups