Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,William Hill in what was the fifth season of a five-year partnership. The final was contested between second-tier clubs ( Hibernian and
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) for the first time ever with no Premiership clubs reaching the final.
The defending champions were
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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, who defeated
Falkirk
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in the 2015 final, but were eventually knocked out in the Quarter Final after a replay by eventual champions, Hibernian.
Media coverage
From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup were broadcast live in
Ireland
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BBC Scotland
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and
Sky Sports
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. BBC Scotland had the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; also, Sky Sports broadcast both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland and both channels screened the final live.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2015–16 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by
Scottish Football Association
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.
Preliminary rounds
Preliminary round 1
The preliminary round 1 took place on Saturday 15 August 2015. The round had 15 clubs which included 5 matches and 5 byes to the Second Preliminary Round. The teams competing in this round were made up of teams from the Scottish Highland Football League, Scottish Lowland Football League, ESL, SSL, Scottish Junior FA and the Scottish Amateur FA. It was the first time that the winners of the Scottish Amateur Cup had participated in the Scottish Cup.
Draw
Hawick Royal Albert, Kelty Hearts, Auchinleck Talbot, Hermes and Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale all received byes to the preliminary round 2.
Matches
Preliminary round 2
The preliminary round 2 took place on Saturday 5 September 2015. The round had 10 clubs which included 5 matches. The teams competing in this round were made up of 5 winners from Round 1 and the 5 Byes from Round one.
Draw
Matches
Replay
First round
Draw
There were 18 ties taking place in Round 1 of the Scottish Cup. The draw took place on Tuesday, 28 August 2015.
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.
Matches
Replays
Second round
Draw
There were 16 ties taking place in Round 2 of the Scottish Cup. The draw took place on Thursday, 1 October 2015.
Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.
Matches
Replays
Third round
Draw
There were 16 ties taking place in Round 3 of the Scottish Cup. The draw took place on Thursday, 29 October 2015 and was conducted by former
Scotland
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manager
Alex McLeish
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, who won the Scottish Cup both as a player and a manager.
Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.
Matches
Replays
Fourth round
Draw
There were 16 ties taking place in Round 4 of the Scottish Cup. The draw took place on Tuesday, 1 December 2015.
Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.
Matches
Replays
Fifth round
Draw
There were 8 ties taking place in Round 5 of the Scottish Cup. The draw took place on Monday, 11 January 2016.
Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Replays
Quarter-finals
Draw
There were four ties taking place in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. The draw took place on Monday, 8 February 2016 and was conducted by
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Ľubomír Moravčík
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. The draw, broadcast live on
Sky Sports News
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History
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, has become infamous since it had to be aborted due to one ball breaking open in the pot. After a delay, the draw was completed successfully at the second attempt.
All matches were played on the weekend of 5/6 March 2016.
Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.
Matches
Replays
Semi-finals
Draw
The draw took place on Sunday, 6 March 2016 live on
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. Both matches were played on the weekend of 16/17 April 2016.
Teams in ''italics'' were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the final.
Matches
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
*NB: Scorers include only those goals from players which were scored from the second round onwards
Cup
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