The 2015–16 Scottish Youth Cup is the 33rd season of the

Scottish Youth Cup The Scottish Youth Cup (also known as the SFA Youth Cup) is an annual football in Scotland, Scottish football competition run by the Scottish Football Association for under-18 teams,knockout tournament A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

at youth level organised by the

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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 1996 are eligible to play.

Calendar

Format

The sixteen clubs who reached the

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of the 2014–15 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-eight 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 15 August 2015.

Central Group

Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round: * Airdrieonians * Alloa Athletic * BSC Glasgow * Civil Service Strollers *

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* East Stirlingshire *

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*Heriot Watt University *Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale *

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* Stenhousemuir * Stirling Albion * Whitehill Welfare

North Group

Two ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round. *

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* Banks O'Dee * Clachnacuddin * Deveronvale *

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* Inverness Caledonian Thistle *

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* Ross County * Turriff United

South Group

One tie were drawn in this group with all the following club receiving a bye to the second round. * Dalbeattie Star

Second round

Central Group

North Group

South Group

Third round

The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition: * Annan Athletic * Ayr United *

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* Greenock Morton *

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* Heart of Midlothian * Hibernian *

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* Queen of the South * Queen's Park *

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* Selkirk *

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The third round draw was announced on 22 September 2015.

Fourth round

The fourth round draw was announced on 4 November 2015.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw was announced on 16 December 2015.

Semi-finals

The ties for the semi-finals were played on 6 and 8 March 2016.

Final

External links

Youth Cup on Scottish FA website

References

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