Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 140th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition.
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were the defending champions after defeating
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( North Caledonian League champions), and Bo'ness Athletic (Cup Winners' Shield winners). They were drawn into two ties with Cupar Hearts and Dundee North End drawn to receive a bye to the second preliminary round.
Bo'ness Athletic and Dundee North End are taking part in the competition for the first time.
Matches
Preliminary round two
The draw for preliminary round two was made on 22 July 2024.
Teams in bold advanced to the first round.
Matches
First round
The draw for the first round was made on 1 September 2024 at 17:30 live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the second round.
Carluke Rovers (12th in the West of Scotland Fourth Division) were drawn away from home against Buckie Thistle (5th in the Highland League), 89 places above them in the pyramid system when the clubs met, which represented the biggest league position gap between two teams in the competition's history.
Matches
Second round
The draw for the second round was made on 29 September 2024 at 17:00 live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the third round.
Matches
Third round
The draw for the third round was made on 27 October 2024 at 20:00 live on the Scottish Cup YouTube channel.
Teams in bold advanced to the fourth round.
Matches
Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round was made on 2 December 2024 following the East Kilbride v Falkirk match live on
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Teams in bold advanced to the fifth round.
Matches
Fifth round
The draw for the fifth round was made on 20 January 2025 following the Dundee v Dundee United match live on Premier Sports 1 & the Premier Sports X account.
Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.
Matches
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 10 February 2025 following the St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian match live on
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Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.
Matches
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 10 March 2025 following the Livingston v St Johnstone match live on
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Teams in bold advanced to the final.
Matches
Final
Broadcasting
The Scottish Cup is broadcast by Premier Sports and BBC Scotland.
Premier Sports
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has the first two picks and the fifth pick of the fourth and fifth rounds, 2 quarter-finals as well as first pick of one semi-final and airs the final non-exclusively.
BBC Scotland
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broadcasts one match per round from the first round onwards and two matches per round from the fourth round to the quarter-finals, as well as one semi-final and the final.
The following matches were selected for live coverage on UK television:
Cup
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