2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup

2016–17 Scottish FA Youth Cup
SFA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Teams	55
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The 2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup was the 34th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association 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 1997 are eligible to play.

Motherwell were the defending champions after they beat Heart of Midlothian 5–2 in the 2016 final.

Calendar

Round	Match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	28 August 2016^[1]	7	55 → 48
Second Round	25 September 2016^[1]	16	48 → 32
Third Round	6 November 2016	16	32 → 16
Fourth round	4 December 2016	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	22 January 2017	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	12 March 2017 & 3 April 2017	2	4 → 2
Final	26 April 2017	1	2 → 1

Format

The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2015–16 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-nine 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 3 August 2016.^[1] The following clubs were involved in the first round draw:

North Section

Central Section

South Section

01. Aberdeen
02. Banks O' Dee
03. Buckie Thistle
04. Clachnacuddin
05. Deveronvale
06. Forfar Athletic
07. Formartine United
08. Fraserburgh
09. Inverurie Loco Works
10. Keith
11. Lossiemouth
12. Montrose
13. Turriff United

01. Albion Rovers
02. Alloa Athletic
03. Berwick Rangers
04. BSC Glasgow
05. Clyde
06. Cowdenbeath
07. Dunfermline Athletic
08. East Kilbride
09. Edinburgh City
10. Edusport Academy
11. Falkirk
12. Hamilton Academical

13. Heriot-Watt University
14. Hibernian
15. Livingston
16. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
17. Partick Thistle
18. Preston Athletic
19. Queen's Park
20. Raith Rovers
21. Spartans
22. Stirling Albion
23. Tynecastle
24. Whitehill Welfare

01. Annan Athletic
02. Stranraer
Both teams in the South Section received a bye to the Second Round

North Section

Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:^[1]

The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.^[2]

26 August 2016	Aberdeen	Match One	Fraserburgh	Pittodrie, Aberdeen
19:30

28 August 2016	Deveronvale	Match Two	Inverurie Loco Works	Princess Royal Park, Banff
14:00

28 August 2016	Turriff United	Match Three	Keith	The Haughs, Turriff
14:00

Central Section

Four ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round:^[1]

The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.^[2]

28 August 2016	Clyde	1–5	Queen's Park	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
13:00

28 August 2016	Dunfermline Athletic	Match Five	Berwick Rangers	East End Park, Dunfermline
14:00

2 September 2016	Heriot-Watt University	Match Six	Partick Thistle	Oriam National Performance Centre, Edinburgh
19:30

4 September 2016	Edusport Academy	Match Seven	Alloa Athletic	Ainslie Park, Edinburgh
15:00

Second round

North Section

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Buckie Thistle		Clachnacuddin
Banks O' Dee		Montrose
Formartine United		Lossiemouth
Winners of Match Two		Forfar Athletic
Winners of Match Three		Winners of Match One

Central Section

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Winners of Match Seven		Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
Edinburgh City		Preston Athletic
Spartans		Whitehill Welfare
Livingston		Winners of Match Five
Stirling Albion		Queen's Park
Falkirk		Albion Rovers
East Kilbride		BSC Glasgow
Hamilton Academical		Raith Rovers
Cowdenbeath		Winners of Match Six
Tynecastle		Hibernian