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 7 55 → 48 Second Round 25 September 2016 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. The following clubs were involved in the first round draw:
North SectionCentral SectionSouth Section01. 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 United01. 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 Welfare01. 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:
Montrose Formartine United Forfar Athletic Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Banks O' Dee Lossiemouth
The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.
Central Section
Four ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round:
Albion Rovers Spartans Hamilton Academical Cowdenbeath Hibernian East Kilbride Falkirk Raith Rovers Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Edinburgh City Stirling Albion Tynecastle Livingston BSC Glasgow Whitehill Welfare Preston Athletic
The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.
Second round North Section
Home team Score Away teamBuckie ThistleClachnacuddinBanks O' DeeMontroseFormartine UnitedLossiemouthWinners of Match TwoForfar AthleticWinners of Match ThreeWinners of Match One
Central Section
Home team Score Away teamWinners of Match SevenLothian Thistle Hutchison ValeEdinburgh CityPreston AthleticSpartansWhitehill WelfareLivingstonWinners of Match FiveStirling AlbionQueen's ParkFalkirkAlbion RoversEast KilbrideBSC GlasgowHamilton AcademicalRaith RoversCowdenbeathWinners of Match SixTynecastleHibernian
South Section
Home team Score Away teamStranraerAnnan Athletic
Third round The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:
Third Round entrants01. Airdrieonians 02. Ayr United 03. Celtic 04. Cumbernauld Colts 05. Dundee 06. Dundee United 07. Heart of Midlothian 08. Inverness CT
09. Kilmarnock 10. Morton 11. Motherwell 12. Queen of the South 13. Rangers 14. Ross County 15. St Johnstone 16. St Mirren
Final
External links Youth Cup on Scottish FA website
References