The 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup was the 29th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, Scotland's national cup tournament at under-19 age level. The competition is administered by the Scottish Football Association and is open to all Senior clubs.
Celtic won the tournament for a third successive season after defeating Queen of the South by a record 8–0 margin in the final.[1]
Calendar
The ties for the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as below:[2]
Round
Match date
Fixtures
Clubs
First Round
Sunday 11 September 2011
5
53 → 48
Second Round
Sunday 9 October 2011
16
48 → 32
Third Round
Sunday 13 November 2011
16
32 → 16
Fourth Round
Sunday 11 December 2011
8
16 → 8
Quarter-finals
Sunday 12 February 2012
4
8 → 4
Semi-finals
Sunday 25 March 2012
2
4 → 2
Final
Monday 23 April 2012
1
2 → 1
Format
First Round - 37 teams are divided by geographical area. 21 teams go into the Central Group, 10 into the North Group and 6 into the South Group. The required number of ties are drawn to reduce the number of teams in the Second Round to 32. The rest of teams receive byes into the Second Round.
Second Round - 5 winners from the First Round join 27 teams, who received byes in the previous round.
Third Round - 16 winners from the Second Round join the 16 seeded teams, who enter at this stage by virtue of having reached the Fourth Round of last years competition.
Fourth Round - 16 winners from the Third Round.
Quarter-finals - 8 winners from the Fourth Round.
Semi-finals - 4 winners of the Quarter-finals.
Final - 2 winners of the Semi-finals.
Fixtures & Results
The draws for the First and Second Rounds were conducted on 22 July 2011.[3]
