Scottish Challenge Cup - Venues

Venues

Matches in the Challenge Cup are usually played at the home ground of one of the two teams, except the final. The team who plays at home is decided when the matches are drawn. There is no seeding system in place within rounds, therefore the home team is simply the first team drawn out for each fixture. Occasionally games may have to be moved to other grounds due to other events taking place, security reasons or a ground not being suitable to host popular teams. In the event of a draw, the match will go on to extra time to decide the result, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner if no winner is determined in extra time.

The Scottish Challenge Cup Final is played at a neutral venue, usually one which is geographically close to the two teams in the final. However, this can often not be the case as in with the 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Final between Queen of the South of Dumfries and Ross County of Dingwall; the clubs separated by 285 miles, meeting almost half way at McDiarmid Park in Perth; still over 140 miles from each club. The first ever venue to host a final was Fir Park in Motherwell in 1990 and has gone on to host the final another three times. Other venues to host the final more than once include McDiarmid Park, Broadwood Stadium and Excelsior Stadium.