Scottish Challenge Cup

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football cup competition knockout tournament

The Scottish Challenge Cup is a knockout football tournament in Scotland primarily contested by lower-division and invited clubs, separate from the main national cup competitions.

Aliases (2)

SPFL Trust Trophy ×1
Scottish League Challenge Cup ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football cup competition → knockout tournament →
alsoKnownAs	Challenge Cup → IRN-BRU Cup → Petrofac Training Cup → Ramsdens Cup → SPFL Trust Trophy →
broadcastIn	United Kingdom →
competitionFormat	knockout →
competitionType	annual cup competition →
confederation	UEFA →
country	Scotland →
excludes	Scottish Premiership clubs →
firstSeason	1990–91 →
formerOrganiser	Scottish Football League →
governingBody	Scottish Professional Football League →
hasFeature	final played at a neutral ground → includes clubs from outside the SPFL in some seasons → open to invited non-Scottish clubs in some seasons → single-elimination ties →
hasInvitedClubsFrom	England → Highland Football League → Lowland Football League → Northern Ireland → Republic of Ireland → Wales →
inception	1990 →
isPartOf	Scottish football league system →
levelOnPyramid	below top division →
organiser	Scottish Professional Football League →
primaryParticipants	Scottish Championship clubs → Scottish League One clubs → Scottish League Two clubs → lower-division Scottish clubs →
reasonForCreation	to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League →
region	United Kingdom →
relatedCompetition	Scottish Cup → Scottish League Cup → Scottish Premiership →
separateFrom	Scottish Cup → Scottish League Cup → Scottish Premiership →
sponsorDependentName	title sponsorship →
sport	association football →
typicalFinalVenue	neutral venue in Scotland →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cowdenbeath F.C. → East Fife F.C. → Forfar Athletic F.C. → Partick Thistle F.C. →	participatesIn
Ramsdens Cup ("Scottish League Challenge Cup") → Scottish Challenge Cup ("SPFL Trust Trophy") →	alsoKnownAs
Ayr United F.C. → Dunfermline Athletic F.C. →	competition
Petrofac Training Cup → Ramsdens Cup →	sponsoredNameOf
Scottish Football League →	associatedCupCompetition
Hamilton Academical F.C. →	hasWon