Premier Sports Cup 2025/26 group stage draw in FULL

The Premier Sports Cup trophy. <i>(Image: Alan Harvey - SNS Group)</i>
The Premier Sports Cup trophy. (Image: Alan Harvey - SNS Group)
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The draw has been made for the 2025/26 Premier Sports Cup group stage. 

The dust has barely settled on the recent 2024/25 campaign, although attention is already turning to the new term. 

40 teams from across Scotland's top five divisions will compete in this season's Premier Sports Cup group stage. They have been split into eight groups of five. 


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Celtic, Rangers, Hibernian, Aberdeen and Dundee United don't enter the tournament until the last 16 stage due to European commitments. 

2025/26 Premier Sports Cup group stage draw in FULL

Group A: Falkirk, Queen's Park, Cove Rangers, The Spartans, Brechin City.

Group B: Ross County, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South, Edinburgh City, Stranraer.

Group C: Dundee, Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Montrose, Bonnyrigg Rose.

Group D: St Mirren, Ayr United, Arbroath, Annan Athletic, Forfar Athletic.

Group E: Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Accies, Dumbarton, Stirling Albion. 

Group F: St Johnstone, Raith Rovers, Inverness, Elgin City, East Kilbride

Group G: Motherwell, Greenock Morton, Stenhousemuir, Peterhead, Clyde. 

Group H: Kilmarnock, Livingston, Kelty Hearts, East Fife, Brora Rangers.

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