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The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,〔(Rules of the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup ), Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2014.〕 commonly known as the Scottish Cup,〔(Scottish Cup ), Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2014.〕〔(Football - Scottish Cup ), ''bbc.co.uk''. BBC News. Retrieved 2 September 2014.〕 is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Scotland.〔 The competition was first held in 1873–74. Entry is open to all clubs with full or associate membership of the Scottish Football Association (SFA).〔(Archives - The Cup ), Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 2 September 2014.〕 The competition is called the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship reasons.〔(William Hill Becomes Title Sponsor Of The Scottish Cup ), ''williamhill.com''. William Hill plc. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2014.〕〔(William Hill Extend Scottish Cup Sponsorship Until 2016 ), ''williamhillplc.com''. William Hill plc. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2014.〕 The trophy that is presented to the winner of the competition is the oldest in association football and is also the oldest national trophy in the world. It was first presented to Queen's Park, who won the final match of the inaugural tournament in March 1874.〔 The current holder is Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who won the tournament for the first time by defeating Falkirk 2–1 in the 2015 final. == Format == The tournament starts at the beginning of the Scottish football season in August or September.〔(William Hill Scottish Cup, 2014-15 Season ), ''scottishfa.co.uk''. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 5 June 2015.〕 The Scottish Cup Final is usually the last game of the season, taking place at the end of May.〔 Participating teams enter the tournament at different stages depending on their league ranking.〔(William Hill Scottish Cup Format & Composition 2014-15 ), ''scottishfa.co.uk''. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 5 June 2015.〕 The lowest ranked clubs enter the tournament at the first round whilst the highest ranked, those that compete in the Scottish Premiership, enter at the fourth round stage. The competition is a knock-out tournament.〔 In each round of games the teams are paired at random, with the first team drawn listed as the home team. Every game lasts 90 minutes plus any additional stoppage time.〔 The winner of each game advances to the next round, whilst the loser is eliminated from the tournament. If a game ends in a draw, the fixture is replayed at the home ground of the other team at a later date.〔 If the replay also ends in a draw, 30 minutes of extra time is played followed by a penalty shoot-out if there is still no clear winner. In the semi-final and final rounds, if the game ends in a draw there is no replay; the winner is decided either in extra time or by a penalty shoot-out.〔 The competition has a staggered entry system. In the 2013–14 season, 36 clubs entered from the first round; sixteen from the Highland League, three qualifying Junior clubs and seventeen other clubs affiliated with the Scottish Football Association. Scottish League Two clubs entered in the second round along with the top two clubs from the previous season's Highland League and the winners of both the South of Scotland League and the East of Scotland League.〔 Scottish League One and six Scottish Championship clubs started in the third round,〔 while the remaining four Championship clubs and all 12 Scottish Premiership clubs entered in the fourth round.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scottish Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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