Round One takes place on the weekend of 18 September, with Scottish Premiership sides entering the competition in the Fourth Round, taking place on the weekend of 22 January, 2022.

This season's final will be played on Saturday, 21 May, 2022.

There will be no replays for drawn matches in Round Four onwards, with extra-time and penalties, if required, to determine the outcome of a match.

For matches up to and including Round Three which end in a draw, a replay will be required. If the outcome of the match is still not determined after a replay, there will be no extra-time, with the winner determined by penalties.

The full schedule and entry point of clubs is as follows:

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Saturday 28 August 2020

37 Clubs (11 ties and 15 byes):

• The preliminary round draw will take place on Thursday, 12 August: ­­­­­­­­­­Auchinleck Talbot Banks O’Dee Blackburn United Broxburn Athletic Burntisland Shipyard Camelon Clydebank Coldstream Cumnock Dalkeith Thistle Darvel Dunbar United Dundonald Bluebell Dunipace Easthouses Lily MWFC Girvan Glasgow University Golspie Sutherland Haddington Athletic Hawick Royal Albert United Hill of Beath Hawthorn Irvine Meadow XI Jeanfield Swifts Linlithgow Rose Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Musselburgh Athletic Newtongrange Star Newton Stewart Penicuik Athletic Preston Athletic Sauchie Juniors St Cuthbert Wanderers Threave Rovers Tranent Juniors Tynecastle Whitehill Welfare Wigtown & Bladnoch

ROUND ONE – Saturday 18 September 2021

60 Clubs (30 ties)

• 11 Preliminary Round Winners

• 15 Preliminary Round Byes

• 18 Clubs from the Scottish Highland Football League: Brechin City Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Deveronvale Formartine United Forres Mechanics Fort William Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy

• 16 Clubs from the Scottish Lowland Football League: Berwick Rangers Bo’ness United Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic BSC Glasgow Caledonian Braves Civil Service Strollers Cumbernauld Colts Dalbeattie Star East Kilbride East Stirlingshire Edinburgh University Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Spartans University of Stirling Vale of Leithen

ROUND TWO – Saturday 23 October 2021

40 Clubs (20 ties)

• 30 Round One Winners

• 10 Clubs from SPFL League 2: Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Kelty Hearts Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

ROUND THREE – Saturday 27 November 2021

40 Clubs (20 ties)

• 20 Round Two Winners

• 10 Clubs from the SPFL League 1: Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Clyde Cove Rangers Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Montrose Peterhead Queen’s Park

• 10 Clubs from the SPFL Championship: Arbroath Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers

ROUND FOUR – Saturday 22 January 2022

32 Clubs (16 ties)

• 20 Round Three Winners

• 12 Clubs from the SPFL Premiership: Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren

ROUND FIVE - Saturday 12 February 2022

16 Round Four Winners (8 ties)

QUARTER-FINAL TIES – Saturday 12 March 2022

8 Round Five Winners (4 ties)

SEMI-FINAL TIES – Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 April 2022

SCOTTISH CUP FINAL TIE – Saturday 21 May 2022