2023–24 Scottish Women's Cup

The 2023–24 Scottish Cup is the 51st official edition (53rd overall) of the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. For sponsorship reasons, this is edition is officially known as the Scottish Gas Women's Scottish Cup.

Results

All results listed are published by Scottish Football Association (SFA).

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place on 1 October 2023 at Hampden Bowling Club. This consisted of 29 clubs from the Scottish Women's Football Leagues and 4 clubs from the Highlands and Islands League; Dalbeattie Star received a bye to the first round.

First Round

The draw for the First Round took place on 1 October 2023 at Hampden Park. 17 Preliminary Round winners were joined by 11 clubs from SWF League One. Flip the Mindset withdrew from the competition, so Airdrie Ladies received a bye to the Second Round.

Second Round

The draw for the Second Round took place on 5 November 2023 at Hampden Park, featuring 14 Round Two winners joined by 10 clubs from the SWF Championship. Grampian withdrew from the competition, so Renfrew Ladies received a bye to the Third Round.

Third Round

The draw for the Third Round took place on 8 November 2023 at Hampden Park. The 12 Second Round winners were joined by 20 clubs from the Scottish Women's Premier League. Airdrie withdrew from the competition, so Livingston received a bye to the Fourth Round.

Fourth Round

The draw for the Fourth Round, with the 16 Round Three winners playing in 8 ties, took place on 8 January 2024 at Hampden Park.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 5 February 2024 at Hampden Park.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 29 March 2024 at Hampden Park.

Final

Heart of Midlothian were appearing in the first major final in their history. Rangers were making their fourth appearance, having lost all of the previous three including in 2023. They had already won the 2024 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final two months earlier, but had been narrowly beaten to the 2023–24 Scottish Women's Premier League title a week before the Scottish Cup final.

Rangers justified their pre-match status as favourites with a 2–0 victory through goals from Rachel McLauchlan, Lizzie Arnot in either half, with Hearts defending strongly for the most part and goalkeeper Charlotte Parker-Smith doing much to prevent further goals; however the Edinburgh side showed little going forward to trouble the Glasgow team's defence.

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