The Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup 2025/26

Badminton Scotland is delighted to announce the return of its premier inter club competition, The Scottish Cup.

The Scottish Cup is the pinnacle of club badminton and attracts teams from all corners of Scotland. The competition is an exciting prospect for affiliated clubs who will have the opportunity to go on cup runs, play competitively against other teams and develop match play skills.

This will be the fourth year of Badminton Scotland’s national Club/Team competition. The feedback from last year’s event has been good with many players indicating that it was great to compete for their club in a team environment and play against teams that they would not normally come into contact with. This year we are introducing a Junior event and have taken some of the suggestions from clubs/players to improve this year’s event.

Competition Structure

The format of the Scottish Cup will be similar to previous years with regional qualifying rounds, a quarter final stage and then a semi final and final. It is hoped that we will receive enough entries to be able to organise regional qualifiers in three regions (North, East and West).

In season 2025/26 we are introducing a second finals day, called The Tartan Cup, for both Juniors and Seniors. The top teams from each regional event will progress into the Scottish cup and the lower ranked teams from the regional events will progress into the Tartan cup. The Scottish Cup and the Tartan Cup quarter final stages will each consist of 8 teams, at both Junior and Senior level.

Competition Format

The Regional Qualifiers, the Scottish Cup and the Tartan Cup will all be played using the same format. Each tie will consist of 7 matches: MS1 WS1 MD1 MD2 WD1 XD1 XD2. Each player can play in a maximum of 2 matches per tie and teams must consist of a minimum of 4 males and 3 females.

Scoring Format

In the Regional Qualification stage, it is hoped that 3 games to 21 with setting will be possible. However, if this is not possible due to the number of matches being played, other scoring formats can be chosen. This will be communicated in advance to all teams, once the closing date for entries has passed. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will all be played as best of 3 games to 21 with setting.

Entry Fee

Senior Scottish Cup – £100 per team entered

Junior Scottish Cup – £75 per team entered

Clubs are allowed to enter more than one team.

Eligibility

All affiliated clubs in Scotland can enter. Teams must consist of a minimum of 4 males and 3 females. Each player must be bona-fide members of the club they are representing, registered with that club on Badminton Scotland’s membership system, and have a current Badminton Scotland affiliation. A player is only permitted to play for one club per season in the Scottish Cup competition. Age group eligibility is based on year of birth

Junior Scottish Cup: Players must have been born in 2011 or later.

Senior Scottish Cup: Players must have been born in 2010 or earlier.

How to Enter

All clubs wishing to enter Scottish Cup competition must complete the online entry form, via JustGo, submitted to Badminton Scotland by Monday 9 February (juniors) and Monday 9 March (seniors).

>> Enter here for the JUNIOR Scottish Cup <<

>> Enter here for the SENIOR Scottish Cup <<

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Inaugural Scottish Cup 2022/23

The Scottish Cup is our premier inter club competition launched in 2022/23 is the pinnacle of club badminton and which attracted teams from all corners of Scotland.

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

“The new Scottish Cup event didn’t disappoint. Thanks to all the clubs nationwide that entered, making this a great success. After regional rounds, a quarter final tie and finals day we have a worthy winner in County Badminton Club, congratulations. It was great to hear positive comments on this new event with some really enjoying the team competition element and for others a doorway to playing other competitions they would not necessarily have considered before. I can’t wait for next season to do it all over again.”

  • East (11th February 2023) – Read the full report here
  • North (12th February 2023) – Read the full report here
  • West (5th March 2023) – Read the full report here

  • Western BC v County BC Shuttlers
  • Nairn BC v Edinburgh Nomads A
  • County BC v ABA Oilers
  • ABA Titans v Drongan BC

  • Semi Final 1: Western BC v County BC
  • Semi Final 2: Nairn BC v Drongan BC

Read the semi final and final’s day build up

Thank you!

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Glasgow School of Sport (GSOS), the only designated National Centre of Excellence for Sport in Scotland, who have provided a trophy on behalf of a number of past players who generously donated a cup to be used for a future tournament – that tournament has been chosen and it will be The Scottish Cup.

Players involved in donating the trophy are: Chris Grimly, Matt Grimley, Sarah Sidebottom, Adam Pringle, Eleanor O’Donnell, Toni Woods and Ciara Torrance.

Badminton Scotland would like to thank clubs for engaging with this new, exciting competition which puts club badminton at the forefront of what we do.

Want to know more? Contact Nicky Waterson via the contact form below.