2011–12 Scottish League Cup
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 Scotland
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| Teams | 42 | ||
| Defending champions | Rangers | ||
| Champions | Kilmarnock | ||
| Runners-up | Celtic | ||
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The 2011–12 Scottish League Cup was the 66th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition, the Scottish League Cup, also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup for sponsorship reasons. It was won by Kilmarnock
The competition is a single elimination knock-out competition. In each round, fixtures are determined by random draw, with the First Round to Third Round seeded according to last season's league positions (higher 50% of finishers drawn v lower 50% of finishers, alternating which is at home with each tie drawn).
Fixtures are played to a finish, with extra time and then penalties used in the event of ties. The competition is open to all clubs in the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League. Clubs involved in European competitions are given a bye to the third round to avoid congestion of fixtures.
The Cup is now sponsored by the Scottish Government.
The First round draw was conducted on Thursday 2 June 2011 at 2:15pm at Ravenscraig Sports Centre in Motherwell. All matches were played on Saturday 30 July 2011 at 15:00.
The Second round draw took place at 1:00pm on Tuesday 2 August at the Highland Football Academy, Dingwall. The ties are due to be played on Tuesday 23/ Wednesday 24 August 2011.
The Third round draw was conducted on Monday 29 August. The top 5 teams of last years Scottish Premier League will join the 11 winners from the second round. The 8 ties will be played on 20/21 September.
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