Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1946 |
No. of teams | 19 |
Country | Scotland |
Most recent champion(s) |
Falkirk Fury (4th title) |
Most titles |
Livingston (15 titles) |
The Scottish Cup is an annual knockout competition for Scottish men's basketball clubs. The inaugural competition was held in 1946.
The first Scottish Cup was held over the 1946-47 season, the same season that leagues in both the east and west of Scotland began to form. The inaugural winners of the trophy were Pleasance B.C., who beat Aberdeen University at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.
The competition has been dominated by the Edinburgh and Lothian teams over the years; Livingston have 15 titles to their name, Boroughmuir Blaze have 10 titles, City of Edinburgh Kings have 7 titles, Edinburgh University have 5 titles and Pleasance B.C. have 2 titles. All also have numerous other finals appearances to their name. The title has also been by won by several teams from Glasgow (10 titles collectively), Falkirk (6 titles), Paisley (6 titles), Troon (3 titles) and 5 titles won in the early days of the competition by several US Navy teams based around Scotland at the time.