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Sky Sports Cup: Draw made for new league stage as Glasgow City look to defend title
- The Sky Sports Cup launches a new league-stage format kicking off July 26 with eight SWPL2 clubs, the bottom four SWPL teams, and two promoted sides.
- Glasgow City are the defending Sky Sports Cup champions as the league-stage fixtures are revealed.
- The top six teams auto-qualify to the second round, where Glasgow City and other big clubs join the competition.
- Hearts and Rangers will enter at the quarter-final stage as SWPL champions competing in the Women’s Champions League.
- Fiona McIntyre, SWPL managing director, called the cup launch a landmark for improving games and opportunities for clubs.
- The schedule lists July and August fixtures, including matchups like Boroughmuir Thistle vs Kilmarnock and Dundee United vs Renfrew.
- The competition aims to offer fans more games and a platform to showcase teams ahead of the new season.
- The Sky Sports Cup includes a knockout play-off for teams ranked 7 to 10 to determine two more second-round entrants.
- The competition features a structured path for SWPL champions Hearts and Rangers joining at the quarter-final stage.
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