2018 Scottish Challenge Cup final

{{See also|2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup}}

The competition is a knock-out tournament and was contested by 56 teams from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2017–18.{{cite web |url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/irn-bru-cup-expanded-for-201718/ |title=IRN-BRU Cup expanded for 2017/18 |work=www.spfl.co.uk |publisher=Scottish Professional Football League |date=7 June 2017 |accessdate=22 February 2018}} Two teams from the Republic of Ireland were added to the competition in 2017–18, following the addition of teams from Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016–17.{{cite web |url=http://stv.tv/sport/football/1356801-northern-irish-and-welsh-sides-to-join-top-flight-u20s-in-challenge-cup/ |title=Northern Irish and Welsh sides to join top flight U20s in Challenge Cup |work=www.stv.tv/sport |publisher=STV |date=8 June 2016 |accessdate=22 February 2017}}

Those participating were the 30 clubs that played in the 2017–18 Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League along with the top four teams from the 2016–17 Highland and Lowland Leagues. The top two teams from the 2016–17 Welsh Premier League and 2016–17 NIFL Premiership and the U20s squads of the teams competing in the 2016–17 Premiership were also invited to compete. Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers, as the League of Ireland's highest-ranked non-European participants in 2016, were also invited.

Inverness received a bye to the second round, as the team that had finished 12th in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership.

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width=100|Round ! width=160|Opposition ! width=80|Score
Second round | Aberdeen Under-20s (a) | align=center|4–2
Third round | Peterhead (h) | align=center|3–0
Quarter-final | Falkirk (h) | align=center|1–0
Semi-final | {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} Crusaders (h) | align=center|3–2

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|result=

|date=24 March 2018

|time=16:15

|round=Final

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43445358

|team1=Dumbarton

|team2=Inverness Caledonian Thistle

|stadium=McDiarmid Park

|location=Perth

|goals1=

|goals2=Tremarco {{goal|90+3}}

|attendance=4,602

|referee=Andrew Dallas

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colspan="4"|Dumbarton:
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GK	1	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Scott Gallacher
RB	2	{{flagicon|Scotland}} David Smith
CB	4	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Andy Dowie (c) {{yel}}
CB	55	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Craig Barr
LB	3	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Christopher McLaughlin {{yel}}
CM	6	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Stuart Carswell
CM	14	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Kyle Hutton
AM	21	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Danny Handling
FW	10	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Tom Walsh {{suboff|81}}
FW	7	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Calum Gallagher {{yel}} {{suboff|74}}
FW	23	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Iain Russell {{suboff|68}}
colspan=4|Substitutes:
GK	19	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Jamie Ewings
MF	5	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Grant Gallagher
MF	8	{{flagicon|Scotland}} David Wilson
FW	9	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Mark Stewart {{subon|74}}
DF	15	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Dougie Hill
MF	20	{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Dimitris Froxylias {{subon|68}}
MF	31	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Liam Burt {{subon|81}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Stephen Aitken

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colspan="4"|Inverness Caledonian Thistle:
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GK	28	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Mark Ridgers
RB	17	{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Collin Seedorf
CB	5	{{flagicon|England}} Gary Warren (c)
CB	23	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Coll Donaldson {{yel}}
LB	3	{{flagicon|England}} Carl Tremarco {{yel}}
RM	7	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Liam Polworth
CM	11	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Iain Vigurs
LM	4	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Joe Chalmers
FW	14	{{flagicon|England}} George Oakley
FW	20	{{flagicon|England}} Connor Bell {{suboff|78}}
FW	15	{{flagicon|Ireland}} Jake Mulraney {{suboff|70}}
colspan=4|Substitutes:
GK	1	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Ryan Esson
MF	10	{{flagicon|Ireland}} Aaron Doran {{subon|70}}
MF	16	{{flagicon|England}} Riccardo Calder
MF	18	{{flagicon|Ireland}} Zak Elbouzedi
MF	24	{{flagicon|Canada}} Charlie Trafford
MF	27	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Daniel MacKay {{subon|78}}
FW	32	{{flagicon|Scotland}} Jack Brown
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} John Robertson

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• Man of the match: Coll Donaldson
• Assistant referees: David Roome & Daniel McFarlane
• Fourth official: David Munro

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Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Seven named substitutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

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{{Dumbarton F.C. matches}}

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