Ross County to face Dunfermline, Alloa, East Fife and Highland League's Buckie Thistle in Premier Sports Cup group stage for 2022/23 season
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Ross County's opponents in the group stage of next season's Premier Sports Cup have been revealed.
The Staggies are top seeds, with their sixth place finish in last season's Premiership the highest of any side in the competition – which has seen the regionalisation at this stage scrapped for the 2022/23 campaign after six years of a north and south divide.
As a result, they will face Dunfermline, Alloa Athletic, East Fife and Highland League runners up Buckie Thistle.
County do have a history in the competition, lifting the trophy in 2016 after overcoming Hibernian in the final.
Group matches will begin on the weekend of July 9, concluding on the weekend of July 24 – one week before all four SPFL leagues begin.
Eight group winners and three of the best runners up will join the sides who have qualified for European football – Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Dundee United and Motherwell – in the second round which is due to take place at the end of August.
Full draw
Group A
Aberdeen
Raith Rovers
Peterhead
Dumbarton
Stirling Albion
Group B
Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle
Montrose
Stenhousemuir
Fraserburgh
Group C
Ross County
Dunfermline
Alloa Athletic
East Fife
Buckie Thistle
Group D
Hibernian
Morton
Falkirk
Clyde
Bonnyrigg Rose
Group E
St Mirren
Arbroath
Airdrieonians
Edinburgh City
Cowdenbeath
Group F
St Johnstone
Ayr United
Queen of the South
Annan Athletic
Elgin City
Group G
Livingston
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Cove Rangers
Kelty Hearts
Albion Rovers
Group H
Dundee
Hamilton Academical
Queen's Park
Forfar Athletic
Stranraer
