Premier Sports Cup group stages draw pairs Elgin City with Inverness Caledonian Thistle while Highland League champions Brora Rangers draw Premiership duo Kilmarnock and Livingston
The first cup draw of the next Scottish football season has thrown up a north ‘derby’.
Elgin City have been drawn in the same group as Inverness Caley Thistle.
The north pair don’t have a Premiership side in their section, as relegated St Johnstone are the top seeded side in that group.
Raith Rovers and Lowland League champions East Kilbride, who join Elgin in League 2 next term, make up the section.
Only the group winners and the best three runners-up make it through from the group stages.
As a pot four team, Elgin are expected to have home matches on Saturdays July 12 and 19.
They could face Caley Thistle in Inverness on Tuesday, July 15 if fixtures run to the same schedule as previous seasons.
Ross County, who were relegated from the Premiership this week, are top seeds in Group B with Partick Thistle, Queen of the South, Edinburgh City and Stranraer.
Highland League champions Brora Rangers will face two Premiership teams in Kilmarnock and Livingston, along with League 1 duo Kelty Hearts and East Fife.
Group stages draw, fixtures played between Saturday July 12 and 26.
Group A
Falkirk
Queen’s Park
Cove Rangers
The Spartans
Brechin City
Group B
Ross County
Partick Thistle
Queen of the South
Edinburgh City
Stranraer
Group C
Dundee
Airdrieonians
Alloa Athletic
Montrose
Bonnyrigg Rose
Group D
St Mirren
Ayr United
Arbroath
Annan Athletic
Forfar Athletic
Group E
Heart of Midlothian
Dunfermline Athletic
Hamilton Accies
Dumbarton
Stirling Albion
Group F
St Johnstone
Raith Rovers
Inverness CT
Elgin City
East Kilbride
Group G
Motherwell
Greenock Morton
Stenhousemuir
Peterhead
Clyde
Group H
Kilmarnock
Livingston
Kelty Hearts
East Fife
Brora Rangers
