2020 Scottish Challenge Cup final

The 2020 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the Tunnocks Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match that was scheduled to take place between Raith Rovers and Inverness Caledonian Thistle,^[1][2] but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of contesting the final at a later date, the two clubs shared the cup.

2020 Scottish Challenge Cup final

Event	2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Raith Rovers – –
Shared
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Route to the final

See also: 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup

The competition is a knock-out tournament and was contested by 58 teams from Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2019–20.^[3] The competition was originally only contested by clubs in the Scottish football league system, but teams from Wales and Northern Ireland were added from 2016–17,^[4] the Republic of Ireland in 2017–18, and two teams from the English National League (fifth tier) were added from 2018–19.^[5][6]

Raith Rovers

Round	Opposition	Score
Second round[7]	Ross County Under-21s (a)	3–2
Third round[8]	Falkirk (h)	2–0
Fourth round[9]	Glenavon (h)	3–1
Quarter-final[10]	Elgin City (h)	3–2
Semi-final[1]	Partick Thistle (a)	2–1

Inverness

Round	Opposition	Score
Third round[11]	Greenock Morton (h)	3–1
Fourth round[12]	Alloa Athletic (h)	3–0
Quarter-final[13]	Clyde (h)	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)
Semi-final[2]	Rangers Under-21s (h)	2–1

Match details and cancellation

Inverness player James Keatings was initially suspended for the final, having been sent off for being shown two yellow cards during the semi-final.^[14] An appeal against one of those cards, and the resulting suspension, was rejected by a Scottish Football Association panel.^[14] A new appeal hearing was convened when one of the panel members advised the SFA that they had not considered all of the available evidence.^[15] This second panel rescinded one of the cards, which would have made Keatings available to play in the final.^[16]

The match was originally scheduled for 28 March 2020,^[1] but all of Scottish football was suspended on 13 March due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[17] The Scottish Football Association confirmed on 16 March that the SPFL had postponed the match, pending further information from the Scottish Government about when and how football could be resumed.^[18][19] When the SPFL announced in October 2020 that the 2020–21 edition of the competition had been cancelled, it also said that the 2019–20 final would "be scheduled for a date later this season", i.e. during 2020–21.^[20]

On 30 April 2021, it was announced that the 2019–20 final would not be played and that both clubs would share the title instead.^[21]