| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Defending champions | Rangers |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Rangers |
| Runners-up | Clyde |
The1948–49Scottish Cup was the 64th staging of Scotland's most prestigiousfootball knockout competition. The final was played between holdersRangers andClyde atHampden Park on 23 April 1949. Rangers won 4–1 to retain the Cup.[1][2]
Rangers also won both theScottish Football League and theScottish League Cup, the first time a club claimed the national 'treble'.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic | 8 – 3 | Montrose |
| Arbroath | 3 – 4 | Partick Thistle |
| Ayr United | 2 – 1 | Queen's Park |
| Clyde | 2 – 0 | Fraserburgh |
| Cowdenbeath | 6 – 2 | Keith |
| Dumbarton | 5 – 2 | Kilmarnock |
| Dundee | 5 – 1 | St Johnstone |
| Dundee United | 4 – 3 | Celtic |
| East Fife | 2 – 1 | Falkirk |
| Forfar Athletic | 0 – 4 | Hibernian |
| Hamilton Academical | 1 – 2 | Albion Rovers |
| Hearts | 4 – 1 | Airdrieonians |
| Inverness Caledonian | 2 – 2 | Greenock Morton |
| Leith Athletic | 0 – 1 | Raith Rovers |
| Motherwell | 3 – 0 | Stranraer |
| Queen of the South | 2 – 0 | East Stirlingshire |
| Rangers | 6 – 1 | Elgin City |
| St Mirren | 2 – 0 | Stirling Albion |
| Stenhousemuir | 2 – 0 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Third Lanark | 2 – 1 | Aberdeen |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Greenock Morton | 2 – 0 | Inverness Caledonian |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic | 1 – 3 | Clyde |
| Ayr United | 0 – 2 | Greenock Morton |
| Cowdenbeath | 1 – 2 | East Fife |
| Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Dundee United |
| Dundee | 0 – 0 | St Mirren |
| Hearts | 3 – 1 | Third Lanark |
| Hibernian | 1 – 1 | Raith Rovers |
| Motherwell | 0 – 3 | Rangers |
| Partick Thistle | 3 – 0 | Queen of the South |
| Stenhousemuir | 5 – 1 | Albion Rovers |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee United | 1 – 3 | Dumbarton |
| Raith Rovers | 3 – 4 | Hibernian |
| St Mirren | 1 – 2 | Dundee |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Hearts | 3 – 0 | Dumbarton |
| Greenock Morton | 0 – 2 | Clyde |
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Hearts | 2 – 4 | Dundee |
| Hibernian | 0 – 2 | East Fife |
| Rangers | 4 – 0 | Partick Thistle |
| Stenhousemuir | 0 – 1 | Clyde |
| Rangers | 4–1 | Clyde |
|---|---|---|
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