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The 2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final was the 20th final of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. The match was played on 11 December 2022 at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh. Rangers and Hibernian were the finalists; the match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports and Sky Sports Mix channels. Rangers won the trophy for the first time.

Route to the final

Rangers

Rangers entered the tournament in the second round, defeating Queen's Park 5–0 away from home at New Tinto Park. In the quarter-final they faced Motherwell at home and won 5–0. They faced Spartans away from home in Edinburgh and won the game 4–0.

Hibernian

Hibernian reached the final after successive 8–0 away wins against Hamilton Accies at New Douglas Park and Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. They defeated Glasgow City 2–1 at Petershill Park in the semi-final.

Pre-match

Going into the 2022 final, Hibernian had won the competition seven times and been runners-up four times. Rangers had never reached the final.

Match

Details

Rangers

Hibernian

GK 1 Jenna Fife DF 2 Nicola Docherty DF 5 Hannah Davison  76' DF 4 Kathryn Hill  90' (c) DF 12 Rachel McLauchlan MF 18 Chelsea Cornet MF 6 Tessel Middag  90' FW 15 Lizzie Arnot MF 20 Jenny Danielsson  10' FW 7 Brogan Hay  83' FW 10 Kayla McCoy  70' Substitutes: MF 9 Kirsty Howat  70' DF 11 Megan Bell MF 14 Colette Cavanagh  83' MF 21 Lisa Martinez  90' GK 22 Victoria Esson MF 23 Kirsty Maclean  90' DF 24 Sam Kerr  10' FW 26 Jodi McLeary MF 28 Emma Watson  83' Manager: Malky Thomson

GK 13 Benedicte Håland MF 4 Leah Eddie DF 5 Joelle Murray (c) MF 4 Siobhan Hunter DF 3 Lucy Parry FW 18 Rosie Livingstone  56' DF 16 Ellis Notley MF 10 Shannon McGregor MF 8 Michaela McAlonie FW 9 Eilidh Adams FW 21 Krystyna Freda  56' Substitutes: DF 2 Shannon Leishman MF 7 Liana Hinds  56' FW 11 Nor Mustafa  56' GK 12 Daniela Kosińska DF 24 Ava Kuyken MF 27 Eleni Giannou FW 29 Kirsty Morrison DF 33 Poppy Lawson Manager: Dean Gibson

References

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21. "Format & Rules". The Scottish FA. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

• Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
• Rangers W.F.C. matches
• Hibernian W.F.C. matches
• December 2022 sports events in the United Kingdom
• 2020s in Edinburgh
• Sports competitions in Edinburgh
• 2022–23 in Scottish women's football