hamilton academical were drawn against queen's park at home in the first round and hamilton came out 3–0 winners the second round draw saw accies drawn against ross county away from home with hamilton emerging 1–0 winners. the quarter-final draw brought dundee to new douglas park which saw hamilton produce a 2–0 and awarded accies their third consecutive clean sheet of the tournament to progress to the semi-finals. the opposition provided in the semi-final draw was st johnstone and another away game which saw hamilton triumph with a 2–1 victors to proceed to the scottish challenge cup final for the third time in the club's history since winning both the 1991 and 1992 tournaments.