Inverness Caledonian Thistle drawn with Livingston, Cove Rangers, Kelty Hearts and Albion Rovers in Premier Sports Group Stages
Inverness Caledonian Thistle will face Livingston, Cove Rangers, Kelty Hearts and Albion Rovers in the Premier Sports Cup group stages.
Premiership outfit Ross County will face Dunfermline Athletic, Alloa Athletic, East Fife and Buckie Thistle in the group stages.
The ties will be played between July 9 and July 24 with fixtures to be confirmed.
Eight group winners and three of the best runners up will join the sides who have qualified for European football – Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Dundee United and Motherwell – in the second round which is due to take place at the end of August.
Full draw
Group A – Aberdeen, Raith Rovers, Peterhead, Dumbarton, Stirling Albion.
Group B – Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Montrose, Stenhousemuir, Fraserburgh.
Group C – Ross County, Dunfermline, Alloa, East Fife, Buckie Thistle.
Group D – Hibernian, Greenock Morton, Falkirk, Clyde, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.
Group E – St Mirren, Arbroath, Airdrieonians, Edinburgh City, Cowdenbeath.
Group F –St Johnstone, Ayr United, Queen of the South, Annan Athletic, Elgin City.
Group G – Livingston, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Cove Rangers, Kelty Hearts, Albion Rovers.
Group H – Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Forfar Athletic, Stranraer.