Scottish Cup final to be played in December

This season's Scottish Cup final will be played midway through next season.

Scottish soccer federation says pandemic-delayed competition will be completed on Dec. 20. That is more than seven months after original date for final on May 9.

competition was stopped at semifinal st. Defending champion Celtic will play Aberdeen and Edinburgh rivals Hearts and Hibernian will meet in or semifinal on weekend of Oct. 31-v. 1 at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

Organizers say players who would ordinarily be barred from playing for a second team in same competition can play for ir new club even if y were earlier fielded by a different team.

2020-21 season in Scottish league will start on Aug. 1. 2019-20 league season did t resume after lockdown and Celtic was declared champion based on aver points per game.