The Group Stage draw for the 2021 Scottish Women’s Premier League Cup has been made with ties commencing on 8 August.
The new format sees all 18 teams entered into the competition with four groups. This replaces the previous 1st Round of the competition which involved a seeded knock-out format. Teams remain seeded based on their final league position from the 2020/21 season but all teams are now guaranteed at least three fixtures before the beginning of the 2021/22 SWPL season.
The groups were drawn as follows:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Rangers | Hibernian | Glasgow City | Celtic |
| Motherwell | Forfar Farmington | Spartans | Heart of Midlothian |
| Aberdeen | Dundee United | Hamilton Academical | Partick Thistle |
| Boroughmuir Thistle | Kilmarnock | Glasgow Women | St Johnstone |
| Queen’s Park | Stirling University |
The opening round of fixtures will be played on Sunday 8 August with the standout tie arguably being in Group C as Spartans host Hamilton Academical. This will be an early test for newly promoted Hamilton who face an Edinburgh side who narrowly missed out on a top half finish last season. The other game in Group C is a Glasgow derby as Glasgow Women welcome the reigning SWPL 1 champions, Glasgow City.
The current holders of the SWPL Cup, Hibernian, are at home for their opening Group B match as they host SWPL 2 side Kilmarnock. Both sides finished their 2020/21 campaigns strongly and will be looking to continue that momentum going into 2021/22. Group B will also see Dundee United, who finished fourth in SWPL 2 just four points from promotion, at home to Forfar Farmington. The Angus side picked up only one point in their final 13 games in SWPL 1 but are under new management in former Glasgow City, Celtic, and Motherwell boss, Eddie Wolecki Black.
In Group A, SWPL 2 champions Aberdeen are at home to Boroughmuir Thistle in their opening game. The two sides finished their 2020/21 season facing each other with the Dons battling back to eventually win 4-2. The other game in the group on the opening day of fixtures has Rangers welcoming Queen’s Park.
Finally, in Group D, SWPL 1 runners-up Celtic are away to Partick Thistle. The home side missed out on promotion to SWPL 1 on the final day of last season and will likely be one of the favourites for the SWPL 2 title in 2021/22. Heart of Midlothian, who finished bottom of SWPL 1, welcome St Johnstone in the groups other game. The Perth side finished fifth in SWPL 2, 13 points off a promotion spot.
