Quote Originally Posted by GGMDONS View Post
IF we finish 4th & don't reach the cup final we will not qualify for Europe as the other European place will go to the beaten finalists & not the 4th placed team.

The 4th placed team only gets in if all the other teams in the cup-final have already qualified for Europe
No it isn't, they changed the rules in 2014 so you only qualify for Europe if you win the cup.

It is possible for the Scottish Cup winners to have already qualified for a UEFA competition through their league ranking in the Scottish Premiership. In this scenario the qualification spot passes to the highest ranked team in that competition not yet qualified, rather than to the Scottish Cup runners-up.Until 2014, the Scottish Cup runners-up qualified for European competition if the cup winners had also qualified for the Champions League.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotti..._qualification