The 2019 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the IRN-BRU Cup final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match that took place on 23 March 2019, between
Ross County and
Connah's Quay Nomads.[3] It was the 28th final of the
Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct
Scottish Football League, and the sixth since the
SPFL was formed. Connah's Quay became the first club from outside Scotland to reach the final since the competition was first expanded to include guest teams from other countries in
2016–17.[3]
The choice of
Inverness as the venue for the final[1] caused some controversy, with the
Highland city being only 15 miles (24 km) from Ross County's home in
Dingwall but a distance of 400 miles (640 km) for Connah's Quay Nomads;[7] previous finals had typically been held further south in Scotland's
Central Belt.