It was competed for by the 26 clubs in the Scottish Football League Division One and Two.
The defending champions were Hamilton Academical, who defeated Morton 3–2 in the 1992 final.
[1] The final was played on 12 December 1993,[1] between Falkirk and St Mirren at Fir Park in Motherwell.
Falkirk won 3–0,[1] to win the tournament for the first time.
Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Morton, Queen's Park and Stirling Albion entered the second round.