The holders Hearts were knocked out by their Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in the fourth round, in a repeat of the previous season's final.
[1] The remaining First Division and all Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs enter in the fourth round (last 32).
[1] The fourth round was played in early December 2012, to allow SPL clubs a brief winter shutdown in January.
[2] The calendar for the 2012–13 competition is as follows:[3] The preliminary round draw was conducted on 3 July 2012 at Hampden Park, Glasgow.
The Fourth round draw was conducted on 5 November 2012 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News.
[11] From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in Ireland and the UK by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports.