National Cup
The National Cup gives Amateur and Pro clubs a route into the same major knockout competition as Elite clubs. Each country has 98 eligible clubs; fame selects and seeds the 96 that enter.
The bracket#
| Stage | Clubs |
|---|---|
| Qualification | 64 clubs, 32 go through |
| Round of 64 | The 32 qualifiers and the 32 seeded straight in |
| Round of 32 | 32 |
| Round of 16 | 16 |
| Quarter-final | 8 |
| Semi-final | 4 |
| Final | 2, on neutral ground |
Every round is one match. Your club competes in the cup of the country its division belongs to that season. After horizontal rotation, the 98 non-Rookie clubs in each country are ranked by fame: the bottom two do not enter, the next 64 play the qualification round and the top 32 enter at the Round of 64. Higher fame hosts in qualification. At the Round of 64 a directly seeded club hosts its qualifier; from the Round of 32 onward, higher current fame hosts, with the better original seed breaking a tie. The final remains neutral. A trophy stays in the record of the country where it was won. The hub has Participants, Schedule and Statistics tabs and a selector for all 32 countries.
The final#
As in the international cups: the nominal home team drawn by lot, a 60,000-seat venue, the ticket at 5, a sell-out, and 150,000 to each club from the gate. No home advantage.
Prizes by the stage you went out at#
| Stage | Balance | Scout Points | Gems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2,000,000 | 130 | 100 |
| Runner-up | 1,200,000 | 80 | — |
| Semi-finalist | 700,000 | 50 | — |
| Quarter-finalist | 400,000 | 25 | — |
| Round of 16 | 250,000 | 10 | — |
| Round of 32 | 150,000 | — | — |
| Round of 64 | 90,000 | — | — |
| Qualification | 50,000 | — | — |
Cup matches cost players half the energy of a championship match; attendance, fame and union points weight the National Cup at 1.1, and each stage from 1.1 in the Round of 32 to 1.5 in the final.
See also International cups and Fame