League Cup
What is the League Cup?
Selected active leagues will get the opportunity to organize a League Challenge once during each League-season. This change will give more players an opportunity to test their mettle in a rating tournament.
The League Cup tournaments are intended as higher qualifying tournaments and the outcome of a match of each player is of importance to winners how many Championship points they will earn. The results of you best limit finish of 8 League Cups count for your Championship points. These points are important to players to earn an invite for the World Championships at United Kingdom in August 2020. Players of the Junior Division require 250 Championship points, Senior Division 250 Championship points and Master Division 350 Championship points.
Tournament structure
Participants play with their own decks in the Standard format or expanded format (indicated in our tournament calendar).
That means that the use of cards is limited to certain series. Prior to the tournament, during the player meeting, one has to hand over a decklist and during the tournaments there will be deck checks.
Cards present in the series mentioned below are allowed:
Standard format (starting 16 August 2019!)
| UPR | S&M Ultra Prism |  |
| FLI | S&M Forbidden Light |  |
| CES | S&M Celestial Storm |  |
| LOT | S&M Lost Thunder |  |
| TEU | S&M Team Up |  |
| UNB | S&M Unbroken Bonds |  |
| UNM | S&M Unified Minds |  |
| CEC | S&M Cosmic Eclipse |  |
| DET | Detective Pikachu |  |
| DRM | Dragon Majesty |  |
| PR | promo's SM94+ |  |
Expanded format
|
abbreviation |
name set/card |
symbol |
| BLW | Black and White |  |
| EPO | BW Emerging Powers |  |
| NVI | BW Noble Victories |  |
| NXD | BW Next Destinies |  |
| DEX | BW Dark Explorers |  |
| DRX | BW Dragons Exalted |  |
| BCR | BW Boundaries Crossed |  |
| PLS | BW Plasma Storm |  |
| PLF | BW Plasma Freeze |  |
| PLB | BW Plasma Blast |  |
| LTR | BW Legendary Treasures |  |
| XY | XY |  |
| FLF | XY Flashfire |  |
| FFI | XY Furious Fists |  |
| PHF | XY Phantom Forces |  |
| PRC | XY Primal Clash |  |
| ROS | XY Roaring Skies |  |
| AOR | XY Ancient Origins |  |
| BKT | XY BREAKthrough |  |
| BKP | XY BREAKpoint |  |
| FCO | XY Fates Collide |  |
| STS | XY Steam Siege |  |
| GEN | Generations |  |
| EVO | XY Evolutions |  |
| SUM | Sun & Moon | .png){kind=small} |
| GRI | S&M Guardians Rising |  |
| BUS | S&M Burning Shadows |  |
| CIN | S&M Crimson Invasion |  |
| UPR | S&M Ultra Prism | |
| FLI | S&M Forbidden Light | |
| CES | S&M Celestial Storm | |
| LOT | S&M Lost Thunder | |
| TEU | S&M Team Up | |
| UNB | S&M Unbroken Bonds | |
| UNM | S&M Unified Minds | |
| CEC | S&M Cosmic Eclipse | |
| DET | Detective Pikachu | |
| DRM | Dragon Majesty | |
| SLG | Shining Legends |  |
| DCR | Double Crisis |  |
| DRV | BW Dragon Vault |  |
| TK | BW Trainer Kit |  |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit |  |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Bisharp & Wigglytuff |   |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Latias & Latios |   |
| TK | XY Trainer Kit - Pikachu Libre & Suicune |  |
| TK | S&M Trainer Kit - Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu | |
| KSS | XY Kalos Starter Set |  |
| PR | promo's BW01+ | |
| PR | promo's XY01+ | |
| PR | promo's SM01+ | |
| MCD | McDonald Collection |      |
* This set will become tournament legal at 21 September 2018!
The tournament is run using Age Modified Swiss pairings, with a separate Topcut. The number of rounds that will be played depends on the number of attendants per division, performing gameplay (30 minutes + 3 turns) or match play (2-out-of-3 in rounds of 50 minutes + 3 turns). Top-cut (max. 8 players per division) will be playing match play (2-out-of-3) in rounds of 50 to 75 minutes + 3 turns (depending on discretion of organizer).
Participants are divided into 3 divisions, dependent on the year of birth. These divisions are:
Junior division: born in 2009 or later;
Senior division: born in 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008
Masters division: born in 2004 or earlier.
Don’t forget when you participate in this tournament
Take care that you have your PlayerID at hand;
Read the tournament rules, so you know what to bring to this event;
Have your decklist form (see left under the "Registration › decklist” button) filled in completely prior to the tournament;
Have your cards at the same follow order as you decklist for deckcheck;
Be at the venue on time, as those that arrive too late will receive a “round loss”.
1st place: Champion Playmat and 50 Championship Points
2nd plaats: 40 Championship Points (@ kicker 0)
3rd place: 32 Championship Points (@ kicker 0)
4th place: 32 Championship Points (@ kicker 0)
5th to 8th place: 25 Championship Points (@ kicker 24)
9th to 16th place: 20 Championship Points (@ kicker 48)
17th too 32th place: 16 Championship Points (@ kicker 100)
33rd too 64th place: 13 Championship Points (@ kicker 200)
For other participants (9th place on) there is a booster of a recent tournament legal expansion. In addition there is a promo card (whilst supplies last and only for those with an activated account on www.pokemon.com/us).
Registration
Although the registration of the league Cup is open and officially there is no limit to the number of attendants, it could happen that the venue or the stock of prizematerials are the limiting factors. Therefore, to avoid disappointment, it is important to determine to register to secure your registration. Even if unable to participate it is highly appreciated by the organizing gymleague / tournament organizer to inform him of your withdrawal.
For registration see link at particular tournament in the Tournament calendar.
Admission fee
Participating the League Cup is € 6,00 or more
(at the organizers/store discretion).
For dates of tournaments see under button "Tournaments -> Tournament calendar".
info@organizedplay.nl
