The FHL UK Cup competition will start on Wednesday 5th October at the start of gameweek 5 with the all important draw taking place on Friday 30th September. Coverage of the draw will be on our social media channels.
At the start gameweek 4 there are 197 teams who have a valid team selected and all will be entered into the FHL UK Cup. Here is a round-by-round overview –
Gameweek 5 (first round) – the top 59 teams in terms of league position will automatically get a bye in to round 2. Therefore the other 138 teams will be randomly drawn into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek. The winning 69 teams will then join the previous 59 who received a bye into the second round
Gameweek 6 (second round) – the 128 teams from round one in gameweek 5 are entered into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek.
Gameweek 7 (third round) – the 64 winning teams from the second round are entered into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek.
Gameweek 8 (fourth round) – the 32 winning teams from the third round are entered into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek.
Gameweek 9 (fifth round) – the 16 winning teams from the fourth round are entered into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek.
Gameweek 10 (quarter-final) – the 8 winning teams from the fifth round are entered into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek.
Gameweek 11 (semi-final) – the 4 winning teams from the quarter final are entered into straight knockout ties decided by the points scored in the gameweek.
Gameweek 12 (final) – the two remaining teams will battle for the FHL UK Cup trophy.
If a tiebreaker is required then teams will be split by the following during that game week –
- Total Goals
- Total Assists
- Total Game Winning Goals
- Goalie Wins
- Goalie Saves
- If the teams are still tied then the team with the highest score in the previous game week will be the winner.
