theSGL Season Nine Counter-Strike Source League cup will begin in the week starting January 5th (the lead up to the first week of matches in the league itself). It will be open to every team accepted into the Season Nine league structure and teams will be considered as taking part in this event if they are taking part in the season.
Teams from the Invite, Premiership, Championship and League tier will all be included in the first round draw for this cup by default. The draw for the first round of the cup will involve only teams from the League tier as we whittle down the numbers to a nice even thirty two (or more depending on League tier sign ups).
The cup will be strictly single elimination and each round will be based on a random draw. There will be absolutely no seedings made in this event. This will mean you may well end up with two invite teams battling it out, whilst two league tier teams do the same - it's all in the luck of the draw and no doubt will be as unpopular with as many of you as it is popular with.
Each round of matches will give you a week to contact your opponents and organise, play, and enter the result of your match. Competing in the League cup is viewed as part of your entry into Season Nine as a whole and failure to play your fixtures may result in your being removed or replaced in the Season as a whole.
For those teams not involvedin Season Nine - do not despair as you will still get your chance of "cup glory" with theSGL Season Nine Open Cup which will aceept applications from anyone not directly playing within the season to take part alongside the league teams.
Opening matches in the League Cup will be announced asap and again after each round of fixtures.