OPFL Cup

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Omerican Professional Soccer League Cup
Country Omerica
Number of teams64
Current championsEver Grande (2nd title)
(OPSL 10)
Most championships(2 titles each)
TV partnersCiel Sports
Current: OPSL season 10

The Omerican Professional Soccer League Cup (French: Coupe de la Ligue omericaine du soccer professionnel), known domestically as the League Cup, is an annual knockout competition involving professional Omerican association football clubs. Organised by and named after the Omerican Professional Soccer League, participation in the competition is open to member clubs of its four divisions, which equates to those in the top four levels of the Omerican football league system.

The winners of the OPSL Cup receive a berth to the IFCF Challengers Cup and FFI Confederations Trophy unless they have qualified for the Champions League or League of Victors via league finish. Ever Grande are the current titleholders, defeating Grand-Océan FC on penalties in the season 10 final.

Format

The competition is contested as a straight knockout cup tournament, with teams eliminated from the tournament after a single loss. All participating clubs enter the competition in the first round; all clubs, regardless of division, must therefore win six ties to win the tournament. In the first four rounds, each tie is played over a single leg at one of the two teams' home ground with no replays, while the semifinals are played home-and-away. Extra time is not played in any tie other than the final, with level ties proceeding directly to a penalty shoot-out (the away goals rule does not apply in the semifinals).

In contrast to the Federation Cup, which draws each round only after the previous has been played, the OPSL Cup uses a fixed bracket which is set by a draw before the commencement of the tournament. Within each of the four divisions, each club is drawn a "seed" number from 1 to 16, with four clubs (one from each of the four divisions) having each number. In the first round, Fourth Division clubs host Premier Division clubs with the same "seed" number, while Third Division clubs host Second Division clubs with the same number; in the second round, clubs with the same number play each other, with the club in the lower division hosting the match. From the third round on, a standard sixteen-team seeded bracket is used without reseeding.

The final match traditionally takes place at the midpoint of the league season and is the only one played at a neutral ground. Since season 10, the venue is nominated by the titleholders and ratified by the Omerican Professional Soccer League administration; prior to this, the venue was determined by the OPSL administration after the completion of the quarterfinals.

Finals

Edition Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1
Sassari Trailblazers
2–0
United Philibiscostal
RS Amphitheatre, Port-des-Saints
2
Malavan Romainbourg
4–1 File:Nassau FC logo.png
Nassau FC
Stade Rue de la Victoire, Éternare
3
Saint Anne Athletic
2–0
Malavan Romainbourg
Stephen Reading Memorial Stadium, Christiana
4 Season abandoned; final not contested
5
Londonderry FC
1–0
Ever Grande
Seafoam Athletic Park, Saint Anne
6
Andreaskruis
2–1 File:Nassau FC logo.png
Nassau FC
Stade Just-Cartier, Charlescourt
7
Malavan Romainbourg
3–1 aet
AS Républicains
Stade Just-Cartier, Charlescourt
8
Ever Grande
1–0
Malavan Romainbourg
Stadium of Great Arden, Lisbon
9
Saint Anne Athletic
2–1
Forestia Cricket
RS Amphitheatre, Port-des-Saints
10
Ever Grande
0–0 aet
4–2 pen
File:Grand-Océan FC logo.png
Grand-Océan FC
Seafoam Athletic Park, Saint Anne