OPFL Cup
| Country | |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 64 |
| Current champions | Saint Anne Athletic (2nd title) (OPSL 9) |
| Most championships | Malavan Romainbourg Saint Anne Athletic (2 titles each) |
| TV partners | Ciel Sports |
| Current: OPSL season 9 | |
The Omerican Professional Soccer League Cup (French: Coupe de la Ligue omericaine du soccer professionnel), formerly known as the OPSL Challenge 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. Saint Anne Athletic are the current titleholders, defeating Forestia Cricket 2–1 in the season 9 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; drawn matches proceed to extra time, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the tie remains level. Since season 10, the semifinals are played home-and-away; if a tie is level on aggregate, the away goals rule applies, with ties level on aggregate and away goals proceeding directly to a penalty shootout (extra time is not played per URSF statute).
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 to be 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 | TBD | TBD | TBD | Seafoam Athletic Park, Saint Anne |