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Here is my idea. In the first 2 rounds only the lowest division teams play, then the remaining teams are matched up against teams from the division above, and so on...

So for a 4 division country it would look like this:

Round 1: The 1024 D4 teams face off (512 teams progress)
Round 2: The 512 D4 teams face off (256 teams progress))
Round 3: The 256 D4 teams face off against the 256 D3 teams (256 teams progress)
Round 4: The winners face off (128 teams progress)
Round 5: The winners face off (64 teams progress)
Round 6: The remaining 64 D4 and D3 teams face off against the 64 D2 teams (64 teams progress)
Round 7: The winners face off (32 teams progress)
Round 8: The winners face off (16 teams progress)
Round 9: The remaining 16 D4, D3, and D2 teams face off against the 16 D1 teams (16 teams progress)
Round 10: The winners face off (8 teams progress)
Round 11: Quarterfinal (4 teams progress)
Round 12: Semifinal (2 teams progress)
Round 13: Final (1 winner)

This way the lower division teams would have an enthusiasm advantage against higher divisions. The D1 teams are automatically in the round of 32. I can't be bothered doing the math, but if a D4 team TIEd every league and cup game in this system and made it to round 9 then they would have a huge enthusiasm boost over a D1 team.

But it wouldn't work for countries with more than 4 divisions...

Last edited by Jeeves at 8/3/2010 8:58:53 AM

Wow, very creative. I don't see it working out here, but I admire the thought that went into this. A five-ball idea!

Wow ... that's complicated. If so, I prefer the unseeded national cup.

In the USA Cup, how many teams are entered into the Tournament?

8192 teams, over half of them bots, to make sure everyone has a fair chance of getting a gimmie 50k

though sometimes you can get unlucky with your pick and get a beast team right away......

Cup drawings are random.....so don't be guaranteed that you get a bot team in the first draw.....