League Cup

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As the League Cup is known in team sports usually a national cup competition, whose participants often belong to a professional association or league have many professional players in their team. This distinguishes the cup competition from the national cup, in which amateur teams also take part. In some countries, winning the league cup is now even more valuable and more important than the national cup win. This is supported by some associations that promise the winner a place in an international competition, such as B. in France at the soccer league cup Coupe de la Ligue .

But there are also competitions called League Cups that don't fit into this scheme. So z. B. in rugby union the DRV league cup , in which only teams participate that are not qualified for the national cup.

In German football, the DFL League Cup, introduced in 1997, replaced the DFB Supercup as the start of the season and was played in a tournament that lasted a few days before the start of the Bundesliga season. After the event in 2007 , the competition was discontinued.

League cup competitions in basketball

League cup competitions in football

At the national level

Europe ( UEFA )

Africa ( CAF )

North, Central America & Caribbean ( CONCACAF )

Asia ( AFC )

League cup competitions in handball

League cup competitions in rugby union

League cup competitions in floorball

See also