Managers in Fantasy Premier League mini-leagues can enjoy extra rivalries towards the end of the season by holding a "League Cup" among their friends, colleagues and family members.
The League Cup involves all managers in your invitational classic league, with everyone going into a draw, the starting round being determined by the number of teams involved.
Managers must beat the score of the opponent they have been randomly drawn against to knock them out and advance to the next round.
This carries on until the last two teams meet in the final in Gameweek 38.
The League Cup option is in addition to the Overall FPL Cup.
How to set up your League Cup
If you have not set up a League Cup, it is easy for the admins of the mini-leagues to do so.
Go to the Leagues and Cups page and click on the "Options" button. Click on "Administer" and tick the "Create League Cup" option. Then click the "Update league" button.
See: Set up your mini-leagues and cups
How the League Cup works
With the League Cups option selected, the knockout format will be automatically scheduled to happen in a Gameweek based on how many managers are in your mini-league.
So, if there are 16 people in your mini-league, the League Cup will start at Gameweek 35 as that equates to four rounds, counting back from Gameweek 38.
Getting a bye
Using the example above, if there are between eight and 16 people in your mini-league, the highest-scoring managers for the previous Gameweek will get a bye through to the second round.
So, for example, if there are 14 managers, the two in your mini-league who have the highest scores in qualifying (in Gameweek 34) will get a bye through to Gameweek 36.
The remaining 12 managers will play each other in the first round (Gameweek 35), with the six winners joining the two who had a bye for the quarter-finals in Gameweek 36.
Fan League Cups and Country Cups
During the season managers have also automatically been entered into Fan League Cups and Country Cups based on their chosen team of support and selected country of residence. All these cups are in addition to the existing Overall FPL Cup.
