Online Quiz League UK - Cup - Season 8
The Season 8 Cup commences on Wednesday 16th November 2022. The full draw can be found here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Hx9500bCxm-NkxuDt2i_nJ98aaBLRakJkQINM23kEQ/edit#gid=0
Teams who lose their first match will move into the Plate competition any other defeat and teams are eliminated from both competitions.
The competition will run to the following dates
November 16th - Cup Round 1. 56 matches where the winners go to cup round 2 and the losers go to plate round 1. (8 teams had a bye to round 2)
November 23rd - Cup Round 2. The 56 winners from round 1 play each other with the 28 winners moving to round 3 and the 28 losers being eliminated from both competitions. The 8 teams who received byes in round 1 play each other with the winners going to round 3 and the losers going to Plate round 2. The 56 teams who lost in round 1 will play their first plate matches. The 28 winners move to Plate round 2, the 28 losers are eliminated.
November 30th - Cup Round 3. The 32 winners from Round 2 play each other. Winners go to Round 4. Losers are eliminated. The 28 winners from Plate round 1 are joined by the 4 losers from the teams who had byes to cup round 2. The 32 teams play each other, winners go to Plate round 3 and losers are eliminated
December 7th - Cup Rounds 4 and 5. The 16 remaining teams are in four groups of four, they each play the first game, the winners then play each other to see who progresses to the semi finals. The losers are eliminated. The 16 remaining teams in the Plate are also placed in four groups of four, they each play the first game, the winners then play each other to see who progresses to the semi finals
December 14th - Cup Semi finals and Final. The remaining 4 teams in each competition play the semi finals and the winners play the final, all held on the OQL Zoom. The winners of the Cup will win the Jon Jacob Cup and the winners of the Plate will receive the OQL Plate Trophy