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The League Cup consists of tournaments introduced after the overhaul of The Play! Pokémon season structure in 2016-2017. It replaced City Championships and should be considered as the next step in the Play! Pokémon Championship Series after League Challenge.
League Cups give players the opportunity to earn up to 50 Championship Points and have a Best Finish Limit of 2 per season. Only for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons, their BFL were shared with League Challenge. They give 2 Play! Points, a special variant card available to all partecipants and a limited League Cup playmat available to first-place finishers in each of three age divisions.
Held twice per season at select Pokémon League locations, these tournaments may use the Standard or Expandend format, at the Tournament Organizer's discretion. League Challenge events consist of Swiss round with top cut to single-elimination rounds.
Typical prize structure
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1st |
- 50 Championship Points
- Exclusive League Cup playmat
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3rd |
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4th |
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5th-8th |
- 24 Championship Points (if 24 players or more)
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9th-16th |
- 20 Championship Points (if 48 players or more)
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17th-32nd |
- 16 Championship Points (if 100 players or more)
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33rd-64th |
- 13 Championship Points (if 200 players or more)
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Cards and Playmats given as reward
Evolutions Season League Cup Promo. Alternative version of
Ninja Boy
Cards given as reward are typically based on regular version of the same cards released in the expansion paired with each Pokémon League seasons. Each card has League Cup stamps and a different Holofoil pattern according to which expansion it belongs to.
League Cup playmats
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Evolutions Season League Cup Mega Blastoise Playmat
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Sun & Moon Season League Cup Decidueye Playmat
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Guardians Rising Season League Cup Tapu Koko Playmat
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Burning Shadows Season League Cup Ho-Oh Playmat
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Crimson Invasion Season League Cup Silvally Playmat
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Ultra Prism Season League Cup Leafeon Playmat
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Forbidden Light Season League Cup Greninja Playmat
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Celestial Storm Season League Cup Jirachi Playmat
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Lost Thunder Season League Cup Celebi Playmat
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Team Up Season League Cup Mimikyu & Gengar Playmat
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Unbroken Bonds Season League Cup Gardevoir & Sylveon Playmat
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Unified Minds Season League Cup Mewtwo & Mew Playmat
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