The 130 best teams of each league (Top 1, Div 2 and Div 3 except the 2 teams qualified for Elite cup), will participate in the National cup. 128 teams, grouped
in 16 groups of 8 teams (single legs). The winners of each group is qualified
for the last 16 round and so on.
So, each team will play between 7 and 11 cup games
The remanining teams, limited to 1024, will join the
Federation cup. 32 groups of 8 teams for all leagues except France and Italy
(128 groups of 8 teams), with single legs.
Winners of each groups qualified for last 32, or last 128
(France and Italy).
So, each teams will play between 7 and 12 (14 in France and Italy) cup games
- The french non-eligible teams will get some money to make it
up for lost income.
- Income for National Cup will be higher than for Federation cup