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iPro Sport Cup
Current season or competition:
League 1 Cup 2016
SportRugby league
Instituted2015
Number of teams16
Country England
 Wales (RFL)
Holders Keighley Cougars (1st Title)
Most titles Keighley Cougars
North Wales Crusaders (1 title)
WebsiteOfficial Site
Broadcast partnerPremier Sports
Related competitionChallenge Cup
League 1

The League 1 Cup, known as the iPro Sport Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knockout cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League for the third division of rugby league in Britain. The cup is contested by the British League 1 teams, as well as two teams from the National Conference League.[1] The final takes place on the same weekend as The Summer Bash, and is the first game of the weekend to be played.

History

In 2013 the Championship Cup was decommissioned after 12 seasons and the Challenge Cup became the only cup competition available to the Championships. In 2015, as part of the new structure a new cup competition was to be introduced, but only available to League 1 clubs and two clubs invited from the National Conference League.[2] The first final was played as the opening game of The Summer Bash at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.

Format

The first round of the League 1 Cup is split into two pools; Northern regions and South and Midlands regions, all 14 League 1 clubs and two National Conference League clubs enter at this stage. A draw is made at the beginning of each round to determine fixtures.

  • First Round: 14 League 1 clubs and 2 NCL clubs enter
  • Second Round: Last 8
  • Semi Finals: Last 4, played at the ground of the team drawn at home
  • Final: Played at Bloomfield Road

Cup Finals

Year Winners Score Runner–up Venue Attendance
2015 North Wales Crusaders 12-8 Swinton Lions Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 8,650[note 1]
2016 Keighley Cougars 22-18 York City Knights 9,521[note 1]
  1. ^ a b Attendance figure is the total for day 1 of the Summer Bash, not the number of spectators present when the game was played.

Winners

Club Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost
1 North Wales Crusaders 1 2015 0 N/A
2 Keighley Cougars 1 2016 0 N/A
3 Swinton Lions 0 N/A 1 2015
4 York City Knights 0 N/A 1 2016
  • GOLD- current holders

Sponsorship

In February 2015, the RFL announced a 3-Year deal with isotonic soft drink company iPro for the competition to be been known as the iPro Sport Cup.[1]

Period Sponsor Name
2015-2017 iPro iPro Sport Cup

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The iPro Sport Cup". Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "iPro Sport Cup". Rugby Football League. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

External links

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