FC Red Star
Active Member
The semis :
NK vs Shaheen
13th Legion vs Metropolitan
I've said in previous years that if the winner of the div.2 cup is neither the group A or B winners then they should play against the 10th place div.1 side(EDC this year) in a playoff game for that spot in div.1.
This year is a perfect example where the div.2 Cup winner will not be a group winner. This would make the tournament that much more special and sought after to win!
1) Isn't a reward for a Division 2 Cup winner a spot at Provincial Cup?
2) If you would have Division 2 Cup winner playing some kind of play-off game for a spot in Division 1 then potentially you could have Division 2 team that is at the bottom of Division 2 (even relegated) being promoted to Division 1 (if they would win Division 2 cup game and then a play-off game against Division 1 team that is placed 3rd from the bottom). Division 2 cup (5, 6 games) simply should not be more important than league's 22 games.
Anyway, your idea about having some types of play-off games is very good. In my opinion it would be better if runners-up from both pools in Division 2 played a play-off game against each other then the winner of that match to play for a spot in Division 1 with the 3rd team from the bottom in Division 1. That way you could potentially have 3 teams from Division 2 going to Division 1 while 3 teams from Division 1 would be relegated.
That system would force all teams to play at 100% every game.
The same system could be applied all across the league. Team #10 in Premier could play against Team #3 in Division 1 and so on.
So, machel, your idea deserves a lot of consideration.