League 1 Cup

iPro Sport Cup
Current season or competition: League 1 Cup 2016

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2015
Number of teams	16
Country	England Wales (RFL)
Holders	Keighley Cougars (1st Title)
Most titles	Keighley Cougars North Wales Crusaders (1 title)
Website	Official Site
Broadcast partner	Premier Sports
Related competition	Challenge 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	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	9,521^{[note 1]}

1 2 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

References

1 2 "The iPro Sport Cup". Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "iPro Sport Cup". Rugby Football League. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

External links

Kingstone Press League 1

Current Teams	Barrow Raiders Coventry Bears Doncaster RLFC Gloucestershire All Golds Hemel Stags Hunslet Hawks Keighley Cougars London Skolars Newcastle Thunder North Wales Crusaders Oxford RLFC South Wales Ironmen Toronto Wolfpack Whitehaven RLFC Workington Town York City Knights

Former Teams	Celtic Crusaders Chorley Lynx/Blackpool Panthers Dewsbury Rams Featherstone Rovers Oldham Roughyeds Rochdale Hornets Sheffield Eagles Swinton Lions Toulouse Olympique

Seasons	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Results	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Major events	Northern Rail Cup / Northern Rail Shield

Awards	Fairplay Index

Related	Rugby Football League Championship Third Division Championship

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