CBA Announces Return of President’s Cup

August 18, 2021 Steve Harper 0 Comments CBA, President's Cup

Today the CBA is pleased to announce the return of a revamped President’s Cup. The cup competition will now be a single-elimination tournament featuring all 30 teams in the CBA. The tournament schedule is still being finalized but discussions are being held to hold the games over 1 week before the regular season begins.

Teams will be seeded 1-30 based on ELO from the previous season. The #1 and #2 teams in ELO will be given a bye in round 1 in what will become a 32-team bracket. The better seeded team will be the home team in each match up throughout the tournament. Here are the matchups for round 1 of the 2061 President’s Cup, with seeding. The order below is also how the bracket will be set up from top to bottom (image below).

#1 Toronto Mythics – Bye

#16 Cleveland Bobcats vs #17 Vancouver Titans

#9 Indianapolis Hawks vs #24 Carolina Reapers

#8 Las Vegas Lightning vs #25 Kentucky Bootleggers

#4 Minnesota Freeze vs #29 Seattle Steelheads

#13 Miami Warriors vs #20 Bay Area Pandas

#12 Atlanta Swarm vs #21 Chicago Gale

#5 Phoenix Sun Dogs vs #28 Boston Shoremen

#2 Houston Moondogs – Bye

#15 New York Empire vs #18 Los Angeles Chilis

#10 Tampa Bay Palms vs #23 New Orleans Krewe

#7 Denver Wolves vs #26 San Diego Steam