RCF Pokal

==Overview==
The RCF(Rapperswil La Chaux de Fonds) Pokal is one of 3 regional cup competitions in the ILIH. Although it was first introduced to the league in Season VII with the other two regional competitions, it is a reintroduction of a competition of the same name that was the premier cup competition of the RCF Bundesliga before 6 of the 8 teams joined the ILIH and the league was disbanded. The champion is awarded the same trophy that was awarded in the original competition. The competition is played mid-season and features all 6 Rapperswil, Kloten and La Chaux de Fonds based clubs in the whole of the competition but only 4 in the finals.
==Format==
The RCF Pokal is the only regional competition to use league performance in its seeding, with the top 3 performers from the last season automatically qualifying in order of their performance and the other 3 undertaking a ladder style qualification process for the 4th seed. The matchups are a single game hosted by the higher seed. Matchups based on seed are as followed:
1 - 4
2 - 3
Each matchup that is undecided in regulation time will go straight into a shootout.
==Qualification==
The top three league performers from the last season are seeds 1-3 in the finals, ordered by their respective performances. The 6th in league performances plays one game away at the 5th best league performer, and the winner of that game plays one game away to the 4th best league performer. The winner of that game is the 4th seed.
The 6 clubs involved are:
Kloten Firebirds
La Chaux de Fonds Comets
Rapperswil West Aces
Sporting Rapperswil East
Vikings of Swift Current
Val d'Or Cosmos
==Prize Money==
Qualify: $1,000,000
Win Semi Final: $2,000,000
Win Final: $2,000,000
== Season VII ==
NHL 17
Preliminary Round
Val d'Or 3 - 1 Kloten --> La Chaux de Fonds 2 - 1 Val d'Or 
Semifinals 	Final 	Semifinals
East 5 - 4 La Chaux de Fonds	Sporting Rapperswil East Winterhawks - Vikings of Swift Current	West 3 - 4(SO) Swift Current