Indonesia Nations Cup

**Indonesia Nations Cup**, also known as **INC**, is an annual knockout cup competition and also organised by Liga Top Eleven Indonesia. The competition starts after the reguler League (Liga 1, Liga 2, and Liga 3) ends. All matches using Home Away systems.

The Indonesia Nations Cup was first held in Season 1 at 28 March 2021. Entry is open to all teams who compete in the Liga 1 Top Eleven Indonesia and Liga 2 Top Eleven Indonesia, as well as team who ranked at 1 until 8 in the final standing at the end of the season.

Starting from the Season 5 Indonesia Nations Cup, all team that compete in Liga Top Eleven Indonesia can be participated to the tournament.

## History

The first season of INC held around 28 March until 30 March 2021 with entry is open to all teams who compete in the Liga 1 Top Eleven Indonesia and Liga 2 Top Eleven Indonesia, as well as team who ranked at 1 until 8 in the final standing at the end of the season. The competition using the bracket of Round of 16, a quarter final, a semi final, and then a final. This system is used until the Season 4 Indonesia Nations Cup ends.

 Quarter-finals
 Semi-Finals
 Final

On the Season 5 Indonesia Nations Cup, all team that compete in Liga Top Eleven Indonesia can be participated to the tournament. With proceeds as a knockout tournament throughout, consisting of five rounds, a semi-final and then a final.

Entrants from the Round 1 begin the competition, competing 32 teams from the 5th - 14th on the final table from each 3 sectors + 2 teams ranked 4th with the worst points from each sectors. Round 2 is competing 32 teams, the 16 teams from Round 1, the 1st - 3rd on the Liga 3 final table from each sectors, 1 team on the 4th ranked with the best points from each sectors, and 9th - 14th place teams on the Liga 2 final table. Round 3 is competing 24 teams, the 16 teams from Round 2 and 1st - 8th place teams on the Liga 2 final table. Round 4 is competing 20 teams, the 12 teams from Round 3 and 7th - 14th place teams on the Liga 1 final table. Lastly, Round 5 is the final round that proceeds 10 teams from Round 4 with 1st - 6th place teams on the Liga 1 final table.

On the Season 8 Indonesia Nations Cup, the team's reduce to 56 due to Liga 3 that only creating 2 sectors.

Entrants from the Round 1 begin the competition, competing 4 teams from the 13th - 14th on the final table from each 2 sectors of Liga 3. Round 2 is competing 32 teams, the 2 teams from Round 1, the 1st - 12th on the Liga 3 final table from each sectors, and 9th - 14th place teams on the Liga 2 final table. Round 3 is competing 24 teams, the 16 teams from Round 2 and 1st - 8th place teams on the Liga 2 final table. Round 4 is competing 20 teams, the 12 teams from Round 3 and 7th - 14th place teams on the Liga 1 final table. Lastly, Round 5 is the final round that proceeds 10 teams from Round 4 with 1st - 6th place teams on the Liga 1 final table.

On the Season 9 Indonesia Nations Cup, the team's increase to 66 following the appearance of Liga Nasional Top Eleven Indonesia.

Entrants from the Play-off Round begin the competition, competing 4 teams from lower rank of Liga Nasional table, then 2 teams advance to the Round 1. Round 1 competing 20 teams, 2 teams from Play-off round, the 1st - 6th on the final table of Liga Nasional, the 9th - 14th from each 2 sectors of Liga 3. Round 2 is competing 32 teams, the 10 teams from Round 1, the 1st - 8th on the Liga 3 final table from each sectors, and 9th - 14th place teams on the Liga 2 final table. Round 3 is competing 24 teams, the 16 teams from Round 2 and 1st - 8th place teams on the Liga 2 final table. Round 4 is competing 20 teams, the 12 teams from Round 3 and 7th - 14th place teams on the Liga 1 final table. Lastly, Round 5 is the final round that proceeds 10 teams from Round 4 with 1st - 6th place teams on the Liga 1 final table.

Starting from the Season 11 Indonesia Nations Cup, the team's reduce to 64, 56 teams from a league systems (Liga 1, Liga 2, and Liga 3) with 8 teams from a non-league systems, Liga Nasional.

## Number of teams

* 16 (Season 1-4)
* 70 (Season 5-7)
* 56 (Season 8)
* 66 (Season 9-10)
* 64 (Season 11-now)

## Rules

In order to compete in this Cup, every manager must obey the following rules:

1. The team's must have their own Twitter account as their team name and must be active on Twitter,

2. The team quality when manager playing all the team quality cannot exceed 100%, and the limit is set to 100,9%. If manager's violate this provision once, their will be suspended for losing (walk-out). Then when they violate once again, they will be disqualified and expelled from the LTEI,

3. Managers may not be present to support each other during a match,

4. All team cannot change their name team during the competition,

5. All matches are designated as friendly matches through their respective associations with a Home-Away system,

6. Only a **Full Time** match that counted as a final result, then it will be added on the aggregate system. When 2 leg plays but meets the tie away-goal situation, the leg 3 will be played and home team will be as the leg 1 plays.

In Season 1 and Season 2, the point 2 of the rules was using the overall 120% quality team. Later change to 100% with the maximum limit of 100,9%.

## Awards

### Trophy

The Indonesia Nations Cup Trophy
The Indonesia Nations Cup trophy has a silver color and has a small size compared with the Liga 1 and Liga 2 trophy. The design of the chalice is seeded with the design of the FA Cup.

### Poster or Video

The Season 1 INC Poster's Winner
Poster or video is given to the champions that want to share it throughout the social media. Means that the team's won the INC.

### E-Certificate

The Season 7 INC E-Certificate's Winner
E-certificate's given to the champions that want to share it throughout the social media or keep it as an award. Means that the team's won the INC.

## References

1. ↑ Pergantian format kompetisi untuk Indonesia Nations Cup. *INC Official* (16 July 2021).
2. ↑ Pergantian format kompetisi untuk Liga 3. *INC Official* (9 September 2021).

## External links

* Season 1 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 2 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 3 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 4 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 5 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 6 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 7 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 8 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 9 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 10 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 11 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 12 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 13 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 14 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 15 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 16 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 17 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place
* Season 18 Indonesia Nations Cup's Challenge Place