Toon Cup - Football No. 1

## Release

### Original network

BNTV Global, BNTV (until 14 October 2023, cannot broadcast until 7 January 2024)
BN+

### Original release

30 April 2022 - 7 January 2023 (normal version); 29 April 2023 - present (Challenge version)

**Toon Cup - Football No. 1** (Bengali: **টুন কাপ - ফুটবল নাম্বার ১**) is a program about football kicking-off between national teams implemented by BNNetwork, Cartoon Network (India) and the Asian Football Confederation, Union of European Football Associations in season 1. The show is broadcast from April 30, 2022 to present.

## History

### Season 2022/23)

From April 30, 2022, launch a new version with the name Toon Cup - Football No. 1.
Toon Cup - Football No. 1 is a "tournament" consisting of 8 teams, representing 8 national teams (China, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, Poland, Russia, Singapore and Thailand). Each team consists of 6 members.

* Round 1: Includes 12 numbers, corresponding to 12 pairs of matches. 8 teams are divided into 2 groups A and B. The teams that compete in a round-robin round of 1 in the table select the top 3 teams in each group to advance to the 2nd qualifiers.
	+ Group A includes China, Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan.
	+ Group B includes Poland, Russia, Singapore and Thailand.
* Round 2: Includes 12 numbers, corresponding to 12 pairs of matches. 6 teams passing the first round will be drawn into 2 groups A and B, each group has 3 teams. The teams that compete in a round-robin 2 rounds in the table select the top 2 teams in each group to advance to the Quarter-finals.
* Quarter-finals: Includes 6 numbers, 4 teams passing round 2 will compete in a round-robin round to calculate points with each other to choose 3 teams to enter the Semi-finals.
* Special Collection: Includes 2 numbers (November 26, 2022 and December 3, 2022): Looking back on memorable moments.
* Semi-finals: Includes 3 numbers (December 10, 2022 to December 24, 2022), 3 teams passing the quarter-finals will compete against each other to choose 2 teams to enter the Final.
* Final: Competing in 2 numbers (December 31, 2022 and January 7, 2023), the 2 teams passing the Semi-finals will compete against each other to choose the 1st champion and Runner-up.
	+ Rules for scoring in the group stage:
		- Each match consists of 3 stages.
		- In each match, the team with the higher total points will be the winner of that match.
		- Each win counts 1 point.

After the Final match, the Singapore team was the champion and the China team won the runner-up of this season.

### Season 2023/24)

From April 29, 2023, launch a new version with the name *Challenge*.

*Toon Cup Football No. 1 - Challenge* including 14 teams, representing 8 countries (Russia, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Poland), 4 countries of the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland), USA and Australia. Particularly, the defending champion of Singapore and the defending runner-up of China are eligible to enter the 2nd round. The remaining 12 teams will participate in the 1st qualifying round and are divided into 6 pairs. Teams compete in the knockout stages in 2 legs and 1 over the course of this season.

## Series overview

* Main article: Toon Cup - Football No. 1 (season 2022/23)

The first season was premiered on 30 April 2022 on BNTV Global. The Final was held on January 7, 2023, at Classic stadium with Singapore is the winner over China.

* Main article: Toon Cup - Football No. 1 (season 2023/24)

## Music

From the first season of Toon Cup - Football No. 1, the program uses music Toon Cup 2021 theme.

## Hosts

* In the matches of Toon Cup - Football No. 1, the show does not have a host, instead a commentary panel consists of Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Chhetri and a guest commentator.

## Broadcasts

### Original

* April 30, 2022 - 14 October 2023, 6 January 2024 - present: Saturday 7:00 PM or 7:30 PM on BNTV Global.

### Reruns

* 1 May 2022 - 15 October 2023, 7 January 2024 - present: Sunday 22:30 PM on BNTV.
* 11 September 2023 - 16 October 2023, 8 January 2024: Monday 9:30 PM on BNTV Plus.

## Sponsors

* Dear Lotteries and Complan (30 April - 7 January 2023)
* Horlicks (15 October - 7 January 2023)
* UNICEF (10 December - 7 January 2023)