Toon Cup - Football No. 1 (season 2022/23)

The **2022 Toon Cup - Football No. 1** (Bengali: **২০২২ টুন কাপ - ফুটবল নাম্বার ১**; Polish: **2022 Puchar Cartoona - Piłka Nożna Nr. 1**; now retroactively known as Toon Cup - Football No. 1, season 1) also branded as **Poland 2022**, was the 1st Toon Cup - Football No. 1, is the first season a program about football kicking-off between national teams implemented by BNNetwork, Cartoon Network (India), Cartoon Network (RSEE), Asian Football Confederation and the Union of European Football Associations. The show is broadcast from April 30, 2022 to January 7, 2023.

Singapore (from AFC) was crowned the winner of the season. It prizes included INR 120.000.000.

## Early process

### Auditions

Auditions were held at the following stadiums:

* Neon City: 30 April 2022
* Tropical Beach: 23 July 2022
* Street Football: 15 October 2022
* Oasis: 10 December 2022
* Classic: 31 December 2022

### 1st qualifiers

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.

### 2nd qualifiers

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.

### 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.

### Compilation

Includes 2 numbers (November 26, 2022 to December 3, 2022): Looking back on memorable moments

### Final

Competing in 2 numbers (December 31, 2022 and January 7, 2023), 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 (eg. Stage 1 as Quarter-finals (Toon Cup website and Mobile version))
* In each match, the team with the higher total points will be the winner of that match.
* Each win counts 1 point.

### List of qualified teams

The following 4 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament:

**AFC (3)**

* China (7)
* Singapore (7)
* South Korea (6)

**UEFA (1)**

* Poland (7) (hosts)

## Finalists

*(In order of elimination)*

* China (Runner-up)
* Vietnam
* South Korea
* Taiwan
* Poland (third-place)
* Russia
* Thailand
* Singapore (winner)

## Stadiums

* **Stadium 1: Neon City**
	+ Original air: 30 April - 16 July 2022
	+ Bottom 3: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Chhetri and Kaberi Gyan
	+ Eliminated: Taiwan and Thailand
* **Stadium 2: Tropical Beach**
	+ Original air: 23 July - 8 October 2022
	+ Bottom 3: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Chhetri and Kaberi Gyan
	+ Eliminated: Vietnam and Russia
* **Stadium 3: Street Football**
	+ Original air: 15 October - 19 November 2022
	+ Bottom 3: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Chhetri and Kaberi Gyan
	+ Eliminated: South Korea
* **Stadium 4: Oasis**
	+ Original air: 10 December - 24 December 2022
	+ Bottom 3: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Chhetri and Kaberi Gyan
	+ *Third-place*: Poland
* **Stadium 5: Classic stadium**
	+ Original air: 31 December 2022 - 7 January 2023
	+ Bottom 3: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Chhetri and Kaberi Gyan
	+ *Final two*: China and Singapore
	+ *Winner*: Singapore

## Music

The program uses music Toon Cup 2021 theme like the 2022/23 version.

## 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.

## Bloopers

* On 31 December 2022, Toon Cup - Football No. 1 have troubled for quitting on the game Toon Cup 2022 for matches China vs Singapore because the completing Final in 1 number period and postponed in 1 week, BNNetwork apologized to the audience.

## Broadcasts

### Original

* April 30, 2022 - January 7, 2023: Saturday 7:00 PM or 7:30 PM on BNTV Global.

### Reruns

* 1 May 2022 - present: Sunday 22:30 PM on BNTV.

## Sponsors

* Dear Lotteries and Complan (India) (30 April 2022 - 7 January 2023)
* Number 1 and Dr. Thanh (Vietnam) (30 April 2022 - 7 January 2023)
* Horlicks (15 October 2022 - 7 January 2023)
* UNICEF (10 December 2022 - 7 January 2023)