# Dunkest Cup From this season, all users can participate in the new **Dunkest Cup** competition. Here is the list of teams that are still competing in the Cup: {% embed url="" %} **What it is the Dunkest Cup.** {% embed url="" %} It's special **head-to-head (H2H)** competition that runs alongside the Main rankings. It’s created after the season has started and it **will begin on Round 10, including the top 50,000 teams** in the Global ranking. ### Groups phase The first phase of the Dunkest Cup is a a group phase, where the first 50,000 teams of the Global ranking are **randomly drawn into 5,000 groups of 10**. A full round-robin schedule is generated at creation. From **Round 10 to Round 27**, every round is one H2H fixture; the team with **more fantasy points in that round** wins the game. Group standings are ordered by **W–L record**, then by **fantasy points accumulated in Dunkest Cup rounds**. At the end of Round 27, the **top three** from each group plus the **1.384 best fourth-placed teams** across all groups (ranked by W–L, then Dunkest Cup points) **qualify** for Knockout (total **16,384** teams). All others are eliminated from the Cup. ### Knockout phase There is **one pause round** after Groups. Knockout then starts **on Round 33** and proceeds as **single-elimination with random pairings each Round** (no fixed bracket). In every tie, whoever scores **more fantasy points in that Round** advances. If still tied, the team with the **better overall Global Championship ranking** advances (the platform’s standard tie-break applies and, if needed, implicitly considers registration date). And this goes on until the final game in which two teams will compete for the win! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.dunkest.com/fantasy-rules/dunkest-cup.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.