The FA Cup is usually played by a number of teams

Participating teams: All FA member teams (including Super League, A, B, C and Amateur).

There is no such thing as seeding, and all teams start from the first round.

The format of the English League Cup is as follows:

1. The English League Cup is divided into seven rounds, except for the semi-finals and finals, the others are played in the form of draws, and the teams participating in the first round include all English Championship, League One and English B teams, and the Premier League teams need to be played in the third round in addition to participating in the European competition;

2. Other Premier League teams will play against other lower teams in the second round, and each round will be played in a knockout format, until the semi-finals are played in a home-and-away format, and the semi-finals will not be discounted for away goals in extra time, which is different from the European Cup.

3. The finals will be held on a neutral court, and the first round to the quarterfinals and the final will be determined by a match, and if the match is tied within the statutory time, it will be decided in overtime. If the difference cannot be made in overtime, the winner will be decided by penalty shootout. Decide who qualifies or wins.

4. Traditionally, the League Cup final is held at Wembley Stadium in London at the end of February, but due to the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium, the final from 2001 to 2007 was held at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff until 2008.

5. Based on historical factors, this competition is usually regarded as a second-tier cup competition by major clubs, so some Premier League giants (such as Manchester United, Arsenal, etc.) will send a large number of by-selected players and even youth teams to participate in the competition.

Summary: The English League Cup is a knockout football competition hosted by the English Football League, the League Cup is only open to members of the Premier League and English Football League (Championship, League One and League Two), a total of 92 teams, and the champion team can qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

1. There is no seeded team in the English FA Cup, and the matches and home and away games are completely determined by draw. The competition is divided into eight rounds, the first two rounds are first for amateur, English Football League One and English Football League B teams to participate, and the English Premier League and English Football Championship teams join the competition in the third round, the game is divided into eight rounds, before the 1 4 finals, if each round of matches is tied within 90 minutes, they need to be replayed, and the rematch battle is exchanged between the two teams home and away. If the rematch is tied within 90 minutes, extra time will be required to decide the winner, and if the winner is not decided after extra time, the winner will be decided on penalties.

2. The semi-finals and finals will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, and if the team is tied within 90 minutes, it will take extra time to decide the winner, and if there is no difference in extra time, the winner will be decided by penalty shootout. Every August, all non-league clubs with basic facilities under the FA commence a knockout preliminary round. In 2004-05, 660 clubs competed in the FA Cup, breaking the previous record of 656 teams in 1921-22.

The additional heats are followed by the heats, four qualifying rounds and six official rounds, culminating in the semi-finals and finals. All league clubs and non-league clubs that have played in FA Trophy or FA Vase and are considered 'acceptable' are allowed to play in the FA Cup, provided that all participating clubs have suitable and safe pitches.

In 1946, the "father of the World Cup" Jules Remet won the participation of four football associations in the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) into FIFA, and as the birthplace of modern football, these four football associations still have independent qualifications for the World Cup.

The FIFA World Cup is organized by FIFA and is attended by the teams of each football association, so it is not accurate to think that the World Cup is a game between countries, it is actually a game between associations, but most countries have only one football association, so it seems that most of the games are indeed games between countries.

It is for this reason that there are four football associations in the United Kingdom that are members of FIFA, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, all of whom have the right to participate in the World Cup. The opening match in 1998 was Scotland against Brazil, and Manchester United's famous star Ryan Giggs is a Welshman, who has only played for Wales in his life, so unfortunately he has never been able to participate in the World Cup. Now do you understand?

The team in England is not called England, and England is just one of four English teams.

In fact, this phenomenon is not uncommon in FIFA, do you know of any other country that also has four teams that can participate in the World Cup?

It's China. Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and China are members of the four FIFA associations, so strictly speaking, the Chinese team you see doesn't actually represent the whole of Chinese football, it can only represent a quarter, and we did have been eliminated by Hong Kong in the World Cup qualifiers, and we are in the same group as Hong Kong in the World Cup Asian qualifiers.

In particular, it should be pointed out that the Chinese Football Association and ** TV station call it the Chinese national football team or national team in public, which is completely wrong, just like we can't say that England is the British national team.