The Hive FPL Cup - Round 1

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The magic of the cup is upon us.

Gameweek 32 of Fantasy Premier League sees the start of the Hive FPL Cup.

The Hive FPL cup is a classic knockout competition! Win your head to head match and go through to the next round, lose and you're out.

Ultimately you'll need to win 7 rounds of head to head matches to be crowned the inaugural Hive FPL cup winner. Winners in each round will also be awarded liquid Hive (see below for further details)

Remember that gameweek 32 starts with a Friday night fixture. so be sure to get your team changes in before the cut-off at 6:30pm BST, Friday 21 April!

Round 1 of Hive FPL cup (128 teams)

Hive User	Team		Hive User	Team
@belemo	Izanami Fc	v	@b0s	Legion fc
@dante31	Dantelizer	v	@iamchuks	The Beast
@deadman1	deadman1	v	@gentleshaid	Roboski
@khaleesii	first place	v	@stuartcturnbull	The Peripatetics
?	Newton Heat RFC	v	?	Menoski FC
@millerava	millerava	v	@Ckole	D laughing gas FC
?	Tangram	v	@dealhunter	dealhunter
?	Tope's Red Devils	v	@imarios	imarios
@Marvel1206	Marvel	v	@amirtheawesome1	The Amirians
@Richgang	@Richgang	v	@deniskj	Denis Y
?	The Sell	v	@dumnebari	BrentFC
@nasfyneboy92	No Salah, No Fpl	v	@patricksenkovic	"The conquerors"
@borran	Hiveheadz	v	?	Rubilu
?	ajdream15	v	@pacobeta365	nothoriall F.C.
?	TWYCEJOY	v	@Ipalibo	Whyte FC
@MasterG	MasterG FC	v	?	MUFC
?	EMERALD FC	v	@desiigner	Desiigner
?	Senju Tobirama Clones	v	@Dapomolaaaa	Dapomolaaaa
?	BIG~ICE FC	v	?	Abdul....
?	Abdulqudus	v	@Samostically	Samostically
@Happyboy1	Happyboys FC	v	@yeckingo1	Yeckingo1
@diikaan	Diistroyers	v	@elroi1	elroi1
@favudom	favudom	v	@Emeka4	Emeka4
@sholex94	sholex city	?	Chetagod united
?	Heartbeat SuperStars	v	@metaboy21	21st Ave
@skanderh	Skander	v	@jmehta	Spurs FC
@officialrosh1	Rosh fc	v	@Sinochip	PChipFC
@emeka002	Chuks Fc	v	@pacoandujar	ANDÚJAR FC
@ajcardib	ajcardib	v	@doombot75	Doombot FC
?	Gingerup.	v	@Pvmihalache	BCHampions
@Kraken99	Kraken Fc	v	@macten	macten
@blanchy	Mammy Slats	v	@valchiz	Valchiz Fc
@goldendash	BIG~WAVE FC	v	@Lensworld	Lensworld
@talesfrmthecrypt	Suffragette City	v	?	Butono FC
?	SOLSTAR	v	@Olawalium`	Olawalium FC
@Iec	Zeebanks	v	?	Testing FC
?	Taunggyi Venus FC	v	@racibo	racibo
@McKane	FC McKane	v	@kenechukwu97	Makeitrain4ever
@yagman01	YAGMAN FC	v	@joseph23	Digital lads
@jeanlucsr	Loeki Di Show	v	?	Lame Ducks
?	Hamburguesitos	v	@teofilex11	Likodra FC
?	PhinGy!M@ United	v	?	Brightest
@deraaa	CorkScrew	v	@GvKanten	Hungry Lions
@Martinlazizi	Lazizi Rangers	v	@thelonegreywolf	Foloxfc
?	The_talisman	v	@nonsowrites	Nonz FC
?	S____________S_S F_C	v	@myanmarkoko	Stars FC
@pappyelblanco	Creekside FC	v	@gone-hive	Bluehivers FC
@vickoly	Augment Fc	v	@elmose	Hashira
@Moquero	Moqqy FC	v	?	Costa Guards
@joromi	joromi	v	@George-dee	George FC
@acidyo	Hiverpool	v	@beyondhorizonmm	Beyond
@shamzy	Shamzy FC	v	@Presh	Presh
@unais	Pacific FC	v	?	Lords of the Pitch
?	Members Only III	v	@chidubem26	Crystal FC

Teams with a bye this round

As the Hive FPL doesn't quite have 128 members a few of our lucky users have been granted a bye to the next round - this was calculated automatically by the FPL site.

If your team is listed below, you'll be joining the cup in the round of 64 next week!

Hive User	Team
@carita-feliz	Smiley Team
@BlockchainFPL	Blockchain FPL
?	Cygnus FC
@Asqgod	Chelsea Asq
@wolfgangsport	Wolfgang Sport FC
@tengolotodo	Tengo Rangers FC
@cjlugo	Cz Stars
@reservedsingle	BAT
@thoth442	thoth442FC
@stuartcturnbull	The Peripatetics 2

Prizes

Each round we have a 10 Hive prize fund that will be split between winners of the head to heads who have a Hive account. That means as the rounds progress and the numbers of teams decreases, the winners will get increasingly higher prizes.

Gameweek 32 highlights

You can look out for our regular weekly blog analysing the matches in the Premier League this weekend for tips on who to pick in your team.

In these blogs will be analysing some of the match-ups between Hive users in the cup. In later rounds we'll be able to go into a bit more detail but with 50+ matches taking place, we'll keep it fairly light for now.

@deniskj the Hive FPL leader is up against @richgang who currently finds himself in 91st place in the league. It would certainly be a giant killing feat if he managed to dethrone the champion elect but as with quite a few of the teams in the cup, @Richgang hasn't use his chips yet so if he focuses on the next few gameweeks, there's no reason why he shouldn't knock out one or two of the high fliers who have concentrated their efforts on the league.

A couple of the more active Hive users in the form of @belemo and @b0s go head to head in a winner take all contest. Both players have strong looking squads so this one could go down to the wire.

On that point, if a head to head ends in a draw then it is decided on the following tie breakers

Most goals scored
Least goals conceded
Virtual coin toss

@borran has been making moves up the Hive FPL and is behind only @thoth442 for FPL points won in April so far. Thoth442FC gets a bye for this round while Hiveheadz's are drawn against a manager that either doesn't have a Hive account or hasn't provided it to us. If you're reading this blog and you see a ? next to your team name that means we don't have a Hive account linked to your team and you're not eligible for prizes from the cup or the much bigger prize pool in the league. Maybe drop us a comment below so we can update that...

2 users very active in the Sportstalk tribe in @mckane and @kenechukwu97 will be locked in battle in this round with bragging rights definitely at stake. Gentleman it's time to put your footballing knowledge to the ultimate test ...

Of course there might be a few football fans out there who could do with a welcome distraction from their sides actual results. @blanchy (a Spurs supporter) faces off against @valchiz (a Chelsea fan) with one of the two in line to actually win a match! Not something they'll be used to in recent times.

Another tasty fixture will see @amirtheawesome1 currently ranked 20th in the league go up against @marvel1206 who is 13th. The pair are separated by just 39 points after 31 gameweeks. Amir can close that gap, if he remembers to update his team this week...