Preliminary Fluff

The Dark Lands, an eormous, god-forsaken waste of unheard malevolence and evil, are located east of the World's Edge Mountains, renown to be inhabited by several of the world's most dreaded races: cruel chaos dwarfs, savage orcs, brutish ogres, vicious goblins, mischievous skaven and scheming necromancers roam these barrens as well as chaos worshipers from the north. Only a few of those daring enough to walk there have returned alive, and of these, rarely anyone came back with a sane mind. Life counts nothing there, where the strong dominate the weak at their leisure.

Could one think of a place better suited for one the greatest Blood Bowl tournaments out there? The Black Cup is hosted by the depraved and evil Chaos Dwarf Empire itself. Will you be brave and daring enough to snatch the title from the Dark Lands like those wily Dark Elfs from Naggaroth, which triumphantly prevailed on the pitch of Zharr-Nagrund when the Major was held the first time? Or will you be able to successfully restore His honour on His very field, the subterranean Hashut Arena? Find out yourself and join the most brutish, violent and savage competition ever held in the history of Blood Bowl!

Format

 - Each coach can apply with any one team of his choice

 - There is no limit on the number of teams participating

 - Sort teams by TR

 - The lowest TR-teams play an initial qualifying game in order
   to reduce the number of teams to the highest multiple of 2
   possible

 - Teams are seeded by TR

Team Prizes (not cumulative)

 Champion       +5   100k   Secret Weapon
 Runner-up      +2    50k
 Semifinalist   +1    20k

 Secret Weapon (determine randomly):

 - Blunderbuss
 - Bomb
 - Chainsaw
 - Rocket Boots (Pogo Stick)

 The weapon can be given to any player of the winning
 team and is supposed to work exactly as its regular
 counterpart. It is "soulbound" and therefore not
 transferable. It must be allocated previous to the
 next game - it can not be retained.

Player Awards (cumulative)

 Most SPPs overall : FF+1 / Stand Firm
 Most touchdowns   : FF+1 / Jump up
 Most completions  : FF+1 / Strong Arm
 Most casualties   : FF+1 / Frenzy
 Most interceptions: FF+1 / Nerves of Steel
 Rookie Award      : FF+1 / Dauntless
 Larsson Award     : FF+1 per Larsson

 (all prizes to be allocated after the tournament has finished)