Organizers directly affect the participating teams. Obviously, the League Cup can only be played by teams from the top four leagues in England (Premier League, Championship, A and B), while the FA Cup covers all teams from the top ten leagues in England, among which the top four leagues are professional leagues and the last six leagues are non-professional leagues. Therefore, the number of teams participating in the League Cup is limited to 92, while the FA Cup has set a record of 763 teams participating in the 20 1 1-20 12 season. In terms of scale, these two events are very different.
There are seven rounds in the Carling Cup. Except for the one that participated in the European War in the third round, all other Premier League teams started to participate in the second round. The FA Cup is 14 round (6 qualifying rounds +8 race rounds), and all Premier League teams began to join in the third race. Both events are eliminated in a single game, and the home and away games are decided by lottery. The difference is that if the Carling Cup draws, it is necessary to change the home and away replay, which is obviously not desirable for the Premier League giants who have already fought on multiple fronts. The semi-final of the League Cup is a two-round system of home and away. Only by reaching the final can you get the chance to play in new wembley stadium. As long as you reach the semi-finals in the FA Cup, you will get the same treatment.
The current sponsor of the League Cup is Thai beverage giant Karabao, and the League Cup in the new season will also be renamed as "Karabao Cup"; The sponsor of the FA Cup is Emirates Airlines. In terms of bonus, the first prize of the FA Cup is 2 million pounds. In contrast, the prize money of the League Cup is pitiful-the prize money of the first prize is 65,438+10,000 pounds, and the prize money of the second prize is 50,000 pounds, which obviously can't arouse enough interest of big teams.