BT Sport Pub Cup returns with Wembley Final

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• BT Sport’s Pub Cup returns for 2022 with both men’s and women’s finals held at Wembley on 18^th November
• All teams to receive a free Puma kit, with winners getting free BT Sport for their pub for a year and £1,000 in BT Shop vouchers
• Entries are now open and will close on 25^th May. Teams can enter at www.btsportbusiness.com/pub-cup

The BT Sport Pub Cup returns for 2022 which will see 64 men’s and 64 women’s teams fight it out for a place in the final under the iconic Wembley Arch.

This year marks the fifth edition of the tournament and will see a record number of female teams participate when it kicks off on 12^th June with 7-a-side regional qualifiers across the UK on the following dates:

• Sunday 12^th June – Manchester City’s Etihad training complex
• Thursday 16^th June – Crystal Palace’s training complex
• Saturday 2^nd July – Oriam, Edinburgh
• Saturday 9^th July and Sunday 10^th July – House of Sport, Cardiff

Eight men’s and eight women’s teams will then play in the 11-a-side semi finals at Manchester City’s Etihad complex on Sunday 24^th July, before the grand final at Wembley Stadium on Friday 18^th November.

Teams can enter on behalf of any existing BT Sport pub, with one male and one female entry allowed per business. The competing teams will then be selected at random on 25^th May. A free Puma kit will be given to each competing team, with the winners receiving free BT Sport for their pub for the year, as well as £1000 of BT Shop vouchers.

This year BT Sport has partnered with Find a Player to help clubs recruit local players for their team. Find out more at www.findaplayer.com/btsport

The 2021 edition of the BT Sport Pub Cup saw Brighton pub, The Victoria crowned champions of the men’s tournament, following their 4-0 demolition of Bradford’s New Line. Meanwhile, the women’s tournament was won by the Golden Hind who beat Shifnal Town Sports Bar 1-0 in a repeat of the 2019 Women’s Final.

Alasdair Collis, Director of Propositions and Trading – Commercial Sport, said: “In what is a bumper year for women’s sport, we are delighted to be able to accommodate a record number of women’s teams in the 2022 BT Sport Pub Cup and, once again, help make the dreams of both male and female footballer’s a reality by offering them the chance to play at Wembley.”

Teams can submit their entry at www.btsportbusiness.com/pub-cup. Entries close at 4pm on 25^th May. All successful entrants will be notified by the BT Sport team by 1^st June 2022.

With thanks to BT Sport via Pitch