Cup drawing depend on your top 14 player avg, not overall (team) quality, higher your top 14 player quality then will go to harder drawing (+3~+5lv).
From my own experience, if I lower my top 14 avg to 4* at end season then my team will go to +2lv ~ +3lv Cup at next season.
At last season (lv9) my team play at lv14 cup (+5lv) coz I don't lower my top 14 player (6* and some 7*) while lv8 season end, this season (lv10) my team also play at lv14 cup (+4lv) coz I lower my top 14 avg to 5* at lv9 end season & if I can lower it to 4* then this season (lv10) cup seem at lv12 or lv13, but I cant do that![]()