I now understand why there were so many upset higher level players at the current cup format. It really is a compensation tournament for crappy higher level teams who struggle in their league and often don't qualify for the champions tournament to pick up a cheap cup trophy against teams from several divisions below them the following season who have no way of ever getting a level playing field due to lack of access to players of similar quality. It really devalues the cup trophy for those who earned it before the changes.