Cups are awkward, usually friend teams grouped together no matter what levels they are, I always play in a cup where I have a higher level friend and I have never been able to win it, its only recent times I have come close. If your level 1 going into level 2 next season and you have a friend level 20 and on the same server, then your probably going to end up playing in that competition with the level 20 friend albeit with high prize money for playing matches to offset the level of difficulty the cup is.