NWSL Challenge Cup

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league cup professional sports competition women's soccer tournament

The NWSL Challenge Cup is a professional women's soccer tournament in the United States featuring clubs from the National Women's Soccer League in a league-run cup competition format.

Aliases (6)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	league cup → professional sports competition → women's soccer tournament →
alsoKnownAs	NWSL Challenge Cup presented by UKG →
broadcastArea	United States → international streaming →
competitionFormat	cup competition → league-run cup →
confederation	CONCACAF →
country	United States →
firstChampion	Houston Dash →
firstChampionSeason	2020 NWSL Challenge Cup →
gender	women's →
governingBody	NWSL front office →
governingRuleSet	IFAB Laws of the Game →
hasSeason	2020 NWSL Challenge Cup → 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup → 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup → 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup →
inauguralSeason	2020 NWSL Challenge Cup →
inception	2020 →
languageOfCompetition	English →
league	National Women's Soccer League →
levelOnPyramid	top level →
location	United States →
mostRecentChampion	North Carolina Courage →
mostRecentChampionSeason	2023 NWSL Challenge Cup →
notableFeature	first major U.S. team sports competition to return during COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 →
numberOfTeams	12 →
officialName	UKG NWSL Challenge Cup →
organizer	National Women's Soccer League →
organizerType	league-run →
parentOrganization	National Women's Soccer League →
participantType	NWSL club → professional women's soccer club →
professionalStatus	professional →
purpose	league cup competition for NWSL clubs →
region	North America →
relatedCompetition	NWSL Playoffs → National Women's Soccer League regular season →
sponsor	UKG →
sport	association football → soccer →
teamEligibility	current NWSL member clubs →
tournamentType	annual cup competition →
website	https://www.nwslsoccer.com →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
North Carolina Courage → Orlando Pride → Portland Thorns FC →	competition
NWSL Challenge Cup ("2022 NWSL Challenge Cup") → NWSL Challenge Cup ("2023 NWSL Challenge Cup") →	hasSeason
Gotham FC → Houston Dash →	playsInCompetition
North Carolina Courage ("NWSL Challenge Cup 2022") → North Carolina Courage ("NWSL Challenge Cup 2023") →	wonTitle
NWSL Challenge Cup ("NWSL Challenge Cup presented by UKG") →	alsoKnownAs
West Division (2021 NWSL Challenge Cup) →	competitionName
2021 NWSL Challenge Cup ("2022 NWSL Challenge Cup") →	followedBy
National Women's Soccer League →	hasCompetition
NWSL Challenge Cup ("2023 NWSL Challenge Cup") →	mostRecentChampionSeason
NWSL Challenge Cup ("UKG NWSL Challenge Cup") →	officialName
NWSL playoffs →	relatedCompetition