Swooper Super Cup 2026
Date: October 24, 2026
Location: W.O.W., 717 SE Main, Portland, OR
Website: https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/swooper-super-cup-2026
Join the PacNW Blood Bowl community for the third Swooper Super Cup! DB Swooper has made a tournament for the Stunties, featuring a three-round tournament. The Super Cup is CULT sanctioned (minor) and PENDING NAF approval. All released teams from the Blood Bowl rulebook or NAF-approved releases prior to 10/10/2026 are allowed.
Entry & Requirements
- Cost: $20 per coach
- Proceeds: go to awards, Ordo Fanaticus, and CULT
- Coach Capacity: Limited to 18 coaches; any demand over 18 will be added in pairs (a 19th coach will only be added when a 20th coach has also registered)
- NAF Membership Required: Yes
Rules & Timing
- Ruleset: May 2026 Games Workshop FAQ & Errata
- Game Time: 2.25 hours per game
- Mandatory Timers: As normal for Ordo Bowl events, if coaches are not beginning the second half by 1.25 hours into the game, both coaches must use four-minute timers (mandatory)
Team Build
Coaches are not required to play Stunties, but DB is incentivizing the little guys with favorable builds and points allocation.
Star Players: Coaches may hire 0-2 Star Players (Star Player tandems like The Swift Twins count as two Star Players). Coaches must select eleven non-Star Players before hiring a Star. The Star Player Highlander rule is active.
Tier One - da' Stunties
Teams: Black Orcs (without Black Orc Blockers), Gnomes, Goblins, Halflings, Lizardmen (without Saurus), Ogres, Snotlings, Underworld Denizens (without Skaven)
TV: 1150 (1.15 million gold crowns)
Skill Points: 42 points to spend on skills and Star Players
- Star Player: 6 pts
- Mega Star Player: 10 pts (DB Swooper considers Skrorg Snowpelt a Mega Star)
- Primary skills: 6 pts
- Secondary skills: 8 pts
Restrictions:
- Players may not be given Stat increases
- Stacking of up to 2 skills allowed on one player (can both be secondary)
- Skills may not be given to Star Players
- No skill may be taken more than twice on a team
- You must clearly mark which players have skills by using colored skill rings
Available Inducements:
- Biased Referee: 0-1
- Blitzers Best Kegs: 0-2
- Bribes: 0-3 (0-6 for teams with the Bribery and Corruption Special Rule)
- Bretonnian Pastries: 0-1
- Halfling Master Chef: 0-1
- Mortuary Assistant: 0-1
- Part-time Assistant Coach: 0-3
- Plague Doctor: 0-1
- Riotous Rookies: 0-1
- Temp Agency Cheerleader: 0-5
- Wandering Apothecary: 0-1
- Team Mascot: 0-1
Tier Two - da' Othah's
Note: Tourplay does not support building Black Orc, Lizardmen, and Underworld Denizens as non-Stunty teams using Tier Two. If you want to run them as a non-Stunty team, build using Tier One. Rosters will be reviewed before the event, and if not changed to a compliant build, the tournament organizer will make the changes on your behalf.
Scoring
- Win: 30 pts
- Draw: 10 pts
- Loss: 0 pts
- Per Touchdown: 3 pts (max 9 pts)
- Per Casualty: 1 pt (max 9 pts)
- Casualties count as: Blocks, Fouls, Crowd Pushes, Saboteur, Violent Innovators, failed dodges only if Diving Tackle was used, and Throw Team-mate only if opposing player was a casualty. Does not include failed rushes, normal failed dodges, or your own thrown team-mate.
- Allow No Touchdowns: 5 pts
Tiebreakers (after the final round):
- Head-to-Head
- TD Difference + CAS/2 Difference
- TD Difference + CAS Difference
- Sonneborn-Berger (opponent's score) - Strength of Schedule as determined by Tourplay.net
- TD Difference
- CAS Difference
Note: Other than Head-to-Head, the final standings in Tourplay.net will be the final standings regardless of factors like scoring not matching the points above or the tiebreakers above giving a different result. This is due to Tourplay determining Sonneborn-Berger score and the Monrad Swiss method having an impact on standings.
Tournament Administration
- Swooper Super Cup will use Tourplay.net for administration
- All coaches are required to bring an Internet-enabled device to live record their games
- All roster builds will be hidden until registration is closed, two days before the tournament
Awards
- Champion
- Best of da' Stunties
- Best of da' Othah's
- Most Brutal
- Best Offense
- Best Defense
- Best Appearance (only coaches who have painted/modeled their own teams are eligible)
Schedule
- 9:00 AM Registration/Coaches Meeting
- 9:30 AM Game One
- 12:30 PM Game Two
- 3:00 PM Game Three
- 5:30 PM Awards