John entertained the reporters who covered his one-year captaincy on a variety of subjects, including how much the year-round cup format needs restructuring.

The Olympic format is unusual in that it is a cup format, with several rounds of exclusion between two teams.

The cup format was changed with a round-robin group stage at the beginning of the season.

It was played in a cup format from June 7 to August 2, 1936.

The tournament was played in a cup format, with only 4 games played (two semifinals, a final and a third place match).

In 1999-00 season, normal cup format was organized for the first time in Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In the three-of-five-match cup format, McEnroe played two singles matches.

This was the forerunner of the Finnish championship competition, which in the early years was played in a cup format.

The competition is organized as a cup format with two draws.

Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions.