Core format
Small Cups are 16-player single-elimination tournaments. Entry fees create the prize pool, server matches decide winners, and every round advances automatically.
Competitive feature
Mahjong Battle Tournaments
A tournament layer built around real online Mahjong battles: players enter league cups, fight through 16-player brackets, and feed a Grand Fund that powers daily, weekly, alliance, and seasonal events.
Prize economy
Ten percent of each pool flows into the league Grand Fund. Third and fourth place recover their entry fee, while first and second split the finalist pool.
Alliance champions
Each alliance can name one weekly champion. In alliance tournaments the alliance pays the entry fee, keeps most of the prize, and the champion earns a personal share, medal, and status.
Fair path protection
A player can only keep one active tournament league path. If a Bronze path is still open, Silver tournaments wait until Bronze rewards, tickets, and penalties are resolved.
Tournament flow
- Apply to a league tournament and pay the entry fee.
- When 16 players join, registration closes and a start countdown begins.
- The server forms pairs, launches real PvP battles, and advances winners.
- The bracket resolves from 16 to 8 to 4 to 2 to one champion.
- Rewards, Grand Fund cuts, tickets, and history are settled by the backend.
Grand Fund layers
- 50% powers Weekly League Grand Cups.
- 25% feeds Daily League Finals.
- 15% supports Alliance League events.
- 10% moves to seasonal/global balance or economic sink.
Built against abuse
- Server-only entry payments, match results, and reward claims.
- No-show and disconnect timeouts stop stalled brackets.
- Idempotent reward claims prevent duplicate payouts.
- Device, account-age, alliance, and league-lock rules reduce farming.
Why it matters
The goal is not a single lucky jackpot. Small Cups create constant action, Grand Funds create long-term stakes, and alliance champions turn Mahjong Battle into a shared competitive identity.