2017–18 Premier League Cup Explained

The 2017–18 Premier League Cup was the fifth edition of the competition. The defending champions were Swansea City, who won the 2016–17 competition.^[1]

Participants

Category 1

• Aston Villa
• Blackburn Rovers
• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Derby County
• Everton
• Leicester City
• Liverpool
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle United
• Norwich City
• Nottingham Forest
• Southampton
• Stoke City
• Sunderland
• West Bromwich Albion
• Wolverhampton Wanderers

Category 2

• Barnsley
• Birmingham City
• Bristol City
• Burnley
• Cardiff City
• Charlton Athletic
• Colchester United
• Hull City
• Ipswich Town
• Sheffield United
• Swansea City
• Watford

Category 3

• AFC Bournemouth
• Bristol Rovers
• Bury
• Dagenham & Redbridge
• Exeter City
• Portsmouth
• Southend United
• Wigan Athletic

Qualifying round

A qualifying round was required to finalise the 32 teams that would enter the Group Stage.

Group stage

Teams play each other twice, with the group winners and runners–up advance to the round of 16.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stages

Final

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See also

• 2017–18 Professional U23 Development League
• 2017–18 FA Youth Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Under-23s win Premier League Cup final Swansea. 2021-11-04. www.swanseacity.com. en.