[2] The first final was played as the opening game of The Summer Bash at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.

The first round of the League 1 Cup is split into two pools; Northern regions and South and Midlands regions, all the League 1 clubs and any National Conference League (NCL) clubs invited to enter to make the number of teams up to 16 enter at this stage.

A draw is made at the beginning of each round to determine fixtures.

Other than a regional based first round to reduce travel costs, the cup is a knock-out competition with no seeding.

In February 2015, the Rugby Football League (RFL) announced a 3-year deal with isotonic soft drink company iPro for the competition to be been known as the iPro Sport Cup.