McDolphin Team Cup 2021

The McDolphin Team Cup is an athletics tournament scheduled to take place in May 2021 and will be the second edition of the McDolphin Team Cup. It will have 12 events and be held globally over the summer months. Marine Team are the defending champions. There will be a qualifier for the 5th-16th placed teams from 2020 along with 4 rookie teams.

Returning Teams
All of the 16 teams from the 2020 tournament were invited to compete again in 2021 and all accepted.

Retiring Teams
No teams retired or pulled out in between the 2020 and 2021 tournaments

New Teams
Based off of 2020 performances in their league and past performances, as well as if the teams were in the original draft for the Sand Championship in 2020, 4 teams were invited to the 2021 MTC. The four initially invited were the Jellyfish, Sea Turtles, Butterflies and Clearies. Of those, the Jellyfish and Butterflies accepted but the Sea Turtles chose to decline for this season, the team still recovering from major mental issues just before the 2020 tournament and still requiring training to get them back to previous standards. The Clearies were not specific as to why they declined.

The MMSC then invited the Parrots, Powerful Pearls and Ladybirds. Expecting one to decline, they were surprised that all three teams accepted and were forced to choose the Parrots and Ladybirds as they had accepted first.

The new teams were:


 * Jellyfish
 * Butterflies
 * Parrots
 * Ladybirds

Competitors
The top 4 teams from the 2020 MTC were automatically qualified for the 2021 season and did not have to compete in the qualifier, although they did test the events together off-camera. The bottom 12 MTC 2020 teams and the 4 rookie teams were forced to battle for the top 12 spots in the qualifiers. The qualifiers were done in a quick string of four events with the position placed giving a certain amount of points towards each team's totals. The top 12 of the 16 teams would qualify for the 2021 MTC

Events
These events were run


 * Relay
 * Run Race
 * Hurdles
 * Long Distance

Results
To Be Added

Teams
These teams qualified for the 2020 MTC

Events
For the 2021 MTC, it was confirmed that there would be 12 events, as intended in 2020, rather than the eventual 8 of 2020 and 16 commonly seen in other tournaments. The season would start with the Tightrope and end with the Run Race, as it had last season. The records for the Sprint and Relay were reset entirely due to a new track being used for both. Hurdles, Long Distance, Bowls and Football were all confirmed as new events to join the confirmed 7 from last year in January 2021. The sand race was initially planned to return but was replaced by Elimination in April 2021.