What are these cup matches and what do they mean to me? I'm in Div V and I will be playing a Div III school in a Cup match. Does it matter if I win or lose or is this just more ticket money?

Every season all teams in one area (north america, south america ..) are playing in a cup by knock out rule.

So if you win your next cup game you will advance to the next round, if you've lost the game, you are out of the cup for the current season.

As long you are in the cup, you get extra money for tickets and sponsoring.

DG_31 wrote: Does the winner qualify for next year's AFLC as well?

yes they do