Timeline of events
This is a timeline of significant events in 4chan Cup history. For the sake of precision, the dates of many teams' formations is recorded as the date when some sort of significant presence was placed on the wiki (roster, team page, description, etc.). Some dates are sourced from /m/'s archive, as this hosts some of the oldest permanent records of 4chan Cup discussion. In cases where dates are not known, approximations are acceptable.
2011
August
6th
- Original Sixteen founded (/a/, /adv/, /b/, /ck/, /fa/, /fit/, /g/, /int/, /k/, /mu/, /s/, /soc/, /sp/, /tv/, /v/, /x/)
- 2011 4chan Summer Cup begins
9th
- /a/ win the 2011 4chan Summer Cup
December
31st
- /tg/ founded
2012
January
5th
- 2012 4chan Winter Cup begins
6th
7th
- /m/ founded
8th
- /k/ win the 2012 4chan Winter Cup
9th
- /lit/ founded
12th
- /toy/ founded
13th
- /int/ reformed
14th
17th
18th
February
2nd
3rd
13th
- /f/ founded
March
8th
- /mlp/ founded
23rd
- 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup begins
April
1st
- /m/ win the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup
July
10th
- /u/ founded (around this date)
12th
- /h/ founded
13th
- /trv/ founded
- 2012 4chan Summer Cup begins
20th
- /c/ founded
21st
- /sp/ wins the 2012 4chan Summer Cup
22nd
- /hr/ founded
October
12th
- 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup begins
21st
- /wg/ wins the 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2013
February
8th
- 2013 4chan Winter Cup begins
24th
- /sp/ wins the 2013 4chan Winter Cup
March
1st
- /wsg/ founded
10th
- /e/ founded
April
2nd
- /lgbt/ founded
4th
- /vr/ founded
8th
- /gd/ founded
May
11th
- /asp/ founded
17th
- /s4s/ founded
November
15th
- The 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup begins.
December
1st
- /toy/ wins the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2014
February
14th
- The 2014 4chan Winter Cup begins.
March
2nd
- /trv/ wins the 2014 4chan Winter Cup, beating /a/ 2-1.
April
4th
- The 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup begins. This is the first cup to feature forty teams, due to the cancellation of the 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers.
27th
- /pol/ wins the 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup, defeating /fa/ 2-1 after extra time.
May
3rd
- /biz/ founded
July
7th
- /w/ founded
18th
- The 2014 4chan Summer Cup begins. The tournament soon becomes infamous for >1.12, with fewer goals and more semen-slurping. /e/ successfully draws all their group matches 0-0. Most of the remaining elites (with the exception of /mu/), as well as a few other >good teams, are relegated.
August
3rd
- /mu/ wins the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, defeating /hr/ 2-0.
8th
- /t/ founded
18th
- /i/ founded
October
17th
- The 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup begins. The tournament sees the first matches for /biz/, /i/, /t/ and /w/. Initially, /t/ was not going to make it to the cup, but took the place of /fit/.
November
9th
- /b/ wins the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, defeating /e/ 2-1.
2015
February
13th
- The 2015 4chan Winter Cup begins. The tournament sees the relegation of the final elite team, /mu/.
March
1st
- /tg/ wins the 2015 4chan Winter Cup, defeating /h/ 1-0.
April
24th
- The 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup begins. Four teams are chosen to play on autopilot, three of them are promoted (reduced to two because of >/cgl/)
May
17th
- /tv/ wins the 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup, drawing 2-2 with /co/ and winning 5-4 on penalties.
July
31st
- The 2015 4chan Summer Cup begins.
August
16th
- Oh god, it happened. /mlp/ wins the 2015 4chan Summer Cup, defeating /g/ 2-1.
October
23rd
- The 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup begins.
November
15th
- /out/ defeats /int/ 3-2 to win the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, a season after finishing 40th out of 40 teams in the previous Babby Cup.
2016
February
19th
- The 2016 4chan Winter Cup begins.
March
6th
- /fit/ wins the 2016 4chan Winter Cup, defeating /u/ 4-3 after extra time.
19th
- DrBorisG steps down as commissioner of the 4chan Cup; Lear was named as his successor.
April
15th
- The 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers begin.
17th
- /o/ finish with the best record in the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers after being demoted to the Fetus Cup due to an invalid export in preparation for the Babby.
May
6th
- The 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup begins.
22nd
- /m/ defeats /vr/ 3-1 to win the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup, becoming just the third team to win more than one 4chan Cup title, as well as becoming the first team to hold the same title in a single event more than once (Spring 2012).
August
5th
- The 2016 4chan Summer Cup, marking the 5th anniversary of the 4chan Cup, begins.
21st
- IT HAPPENED AGAIN. /mlp/ defeats /o/ 5-2 to win the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, becoming the first team to legitimately win 2 stars, and 3 4chan Cup titles overall.
October
28th
- The 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup begins.
November
13th
- /jp/ defeats /p/ 3-1 to win the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup