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{{Event-infobox
|event=Elite
|founded=August 6, 2011
|teams=32
|level=1
|relegation=Babby
|events=Summer Cup, Winter Cup
|champs= lgbt
|most={{team away-small|mlp}} and {{team away-small|fit}} (2 titles)
|upcoming=2017 4chan Summer Cup
}}

:''"Elite" is also an adjective used to describe teams which have never been relegated from Elite level. For more information see [[Elite (teams)]].''

'''Elite''' refers to the primary level of [[4chan Cup]] competition. There are two Elite competitions in each annual cycle, the Summer Cup and Winter Cup. At the conclusion of the [[2016 4chan Summer Cup]] there have been eleven Elite tournaments, the first of which was the [[2011 4chan Summer Cup]].

The Elite level was at one time the only competition level in the 4chan Cup. With the [[Third Founding]] and a larger number of competing teams it came to be supplemented by the Babby level which has its tournaments in Spring and Autumn of each year.

==Teams==

A total of 63 teams have competed at the Elite level since its inception. Two teams have appeared in every Elite event since its inception, these being /ck/ and /mu/. All teams since the [[2015 4chan Winter Cup]] have been relegated at some point.

===Champions===
Of the 60 teams in the cup, a total of 9 teams have been crowned [[List of 4chan Cup champions|elite cup champions]], with 2 of them as two time champions.  {{tt|A third team|/sp/}} was a two time champion, but [[Dragongate|controversy]] had stripped one of the titles.

===Next event===
The following 32 clubs will compete at the next scheduled Elite event, the [[2018 4chan Winter Cup]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width=100%
|-
!Club
!Position<br />in previous season
!First season in<br />Elite
!{{tt|Number of seasons<br />in Elite|excluding the next Elite Cup}}
!{{tt|First season of<br />current spell in<br />Elite|Last promotion without relegation or death}}
!Elite<br />titles
!Last Elite title
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|a}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">014</span>4th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 9 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 1 || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|an}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>3rd in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2014 4chan Winter Cup|2014 Winter]] || 7 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|cm}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>15th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2014 4chan Winter Cup|2014 Winter]] || 3 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|co}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>3rd in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2012 4chan Winter Cup|2012 Winter]] || 7 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|d}} || <span style="display:none">016</span>10th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2012 4chan Summer Cup|2012 Summer]] || 8 || [[2016 4chan Winter Cup|2016 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|f}} || <span style="display:none">011</span>14th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2013 4chan Summer Cup|2013 Summer]] || 9 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|fit}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">014</span>11th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 10 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 2 || [[2017 4chan Winter Cup|2017 Winter]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|g}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">013</span>11th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 9 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|gd}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>8th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2014 4chan Winter Cup|2014 Winter]] || 8 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|h}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>11th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]] || 10 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|his}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>11th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 1 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|int}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">005</span>9th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 8 || [[2017 4chan Winter Cup|2017 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|jp}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>13th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]] || 7 || [[2017 4chan Winter Cup|2017 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|k}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">014</span>14th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 6 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 1 || [[2012 4chan Winter Cup|2012 Winter]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|lgbt}} || <span style="display:none">001</span>1st in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2014 4chan Winter Cup|2014 Winter]] || 3 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 1 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|lit}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>5th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2013 4chan Summer Cup|2013 Summer]] || 5 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|m}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>8th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2012 4chan Summer Cup|2012 Summer]] || 9 || [[2016 4chan Summer Cup|2016 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|mlp}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>7th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]] || 9 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 2 || [[2016 4chan Summer Cup|2016 Summer]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|n}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>16th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2015 4chan Winter Cup|2015 Winter]] || 5 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|o}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>9th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2012 4chan Winter Cup|2012 Winter]] || 8 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|pol}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>10th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2012 4chan Summer Cup|2014 Summer]] || 7 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|r9k}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>1st in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]] || 4 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|sci}} || <span style="display:none">010</span>6th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2012 4chan Summer Cup|2012 Summer]] || 6 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|sp}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">014</span>5th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 11 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 1 || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|tg}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>5th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2012 4chan Winter Cup|2012 Winter]] || 9 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 1 || [[2015 4chan Winter Cup|2015 Winter]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|toy}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>4th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2012 4chan Summer Cup|2012 Summer]] || 9 || [[2017 4chan Winter Cup|2017 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|tv}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">005</span>6th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 10 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|u}} || <span style="display:none">012</span>2nd in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]] || 9 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|vr}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>16th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2014 4chan Winter Cup|2014 Winter]] || 6 || [[2017 4chan Winter Cup|2017 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|wg}} || <span style="display:none">005</span>14th in [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|Summer]] || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup|2013 Winter]] || 8 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup|2017 Summer]] || 1 || [[2013 4chan Summer Cup|2013 Summer]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|wsg}} || <span style="display:none">014</span>11th in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2014 4chan Summer Cup|2014 Summer]] || 4 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{team away-small|x}}<sup>a</sup> || <span style="display:none">014</span>2nd in [[2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup|Autumn]] || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup|2011 Summer]] || 9 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup|2018 Winter]] || 0 || n/a

|}
<sup>a</sup>: [[Original Sixteen|Founding member of the 4chan Cup]] and the Elite level<br />
<sup>b</sup>: Later promoted to the Elite level in place of other teams failing to submit an export<br />
<sup>c</sup>: Later promoted to the Elite level in place of other teams getting culled due to lack of sufficient board interest

==Events==

There have been fourteen events at Elite level, up to and including the 2018 Winter Cup. The first Elite cup was the 2011 Summer Cup which featured 16 teams competing in a double elimination bracket. The following event, the 2012 Winter Cup, took on the same format. The 2012 Summer Cup was the first Elite event to use a group stage and single elimination bracket knockout stage, a format which has remained to the present day.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width=100%
|-
!width=2%|#
!width=20%|Tournament
!width=8%|Platform
!width=16%|Number of competing teams
!width=12%|Number of matches
!width=8%|Winner
!width=10%|{{tt|Rotation|Number of teams promoted into and relegated out of the tournament}}
!width=12%|Number of goals
!width=12%|Average goals per game
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1 || [[2011 4chan Summer Cup]] || PES 2011 || 16 || 31 || {{team away-small|a}}   || n/a || 88  || 2.84
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2 || [[2012 4chan Winter Cup]] || PES 2011 || 16 || 31 || {{team away-small|k}}   || n/a || 113 || 3.65
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 3 || [[2012 4chan Summer Cup]] || PES 2012 || 24 || 48 || <s>{{team away-small|sp}}</s><sup>a</sup>  || 10/8 || 185 || 3.85
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 4 || [[2013 4chan Winter Cup]] || PES 2013 || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|sp}}  || 16 || 254 || 3.97
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 5 || [[2013 4chan Summer Cup]] || PES 2013 || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|wg}}  || 16 || 203 || 3.17
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 6 || [[2014 4chan Winter Cup]] || [[PES 2014]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|trv}} || 16 || 192 || 3.09
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 7 || [[2014 4chan Summer Cup]] || [[PES 2014]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|mu}}  || 16 || 125 || 1.95
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 8 || [[2015 4chan Winter Cup]] || [[PES 2014]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|tg}}  || 16 || 198 || 3.09
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 9 || [[2015 4chan Summer Cup]] || [[PES 2015]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|mlp}}  || 16 || 263 || 4.11
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 10 || [[2016 4chan Winter Cup]] || [[PES 2016]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|fit}}  || 16 || 281 || 4.39
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 11 || [[2016 4chan Summer Cup]] || [[PES 2016]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|mlp}}  || 16 || 324 || 5.06
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 12 || [[2017 4chan Winter Cup]] || [[Pro Evolution Soccer 2017|PES 2017]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|fit}}  || 16 || 190 || 2.97
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 13 || [[2017 4chan Summer Cup]] || [[Pro Evolution Soccer 2017|PES 2017]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|lgbt}} || 16 || 202 || 3.16
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 14 || [[2018 4chan Winter Cup]] || [[Pro Evolution Soccer 2017|PES 2017]] || 32 || 64 || {{team away-small|u}} || 16 || 208 || 3.25
|}
<sup>a</sup>: Title later [[Dragongate|vacated]]. No winner in lieu.
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