2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup

2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup
Tournament details
Host board	TBD
Dates	March 23 - April 1 (5 days)
Teams	22
Final positions
Champion	/m/
Runner-up	/3/
Third	/sci/
Fourth	/d/
Tournament statistics Matches 42 Goals scored 150 (3.57 per match) Top scorer(s) Gundam RX-78-2 Haigure Dramu Top assister(s) N/A Golden Glove N/A Best player Gundam RX-78-2 Yellow cards 0 (0 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2012 4chan Winter Cup
2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup
2012 4chan Summer Cup

The 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup was the third official 4chan Cup competition, and the inaugural Babby Cup, designed to act as a lower-tier qualification stage to major tournaments due to the increasing number of participating boards. It was held on the weekends of 23 - 25 March 2012 and 31 March - 1 April 2012.

The cup consisted of all the teams that wished to take part in the 2012 4chan Summer Cup that were not present in the previous cup. Teams performing in an official tournament for the first time were /3/, /an/, /cgl/, /cm/, /d/, /f/, /gif/, /lit/, /m/, /mlp/, /n/, /pol/, /r9k/, /sci/, /toy/, /vp/ and /y/. Teams replaced by the Second Founding would be reformed to participate in this cup.

This was the first official tournament to be run using new gold/silver/bronze regulations. See the format page for more information. This was also the first tournament to use a group stage, rather than a double-elimination bracket. There were 8 positions free in the Summer Cup, meaning that the top 8 teams of the 4chan Babby Cup advanced to the 2012 4chan Summer Cup. These were, in order of qualification: /m/, /3/, /sci/, /d/, /int/, /n/, /toy/ and /pol/.

The cup was won by /m/ in one of the most dominant cup displays in 4chan Cup history, after defeating /3/ in the final 4-2. /sci/ came third after defeating /d/ in the third place play-off. The Golden Boot was shared between /m/'s Gundam RX-78-2, /cgl/'s Dramu and /d/'s Haigure, who each scored ten goals each.

Conditions

These were the following conditions for all Babby Cup games:

• 10 minutes per half
• All teams started with good condition, however fatigue accumulated *throughout the tournament.
• Card accumulation
• Extra time and Penalties in the knockout phase, not in the group stage
• Superstar player level

Participating Teams

The following 20 teams were scheduled to participate in the tournament:

•  /3/
•  /adv/†
•  /cgl/
•  /cm/
•  /d/

•  /f/
•  /gif/
•  /int/
•  /lit/
•  /m/

•  /mlp/
•  /n/
•  /pol/
•  /r9k/
•  /s/

•  /sci/
•  /soc/
•  /toy/
•  /vp/
•  /y/

† /adv/ were disqualified from the competition for not completing their squad on time, and were to be replaced by the winners of the Preliminary Round.

As such, two teams were pre-qualification entries, with a play-off held to determine the single entrant:

•  /an/
•  /po/

Preliminary Round

17 March 2012	/an/	5-2	/po/
Preliminary Round First Leg	Spacebat  1', 49', 64', 74' Mantis King		X-Acto  22' Big Head Mode  89'

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17 March 2012	/po/	1-1	/an/
Preliminary Round Second Leg	X-Acto  75'		12' Spacebat

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/cgl/	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7
/toy/	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
/s/	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
/vp/	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

23 March 2012	/vp/	0-2	/toy/
			14' Woody  73' Optimus Prime

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23 March 2012	/s/	1-2	/cgl/
	BANNED  58'		78', 84' Dramu

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24 March 2012	/vp/	1-1	/s/
	Miror B  90+3'		70' Shorthair

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24 March 2012	/toy/	1-1	/cgl/
	Woody  16'		10' Dramu

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25 March 2012	/s/	0-1	/toy/
			33' Woody

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25 March 2012	/cgl/	4-1	/vp/
	Dramu  45+1', 73', 78' NIGGAMOON  51'		28' Miror B

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Knockout Stage

Third place