2018 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Group B of the 2018 4chan Winter Cup contains the following teams:

Team	Place in last competition	Pre-cup position in Rankings
/toy/	4th in 2017 4chan Summer Cup	4th
/g/	t-11th in 2017 4chan Summer Cup	19th
/sp/	5th in 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	9th
/pol/	10th in 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	36th

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/pol/	3	2	1	0	6	4	2	7
/toy/	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
/g/	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1	2
/sp/	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2

/toy/ v /sp/

Background: The first time this meeting happened, it ended in /sp/'s favor 2–1, and also doesn't count thanks to Irishmen. The second time it happened, it also went in /sp/'s favor, 3–2 and arguably the greatest 4CC final ever, and also does count despite Irishmen. Then Dragongate happened, and while  /sp/ saw their beloved Torres McIlroy permabanned, they still rematched  /toy/ for a 1–1 draw in the next cup's friendlies. 2013 has gone further and further into past, but that doesn't mean the last cup's meeting wasn't as intense as the old ones; it was a 2–2 draw, featuring a huge /sp/ comeback and the eventual top-four material /toy/ squad.

Stadium: Legoland

16 February 2018, 18:20 UTC

Attendance: 1003

/toy/ 1–1 /sp/

Madoka Titus  2'		38' TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU
	Assists
Woody  2'		38' >he does it for free

Kit: Ham Hands Mechagodzilla Kinder Eggs  67' Nubs Destiny Skeleton Army Orange Transparent Chainsaw Kopaka  67' Sarge  67' Optimus Prime Madoka Titus Woody Substitutions: Drossel  67' Gourai  67' Danbo  67' Manager: Karth !!Y2abSm9+/NN

Kit: >de gay 18-1  67' An Horse  67' Tony Kornheiser Refball perro caca  42'  67' George Costanza Messi >he does it for free Le Cut Inside Man TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Substitutions: UNEXPOSABLE  67' Lelbron  67' £100M For A Dabbing Djemba-Djemba  67' Manager: /sp/ Council

Man of the Match: >de gay (/sp/)

Match Stats
Possession (%) 51 49 Shots (on target) 11 6 (7) (5) Fouls (offside) 2 3 (0) (0) Corner Kicks 3 1 Free Kicks 3 2 Passes completed (%) 84 84 Crosses 6 3 Interceptions 9 10 Tackles 9 12 Saves 1 6

/g/ v /pol/

Background: Speaking of old times,  /g/ would probably like to forget theirs. Back when they were one of the worst in the cup, they played a much-hyped  /pol/ squad in the 2012 4chan Summer Cup's Group of Death. It did not go well for them; they lost 2–1, conceding once and helping out /pol/ with an own goal before RandyTaylor69 scored a consolation.

Stadium: GNU/Stadium

16 February 2018, 19:00 UTC

Attendance: 1150

/g/ 1–2 /pol/

Install Gentoo  38'		5', 80' Moonman
	Assists
No Time For Love  38'		5' Jews  80' Hitler

Kit: Stallman Battlestations *BSD  67' Mechanical Keyboards SICP  67' CS Grad  67' Botnet Thinkpad Programming Socks No Time For Love Install Gentoo Substitutions: Housefires  67' Green Is My Pepper  67' Terry A. Davis  67' Manager: Giovani1906 !!KsgZllBDsow

Kit: Archive It WE WUZ KANGZ  67' Academics Pls Respond DEUS VULT  10'  45' Khazar Milkers Assad  36' Donald Trump Doompaul  67' Jews Hitler Moonman Substitutions: Best Korea  45' Memeball  67' The Bogdanoffs  67' Manager: /pol/ Council

Man of the Match: Moonman (/pol/)

Match Stats
Possession (%) 49 51 Shots (on target) 5 7 (3) (5) Fouls (offside) 1 5 (0) (0) Corner Kicks 1 1 Free Kicks 5 1 Passes completed (%) 82 76 Crosses 11 16 Interceptions 16 12 Tackles 7 12 Saves 3 2

/toy/ v /g/

Background: Last cup,  /toy/ kickstarted their knockout run to 4th place with a 3–2 win over  /g/.

Stadium: Legoland

18 February 2018, 18:20 UTC

Attendance: 1047

/toy/ 2–2 /g/

O.T. Chainsaw  31' Woody  53'		16' Something Happened  75' No Time for Love
	Assists
Madoka Titus  31' D10  53'		75' SICP

Kit: Ham Hands D10  67' Mechagodzilla Nubs Destiny  67' Judy Hopps  82' Skeleton Army you knoe who?  67' Orange Transparent Chainsaw Optimus Prime  39' Madoka Titus Woody Substitutions: Skydiving Mikasa  67' Kinder Eggs  67' Shelfwarmer  67' Manager: Karth !!Y2abSm9+/NN

Kit: Stallman Mechanical Keyboards Tay.ai  67' *BSD SICP Something Happened  67' Botnet Thinkpad Programming Socks No Time For Love  45+2' Install Gentoo Substitutions: GIVE IT BACK JAMAL  67' Terry A. Davis  67' Manager: Giovani1906 !!KsgZllBDsow

Man of the Match: Stallman (/g/)

Match Stats
Possession (%) 49 51 Shots (on target) 17 10 (10) (3) Fouls (offside) 3 4 (0) (0) Corner Kicks 4 3 Free Kicks 4 3 Passes completed (%) 84 76 Crosses 10 11 Interceptions 16 12 Tackles 13 9 Saves 3 9

/sp/ v /pol/

Background: Back in Winter 2013,  /sp/'s penultimate match before their second* star was a 2–0 win over  /pol/. Three years later, /pol/ claimed revenge by eliminating /sp/ from the 2016 4chan Winter Cup via a 5PA1Nful result that stands as their biggest win ever.

Stadium: Transatalantic Semen Pipline Stadium

18 February 2018, 19:00 UTC

Attendance: 1444

/sp/ 1–2 /pol/

Messi  89'		28', 71' Moonman
	Assists
TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU  89'		28' We Wuz Kangz  71' Hitler

Kit: da bearss 18-1  71' Tony Kornheiser Lelbron  71' Refball  71' APOLOGIZE George Costanza Messi >he does it for free Le Cut Inside Man TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Substitutions: UNEXPOSABLE  71' >we  71' Tripadvisor and Trivago  71' Manager: /sp/ Council

Kit: Not An Argument WE WUZ KANGZ  71' Alex Jones DEUS VULT Dickie Spencer  71' Assad Donald Trump Doompaul  71' Jews Hitler Moonman Substitutions: Memeball  71' TRUCK OF PEACE  71' The Bogdanoffs  71' Manager: /pol/ Council

Man of the Match: Moonman (/pol/)

Match Stats
Possession (%) Shots (on target) 4 8 (3) (5) Fouls (offside) 4 4 (0) (1) Corner Kicks 0 0 Free Kicks 4 4 Passes completed (%) 77 83 Crosses 12 18 Interceptions 10 19 Tackles 20 13 Saves 3 2

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/g/ v /sp/

Background:  /sp/'s first ever flirt with relegation was in Summer 2013, where they had lost to /m/ and drawn /jp/ before the final day of the group stage; since /m/ had beaten /jp/ in the match before theirs, however, they still had a chance. All they needed to do was beat  /g/. They took advantage of a hapless /g/, winning 2–0 and staying ELITE™. The very next Elite Cup, /sp/ had already advanced by the time they played /g/, but that wasn't stopping them from relegating /g/ by winning 3–1. Two years later, in a Babby, /sp/ won their first knockout match since the days of Dragonfag, again 3–1 over /g/.

Stadium: GNU/Stadium

24 February 2018, 18:20 UTC

Attendance: 1250

/g/ 2–2 /sp/

Install Gentoo  21' Thinkpad  69'		31' George Costanza  58' Le Cut Inside Man
	Assists
No Time For Love  21', 69'

Kit: Stallman Mechanical Keyboards Tay.ai GIVE IT BACK JAMAL SICP  66' CS Grad  66' Botnet Thinkpad Programming Socks No Time For Love Install Gentoo Substitutions: Green Is My Pepper  66' Terry A. Davis  66' Manager: Giovani1906 !!KsgZllBDsow

Kit: da bearss 18-1  66' Halftime Slags >we  66' Refball APOLOGIZE  66' George Costanza Messi >he does it for free Le Cut Inside Man TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Substitutions: UNEXPOSABLE  66' An Horse  66' Please Watch Our League  66'  89' Manager: /sp/ Council

Man of the Match: Thinkpad (/g/)

Match Stats
Possession (%) 55 45 Shots (on target) 7 4 (3) (4) Fouls (offside) 1 4 (1) (0) Corner Kicks 0 0 Free Kicks 3 1 Passes completed (%) 80 77 Crosses 9 6 Interceptions 12 19 Tackles 14 9 Saves 2 2

/pol/ v /toy/

Background: Another marquee matchup of days gone by; this battle of (former) powers first played out in Winter 2013, with  /toy/ not even making it a contest and taking a 5–0 win over their fellow medal-earner. The next friendly season, /toy/ again took out  /pol/, by the far more subdued score of 2–1. Both teams found themselves in the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup semifinals and played each other again; /toy/ won yet again, this time 5–3 on the way to winning the cup. Oh, and then they met for the fourth time in a year and a half in the last-ever official Friendlies. /toy/ won a fourth time, 1–0.

Stadium: /new/remberg Field

24 February 2018, 19:00 UTC

Attendance: 1415

/pol/ 2–2 /toy/

Hitler  18', 41'		15' Woody  25' Madoka Titus
	Assists
Moonman  18', 41'		15' Skydiving Mikasa  25' Optimus Prime

Kit: Not An Argument WE WUZ KANGZ  63' Ben Garrison Alex Jones TRUCK OF PEACE Madman Hyde  76' Donald Trump Doompaul  63' Jews Hitler Moonman Substitutions: Memeball  63' The Bogdanoffs  63' Zimmerman  76' Manager: /pol/ Council

Kit: Detolf Shelves Skydiving Mikasa Mechagodzilla Nubs Destiny  63' Judy Hopps  63' Skeleton Army you knoe who?  63' Orange Transparent Chainsaw Optimus Prime Madoka Titus Woody Substitutions: Drossel  63' Cobra Commander  63' Rapedog  63' Manager: Karth !!Y2abSm9+/NN

Man of the Match: Hitler (/pol/)

Match Stats
Possession (%) 50 50 Shots (on target) 6 5 (3) (4) Fouls (offside) 2 2 (0) (0) Corner Kicks 2 0 Free Kicks 2 2 Passes completed (%) 78 82 Crosses 11 3 Interceptions 16 19 Tackles 11 7 Saves 2 2