2012 4chan Winter Cup

2012 4chan Winter Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/a/
Dates	January 5—8, 2012 (4 days)
Teams	16
Final positions
Champion	/k/
Runner-up	/sp/
Third	/ck/
Fourth	/fit/
Tournament statistics Matches 31 Goals scored 113 (3.65 per match) Top scorer(s) MESSIMESSI (10) Top assister(s) N/A Golden Glove N/A Best player N/A Yellow cards 0 (0 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2011 4chan Summer Cup
2012 4chan Winter Cup
2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup

The 2012 4chan Winter Cup was the second official 4chan Cup tournament and the inaugural Winter edition. It lasted for three days, from January 5 (starting at 17:00 EST / 22:00 GMT) until January 8, 2012. After winning the previous top-tier competition, /a/ hosted this cup and entered as first-ranked seed. This tournament was the first appearance for the teams of the Second Founding, with newcomers /tg/, /co/, /jp/, and /o/ replacing /s/, /int/, /adv/, and /soc/ respectively.

Similar to the 2011 Summer Cup, this tournament would use the double-elimination bracket format, and this would be its final rendition. In this system, all teams began in the Winner's Bracket. A loss would drop them down into a spot in the Loser's Bracket, determined by how far they advanced in the Winner's Bracket. If a team loses in the Loser's Bracket, they are eliminated from the tournament.

Also for the last time, each team chose three gold-standard players who received 99 in each stat with all other players getting 66. This is the last tournament featuring this system, following a rehash by GermanBro.

/k/ won their first tournament after defeating /sp/ in the second final. /ck/ claimed third place while /fit/ came fourth. The Golden Boot was won by /sp/'s MESSIMESSI with an unmatched ten goals.

Competitors

The following sixteen teams, shown with pre-tournament rankings, participated in the tournament:

•  /a/ (1)
•  /b/ (=13)
•  /co/ (New Entry)
•  /ck/ (2)

•  /fa/ (=11)
•  /fit/ (=5)
•  /g/ (7)
•  /jp/ (New Entry)

•  /k/ (=13)
•  /mu/ (4)
•  /o/ (New Entry)
•  /sp/ (3)

•  /tg/ (New Entry)
•  /tv/ (=8)
•  /v/ (=5)
•  /x/ (=8)

Preliminary Round

This was a seeding competition that took place in the week before the Winter Cup, to decide which teams the new entrants would face. The teams that took part were /jp/, /o/, /co/ and /tg/. The competition is famous for the mesmerizing 5-5 AET final match between /co/ and /tg/ in which /co/ won on penalties; widely considered to be one of the greatest 4chan matches in history.

	Semi-finals				Final
	/tg/	5
	/jp/	1
					/co/	5(4)
					/tg/	5(1)
					Third place
	/co/	3		/jp/	3
	/o/	2			/o/	1

2 January 2012	/tg/	5 — 1	/jp/
	Creed  2', 12', 44', 79' Doomrider  5'		8' Get out of /jp/

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2 January 2012	/co/	3 — 2	/o/
	??? Hulk Smash  79' The Flash  86' (pen.)		???  61' LS1 Swap

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2 January 2012	/co/	5 — 5 (a.e.t.)	/tg/
	The Flash  30', 50', 98' Superdickery  86' Jetpack Viking  92'		15', 72', 95' Creed  27', 112' Doomrider
		Penalties
		4 — 1

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2 January 2012	/jp/	3 — 1	/o/
	Autism  7', 45+1' ZUN  60'		12' Van Dweller

Winners' Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Winners' Bracket Semi-Final					Winners' Bracket Final
	1	/a/	1
	16	/b/	2
						16	/b/	3
						9	/x/	4
	8	/co/	2
	9	/x/	3
											9	/x/	1
										13	/k/	2
	4	/mu/	1(6)
	13	/k/	1(7)
						13	/k/	4
						12	/tg/	2
	5	/v/	1
	12	/tg/	2
																13	/k/	2
															3	/sp/	1
	2	/ck/	4
	15	/o/	0
						2	/ck/	1
						7	/g/	0
	7	/g/	3
	10	/tv/	0
											2	/ck/	0
										3	/sp/	4
	3	/sp/	4
	14	/jp/	2
						3	/sp/	2
						6	/fit/	0
	6	/fit/	4
	11	/fa/	1

First Round

5 January 2012	/a/	1 — 2 (a.e.t.)	/b/
	Cowboy Bebop  12'		8' (o.g.) Kaiji  93' Chocolate Rain

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5 January 2012	/co/	2 — 3	/x/
	Sexism  27', 80'		35' Herobrine  72', 88' (pen.) Dead Bart

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5 January 2012	/mu/	1 — 1 (a.e.t.)	/k/
	Fantano  37'		22' Mossberg 12 Gauge
		Penalties
		6 — 7

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5 January 2012	/v/	1 — 2 (a.e.t.)	/tg/
	Gabe Newell  64'		3' Doomrider  102' (pen.) Creed

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5 January 2012	/ck/	4 — 0	/o/
	Nachos  15', 61', 90+1' Forcaccia  57'

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5 January 2012	/g/	3 — 0	/tv/
	Creed  6', 65', 69'

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5 January 2012	/fit/	4 — 1	/fa/
	Bear Mode  10', 29', 45+1' Otter Mode  77'		47' Newfaf

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5 January 2012	/sp/	4 — 2	/jp/
	Costanza  42' MESSIMESSI  50', 90' Tony Reali  64'		19' Autism  86' Rika

Second Round

6 January 2012	/b/	3 — 4 (a.e.t.)	/x/
	Chocolate Rain  44', 66', 105'		35' Slenderman  48' Clown Statue  114' Creepychan  116' Herobrine

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6 January 2012	/k/	4 — 2	/tg/
	Ruger 9mm  33' S&W 38 Revolver  47' AK-47  68', 90+2'		5' Creed  81' Muscle Wizard

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6 January 2012	/ck/	1 — 0	/g/
	Nachos  71'

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6 January 2012	/sp/	2 — 0	/fit/
	MESSIMESSI  2', 63'

Winners' Bracket Semi-Final

7 January 2012	/x/	1 — 2	/k/
	Mothman  87'		12', 89' AK-47

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7 January 2012	/ck/	0 — 4	/sp/
			29' Costanza  33' Teboq  57' MESSIMESSI  67' Tony Reali

Winners' Bracket Final

8 January 2012	/k/	2 — 1	/sp/
	AK-47  79' Mossberg 12 Gauge  85'		75' Teboq

Losers' Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Fifth Round					Losers' Bracket Final
	10	/tv/	0(1)			16	/b/	2
	15	/o/	0(2)			15	/o/	0
											16	/b/	0			2	/ck/	2(4)
											12	/tg/	3			12	/tg/	2(2)
	11	/fa/	0	12	/tg/	3
	14	/jp/	1			14	/jp/	1
																					2	/ck/	3			4	/sp/	4
																					6	/fit/	2			2	/ck/	0
	8	/co/	3			7	/g/	2
	1	/a/	1			8	/co/	3
											8	/co/	0			9	/x/	1
											6	/fit/	3			6	/fit/	5
	5	/v/	0	6	/fit/	5
	4	/mu/	3			4	/mu/	1

First Round

6 January 2012	/tv/	0 — 0	/o/
		Penalties
		1 — 2

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6 January 2012	/jp/	1 — 0	/fa/
	Sage  7'

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6 January 2012	/co/	3 — 1 (a.e.t.)	/a/
	Superdickery  51' Sexism  99', 112'		27' Meduka

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6 January 2012	/v/	0 — 3	/mu/
			34' (o.g.) Bateman  40' Alice Glass  48' Plebeians

Second Round

7 January 2012	/b/	2 — 0	/o/
	Boxxy  76' Mudkipz  87'

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7 January 2012	/tg/	3 — 1	/jp/
	Noh  44' Doomrider  50', 61'		6' Sage

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7 January 2012	/g/	2 — 3	/co/
	No Drivers  21' Sennheiser  81'		48' Superdickery  64' Sexism  80' Jetpack Viking

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7 January 2012	/fit/	5 — 1	/mu/
	Bear Mode  37', 51', 60' Vitamin A  63' Dead Zyzz  76'		15' Fantano

Third Round

7 January 2012	/b/	0 — 3	/tg/
			21' (o.g.) My Body Is Ready  23' Muscle Wizard  68' Creed

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7 January 2012	/co/	0 — 3	/fit/
			5' Otter Mode  25', 49' T-Rex

Fourth Round

7 January 2012	/ck/	2 — 2 (a.e.t.)	/tg/
	Forcaccia  16' Tikka Masala  39'		21' Creed  44' Just As Planned
		Penalties
		4 — 2

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7 January 2012	/x/	1 — 5	/fit/
	Slenderman  86'		17' T-Rex  44', 58' Otter Mode  52' Dead Zyzz  83' Bear Mode

Fifth Round

8 January 2012	/ck/	3 — 2	/fit/
	Forcaccia  30', 75' Sukiyaki  79'		23' T-Rex  45+2' Bear Mode

Losers' Bracket Final

8 January 2012	/sp/	4 — 0	/ck/
	Vaughncouver  13' MESSIMESSI  44', 80' Costanza  88'

Finals

	First Final					Second Final
	13	/k/	0			3	/sp/	1
	3	/sp/	3			13	/k/	2

First Final

8 January 2012	/k/	0 — 3	/sp/
			15', 69' MESSIMESSI Costanza  77'

Second Final

8 January 2012	/sp/	1 — 2	/k/
	MESSIMESSI  25'		1', 33' Ruger 9mm

Statistics

Goalscorers

10 goals

• MESSIMESSI

8 goals

• Bear Mode

5 goals

• Sexism
• AK-47

4 goals

• Chocolate Rain
• Nachos
• Forcaccia

• No Drivers
• Otter Mode
• T-Rex

• Costanza
• Creed

3 goals

• Doomrider

2 goals

• Superdickery
• Dead Zyzz
• Sage
• Mossberg 12 Gauge

• Ruger 9mm
• Anthony Fantano
• Teboq
• Tony Reali

• Muscle Wizard
• Dead Bart
• Herobrine
• Slenderman

1 goal

• Cowboy Bebop
• Meduka
• Boxxy
• Mudkipz
• Sukiyaki
• Tikka Masala
• Jetpack Viking

• Newfaf
• Vitamin A
• Sennheiser
• Autism
• Rika
• Alice Glass
• Plebeians

• Vaughncouver
• Noh
• Just As Planned
• Muscle Wizard
• Gabe Newell
• Clown Statue
• Creepychan

Own goals

• Kaiji

• My Body Is Ready

• Bateman

Final Ranking

1.  /k/
2.  /sp/
3.  /ck/
4.  /fit/

5.  /tg/
6.  /x/
7.  /co/
7.  /b/

9.  /g/
10.  /jp/
11.  /o/
12.  /mu/

13.  /tv/
14.  /fa/
15.  /a/
16.  /v/