Babby (competition level)

Babby
Founded	March 23, 2012
Number of teams	32
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Elite
Relegation to	Qualifiers (aka Fetus)
Events	Spring Babby Cup, Autumn Babby Cup
Current champions	/i/
Most championships	2 Titles /m/ /pol/
2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup

Babby refers to the secondary level of 4chan Cup competition, below Elite. There are two Babby competitions in each annual cycle, the Spring Babby Cup and Autumn Babby Cup. At the conclusion of the 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup there have been fifteen Babby tournaments, the first of which was the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup.

With /m/'s victory in the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup, they became the first team to win 2 Babby Cups, joined by /pol/ after the 2018 4chan Autumn Babby 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.

Teams

All 64 historical and existing teams have competed at the Babby level since its inception.

The following clubs, consisting of 16 relegated from the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, and 7 failing to advance from the 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers, will compete at the next scheduled Babby event, the 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup. Assuming a 32-team format, an additional 15 teams, for a total of 38, must compete for the remaining 9 spots in the Qualifiers preceding the Babby, unless the requisite 40 teams required for a Mega Babby format is reached.

Club	Position in previous season	First season in Babby	Number of seasons in Babby	First season of current spell in Babby	Babby titles	Last Babby title
/a/	27th in Spring	2014 Autumn	9	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/aco/	17th in Summer	2018 Autumn	2	2019 Autumn	0	n/a
/adv/	32nd in Spring	2013 Autumn	9	2019 Spring	0	n/a
/an/	Did not qualify for Spring	2013 Autumn	6	2018 Autumn	0	n/a
/asp/	Did not qualify for Spring	2013 Autumn	4	2019 Autumn	0	n/a
/b/	20th in Summer	2012 Autumn	9	2019 Autumn	1	2014 Autumn
/bant/	23rd in Spring	2018 Spring	2	2019 Spring	0	n/a
/biz/	23rd in Summer	2014 Autumn	9	2019 Autumn	0	n/a
/c/	22nd in Summer	2012 Spring	14	2019 Autumn	0	n/a
/cgl/	26th in Spring	2012 Spring	8	2015 Autumn	0	n/a
/ck/	24th in Summer	2013 Spring	8	2019 Autumn	0	n/a
/d/	58th in Spring	2014 Autumn	5	2018 Spring	0	n/a
/f/	24th in Spring	2013 Autumn	7	2018 Spring	0	n/a
/fa/	37th in Spring	2015 Spring	4	2017 Autumn	0	n/a
/g/	32nd in Spring	2012 Autumn	9	2018 Spring	0	n/a
/gd/	36th in Spring	2014 Spring	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/gif/	17th in Spring	2016 Spring	5	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/his/	39th in Spring	2012 Autumn	11	2017 Autumn	0	n/a
/jp/	19th in Spring	2013 Autumn	5	2017 Autumn	1	2016 Autumn
/lgbt/	27th in Spring	2012 Autumn	10	2017 Autumn	1	2017 Spring
/lit/	34th in Spring	2012 Autumn	7	2017 Autumn	0	n/a
/m/	25th in Summer	2014 Spring	9	2017 Autumn	2	2016 Spring
/mu/	31st in Spring	2014 Autumn	6	2018 Spring	0	n/a
/n/	26th in Summer	2012 Autumn	7	2018 Spring	1	2012 Autumn
/o/	28th in Summer	2014 Spring	7	2018 Spring	0	n/a
/out/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	1	2015 Autumn
/p/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/s4s/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/sci/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/sp/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/tg/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/tv/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	1	2015 Spring
/v/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/vp/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/vr/	27th in Spring	2013 Autumn	8	2017 Spring	0	n/a
/wsg/	Did not qualify for Spring	2014 Spring	6	2018 Spring	0	n/a
/y/	28th in Summer	2013 Autumn	9	2019 Autumn	0	n/a

Events

There have been fifteen events at Babby level, up to and including the 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup. The first Babby cup was the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup, which featured 22 teams competing in five groups of four teams in a group stage format following a two-team qualifier. The top eight teams then competed in a single-elimination bracket. As more teams were founded and sought participation in the Babbies, the format for the 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup expanded to eight groups of four, with 16 teams being promoted to the knockouts, mirroring the format of the Elites. The 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup brought forth yet another influx of new teams, leading to a fifth pot being established and five teams playing in each group, a format commonly referred to as a "Megababby." This format was scrapped in the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup in favor of an expanded Babby qualifiers (i.e. Fetus), and re-implemented for the 2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup.

#	Tournament	Platform	Number of competing teams	Number of matches	Winner	Rotation	Number of goals	Average goals per game
1	2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2012	22	42	/m/	8	149	3.55
2	2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2012	32	64	/wg/	16	232	3.63
3	2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2013	32	64	/mlp/	16	210	3.28
4	2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2013	32	64	/toy/	16	222	3.47
5	2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2014	40	96	/pol/	16	269	2.80
6	2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2014	40	96	/b/	16	307	3.20
7	2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2015	40	96	/tv/	16	376	3.92
8	2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2015	40	96	/out/	16	366	3.81
9	2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2016	32	64	/m/	16	324	5.06
10	2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2016	32	64	/jp/	16	291	4.55
11	2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2017	32	64	/lgbt/	16	229	3.85
12	2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2017	32	64	/r9k/	16	232	3.63
13	2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2017	40	96	/e/	16	359	3.74
14	2018 4chan Autumn Babby Cup	PES 2017	32	64	/pol/	16	217	3.39
15	2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup	PES 2018	32	64	/i/	16	160	2.50