2014 4chan Winter Cup

2014 4chan Winter Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/wg/
Dates	February 14–16, 21–23; March 1–2, 2014 (8 days)
Teams	32
Final positions
Champion	/trv/
Runner-up	/a/
Third	/mlp/
Fourth	/h/
Tournament statistics Matches 64 Goals scored 198 (3.09 per match) Top scorer(s) Bert Is A Titan (9 goals) Top assister(s) Couchsurfer Rapist (5 assists) Golden Glove Accelerator (17 saves) Best player N/A Yellow cards 7 (0.11 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2014 4chan Winter Cup
2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup

The 2014 4chan Winter Cup was the tenth official 4chan Cup tournament and the third iteration of the Winter Cup series. It was played from February 14 to March 2, 2014 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with the exception of Friday, February 28, 2014. The tournament featured a mixture of teams that qualified from the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, as well as the teams who managed to qualify to the knockout phase of the 2013 4chan Summer Cup.

Seven teams made their debut at Elite competition, these being /an/, /asp/, /gd/, /gif/, /hr/, /lgbt/ and /vr/. This was also the debut Winter Cup for /c/, /cgl/, /f/, /s/ and /u/. As winner of the previous elite competition, /wg/ were the host board of this event. This was the third Cup under 4chan Cup Commissioner DrBorisG !!9Egy5BjxCDo, the first one to be hosted with Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, and the first to set a standard for the use of PES's exhibition mode to simulate official Cup matches.

/trv/ were the winners of this competition, securing their maiden Elite cup after beating 2011 4chan Summer Cup winners /a/ in the final. /mlp/ and /h/ finished third and fourth respectively.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams competed at this tournament. Sixteen of the teams qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage from the 2013 4chan Summer Cup, and sixteen qualified by means of advancing from the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup. The teams were divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each, with the top two from each group promoted to the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, and the bottom two relegated to the 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup.

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

•  /adv/
•  /c/
•  /fa/
•  /toy/

•  /an/
•  /g/
•  /f/
•  /gd/

•  /pol/
•  /cgl/
•  /hr/
•  /s/

•  /y/
•  /lgbt/
•  /cm/
•  /vr/

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2013 4chan Summer Cup:

•  /a/
•  /b/
•  /co/
•  /ck/

•  /h/
•  /int/
•  /m/
•  /mlp/

•  /mu/
•  /soc/
•  /sp/
•  /trv/

•  /u/
•  /v/
•  /wg/
•  /x/

The following teams replaced /fa/ and /pol/ after KHS_Rowan !!YF6PybmnSBn or Foojile !!GrsG8An7x61 were unable to provide an export for either of their teams. The teams who took their places were the highest-placing teams which failed to qualify from the 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, and whom had exports prepared:

•  /gif/
•  /asp/

Rules

The tournament featured two stages: the group stage, followed by the knockout stage; both stages were played in PES14's exhibition mode in order to not allow the condition of teams' motivation/heart to snowball over time.

The group stage was played using a round-robin format, in which each team played each other team in the group once. The top two teams from each group after all matches were played advanced to the knockout stage.

The ranking of teams within groups was determined as follows:

1. Greatest number of points in group matches
2. Greatest goal difference in group matches
3. Greatest number of goals scored in group matches, and
4. Head-to-head results.

If any of the teams remained level after applying the above criteria, a tiebreaker match would be played, with extra-time and penalties in the result of a tied score after regulation time.

The knockout stage was played using a single elimination bracket, in which teams played each other in one-off matches with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner in the result of tied scores. It began with the round of 16 in which the winner of each group played against the runner-up of another group. This is followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final.

Two yellow cards (issued in separate matches) or a dismissal (red card) meant that a player was suspended for his/her team's next scheduled match. Yellow cards were wiped twice:

1. At the end of the group stages
2. At the end of the semi-finals

Red cards were never wiped and a player was to serve a suspension in the next match, even if they were in the knockout stage.

Draw

The draw for the cup took place at 17:00 GMT on Saturday, February 1, 2014. Rankings determined the placement of competitors in four seeding pots, with the highest-ranked teams being placed in Pot 1, the next-highest in Pot 2 and so on until all pots were filled, the exception being /fa/ got dropped to pot 4 due to uncertainty regarding their export situation. Pots following the 2014 4chan Winter Cup Friendlies were:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/wg/  /mu/  /toy/  /v/  /a/  /b/  /sp/  /mlp/	/trv/  /m/  /int/  /soc/  /co/  /u/  /adv/  /f/	/pol/  /ck/  /x/  /h/  /hr/  /gd/  /cgl/  /lgbt/	/y/  /c/  /an/  /s/  /vr/  /cm/  /g/  /fa/

Teams were drawn randomly into the groups, such that each group contained a competitor from each pot, forming eight groups of four teams each.

Squads

2014 4chan Winter Cup squads (/a/-/hr/)
2014 4chan Winter Cup squads (/int/-/y/)

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/cgl/	3	1	2	0	10	6	4	5
/a/	3	1	2	0	6	4	2	5
/adv/	3	1	0	2	7	12	-5	3
/cm/	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2

14 February 2014	/a/	1–1	/cgl/
17:00	Cowboy Bebop  6'		42' Dramu	Konami Stadium Attendance: 638

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14 February 2014	/adv/	2–1	/cm/
17:00	Cheating GF  38' 5 Inch Dick  45+1'		20' Kaworu Nagisa	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 724

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16 February 2014	/a/	4–2	/adv/
17:00	Bert is a Titan  16', 78', 90+2' Cowboy Bebop  45+2'		60', 84' 5inchdick	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 759

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16 February 2014	/cgl/	2–2	/cm/
17:40	Jealous Fatty  9', 90+3'		36' Dio Brando  69' Levi	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 805

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22 February 2014	/adv/	3–7	/cgl/
17:00	5inchdick  2' S/adv/irgin  25', 72'		9', 13', 31' J Nig  23', 48', 63', 84' Dramu	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 564

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22 February 2014	/cm/	1–1	/a/
17:30	Makoto Tachibana  61'		74' Bert is a Titan	Konami Stadium Attendance: 867

Group B

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/sp/	3	3	0	0	6	2	4	9
/f/	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
/g/	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
/lgbt/	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	1

14 February 2014	/sp/	1–0	/lgbt/
18:20	MESSI  61'			Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 773

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14 February 2014	/f/	2–1	/g/
19:00	WRRRRRYY  77' Lolicatgirls  90+3'		80' Tidus	Konami Stadium Attendance: 702

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16 February 2014	/sp/	2–1	/f/
18:20	USA USA USA  23', 90+6'		56' Nipaa	Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 859

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16 February 2014	/lgbt/	0–1	/g/
19:00			21' Install Gentoo  17' GNU/Linux	Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 823

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22 February 2014	/f/	0–0	/lgbt/
18:00				Wembley Stadium Attendance: 819

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22 February 2014	/g/	1–3	/sp/
18:30	Tidus  22'		24' Messi  38' >moyes  88' USA USA USA	Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 886

Group C

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/h/	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4
/toy/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/co/	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
/y/	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4

14 February 2014	/toy/	2–1	/h/
19:40	Woody  3' Matty  21'		80' Asuka	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 775

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14 February 2014	/co/	1–2	/y/
20:20	/co/lette  32'		19', 54' Ramen Yaoi	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 874

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16 February 2014	/toy/	1–2	/co/
19:40	Woody  36'		53' Archer  90+2' /co/lette	Konami Stadium Attendance: 895

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16 February 2014	/h/	3–1	/y/
20:20	Titty Monster  34', 53' Asuka  61'		50' I Sooo Need It	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 895

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22 February 2014	/co/	0–0	/h/
19:00				Stade de France Attendance: 805

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22 February 2014	/y/	2–2	/toy/
19:30	Yaranaika  72', 88'		4', 20' Madoka Titus	Estadio do Morumbi Attendance: 810

Group D

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/gif/	3	2	1	0	6	0	6	7
/mu/	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
/gd/	3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	3
/u/	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2

14 February 2014	/mu/	2–1	/gd/
21:00	Jeff Mangum  45+0' The Deak  57'		20' Kerning  2' >police station	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 833

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14 February 2014	/u/	0–0	/gif/
21:40				Konami Stadium Attendance: 719

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16 February 2014	/mu/	1–1	/u/
21:00	Talentless Hack  77'		73' Homucifer	The Mountaintops Attendance: 913

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16 February 2014	/gd/	0–4	/gif/
21:40			14', 39', 87' Sauce  30' Source	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 788

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22 February 2014	/u/	1–2	/gd/
20:00	Homucifer  36'		21' Fuck You, Pay Me  31' Kerning	Konami Stadium Attendance: 737

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22 February 2014	/gif/	2–0	/mu/
20:30	Source  32' Is This Real?  87'			The Mountaintops Attendance: 662

Group E

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/asp/	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
/mlp/	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
/s/	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
/m/	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	3

15 February 2014	/mlp/	0–3	/asp/
17:00			34', 90+7' American Dragon  78' CENAWINSLOL	Pony Stadium Attendance: 821

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15 February 2014	/m/	0–3	/s/
17:40			67' BANNED  76', 90+2' Thunder Thighs	Konami Stadium Attendance: 733

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21 February 2014	/mlp/	3–0	/m/
17:00	>rape  60' Tracy  79' Alicorn Twilight  86'			Pony Stadium Attendance: 535

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21 February 2014	/asp/	2–0	/s/
17:40	American Dragon  24' Rodney Mullen  29'			Estadio da Luz Attendance: 524

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23 February 2014	/m/	2–0	/asp/
17:00	Shin Getter Robo  45+2' Alteisen Riese  65'			Axis Stadium Attendance: 627

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23 February 2014	/s/	1–2	/mlp/
17:30	Banned  59'		41' Alicorn Twilight  90+4' >rape	San Siro Attendance: 837

Group F

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/x/	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	7
/v/	3	2	1	0	7	5	2	7
/c/	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
/int/	3	0	0	3	4	10	-6	0

15 February 2014	/v/	2–2	/x/
18:20	Gabe Newell  39', 90+3'		25' Pyramid Head  71' X Tan	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 817

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15 February 2014	/int/	2–4	/c/
19:00	Polandball  6' Putin  16'		19', 84' Yui Hirasawa  45+0', 90+0' Sayaka Miki	Konami Stadium Attendance: 806

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21 February 2014	/v/	3–2	/int/
18:20	Console Peasant  20' PC Master Race  35', 45+2'		69', 89' >Argentina >white  1' Captain Sweden	Konami Stadium Attendance: 610

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21 February 2014	/x/	2–0	/c/
19:00	Pyramid Head  19' X-Tan  36'			The Void Attendance: 637

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23 February 2014	/int/	0–3	/x/
18:00			30', 88' The Grey  90+1' Pyramid Head	/new/ Memorial Stadium Attendance: 817

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23 February 2014	/c/	1–2	/v/
18:30	Yotsuba  51'		23' Reggie Fils-Aime  82' Gabe Newell	Konami Stadium Attendance: 905

Group G

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/trv/	3	2	1	0	9	3	6	7
/wg/	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
/ck/	3	1	1	1	8	7	1	4
/vr/	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0

15 February 2014	/wg/	4–3	/ck/
19:40	Cunt Destroyer  32', 53' Spacecat  71' Boss Nigger  90+1'		29' Nachos  35' Perfect Coffee  59' /ck/ Challenge  81' Perfect Coffee	El Monumental Attendance: 742

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15 February 2014	/trv/	4–1	/vr/
20:20	Couchsurfer Rapist  8', 58', 85', 90+2'		5' >filters	Estadio Urbano Caldeira Attendance: 726

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21 February 2014	/wg/	0–3	/trv/
19:40			25' Superpornowat Farangbang  45+2' Sex Tourist  72' Couchsurfer Rapist	Estadio Urbano Caldeira Attendance: 576

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21 February 2014	/ck/	3–1	/vr/
20:20	Nachos  45+2' Pink Himalyan Salt  60' Perfect Coffee  79'		66' Vile	Stade de France Attendance: 553

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23 February 2014	/trv/	2–2	/ck/
19:00	Couchsurfer Rapist  16' Sex Tourist  43'		51' Perfect Coffee  65' Pink Himalayan Salt	Estadio Urbano Caldeira Attendance: 782

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23 February 2014	/vr/	0–2	/wg/
19:30			16' Spacecat  59' Headphone Girl	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 762

Group H

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/an/	3	3	0	0	5	1	4	9
/soc/	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
/b/	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
/hr/	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3

15 February 2014	/b/	0–1	/hr/
21:00			12' Haunted Areum	Stade de France Attendance: 679

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15 February 2014	/soc/	0–1	/an/
21:40			34' What Is This?	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 601

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21 February 2014	/b/	2–1	/soc/
21:00	Triforce  41' Moses Garza  73'		6' Feet	Stamford Bridge Attendance: 546

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21 February 2014	/hr/	1–3	/an/
21:40	Emma Watson  27'		43' Canadian Goose  54' Spacebat  80' Honeybadger	Konami Stadium Attendance: 499

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23 February 2014	/soc/	4–2	/hr/
20:00	Feet  25', 29', 32', 52'		48' Emma Watson  57' Taylor Swift	Konami Stadium Attendance: 716

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23 February 2014	/an/	1–0	/b/
20:30	Canadian Goose  86'			Estadio da Luz Attendance: 750

Knockout Stage

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

 /cgl/

0

 /f/

2

 /h/

3

 /mu/

1

 /asp/

2

 /v/

2

 /trv/

2

 /soc/

0

 /sp/

0

 /a/

1

 /gif/

0

 /toy/

1

 /x/

1

 /mlp/

3

 /an/

0

 /wg/

0

Quarter-finals

 /f/

0

 /h/

1

 /asp/

3

 /trv/

4

 /a/

4

 /toy/

3

 /mlp/

3

 /wg/

2

Semi-finals

 /h/

1

 /trv/

2

 /a/

2

 /mlp/

1

Final

 /trv/

2

 /a/

0

Third Place Match

 /h/

0

 /mlp/

2

Round of 16

1 March 2014	/cgl/	0–2	/f/
17:00			53' DA HOOD  83' Nipaa  54' Terry Crews	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 792

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1 March 2014	/h/	3–1	/mu/
17:40	Titty Monster  17' Asuka  41', 59'		83' MC Ride	The Mountaintops Attendance: 994

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1 March 2014	/asp/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/v/
18:20	CENAWINSLOL  34', 87'		39', 67' SANIC	Konami Stadium Attendance: 1154
		Penalties
	CENAWINSLOL American Dragon Bork Lazer Bruce Lee Rodney Mullen Best Martial Art Ethan Carter III	7–6	Gabe Newell Reggie Fils-Aime Protoman SANIC Mr. Bones Captain Falcon Rage

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1 March 2014	/trv/	2–0	/soc/
19:00	Squat Toilet  4' Sex Tourist  26'			Estadio Urbano Caldeira Attendance: 1250

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1 March 2014	/sp/	0–1	/a/
19:40			74' Bert is a Titan	Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 1866

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1 March 2014	/gif/	0–1 (a.e.t.)	/toy/
20:20			97' Madoka Titus  41' Saber Miku	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 1462

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1 March 2014	/x/	1–3	/mlp/
21:00	Pyramid Head  12'		5', 55' Alicorn Twilight  43' >rape	The Void Attendance: 1622

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1 March 2014	/an/	0–0 (a.e.t.)	/wg/
21:40				Estadio da Luz Attendance: 1281
		Penalties
	Honeybadger Spacebat Canadian Goose What is This? Sun Bear Walrus Overlord Ferret Legging	4–5	Cunt Destroyer Spacecat Descartes Headphone Girl Bliss Desktop Thread Rainmeter

Quarter Finals

2 March 2014	/f/	0–1	/h/
17:00			52' Titty Monster	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 1015

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2 March 2014	/asp/	3–4	/trv/
17:40	CENAWINSLOL  3' Rodney Mullen  78' American Dragon  90+2'		5' Couchsurfer Rapist  43', 71' Sex Tourist  53' Karl Pilkington	Estadio Urbano Caldeira Attendance: 1252

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2 March 2014	/a/	4–3	/toy/
18:20	Cowboy Bebop  43', 64' Bert is a Titan  45+1', 67'		6', 75' Woody  25' Madoka Titus	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 1716

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2 March 2014	/mlp/	3–2	/wg/
19:00	Alicorn Twilight  52', 88' >rape  61'		13' Cunt Destroyer  68' Descartes  21' Goldblum	Pony Stadium Attendance: 1782

Semi Finals

2 March 2014	/h/	1–2	/trv/
19:40	James Vagabond  50'		8' Superpornowat Farangbang  29' Desperate Weeaboo	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 1827

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2 March 2014	/a/	2–1 (a.e.t.)	/mlp/
20:20	Bert is a Titan  89', 115'		90+3' Horsefucker	Estadio da Luz Attendance: 2431

Third Place Match

2 March 2014	/h/	0–2	/mlp/
21:00			22' Tracy  74' Alicorn Twilight	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 2213

Final

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup Final

2 March 2014	/trv/	2–0	/a/
21:40	Sven Scandiboo  14' Sex Tourist  85'			Konami Stadium Attendance: 2447

Statistics

Main article: 2014 4chan Winter Cup statistics

/a/ striker Cowboy Bebop was the first player to score a goal in the competition, in his team's 1-1 draw against /cgl/ in the opening match of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by /trv/ striker Couchsurfer Rapist in a 4-1 win against /vr/ on the second matchday. The first and only own goal of the tournament was scored by James Vagabond of /trv/ against /h/ in the first semi final.

The winner of the Golden Boot was /a/ forward Bert is a Titan with an unmatched nine goals, scoring in all but the first and last matches of /a/'s campaign. The top assister of the Winter Cup was /trv/ forward Couchsurfer Rapist with five assists. Accelerator of /a/ won the Golden Glove with an unmatched 17 saves, making all of these in the knockout stage of the tournament having not made an appearance in the group stage.

The 2014 Winter Cup saw 198 goals at an average of 3.09 per match, the second-lowest goal rate of managed tournaments, once the lowest of managed tournaments until it was surpassed by the 2014 4chan Summer Cup's 125 goals at 1.95 per match.

Awards

Individual Awards

Golden Boot

• Bert is a Titan, 9 goals

Top Assister

• Couchsurfer Rapist, 5 assists

Golden Gloves

• Accelerator, 17 saves

Team Awards

Award	Team
Most improved team	/asp/
Least improved team	/m/
Best manager	/trv/ MauledByTheTigers
Worst manager	/gd/ M3OWMlX
Best dressed	/a/
Best fans	/mlp/
Worst fans	/a/
Goal of the tournament	/mlp/ Alicorn Twilight's goal vs /h/
Underdog of the tournament	/asp/
Surprise of the tournament	/asp/
Team of the tournament	/trv/
At least you tried	DrBorisG for his display in /y/ v /toy/
Best goalhorn	/mlp/
Best anthem	/trv/
Biggest spaghetti moment	/co/ The Flash failing to score from tap-in distance.

Final Rankings

1.  /trv/
2.  /a/
3.  /mlp/
4.  /h/
5.  /asp/
5.  /toy/
7.  /wg/
8.  /f/

9.  /v/
10.  /an/
11.  /gif/
11.  /sp/
13.  /x/
13.  /mu/
15.  /soc/
15.  /cgl/

17.  /ck/
18.  /co/
19.  /y/
20.  /s/
21.  /c/
22.  /b/
23.  /g/
24.  /hr/

25.  /gd/
26.  /m/
27.  /adv/
28.  /cm/
29.  /u/
30.  /lgbt/
31.  /int/
32.  /vr/