2017 4chan Winter Cup

2017 4chan Winter Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/mlp/
Dates	February 10–12, 17–19, 25–26
Teams	32
Final positions
Champion	/fit/
Runner-up	/mu/
Third	/vp/
Fourth	/sp/
Tournament statistics Matches 64 Goals scored 190 (2.97 per match) Top scorer(s) Scooby (9 goals) Top assister(s) Le Cut Inside Man (5 assists) Golden Glove Read The Fucking Sticky (20 saves) Best player N/A Yellow cards 96 (1.5 per match) Red cards 5 (0.08 per match)
2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2017 4chan Winter Cup
2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers

The 2017 4chan Winter Cup was the twenty-second official 4chan Cup tournament, the sixth iteration of the Winter Cup series, and the first to use Pro Evolution Soccer 2017. Group stage play began on February 10, 2017 and continued through February 19, 2017. The knockout stages took place on February 25 and 26, 2017. Teams which advanced to the knockout stage of the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, as well as those which secured promotion from the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, competed at the event. Due to their victory in the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, /mlp/ hosted this tournament.

/fit/ became the second team after /mlp/ to defend their seasonal title, defeating 2014 4chan Summer Cup champions /mu/ in the final 3-1. /vp/ recorded their best ever Elite finish by defeating 2013 4chan Winter Cup champions /sp/ in the third-place match on penalties.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams are competing at this tournament. Sixteen of the teams qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, while the other sixteen teams qualified by advancing from the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

This cup is the Winter Cup debut of /p/ and /w/.

The following teams have qualified by advancing from the 2016 4chan Summer Cup:

•  /adv/
•  /an/
•  /asp/
•  /d/

•  /e/
•  /f/
•  /fit/
•  /gd/

•  /m/
•  /mlp/
•  /o/
•  /r9k/

•  /s4s/
•  /soc/
•  /v/
•  /vp/

The following teams have qualified by promoting from the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

•  /b/
•  /c/
•  /h/
•  /int/

•  /jp/
•  /mu/
•  /n/
•  /out/

•  /p/
•  /sp/
•  /toy/
•  /tv/

•  /u/
•  /vg/
•  /vr/
•  /w/

Draw

The draw occurred in February 4 about 17:00 UTC. The hat prediction to win the cup was  /asp/.
Teams are placed in four different pots based on seeding. Seeding is determined by:

1. Finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2016 4chan Summer Cup in that tournament
2. Finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup in that tournament

All of the highest-seeded competitors (the top eight finishers from Summer) are placed in Pot 1, the next-highest in Pot 2, and so on until all four pots contain eight teams.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/mlp/  /o/  /m/  /v/  /adv/  /asp/  /e/  /gd/	/soc/  /r9k/  /d/  /fit/  /vp/  /an/  /s4s/  /f/	/jp/  /p/  /u/  /vr/  /tv/  /out/  /vg/  /c/	/int/  /b/  /sp/  /w/  /n/  /toy/  /h/  /mu/

Squads

2017 4chan Winter Cup squads (/adv/-/mu/)
2017 4chan Winter Cup squads (/n/-/w/)

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/mu/	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
/jp/	3	1	1	1	5	3	2	4
/mlp/	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
/an/	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	1

10 February 2017	/mlp/	1–1	/jp/
17:00	>rape  13'		81' Get out of /jp/	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 1183

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10 February 2017	/an/	1–1	/mu/
17:30	Take It To The Vet  67' Gabe the Dog  90+0'		49' Killer Mike	/an/ Stadium Attendance: 1159

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12 February 2017	/mlp/	3–1	/an/
17:00	Tracy  4' >rape  18' Best Pony  62', 90+1'		86' >outdoor cat	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 1452

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12 February 2017	/jp/	0–1	/mu/
17:30	No Bully  51'		7' Killer Mike  20' hell be fine  60' Jason Aldean	Untrodden Valley Attendance: 1459

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18 February 2017	/an/	1–4	/jp/
17:00	>outdoor cat  45+1'		6', 75' Autism  24', 31' Get Out of /jp/  76' Corndog Tenshi	/an/ Stadium Attendance: 1439

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18 February 2017	/mu/	2–0	/mlp/
17:30	MC Ride  60' Jeff Mangum  64'		69' Princess Twilight  83' Suicide Trixie	The Mountaintops Attendance: 1802

Group B

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/gd/	3	1	2	0	5	4	1	5
/int/	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
/c/	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
/f/	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3

10 February 2017	/gd/	1–1	/c/
18:00	Kerning  31' Fuck You Pay Me  63' Pepsi Universe  74' Edit This Face  78'		1' Fluffy  90+4' Yui	Adobe Arena Attendance: 1225

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10 February 2017	/f/	1–2	/int/
18:30	Lolicatgirls  17'		47', 51' Putin	Awesome Dome Attendance: 1333

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12 February 2017	/gd/	2–1	/f/
18:00 Note: /gd/'s Fuck You Pay Me is suspended for this match	Kerning  3', 52'  44' Edit This Face  79'		42' (pen.) Lolicatgirls	Adobe Arena Attendance: 1470

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12 February 2017	/c/	1–0	/int/
18:30	Minase Iori  4' Rei  31'			Kawaii Park Attendance: 1504

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18 February 2017	/f/	1–0	/c/
18:00	Lolicatgirls  20'		13' Pokegirls  45+0' Fluffy  69' Holo  85' Tomoko Kuroki  86' Chaika	Awesome Dome Attendance: 1383

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18 February 2017	/int/	2–2	/gd/
18:30 Note: /gd/'s Edit This Face is suspended for this match	>Argentina >white  46'  90+2' A FUCKING LEAF  88'		42', 45+0' Glitch Art	BENIS :DDDDDDDD Attendance: 1508

Group C

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/toy/	3	2	0	1	7	4	3	6
/d/	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
/e/	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
/tv/	3	1	0	2	6	8	-2	3

10 February 2017	/e/	4–2	/tv/
19:00	Yoko Littner  31', 66' MikuMikuDrama  35', 55'		24' Brendan Fraser  64' FOR YOU	Sad Panda Communal Faphouse Attendance: 1319

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10 February 2017	/d/	3–2	/toy/
19:30	Tentacles  14', 70' Dmitrys  57'		53' Danbo  59'  68' Orange Transparent Chainsaw	/d/eviant's /d/en Attendance: 1349

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12 February 2017	/e/	1–2	/d/
19:00	K-Kisekae II  3'  61' Shipsluts  10' Super Sonico  28' MikuMikuDrama  90+2'		29' Monster Girl Encyclopedia  69' Tentacles  90+5' Dmtrys	Ecchirena Attendance: 1530

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12 February 2017	/tv/	1–3	/toy/
19:30	Problem Child 2  53'		2'  29' Orange Transparent Chainsaw  5', 87' Madoka Titus  37' Danbo	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 1562

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18 February 2017	/d/	1–3	/tv/
19:00	Futa/Alternative  30'		16' Cleganebowl  53' Real Human Being  65', 69' Brendan Fraser	/d/eviant's /d/en Attendance: 1457

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18 February 2017	/toy/	2–0	/e/
19:30 Note: /toy/'s Danbo and Orange Transparent Chainsaw are suspended for this match	Woody  8' Madoka Titus  42' Skeleton Army  64'		42' Rinko  68' K-Kisekae II	Legoland Attendance: 1489

Group D

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/vp/	3	2	0	1	6	1	5	6
/v/	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	6
/b/	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
/p/	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

10 February 2017	/v/	1–0	/p/
20:00	Todd Howard  69' BUT FIRST  79'			Final PEStination Attendance: 1347

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10 February 2017	/vp/	0–1	/b/
20:30			4' Creepshot  25' 2EDGY4ME  71' Triforce	Cinnabar Gym Attendance: 1357

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12 February 2017	/v/	0–3	/vp/
20:00	SANIC  17', 29'		23', 52', 90+4' Toppu Kekku	Final PEStination Attendance: 1585

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12 February 2017	/p/	2–2	/b/
20:30	Snapshit  28' Kai  73' Megapickles  83'		48' Triforce  81' #REKT	Depth of Field Attendance: 1401

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18 February 2017	/vp/	3–0	/p/
20:00	Citizen Snips  17', 32' BURASTO BAAN  40' GET IN THE BAG  81' (pen.)		81' F-Stop	Cinnabar Gym Attendance: 1445

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18 February 2017	/b/	1–2	/v/
20:30 Note: /v/'s SANIC is suspended for this match	Nerve Gas  2' #REKT  39' (pen.) Trolled 2 Death  81'		8' (pen.), 57' BUT FIRST	Camp Noufag Attendance: 1395

Group E

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/vg/	3	1	2	0	3	1	2	5
/m/	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
/w/	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
/r9k/	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2

11 February 2017	/m/	0–2	/vg/
17:00			43', 54' Grigori	Orbital Ring Stadium Attendance: 1090

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11 February 2017	/r9k/	1–1	/w/
17:30 Note: Quickest yellow card ever, with Powerlevel getting it 20 seconds into the game	Elliot Rodger  12' >tfw no gf  41', 50'		1' Powerlevel  50' Minimalist	El Monumental Failure Attendance: 1264

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17 February 2017	/m/	2–1	/r9k/
17:00 Note: /r9k/'s >tfw no gf is suspended for this match	Alteisen Riese  3', 49' Dougram  87'		31' Robot9001  68' Chad Thundercock	Orbital Ring Stadium Attendance: 924

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17 February 2017	/vg/	1–1	/w/
17:30	HOPE  18' Grigori  48' crapawa shitjo  90+1'		88' Current	Unlimited Blade Works Attendance: 1048

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19 February 2017	/r9k/	0–0	/vg/
17:00 Note: Record tied for quickest yellow card ever, with High Impact Sexual Violence getting it 20 seconds into the game			1' High Impact Sexual Violence  74' のヮの	Unlimited Blade Works Attendance: 1105

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19 February 2017	/w/	1–1	/m/
17:30	Renders  87'		40' Shin Getter Robo	Tatami Arena Attendance: 1260

Group F

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/fit/	3	1	2	0	6	1	5	5
/h/	3	1	1	1	6	4	2	4
/adv/	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4
/out/	3	1	0	2	4	9	-5	3

11 February 2017	/adv/	2–1	/out/
18:00	Suicide  3', 27'		38' Mora Batoning  65' Alex Wolfslam  78' Smokey The Bear  79' Gransfors Bruks	Advice Dog Arena Attendance: 1294

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11 February 2017	/fit/	1–1	/h/
18:30	Manlet  54' Your One Rep Max  84'		35' Kneesocks  90+1' Liru	Zyzz Memorial Bronasium Attendance: 1371

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17 February 2017	/adv/	0–0	/fit/
18:00			90+0' FACE, FRAME, HEIGHT	Advice Dog Arena Attendance: 1082

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17 February 2017	/out/	3–2	/h/
18:30	Gransfors Bruks  9', 78' Smokey The Bear  58' Mora Batoning  64'		38', 66' Liru  74' Fap Hero	100 Acre Wood Attendance: 1156

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19 February 2017	/fit/	5–0	/out/
18:00 Note: /out/'s Mora Batoning is suspended for this match	SS+GOMAD  14' Scooby  35', 37', 71'  68' No Homo  48' Rich Piana  83'		83' Geocache	Zyzz Memorial Bronasium Attendance: 1367

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19 February 2017	/h/	3–0	/adv/
18:30	Faceless Fatguy  11' Asuka Langley Soryu  42' Liru  51'		68' Suicide  71' How Do I Get GF?	Sad Panda Communal Faphouse Attendance: 1409

Group G

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/asp/	3	2	1	0	4	0	4	7
/s4s/	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
/u/	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4
/n/	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

11 February 2017	/asp/	0–0	/u/
19:00			4' Akkarin  70' Goggles	Tokyo Dome Attendance: 1415

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11 February 2017	/s4s/	3–1	/n/
19:30	Topkek  21' Patrick Bateman  53', 80'		81' Trap Ass Pussy  90+1' I Like Trains	Unchecked Dubs Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1395

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17 February 2017	/asp/	1–0	/s4s/
19:00	Big Match John  26' Pipebomb  90+3'			Tokyo Dome Attendance: 1193

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17 February 2017	/u/	2–0	/n/
19:30	Purest Form of Love  12' Homucifer  18'			Sei Michael Joshi Gakuen Attendance: 1252

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19 February 2017	/s4s/	2–1	/u/
19:00	Topkek  38', 43'		28' Homucifer	Unchecked Dubs Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1536

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19 February 2017	/n/	0–3	/asp/
19:30	I Like Trains  35'		8' Airport General MK XI  48' Bork Lazer  80' Krispen Wah  90+2' Big Match John	KONAMI Stadium Attendance: 1506

Group H

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/sp/	3	2	0	1	6	5	1	6
/vr/	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	4
/soc/	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
/o/	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3

11 February 2017	/o/	1–0	/vr/
20:00	Twingo  58'			Daytona Beach Attendance: 1479

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11 February 2017	/soc/	1–2	/sp/
20:30	Rate My Cock  89'		11', 53' TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU  74' >I rate Zidane	Snapchat Stadium Attendance: 1425

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17 February 2017	/o/	1–2	/soc/
20:00	Twingo  45+1'		14' Vocaroo  51' Selfie	Daytona Beach Attendance: 1292

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17 February 2017	/vr/	4–2	/sp/
20:30	Doomguy  10', 37', 56' Kirby  25'		4', 51' TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU  35' USA USA USA  87' Tony Kornheiser	The Retro Arcadium Attendance: 1302

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19 February 2017	/soc/	1–1	/vr/
20:00	Selfie  43'		39' Doomguy	Snapchat Stadium Attendance: 1506

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19 February 2017	/sp/	2–0	/o/
20:30	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU  10' Le Cut Inside Man  48'			Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 1555

Knockout Stage

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

 /mu/

2

 /d/

1

 /gd/

5

 [s4s]

2

 /toy/

2

 /jp/

3

 /vp/

2

 /int/

1

 /vg/

2

 /vr/

1

 /fit/

3

 /m/

0

 /asp/

3

 /h/

1

 /sp/

2

 /v/

1

Quarter-finals

 /mu/

1

 /gd/

0

 /jp/

4(3)

 /vp/

4(4)

 /vg/

1

 /fit/

3

 /asp/

1

 /sp/

3

Semi-finals

 /mu/

4

 /vp/

1

 /fit/

1

 /sp/

0

Final

 /mu/

1

 /fit/

3

Third Place Match

 /vp/

2(4)

 /sp/

2(3)

Round of 16

25 February 2017	/mu/	2–1	/d/
17:00	MC Ride  15', 70'		21' Futa/Alternative	The Mountaintops Attendance: 1159

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25 February 2017	/gd/	5–2	/s4s/
17:40	Kerning  3', 43', 45+3' Helvetica  27', 34'		45+0', 58' Patrick Bateman  86' Ass	Adobe Arena Attendance: 1378

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25 February 2017	/toy/	2–3 (a.e.t.)	/jp/
18:20	Madoka Titus  8' Matty  13' You knoe who?  79'		4' Autism  6', 97' Get out of /jp/  87' sage	Legoland Attendance: 1497

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25 February 2017	/vp/	2–1	/int/
19:00	GET IN THE BAG  55' Toppu Kekku  90+1'		24' Putin	Cinnabar Gym Attendance: 1605

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25 February 2017	/vg/	2–1	/vr/
19:40	High Impact Sexual Violence  16' Snaketits  33'		2'  79' Kirby  6' Solid Snake  33' Greedy Resellers	Unlimited Blade Works Attendance: 1608

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25 February 2017	/fit/	3–0	/m/
20:20	L O N D O N  11', 84' Scooby  79'			Zyzz Memorial Bronasium Attendance: 1552

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25 February 2017	/asp/	3–1	/h/
21:00	BROTHER NERO  6' Shovelman  19' Bruce Lee  51', 90+1'		30' Asuka  85' Mating Press	Tokyo Dome Attendance: 1594

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25 February 2017	/sp/	2–1	/v/
21:40	Punished Messi  31' George Costanza  40'  63'		41' SANIC  90+1' Mystery of the Druids	Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 1840

Quarter Finals

26 February 2017	/mu/	1–0 (a.e.t.)	/gd/
17:00	Jeff Mangum  95'		67' Vaporwave  78' Fuck You Pay Me	El Monumental Failure Attendance: 1531

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26 February 2017	/jp/	4–4 (a.e.t.)	/vp/
17:40	Get out of /jp/  9', 36', 102'  105+2' (´・ω・｀)  61' Cirno  90+5' sage  118'		26', 51' Fug  61', 110' GET IN THE BAG  69' BURASTO BAAN	Adobe Arena Attendance: 1952
		Penalties
	Get out of /jp/ Autism sage Japanese Bird Madotsuki	3–4	GET IN THE BAG Fug Toppu Kekku Citizen Snips

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26 February 2017	/vg/	1–3	/fit/
18:20	A q p W  41' Burgerpants  88' Git Gud  90+4'		5', 67'  72' Scooby  89' Zyzz	Untrodden Valley Attendance: 2044

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26 February 2017	/asp/	1–3	/sp/
19:00	BROTHER NERO  33' Bruce Lee  35' Big Match John  77'		2' USA USA USA  32' Le Cut Inside Man  42' Women's """Wrestling"""  47' TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU	Unlimited Blade Works Attendance: 2208

Semi Finals

26 February 2017	/mu/	4–1	/vp/
19:40	MC Ride  33' Michael Gira  36' Frankie Sinatra  51' Jeff Mangum  67'		8' Toppu Kekku  70' Fug	Konami Stadium Attendance: 2218

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26 February 2017	/fit/	1–0	/sp/
20:20	Zyzz  44'		82' George Constanza	Konami Stadium Attendance: 2286

Third Place Match

26 February 2017	/vp/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/sp/
21:00	Citizen Snips  10' Fug  27', 49' John Gamefreak  97'		42' Punished Messi  80' TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU	Konami Stadium Attendance: 2055
		Penalties
	Fug GET IN THE BAG Toppu Kekku Citizen Snips IT'S YA BOI	4–3	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU Punished Messi Le Cut Inside Man Please Watch Our Sport Da Burrs

Final

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup Final

26 February 2017	/mu/	1–3 (a.e.t.)	/fit/
21:40	MC Ride  72' Michael Gira  110'		68'  69', 99', 110' Scooby  87' SS+GOMAD	Konami Stadium Attendance: 2156

Statistics

Main article: 2017 4chan Winter Cup statistics

Records and Notable Results

•  /c/ against /f/  recorded the most yellow cards in official games with 5.
•  /u/ against /n/  recorded the first ever quadruple double in official matches.
• The match  /mu/ against /mlp/  had the 8th highest attendance (1802) among the group stage matches.
•  /w/ achieved the true patrician result by achieving 1 - 1 draws in all three of its group stage matches.
•  /gd/'s Fuck You Pay Me made history to be the first player to be sent off twice in one cup with two straight red cards.
•  /jp/ against /mlp/  recorded the most crosses for one team in any official matches with 17.
• The match  /fit/ against /m/  broke the record for most crosses in one match with 27.
• The third place match  /vp/ against /sp/  set a record of 31 tackles.
• The match  /asp/ against /sp/  had the 4th highest attendance (2208) for a quarter final match. It's the highest attendance for a quarter final since 2013 4chan Summer Cup.

Team Awards

Award	Team
Team of the tournament	/vp/
Most improved team	/vp/
Least improved team	> /n/
Underdog / surprise of the tournament	/vp/
At least you tried	/u/
Best Kits	/u/
Best Models	/u/
Best manager	/fit/ JohnnyBravo
Worst manager	/o/ >MayDave
Match of the tournament	/jp/  v  /vp/
Most exciting team	/vp/
Biggest upset	/mu/  2-0  /mlp/
Goal of the tournament	/gd/ Kerning's bicycle kick against  /f/
Biggest spaghetti moment	/o/ manager [MayDave] attempting to take credit for their Summer run
Player of the Tournament	/fit/ Scooby
Best music	/vp/ [;_;7 intensifies]
Worst music	/soc/ BUT FIRST, LEMME TAKE A #SELFIE

Final Rankings

1.  /fit/
2.  /mu/
3.  /vp/
4.  /sp/
5.  /jp/
6.  /gd/
7.  /asp/
7.  /vg/

9.  /toy/
10.  /d/
10.  /v/
10.  /vr/
10.  /int/
14.  /h/
15.  /s4s/
16.  /m/

17.  /u/
18.  /mlp/
18.  /b/
18.  /soc/
21.  /c/
22.  /adv/
23.  /w/
24.  /e/

25.  /f/
26.  /tv/
27.  /o/
28.  /out/
29.  /r9k/
30.  /p/
31.  /an/
32.  /n/