2023 4chan Winter Cup

2023 4chan Winter Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/v/
Dates	January 27–29; February 3–5, 11–12
Teams	32
Final positions
Champion	/vst/
Runner-up	/t/
Third	/ck/
Fourth	/cm/
Tournament statistics Matches 64 Goals scored 262 (4.09 per match) Top scorer(s) 11 goals Never Ever Paying Adobe Top assister(s) 8 assists Kaworu Nagisa Golden Glove 22 saves Cast-Iron Skillet Best player 4 MotM awards Len-kun!!! Never Ever Paying Adobe KANE LIVES Yellow cards 25 (0.39 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2022 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2023 4chan Winter Cup
2023 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers

The 2023 4chan Winter Cup was the forty-fifth official 4chan Cup tournament and the twelfth iteration of the Winter Cup series. Teams that advance to the knockout stage of the 2022 4chan Summer Cup, and those which secure promotion from the 2022 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, competed at the event.

As the Summer champions, /v/ hosted this tournament. /vst/ defeated a surprisingly efficient /t/ 3–1 in the final to claim their maiden Elite title. /ck/ secured their third Third Place trophy with a 4–3 win over /cm/.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams competed at this tournament; sixteen of the teams qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2022 4chan Summer Cup, and sixteen qualified by means of advancing from the 2022 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2022 4chan Summer Cup:

•  /biz/
•  /co/
•  /d/
•  /fit/

•  /gd/
•  /k/
•  /m/
•  /n/

•  /pol/
•  /pw/
•  /s4s/
•  /sp/

•  /u/
•  /v/
•  /vp/
•  /y/

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2022 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

•  /c/
•  /ck/
•  /cm/
•  /h/

•  /int/
•  /mu/
•  /sci/
•  /t/

•  /tg/
•  /vg/
•  /vm/
•  /vr/

•  /vrpg/
•  /vst/
•  /x/
•  /xs/

Pots

The group stage draw was held on January 22nd, 2023. The hat pick to win the cup is  /co/.

Teams are placed in four different pots based on seeding. Seeding is determined by:

1. The finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2022 4chan Summer Cup in that tournament.
2. The finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2022 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
/v/  /n/  /vp/  /fit/  /co/  /u/  /m/  /k/	/sp/  /pol/  /biz/  /d/  /pw/  /s4s/  /gd/  /y/	/vg/  /vr/  /tg/  /cm/  /x/  /vst/  /c/  /sci/	/t/  /int/  /ck/  /mu/  /vrpg/  /h/  /vm/  /xs/

Squads

2023 4chan Winter Cup Squads (/biz/-/pw/)
2023 4chan Winter Cup Squads (/s4s/-/y/)

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group A

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

27 January 2023	/v/	2–1	/c/
17:00	Todd Howard  79' SANIC  90+1'		45+2' Yui	Final PEStination

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27 January 2023	/sp/	2–2	/h/
17:40	George Costanza  8' Messi  28'		18' Used Goods  81' Faceless Fatguy	Transaltantic Semen Pipeline

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29 January 2023	/v/	5–2	/sp/
17:00	Dante  3' Todd Howard  58', 88' SANIC  64', 83'		21' We European  69' Messi	Final PEStination Attendance: 529

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29 January 2023	/c/	3–2	/h/
17:40	Every Girl Best Girl  57' No Lewding  75' Happy Birthday!  90+1'		40' Faceless Fatguy  87' Can't Beat the Cock	Kawaii Park Attendance: 558

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4 February 2023	/sp/	1–0	/c/
17:00	We European  4'			Transatlantic Semen Pipeline

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4 February 2023	/h/	3–0	/v/
17:40	Used Goods  16', 88' Faceless Fatguy  55'			Sad Panda Communal Faphouse

Group B

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/s4s/	3	2	0	1	9	6	3	6
/vp/	3	2	0	1	9	7	2	6
/tg/	3	2	0	1	8	6	2	6
/int/	3	0	0	3	5	12	-7	0

27 January 2023	/vp/	2–3	/tg/
18:20	Fug  22' Miror B.  74'		41' Doomrider  54' Thin Your Paints  63' Book of Groodges	Realgam Tower

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27 January 2023	/s4s/	5–1	/int/
19:00	Patrick Bateman  6', 71' Nice Grill  45', 49' Bury Ebil  58' Ass  29'		90+5' Apv Apvstaja	Unchecked Dubs Memorial Stadium

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29 January 2023	/vp/	3–1	/s4s/
18:20	Citizen Snips  8', 31' World Champion Ash  84'		68' Nice Grill	Realgam Tower Attendance: 590

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29 January 2023	/tg/	3–1	/int/
19:00	Thin Your Paints  17', 41' Sir Bearington  49'		58' Apv Apvstaja	The Magical Realm Attendance: 588

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4 February 2023	/s4s/	3–2	/tg/
18:20	Patrick Bateman  3' Keksandra  29', 59'		51' Sir Bearington  90+4' Thin Your Paints	Unchecked Dubs Memorial Stadium

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4 February 2023	/int/	3–4	/vp/
19:00	Gondola  10', 36' Alberta Barbosa  84'		7' WOW IT'S FUCKING NOTHING  45', 57', 88' Fug	Commiesseum

Group C

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/sci/	3	3	0	0	7	4	3	9
/mu/	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
/gd/	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
/k/	3	0	0	3	5	8	-3	0

27 January 2023	/k/	1–2	/sci/
19:40	Zergface  45+1'		16' Shinichi Mochizuki  36' Norman Wildeberger  77' Wernher Von Braun	Battleship Bismarck

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27 January 2023	/gd/	0–1	/mu/
20:20	Rate My Logo  7' Helvetica  78'		76' Jeff Mangum	Adobe Arena Attendance: 505

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29 January 2023	/k/	2–3	/gd/
19:40	Simo Häyhä  68' Zergface  76'		24', 80' Glitch Art  43' Kerning	Battleship Bismarck Attendance: 556

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29 January 2023	/sci/	2–1	/mu/
20:20	Shinichi Mochizuki  30' Norman Wildberger  80' Wernher von Braun  18'		19' John Lennon Beat his Wife	The Time Cube Attendance: 533

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4 February 2023	/gd/	2–3	/sci/
19:40 Note: /sci/'s Wernher von Braun is suspended for this match	Glitch Art  23' Kerning  45+1'		8' Shinichi Mochizuki  38' Richard Feynman  77' Stephen Hawking	Adobe Arena Attendance: 535

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4 February 2023	/mu/	3–2	/k/
20:20	John Lennon Beat his Wife  26', 76' MC Ride  90+1' Michael Gira  63'		11' Zergface  85' Paul Harrell the Exonerated	The Mountaintops Attendance: 599

Group D

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/cm/	3	2	1	0	10	3	7	7
/t/	3	2	0	1	9	9	0	6
/pol/	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3
/fit/	3	0	1	2	7	11	-4	1

27 January 2023	/fit/	2–2	/cm/
21:00	The Architect  6' L O N D O N  45+0'		68' Suicidal Hooni  90+4' Lonely Gay NEET	Benuldies Bar and Grill Attendance: 496

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27 January 2023	/pol/	2–3	/t/
21:40	NPC  15' (((Jews)))  57'		37', 61', 87' Never Ever Paying Adobe	/pol/ in the High Castle Attendance: 487

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29 January 2023	/fit/	2–3	/pol/
21:00	Zyzz  56' Rich Piana  74'		20', 34', 87' (((Jews)))	Karasuno Gymnasium Attendance: 547

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29 January 2023	/cm/	4–0	/t/
21:40	Len-kun!!!  16', 74' Kaworu Nagisa  26' Lonely Gay NEET  76'			Karasuno Gymnasium Attendance: 505

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4 February 2023	/pol/	1–4	/cm/
21:00	Antisemite of the Year 2022  17' Doompaul  82'		6', 41' Len-kun!!!  12' Kaworu Nagisa  74' Suicidal Hooni	/pol/ in the High Castle Attendance: 616

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4 February 2023	/t/	6–3	/fit/
21:40	Never Ever Paying Adobe  9', 29', 65', 90+4' >99.8%  13', 57'		42', 82' L O N D O N  50' Rich Piana	Zuikaku Attendance: 553

Group E

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/vst/	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	6
/ck/	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6
/d/	3	1	0	2	6	8	-2	3
/n/	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3

28 January 2023	/n/	1–0	/vst/
17:00	I Like Trains  7'			Intercity Blimp Train Attendance: 441

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28 January 2023	/d/	1–2	/ck/
17:40	H*nd H*lding  82'		38', 54' Surly King of the Eggfort	/d/eviant's /d/imension Attendance: 501

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3 February 2023	/n/	1–2	/d/
17:00	I Like Trains  14'		4' Monster Girl Encyclopedia  90+0' No Cock Like Horsecock	Intercity Blimp Train Attendance: 370

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3 February 2023	/vst/	2–1	/ck/
17:40	Kane Lives  5' Wololo  12'		9' Fast Food Autism	Armchair General Attendance: 453

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5 February 2023	/d/	3–5	/vst/
17:00	No Cock Like Horsecock  72' Monster Girl Encyclopedia  87' Slave to her Cock  90+6'		26', 82' When The Work Result Was Good  44', 63' KANE LIVES  68' Wololo	/d/eviant's /d/imension Attendance: 512

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5 February 2023	/ck/	3–1	/n/
17:40	Surly King of the Eggfort  44', 90+3' Fast Food Autism  59' Do Americans really do this?  43'		81' Bepsi  90+0' Train Simulator Bitch	Benuldies Bar and Grill Attendance: 556

Group F

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/vrpg/	3	2	1	0	8	5	3	7
/y/	3	1	2	0	6	4	2	5
/u/	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
/vg/	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

28 January 2023	/u/	3–0	/vg/
18:20	Purest Form of Love  8' Homucifer  79' Befriending  90+2'			Marque of Wulfhammer Attendance: 584

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28 January 2023	/y/	2–2	/vrpg/
19:00	Gerudo Link  10' Yaranaika  38'		19' How Can You Kill a God?  45+0' Frank Horrigan	Semen Uke Stadium Attendance: 560

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3 February 2023	/u/	1–3	/y/
18:20	Akkarin  68' Best Currently Ongoing Yuri Manga  90+3'		18' Yaranaika  81' Gerudo Link  90+5' Traps	Marque of Wulfhammer Attendance: 515

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3 February 2023	/vg/	1–3	/vrpg/
19:00	ZERO SANITY  61'		38', 90+1' How Can You Kill a God?  55' Frank Horrigan	Princess Arena Attendance: 528

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5 February 2023	/y/	1–1	/vg/
18:20	Gerudo Link  29'		54' Git Gud	Semen Uke Stadium Attendance: 624

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5 February 2023	/vrpg/	3–2	/u/
19:00	WaKKKa  21' How Can You Kill a God?  52', 63'		5', 58' Homucifer	Call of Adventure Attendance: 648

Group G

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/pw/	3	2	1	0	9	2	7	7
/xs/	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
/vr/	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
/m/	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	3

28 January 2023	/m/	0–2	/vr/
19:40			16', 69' Doomguy	Orbital Ring Stadium Attendance: 552

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28 January 2023	/pw/	1–1	/xs/
20:20	The Undercarder  26'		15' He Burned my Patch	Tokyo Dome Attendance: 553

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3 February 2023	/m/	0–3	/pw/
19:40			4', 19' Hulk Hogan  48' KWAB	Orbital Ring Stadium Attendance: 512

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3 February 2023	/vr/	0–1	/xs/
20:20			79' Earth Rocker	Super Arcadium 2 Attendance: 476

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5 February 2023	/pw/	5–1	/vr/
19:40	KWAB  21' Hulk Hogan  30', 64', 84', 90+0'		90+3' What is a Man	Tokyo Dome Attendance: 604

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5 February 2023	/xs/	1–2	/m/
20:20	Esoteric Nudist Rapieriest  27' Esoteric Nudist Rapieriest  61'		70' Gundam Aerial  79' Alteisen	Tokyo Dome Attendance: 589

Group H

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/biz/	3	2	1	0	6	3	3	7
/vm/	3	1	2	0	8	5	3	5
/co/	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
/x/	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0

28 January 2023	/co/	2–0	/x/
21:00	I Have a Plan  9' Doom  26'			Charles Barkley Memorial Slamnasium Attendance: 526

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28 January 2023	/biz/	1–1	/vm/
21:40	BOGGED  25'		41' D-Boys	Crypto Space Attendance: 515

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3 February 2023	/co/	1–2	/biz/
21:00	Carl Brutananadilewski  90+0' Doom  70' Brock Samson  76'		35', 65' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH	Chalres Barkley Memorial Slamnasium Attendance: 464

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3 February 2023	/x/	1–4	/vm/
21:40	Christcuck  11'		3', 20' D-Boys  36' phoon  71' G-tek	The Void Attendance: 450

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5 February 2023	/biz/	3–1	/x/
21:00	AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH  6', 37', 56'		19' Succubus GF	Crypto Space Attendance: 570

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5 February 2023	/vm/	3–3	/co/
21:40	phoon  4', 17' G-tek  89'		44', 52' Doom  70' Carl Brutananadilewski	ctf_2fort Attendance: 564

Knockout Stage

Main Article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage draw was held on February 5th, 2023 at the conclusion of all group stage matches. The hat pick to win the cup is  /mu/.

Round of 16

 /v/

2

 /vm/

6

 [s4s]

1

 /t/

2

 /sci/

3

 /xs/

1

 /cm/

3

 /mu/

2

 /vst/

1(5)

 /h/

1(4)

 /vrpg/

2

 /vp/

1

 /pw/

2

 /ck/

3

 /biz/

3

 /y/

1

Quarter-finals

 /vm/

0

 /t/

1

 /sci/

2(3)

 /cm/

2(5)

 /vst/

4

 /vrpg/

2

 /ck/

3

 /biz/

2

Semi-finals

 /t/

3

 /cm/

2

 /vst/

3

 /ck/

2

Final

 /t/

1

 /vst/

3

Third Place Match

 /cm/

3

 /ck/

4

Round of 16

11 February 2023	/v/	2–6	/vm/
17:00	Dante  40' French Ethnic Slurs  45+3'		6', 15', 54', 87' G-tek  10', 89' D-Boys	Final PEStination Attendance: 487

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11 February 2023	/s4s/	1–2	/t/
17:40	Nice Grill  61'		31' Never Ever Paying Adobe  68' >99.8%	Unchecked Dubs Memorial Stadium Attendance: 535

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11 February 2023	/sci/	3–1 (a.e.t.)	/xs/
18:20	Richard Feynman  9', 111' Norman Wildberger  100' Richard Feynman  49'		78' Pipebomb	The Time Cube Attendance: 561

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11 February 2023	/cm/	3–2	/mu/
19:00	Len-kun!!!  37', 41', 70' Lonely Gay NEET  47' All Silvers Die  89'		25', 64' Jeff Mangum  87' MC Ride	Karasuno Gymnasium Attendance: 577

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11 February 2023	/vst/	1–1 (a.e.t.)	/h/
19:40	KANE LIVES  112'		101' Faceless Fatguy	Armchair General Attendance: 618
		Penalties
	Nuclear Gandhi KANE LIVES Wololo When The Work Result Was Good You Must Construct Additional Pylons ABIBA TOOT King Gedivilas of Chadtuania	5–4	Faceless Fatguy Can't Beat the Cock Used Goods Unwilling Elf Mind Break Violated Heroine Blowjob Face

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11 February 2023	/vrpg/	2–1	/vp/
20:20	Frank Horrigan  12' WaKKKa  75'		90+2' Fug	Call of Adventure Attendance: 629

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11 February 2023	/pw/	2–3	/ck/
21:00	Hulk Hogan  67' The Undercarder  90+2'		32', 78' Al/ck/oholic  45+0' Deenz	Tokyo Dome Attendance: 636

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11 February 2023	/biz/	3–1	/y/
21:40	Mecha Bobo  34' Sminem  45+0' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH  89'		59' Yaranaika  83' Big Juicy Bara Titties	Crypto Space Attendance: 562

Quarter Finals

12 February 2023	/vm/	0–1	/t/
17:00	D-Boys  6'		56' >uTorrent	Big Rig's Resort Attendance: 522

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12 February 2023	/sci/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/cm/
17:40	Shinichi Mochizuki  68', 117'		4' Kaworu Nagisa  102' Len-kun!!!	Karasuno Gymnasium Attendance: 616
		Penalties
	Shinichi Mochizuki Richard Feynman You SHOULD be able to solve this Stephen Hawking	3–5	Kaworu Nagisa Len-kun!!! Coomori Suicidal Hooni Lonely Gay NEET

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12 February 2023	/vst/	4–2	/vrpg/
18:20	KANE LIVES  12', 41', 75' Nuclear Gandhi  26'		29' How Can You Kill a God?  45+0' Frank Horrigan	Call of Adventure Attendance: 650

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12 February 2023	/ck/	3–2	/biz/
19:00	Mecha Bobo  19' Surly King of the Eggfort  39' Al/ck/oholic  51'		26', 61' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH  75' OHHHHHHH LINKIES  90+0' BBBBBBRRRRR	Benuldies Bar and Girll Attendance: 658

Semi Finals

12 February 2023	/t/	3–2	/cm/
19:40	Never Ever Paying Adobe  21', 42' >99.8%  28'		12' Suicidal Hooni  51' Len-kun!!!	Big Rig's Resort Attendance: 691

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12 February 2023	/vst/	3–2 (a.e.t.)	/ck/
20:20	Wololo  25' When The Work Result Was Good  85' Nuclear Gandhi  98' Nuclear Gandhi  82'		7' Fast Food Autism  90+4' You Must Construct Additional Pylons  114' Fast Food Autism	Armchair General Attendance: 724

Third Place Match

12 February 2023	/cm/	3–4 (a.e.t.)	/ck/
21:00	Kaworu Nagisa  33' Suicidal Hooni  44', 70' Coomori  98' Lonely Gay NEET  115'		30', 60' Surly King of the Eggfort  81', 110' Fast Food Autism	Final PEStination Attendance: 700

Final

Main Article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup Final

12 February 2023	/t/	1–3	/vst/
21:40	Never Ever Paying Adobe  29'		48' When The Work Result Was Good  58' KANE LIVES  84' Wololo	KONAMI Stadium Attendance: 746

Statistics

Main article: 2023 4chan Winter Cup statistics

Team Awards

Award	Team
Team of the Tournament	/vst/
Most Improved Team	/t/
Least Improved Team	/vg/
Underdog/Surprise of the Tournament	/t/
At Least You Tried	/tg/
Most Exciting Team	/t/
Least Exciting Team	/int/
Best New Kit	/pw/'s Saudi National Team kits
Best Model	/v/'s Galo Sengen referee
Best Overall Aesthetics	/vm/
Best Anthem	/pw/ No Chance in Hell
Best Goalhorn	/t/ You are a Pirate
Best Alt-horn	/vrpg/ Dagothwave
Best Chant	/t/ ARGH, SHIVER ME NIGGERS!
Match of the Tournament	/vst/ - /ck/  (semifinal)
Biggest Upset	/v/ - /vm/
Goal of the Tournament	/vst/ Nuclear Gandhi's goal off a triple attempt vs  /ck/ File:Gandhi triple.webm
The 4CC Pulitzer	ZERG RUSH KEKEKEKE
Biggest Spaghetti Moment	>/m/'s management
Player of the Tournament	/t/ Never Ever Paying Adobe

Records and Notable Results

•  /vst/ You Must Construct Additional Pylons' 90+4' own goal vs.  /ck/ tied the record for the latest own goal scored in regulation time.

Final Rankings

1.  /vst/
2.  /t/
3.  /ck/
4.  /cm/
5.  /sci/
6.  /biz/
7.  /vm/
8.  /vrpg/

9.  /h/
10.  /mu/
10.  /pw/
12.  /vp/
12.  /s4s/
14.  /xs/
15.  /y/
16.  /v/

17.  /tg/
18.  /co/
19.  /sp/
20.  /u/
21.  /gd/
22.  /c/
23.  /d/
24.  /n/

25.  /pol/
26.  /vr/
27.  /m/
28.  /fit/
29.  /vg/
30.  /k/
31.  /int/
32.  /x/