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/
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| Most championships | 2 Titles /m/ /pol/
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 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
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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 23 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 Spring | 2013 Autumn | 1 | 2019 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /an/ |
Did not qualify for Spring | 2013 Autumn | 2 | 2018 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /asp/ |
Did not qualify for Spring | 2013 Autumn | 4 | 2019 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /biz/ |
20th in Spring | 2014 Autumn | 8 | 2016 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /c/ |
30th in Spring | 2012 Autumn | 12 | 2017 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /cm/ |
23rd in Spring | 2012 Spring | 6 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /f/ |
29th in Spring | 2012 Spring | 6 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /g/ |
18th in Spring | 2012 Autumn | 10 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /his/ |
40th in Spring | 2016 Spring | 4 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
| /i/ |
58th in Spring | 2014 Autumn | 5 | 2018 Spring | 1 | 2019 Spring |
 /lgbt/ |
24th in Spring | 2013 Autumn | 7 | 2018 Spring | 1 | 2017 Spring |
 /mu/ |
37th in Spring | 2015 Spring | 4 | 2017 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /o/ |
32nd in Spring | 2012 Autumn | 9 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /out/ |
36th in Spring | 2014 Spring | 8 | 2017 Spring | 1 | 2015 Autumn |
 /p/ |
17th in Spring | 2016 Spring | 5 | 2017 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /po/ |
39th in Spring | 2012 Autumn | 11 | 2017 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /s4s/ |
19th in Spring | 2013 Autumn | 5 | 2017 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /trv/ |
27th in Spring | 2012 Autumn | 10 | 2017 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /v/ |
34th in Spring | 2012 Autumn | 7 | 2017 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /vp/ |
25th in Summer | 2014 Spring | 9 | 2017 Autumn | 0 | n/a |
 /w/ |
31st in Spring | 2014 Autumn | 6 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /wg/ |
26th in Summer | 2012 Autumn | 7 | 2018 Spring | 1 | 2012 Autumn |
 /wsg/ |
28th in Summer | 2014 Spring | 7 | 2018 Spring | 0 | n/a |
 /y/ |
27th in Spring | 2013 Autumn | 8 | 2017 Spring | 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.
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