The Golden Boot
The Golden Boot is an award given to the top goalscorer at 4chan Cup tournaments. The record for most goals scored in a cup is 14, a feat achieved by >rape of /mlp/ and Doompaul of /pol/ in the 2016 4chan Summer Cup and 2022 4chan Spring Babby Cup, respectively.
Winners of the Golden Boot
Curse of the Golden Boot
From the award's inception onwards several teams consecutively failed in their attempt to win a Cup when one of their players won the Golden Boot. The curse was broken by Gundam and his team (/m/) in the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup, Cunt Destroyer and his team (/wg/) in the 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup and 2013 4chan Summer Cup, Talentless Hack and his team (/mu/) in the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, Doomrider and his team (/tg/) in the 2015 4chan Winter Cup, >rape and his team (/mlp/) in the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, Scooby and his team (/fit/) in the 2017 4chan Winter Cup, Autogynephilia and his team (/lgbt/) in the 2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup, Unity-Chan and her team (/vg/) in the 2018 4chan Summer Cup, Kaworu Nagisa and his team (/cm/) in the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, Skyking and his team (/n/) in the 2021 4chan Winter Cup, and Purest Form of Love and /u/ in the 2021 4chan Autumn Babby Cup. As of the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, the curse has struck in twenty two of the 4chan Cup's twenty-eight official tournaments.
| Tournament | Golden Boot winner | Team | Outcome |
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| 2011 4chan Summer Cup | Nachos |  /ck/
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Final lost to  /a/
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| 2012 4chan Winter Cup | MESSI |  /sp/
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Final lost to  /k/
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| 2012 4chan Summer Cup | Putin |  /int/
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Final lost to /sp/
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| 2013 4chan Winter Cup | Woody and Madoka Titus (shared) |  /toy/
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Final lost to /sp/
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| Stormfront (shared) |  /pol/
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Semi-final lost to /sp/
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| 2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Feet |  /soc/
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Semi-final lost to  /tv/
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| 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Stormfront | /pol/
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Semi-final lost to /toy/
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| 2014 4chan Winter Cup | Bert is a Titan | /a/
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Final lost to  /trv/
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| 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup | MacGyver |  /diy/
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Semi-final lost to /pol/
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| 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Cunt Destroyer |  /wg/
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Semi-final lost to  /e/
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| 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Doom |  /co/
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Final lost to /tv/
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| 2015 4chan Summer Cup | #REKT |  /b/
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Semi-final lost to  /g/
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| 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Canadian Goose and Take It To The Vet (shared) |  /an/
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Semi-final lost to  /out/
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| Futa/Alternative (shared) |  /d/
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Round of 16 lost to  /h/
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| L O N D O N (shared) |  /fit/
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Quarterfinal lost to /an/
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| 2016 4chan Winter Cup | Homucifer |  /u/
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Final lost to /fit/
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| 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Elliot Rodger |  /r9k/
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Semi-final lost to  /vr/
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| 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Ken Rockwell |  /p/
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Final lost to  /jp/
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| 2017 4chan Summer Cup | Woody and Madoka Titus (shared) | /toy/
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Semi-final lost to  /lgbt/
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| 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Cowboy Bebop | /a/
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Semi-final lost to /r9k/
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| 2018 4chan Winter Cup | Hickok45 (shared) | /k/
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Quarter-final lost to /h/
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| >rape (shared) |  /mlp/
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Final lost to /u/
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| Bepsi (shared) |  /n/
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Semi-final lost to /u/
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| Shinichi Mochizuki (shared) |  /sci/
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Quarter-final lost to /u/
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| 2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Start with the Greeks |  /lit/
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Quarter-final lost to /fit/
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| 2018 4chan Summer Cup | Doomrider |  /tg/
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Semi-final lost to /sp/
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| 2018 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | >Holy>Roman>Empire |  /his/
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Final lost to /pol/
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| 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Len-Kun!!! |  /cm/
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Quarter-final lost to /jp/
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| 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Cirno | /jp/
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Semi-final lost to /out/
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| 2020 4chan Winter Cup | Smokey the Bear | /out/
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Semi-final lost to  /vg/
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| 2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Helios | /wg/
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Semi-final lost to  /wsg/
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| 2020 4chan Summer Cup | Yui |  /c/
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Final lost to /u/
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| Punished Messi | /sp/
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Round of 16 lost to /u/
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| 2020 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | John Lennon beat his Wife |  /mu/
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Final lost to  /o/
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| 2021 4chan World Cup | >rape | /mlp/
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Quarter-final lost to  /s4s/
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| 2022 4chan Winter Cup | SANIC |  /v/
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Semi-final lost to  /x/
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| 2022 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Doompaul | /pol/
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Final lost to  /gd/
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| 2022 4chan Summer Cup | Skyking | /n/
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Final lost to /v/
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| 2022 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Kaworu Nagisa | /cm/
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Semi-final lost to /vr/
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| Doomguy | /vr/
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Final lost to /vg/
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