2020 4chan Winter Cup

Tournament details

Host board

/cm/

Dates

January 17–19, 24–26; February 1–2, 2020

Teams

32

Final positions

Champion

/pol/

Runner-up

/vg/

Third

/out/

Fourth

/fa/

Tournament statistics
Matches	64
Goals scored	234 (3.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	13 goals Smokey the Bear
Top assister(s)	5 assists Smokey the Bear Epstein didn't Kill Himself /x/-tan
Golden Glove	28 saves BANE?
Best player	4 MotM awards Smokey the Bear
Yellow cards	23 (0.36 per match)
Red cards	1 (0.02 per match)

2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup

2020 4chan Winter Cup

2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers

The 2020 4chan Winter Cup was the thirty-fourth official 4chan Cup tournament and the ninth iteration of the Winter Cup series. The tournament was played on the weekends of January 17th and 24th, as well as of February 1st, 2020. Teams that advanced to the knockout stage of the 2019 4chan Summer Cup and those which secured promotion from the 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup competed at the event.

As the winner of the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, /cm/ hosted this tournament. /pol/ earned their first Elite title, defeating 2–0 /vg/ who were competing for a second star. /out/ beat /fa/ 5–2 in the third place playoff.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams competed at this tournament, sixteen of the teams qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, and sixteen qualified by means of advancing from the 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2019 4chan Summer Cup:

/cm/
/co/
/diy/
/fit/

/h/
/i/
/int/
/k/

/mlp/
/pol/
/r9k/
/toy/

/u/
/vg/
/w/
/wg/

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

/b/
/biz/
/c/
/f/

/fa/
/jp/
/lit/
/mu/

/o/
/out/
/tg/
/trv/

/v/
/vp/
/wsg/
/x/

Pots

The group stage draw took place on January 12th, 2020. The hat prediction to win the cup was /b/.

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

The finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2019 4chan Summer Cup in that tournament.
The finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2019 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
/cm/ /pol/ /k/ /w/ /wg/ /mlp/ /co/ /fit/	/u/ /int/ /i/ /h/ /diy/ /r9k/ /vg/ /toy/	/trv/ /out/ /jp/ /c/ /o/ /tg/ /lit/ /v/	/b/ /mu/ /biz/ /fa/ /f/ /vp/ /x/ /wsg/

Squads

2020 4chan Winter Cup (/b/-/mlp/)
2020 4chan Winter Cup (/mu/-/x/)

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/c/	3	3	0	0	9	5	4	9
/cm/	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	4
/wsg/	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
/r9k/	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

17 January 2020	/cm/	2–3	/c/
17:00	Kaworu Nagisa 7', 12'		18' No Lewding 34', 90+0' Yui	Anf/i/eld Attendance: 555 Video: Archive

17 January 2020	/r9k/	0–1	/wsg/
17:40			20' To Be Continued	Advice Dog Arena Attendance: 659 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/cm/	2–0	/r9k/
17:00	Kaworu Nagisa 33' Len-kun!!! 84'			Transatlantic Semen Pipeline Stadium Attendance: 712 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/c/	2–1	/wsg/
17:40	Kowai 44' Every Girl Best Girl 86'		59' Duane	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 860 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/r9k/	2–4	/c/
17:00	Elliot Rodger 43' >tfw no gf 48' Wagecuck 21'		51', 90+0' Do it for her 62', 76' Yui	Anf/i/eld Attendance: 792 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/wsg/	1–1	/cm/
17:40	To Be Continued 66'		11' Len-kun!!!	Animation Alley Attendance: 922 Video: Archive

Group B

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/biz/	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
/toy/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/tg/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/mlp/	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1	2

17 January 2020	/mlp/	2–2	/tg/
18:20	>rape 40' Best Pony 90+0'		29', 85' Jace	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 781 Video: Archive

17 January 2020	/toy/	1–2	/biz/
19:00	Headdie Brock 70'		5' Punished Prophecy 82' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH	Legoland Attendance: 682 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/mlp/	2–2	/toy/
18:20	>rape 60', 90+0'		27' Woody 83' Madoka Titus	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 1017 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/tg/	2–1	/biz/
19:00	Doomrider 18' Gork(or Mork) 23'		16' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH	The Magical Realm Attendance: 1061 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/toy/	2–1	/tg/
18:20	Madoka Titus 88' Woody 90+2'		19' Doomrider	Legoland Attendance: 1014 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/biz/	2–1	/mlp/
19:00	AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH 32', 45+2'		60' >rape	Crypto Space Attendance: 1180 Video: Archive

Group C

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/out/	3	2	0	1	7	6	1	6
/f/	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
/k/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/diy/	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1

17 January 2020	/k/	2–3	/out/
19:40	Hickok45 12' Moist Nugget 69'		72', 78', 83' Smokey the Bear	Sports Park Attendance: 666 Video: Archive

17 January 2020	/diy/	1–2	/f/
20:20	MacGyver 8'		25' Lolicatgirls 55' Daily Dose	Konami Stadium Attendance: 646 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/k/	2–2	/diy/
19:40	Zergface 12', 64'		30' Imitation Crab Meat 38' Shipping Containers	Sports Park Attendance: 938 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/out/	2–3	/f/
20:20	Anon's Happy Floote 62', 89'		49', 70' lolicatgirls 74' Daily Dose	Sports Park Attendance: 880 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/diy/	1–2	/out/
19:40	Shipping Containers 31'		12', 57' Smokey the Bear	Sports Park Attendance: 844 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/f/	0–1	/k/
20:20			74' Zergface 67' Hickok45	Adobe Arena Attendance: 827 Video: Archive

Group D

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/u/	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
/lit/	3	1	1	1	8	5	3	4
/mu/	3	1	1	1	6	7	-1	4
/fit/	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

17 January 2020	/fit/	2–1	/lit/
21:00	Zyzz 17', 41'		62' Lolita Wanted it	Zyzz Memorial Bronasium Attendance: 621 Video: Archive

17 January 2020	/u/	3–1	/mu/
21:40	Homucifer 2' Purest Form of Love 6', 11'		85' I Grieve in Stereo 90+0' >granny shit	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 608 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/fit/	0–2	/u/
21:00			21' Purest Form of Love 82' Homucifer 59' How Two Girls Have Sex In A Tent	Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 863 Video: Archive

19 January 2020	/lit/	1–1	/mu/
21:40	my diary desu 81'		9' MC Ride	Big Rig's Resort Attendance: 775 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/u/	2–6	/lit/
21:00	Feito-chan 45+1' Purest Form of Love 49' Onee-sama 65'		19', 31', 40', 68' Start with the Greeks 36' Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner 79' DFW 33' Arse Full of Farts 69' No Discernible Talent	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 806 Video: Archive

25 January 2020	/mu/	4–3	/fit/
21:40	Jeff Mangum 48', 62', 72', 90+3'		6', 35', 70' >That 30 Year Old Boomer	Konami Stadium Attendance: 728 Video: Archive

Group E

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/vp/	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	6
/h/	3	1	2	0	9	8	1	5
/trv/	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
/wg/	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4	1

18 January 2020	/wg/	0–2	/trv/
17:00			27', 37' Real Traveller™	Mont Cervin Attendance: 605 Video: Archive

18 January 2020	/h/	3–2	/vp/
17:40	Faceless Fatguy 27' Can't Beat the Cock 37' Lightsaber Dick 72'		14', 64' Citizen Snips	Sad Panda Communal Faphouse Attendance: 751 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/wg/	4–4	/h/
17:00	Comfy 4' Helios 36' Cunt Destroyer 53' Nudes 89'		25' Faceless Fatguy 34' Nudes 71', 83' (pen.) Can't Beat the Cock	Mont Cervin Attendance: 556 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/trv/	2–3	/vp/
17:40	Real Traveller™ 18' Couchsurfer Rapist 28' Real Traveller™ 48'		25' Fug 68' Wow it's Fucking Nothing 90+1' Miror B.	Big Rig's Resort Attendance: 623 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/h/	2–2	/trv/
17:00	Can't Beat the Cock 52', 90+3' (pen.) Unwilling Elf 90+0'		34' Real Traveller™ 59' Sex Tourist	Sad Panda Communal Faphouse Attendance: 646 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/vp/	2–0	/wg/
17:40	Fug 14' Miror B. 58'			Battle Royal Arena Attendance: 776 Video: Archive

Group F

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/fa/	3	3	0	0	8	0	8	9
/jp/	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
/int/	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
/w/	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	1

18 January 2020	/w/	2–2	/jp/
18:20	Powerlevel 51', 80'		48' Cirno 72' Get out of /jp/	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 789 Video: Archive

18 January 2020	/int/	0–2	/fa/
19:00			42' Rick Owens 83' Sleazecore	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 828 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/w/	1–2	/int/
18:20	Minimalist 8'		70' Monkey Putin 87' Why yes, how Could you Tell?	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 683 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/jp/	0–2	/fa/
19:00			21', 54' (pen.) Rick Owens	Sad Panda Communal Faphouse Attendance: 727 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/int/	1–2	/jp/
18:20	Why yes, how Could you Tell? 78' Jvpiter 17'		18' sage 64' Cirno	Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 822 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/fa/	4–0	/w/
19:00	Sleazecore 20', 71' Yohji Yamamoto 63' Raf Simons 88'		89' Eva Thread #444	Mont Cervin Attendance: 824 Video: Archive

Group G

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/x/	3	2	1	0	11	3	8	7
/vg/	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
/co/	3	0	2	1	6	8	-2	2
/v/	3	0	2	1	1	7	-6	2

18 January 2020	/co/	1–1	/v/
19:40	Doom 19' 40 Cakes 71'		63' Todd Howard 75' Mr. Bones	Charles Barkley Memorial Slamnasium Attendance: 886 Video: Archive

18 January 2020	/vg/	1–1	/x/
20:20	Git Gud 63' Chi~Pa~Pa! 24'		57' Cthulhu	Deep Divegrass Attendance: 916 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/co/	3–3	/vg/
19:40	Aku 45+2' Hope Corgi 67' /co/lette 85'		6' NAGA RAIDAAAAA 29', 63' Git Gud	Charles Barkley Memorial Slamnasium Attendance: 751 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/v/	0–6	/x/
20:20			9', 26', 90+0' /x/-tan 53', 69', 75' Goatman 77' Ghost Puncher	Deep Divegrass Attendance: 771 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/vg/	0–0	/v/
19:40			42' JC Denton	Deep Divegrass Attendance: 857 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/x/	4–2	/co/
20:20	Goatman 58', 88' /x/-tan 64', 83'		4' Doom 49' Aku	Crypto Space Attendance: 894 Video: Archive

Group H

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/pol/	3	2	1	0	8	4	4	7
/i/	3	2	1	0	7	4	3	7
/b/	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3
/o/	3	0	0	3	4	8	-4	0

18 January 2020	/pol/	3–2	/o/
21:00	Hitler 16' The Shadow Commander 34' Epstein didn't Kill Himself 69'		9' WAT Racing 75' Twingo	The GNU/Lag (or GNU+Lag) Attendance: 945 Video: Archive

18 January 2020	/i/	1–0	/b/
21:40	NSFW Dropthread 10'			Anf/i/eld Attendance: 916 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/pol/	2–2	/i/
21:00	Moonman 36' Epstein didn't Kill Himself 80' The Shadow Commander 29' Blackpill 32'		77', 85' /i/rene	The GNU/Lag (or GNU+Lag) Attendance: 826 Video: Archive

24 January 2020	/o/	0–1	/b/
21:40			34' #REKT	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 714 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/i/	4–2	/o/
21:00	/i/rene 51', 72', 83' Bait-chan 79'		15' Takumi 20' WAT Racing	Anf/i/eld Attendance: 884 Video: Archive

26 January 2020	/b/	0–3	/pol/
21:40 Note: /pol/'s The Shadow Commander is suspended for this match	It's a Trap 66'		22' Epstein didn't Kill Himself 61', 72' Moonman	Camp Noufag Attendance: 1039 Video: Archive

Knockout Stage

Main Article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

/c/

0

/jp/

2

/biz/

1

/vg/

4

/out/

7

/lit/

3

/u/

0

/toy/

1

/vp/

2

/f/

0

/fa/

2

/i/

0

/x/

3

/cm/

4

/pol/

3

/h/

1

Quarter-finals

/jp/

0

/vg/

1

/out/

2

/toy/

0

/vp/

2

/fa/

3

/cm/

1

/pol/

2

Semi-finals

/vg/

2

/out/

1

/fa/

2

/pol/

4

Final

/vg/

0

/pol/

2

Third Place Match

/out/

5

/fa/

2

Round of 16

1 February 2020	/c/	0–2	/jp/
17:00			48' Japanese Bird 82' Cirno 22' Klown Kunny Klassic	Akihabara Denki-gai Attendance: 649 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/biz/	1–4	/vg/
17:40	Golden Bullrun 56'		18', 52' Hope 25', 83' NAGA RAIDAAAAA 20' Hope	Crypto Space Attendance: 809 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/out/	7–3	/lit/
18:20	Smokey the Bear 18', 37', 49', 65', 78' Anon's Happy Floote 27', 84'		25', 34', 77' Start with the Greeks	Sports Park Attendance: 869 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/u/	0–1	/toy/
19:00	Is this Yuri? 73'		12' Woody	Sei Michael Joshi Gakuen Attendance: 901 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/vp/	2–0	/f/
19:40	Fug 41' Citizen Snips 84'			Battle Royal Arena Attendance: 890 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/fa/	2–0	/i/
20:20	Rick Owens 10' Raf Simons 85'			Anf/i/eld Attendance: 850 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/x/	3–4 (a.e.t.)	/cm/
21:00	Goatman 9' /x/-tan 44' Cthulhu 52' Astral Meetup 59'		23', 66', 94' Kaworu Nagisa 80' Lonely Gay NEET	Crypto Space Attendance: 873 Video: Archive

1 February 2020	/pol/	3–1	/h/
21:40	Epstein didn't Kill Himself 9' The Shadow Commander 64' Moonman 74'		52' Faceless Fatguy	The GNU/Lag (or GNU+Lag) Attendance: 999 Video: Archive

Quarter Finals

2 February 2020	/jp/	0–1	/vg/
17:00			89' Git Gud	Deep Divegrass Attendance: 704 Video: Archive

2 February 2020	/out/	2–0	/toy/
17:40	Anon's Happy Floote 27', 37'			Sports Park Attendance: 816 Video: Archive

2 February 2020	/vp/	2–3 (a.e.t.)	/fa/
18:20	Citizen Snips 55', 60'		21', 86', 102' Raf Simons	Battle Royal Arena Attendance: 1006 Video: Archive

2 February 2020	/cm/	1–2	/pol/
19:00	Kaworu Nagisa 41'		7' Moonman 88' Hitler	The GNU/Lag (or GNU+Lag) Attendance: 1188 Video: Archive

Semi Finals

2 February 2020	/vg/	2–1	/out/
19:40	Git Gud 25' Hope 62'		52' Anon's Happy Floote	Sports Park Attendance: 1211 Video: Archive

2 February 2020	/fa/	2–4	/pol/
20:20	Sleazecore 3' Raf Simons 85' Fuccboi 50'		20', 58', 80' Moonman 38' Epstein didn't Kill Himself	The GNU/Lag (or GNU+Lag) Attendance: 1427 Video: Archive

Third Place Match

2 February 2020	/out/	5–2	/fa/
21:00	Smokey the Bear 28', 33', 78' Cairn Kicking 45+1' Anon's Happy Floote 90+4'		11' Rick Owens 74' Sleazecore	Anf/i/eld Attendance: 1447 Video: Archive

Final

Main Article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup Final

2 February 2020	/vg/	0–2	/pol/
21:40			7' Epstein didn't Kill Himself 45+1' God Emperor Blumpf	Konami Stadium Attendance: 1903 Video: Archive

Statistics

Main article: 2020 4chan Winter Cup statistics

Team Awards

Award	Team
Team of the tournament	/pol/
Most improved team	/fa/
Least improved team	/mlp/
Underdog / surprise of the tournament	/fa/
At least you tried	/trv/
Most Exciting Team	/pol/
Best Kits	/pol/'s Hazmat Suits
Best New Model	/mlp/ Twilight
Best Overall Aesthetics	/pol/
Best Chants	/out/'s hunting horn and /u/'s ERNESTAAAAAAAAAAAA
Best Overall Music	/pol/
Worst Overall Music	/fa/
Match of the tournament	/out/ - /lit/
Biggest upset	/vg/'s entire run
Goal of the tournament	/fa/ Sleazecore kicking the ball past Uncle Ted File:Sleazecore.webm
The 4CC Pulitzer	Smokey dreams of honey
Biggest spaghetti moment	/wg/ Nudes' own goal /mlp/ shutting down the cup channels
Best Player Comeback	/out/ Smokey the Bear
Player of the Tournament	/out/ Smokey the Bear
Best alt-horn	/pol/ Epstein Didn't Kill Himself

Records and Notable Results

/wg/ 0–2 /trv/ set a new record for the longest undefeated streak in Cup history, with 12 games without a loss in a row for /trv/. The streak would later come to an end with /trv/'s 2-3 loss to /vp/.
/mlp/ >rape became the first player ever to reach the 100 goal milestone, scoring the 100th goal of his career against /toy/ in the 90th minute.
/wg/ Nudes is the second player to score both a goal and an own goal in a single match (in his team's 4-4 draw against /h/), following /out/ Mepps™ in the 2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup.
/v/ 0–6 /x/ set a new biggest win for /x/ as well as new biggest defeat for /v/.
/vg/ is the third team after /toy/ in the 2018 4chan Winter Cup and /jp/ in the 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup to advance to the knockout stage after drawing all of their group stage matches.
/fa/ 4–0 /w/ set a new biggest win for /fa/.
/out/ 7–3 /lit/ set a new biggest win for /out/.

Final Rankings

/pol/
/vg/
/out/
/fa/
/vp/
/cm/
/jp/
/toy/

/x/
/u/
/h/
/c/
/f/
/i/
/biz/
/lit/

/trv/
/tg/
/k/
/wsg/
/mu/
/fit/
/int/
/b/

/mlp/
/co/
/v/
/diy/
/wg/
/w/
/o/
/r9k/

2020 4chan Winter Cup

Contents

Competitors

Pots

Squads