2015 4chan Winter Cup

2015 4chan Winter Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/mu/
Dates	February 13–15, 20–22, 28, March 1, 2015
Teams	32
Final positions
Champion	/tg/
Runner-up	/h/
Third	/ck/
Fourth	/lit/
Tournament statistics Matches 64 Goals scored 198 (3.09 per match) Top scorer(s) Doomrider (8 goals) Top assister(s) Creed and 4 others (4 assists) Golden Glove Emprah and Madokami (21 saves) Best player Doomrider Yellow cards 1 (0.02 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2015 4chan Winter Cup
2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup

The 2015 4chan Winter Cup was the fourteenth official 4chan Cup tournament and the fourth iteration of the Winter Cup series. The tournament was played on February 13th-15th, 20th-22nd, 28th and March 1st, 2015. Teams that advanced to the knockout stage of the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, as well those who secured promotion from the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup competed at the event. This was the seventh cup commissioned by DrBorisG !!uWmnP2zIyZF. The tournament was held in Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, and was the last cup to use the game.

/tg/ were the winners of this competition, securing their maiden Elite Cup after beating 2014 4chan Winter Cup 4th place team /h/ in the final, 1-0. /ck/ and /lit/ finished third and fourth respectively, /lit/ recording their best ever tournament finish in the process.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams competed at this tournament, sixteen of the teams qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, and sixteen qualified by means of advancing from the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

This was the debut Winter Cup for: /diy/, /e/, /i/, /ic/, /lit/, /po/, /s4s/, /t/ and /wsg/.

The following teams have qualified by advancing from the 2014 4chan Summer Cup:

•  /an/
•  /asp/
•  /diy/
•  /f/

•  /gd/
•  /h/
•  /hr/
•  /ic/

•  /mu/
•  /po/
•  /s4s/
•  /toy/

•  /u/
•  /vg/
•  /wsg/
•  /x/

The following teams have qualified by advancing from the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

•  /b/
•  /ck/
•  /e/
•  /g/

•  /i/
•  /jp/
•  /lit/
•  /m/

•  /mlp/
•  /n/
•  /s/
•  /sci/

•  /t/
•  /tg/
•  /vp/
•  /wg/

Draw

The groups were drawn randomly, from four pots. Each group contains one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, one team from Pot 3 and one team from Pot 4, forming eight groups each with four teams.

Pot 1 is made up of the top 8 teams from the 2014 4chan Summer Cup (the winners in the Summer Cup Round of 16). Pot 2 is made up of the 9th-16th placed teams from the 2014 Summer Cup (the losers in the Summer Cup Round of 16). Pot 3 is made up of the top 8 teams from the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup. Pot 4 is made up of the 9th–16th placed teams from the 2014 Autumn Babby Cup.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/mu/  /hr/  /vg/  /x/  /u/  /h/  /ic/  /an/	/toy/  /s4s/  /f/  /wsg/  /gd/  /asp/  /po/  /diy/	/b/  /e/  /wg/  /n/  /sci/  /mlp/  /vp/  /g/	/tg/  /t/  /lit/  /s/  /ck/  /jp/  /i/  /m/

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/i/	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	7
/f/	3	1	2	0	5	3	2	5
/mu/	3	1	0	2	1	5	-4	3
/vp/	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

13 February 2015
/mu/	1–0	/vp/
/f/	2–2	/i/
15 February 2015
/mu/	0–2	/f/
/vp/	0–2	/i/
21 February 2015
/f/	1–1	/vp/
/i/	3–0	/mu/

Group B

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/h/	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
/wg/	3	1	2	0	3	0	3	5
/toy/	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
/jp/	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1

13 February 2015
/h/	0–3	/wg/
/toy/	2–0	/jp/
15 February 2015
/h/	2–0	/toy/
/wg/	0–0	/jp/
21 February 2015
/toy/	0–0	/wg/
/jp/	0–1	/h/

Group C

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/ck/	3	2	0	1	7	5	2	6
/hr/	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6
/b/	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
/po/	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	3

13 February 2015
/hr/	0–2	/b/
/po/	0–3	/ck/
15 February 2015
/hr/	2–0	/po/
/b/	1–2	/ck/
21 February 2015
/po/	2–1	/b/
/ck/	2–4	/hr/

Group D

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/s/	3	1	2	0	7	5	2	5
/sci/	3	1	2	0	6	4	2	5
/ic/	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4
/diy/	3	0	1	2	5	10	-5	1

13 February 2015
/ic/	0–0	/sci/
/diy/	3–3	/s/
15 February 2015
/ic/	3–0	/diy/
/sci/	2–2	/s/
21 February 2015
/diy/	2–4	/sci/
/s/	2–0	/ic/

Group E

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/lit/	3	2	0	1	6	2	4	6
/wsg/	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
/g/	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
/vg/	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3

14 February 2015
/vg/	2–1	/g/
/wsg/	0–2	/lit/
20 February 2015
/vg/	0–1	/wsg/
/g/	2–1	/lit/
22 February 2015
/wsg/	3–1	/g/
/lit/	3–0	/vg/

Group F

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/asp/	3	2	1	0	7	1	6	7
/tg/	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7
/an/	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
/n/	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0

14 February 2015
/an/	2–1	/n/
/asp/	1–1	/tg/
20 February 2015
/an/	0–1	/asp/
/n/	1–2	/tg/
22 February 2015
/asp/	5–0	/n/
/tg/	2–0	/an/

Group G

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/s4s/	3	2	1	0	9	1	8	7
/mlp/	3	1	2	0	8	6	2	5
/x/	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
/m/	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

14 February 2015
/x/	2–4	/mlp/
/s4s/	3–0	/m/
20 February 2015
/x/	0–5	/s4s/
/mlp/	3–3	/m/
22 February 2015
/s4s/	1–1	/mlp/
/m/	0–1	/x/

Group H

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/e/	3	2	1	0	6	4	2	7
/u/	3	1	2	0	7	4	3	5
/t/	2	1	0	1	5	8	-3	3
/gd/	3	0	1	2	6	8	-2	1

14 February 2015
/u/	1–1	/e/
/gd/	2–3	/t/
20 February 2015
/u/	2–2	/gd/
/e/	2–1	/t/
22 February 2015
/gd/	2–3	/e/
/t/	1–4	/u/

Knockout Stage

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

 /i/

1

 /u/

2

 /h/

3

 /mlp/

2

 /ck/

3

 /wsg/

2

 /s/

2

 /f/

0

 /lit/

3

 /wg/

0

 /asp/

3

 /hr/

0

 [s4s]

3

 /sci/

0

 /e/

0

 /tg/

1

Quarter-finals

 /u/

0

 /h/

1

 /ck/

2

 /s/

1

 /lit/

2

 /asp/

0

 [s4s]

2

 /tg/

3

Semi-finals

 /h/

1

 /ck/

0

 /lit/

1

 /tg/

4

Final

 /h/

0

 /tg/

1

Third Place Match

 /ck/

4

 /lit/

1

Round of 16

28 February 2015	/i/	1–2	/u/
17:00	Dungeonwaterway  90+'		33' Akkarin  61' Teru Time	Attendance: 1,017

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28 February 2015	/h/	3–2	/mlp/
17:40	Asuka  1', 48' Incest  55'		51' Tracy  67' IWTCIRD	Attendance: 1,296

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28 February 2015	/ck/	3–2 (a.e.t.)	/wsg/
18:20	Pink Himalayan Salt  25' Nachos  72' Sriracha  105+'		41' Duane  70' Ema Yasuhara	Attendance: 958

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28 February 2015	/s/	2–0	/f/
19:00	Stacy's Mom  45+' In The Crack  70'			Attendance: 915

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28 February 2015	/lit/	3–0	/wg/
19:40	Lolita Wanted It  50', 83' DFW  66'			Attendance: 908

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28 February 2015	/asp/	3–0	/hr/
20:20	Box/MT + Judo/BJJ  10' American Dragon  66', 90+' (pen.)			Attendance: 926

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28 February 2015	/s4s/	3–0	/sci/
21:00	D A N K M E M E S  13', 69' Patrick Bateman  45+'			Attendance: 1,000

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28 February 2015	/e/	0–1 (a.e.t.)	/tg/
21:40			115' Jace	Attendance: 980

Quarter-finals

1 March 2015	/u/	0–1	/h/
17:00			67' Asuka	Attendance: 800

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1 March 2015	/ck/	2–1	/s/
17:40	Pink Himalayan Salt  54' Alton Brown  69'		10' Stacy's Mom	Attendance: 933

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1 March 2015	/lit/	2–0	/asp/
18:20	DFW  20' Lolita Wanted It  89'			Attendance: 1,005

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1 March 2015	/s4s/	2–3	/tg/
19:00	Patrick Bateman  15' Nice Grill  25'		13', 34' Doomrider  20' Creed	Attendance: 1,157

Semi-finals

1 March 2015	/h/	1–0 (a.e.t.)	/ck/
19:40	Asuka  105+'			Attendance: 1,172

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1 March 2015	/lit/	1–4	/tg/
20:20	Niggardly Jew  76'		2' Los Tiburon  8', 78' Doomrider  59' Jace	Attendance: 1,222

Third Place Match

1 March 2015	/ck/	4–1	/lit/
21:00	Gordon Ramsey  12' Nachos  18' Perfect Coffee  66', 90+'		67' Lolita Wanted It	Attendance: 1,357

Final

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup Final

1 March 2015	/h/	0–1	/tg/
21:40			46' Doomrider	Attendance: 1,534

Statistics

Main article: 2015 4chan Winter Cup statistics

Team Awards

Award	Team
Team of the tournament	/tg/
Most improved team	/lit/
Least improved team	/mu/
Underdog/surprise of the tournament	/lit/
At least you tried	/m/
Best Kits	/ck/
Best Models	/x/
Best goalhorn	/tg/
Best anthem	/tg/
Best manager	/tg/ Marqod
Worst manager	/n/ >Vaughan
Best Fans	/tg/
Worst Fans	/mlp/
Match of the tournament	/s4s/  v  /tg/
Most exciting team	/s4s/
Biggest upset	/i/  v  /mu/
Goal of the tournament	/tg/ (Doomrider bicycle kick v.  /h/)
Biggest spaghetti moment	/hr/ (Bully My Dick own goal v.  /ck/)
Player of the tournament	/s4s/ (Patrick Bateman)

Final rankings

Due to post-cup drama,  /wsg/ and  /ic/ have forfeited their original ninth and seventeenth place results in this cup, leading to  /toy/ (originally eighteenth) being promoted in  /wsg/'s place. Any match involving  /wsg/ or  /ic/ may be struck from the record like a Dragongate match.  /wsg/ and  /ic/ will be invited to participate in the 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup if it occurs.

1.  /tg/
2.  /h/
3.  /ck/
4.  /lit/
5.  /s4s/
6.  /s/
7.  /u/
8.  /asp/

9.  /mlp/
10.  /i/
11.  /e/
12.  /f/
13.  /hr/
14.  /sci/
14.  /wg/
16.  /toy/

17.  /b/
18.  /g/
19.  /an/
20.  /t/
21.  /vg/
22.  /po/
23.  /mu/
24.  /x/

25.  /gd/
26.  /vp/
27.  /jp/
28.  /m/
29.  /diy/
30.  /n/
0.  /wsg/
0.  /ic/