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Elite (competition level)
Elite | |
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Founded | August 6, 2011 |
Number of teams | 32 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Promotion to | N/A |
Relegation to | Babby |
Events | Summer Cup, Winter Cup |
Current champions | /lgbt/ |
Most championships | /mlp/ and /fit/ (2 titles) |
2017 4chan Summer Cup |
- "Elite" is also an adjective used to describe teams which have never been relegated from Elite level. For more information see Elite (teams).
Elite refers to the primary level of 4chan Cup competition. There are two Elite competitions in each annual cycle, the Summer Cup and Winter Cup. At the conclusion of the 2016 4chan Summer Cup there have been eleven Elite tournaments, the first of which was the 2011 4chan Summer 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 which has its tournaments in Spring and Autumn of each year.
Teams
A total of 63 teams have competed at the Elite level since its inception. Two teams have appeared in every Elite event since its inception, these being /ck/ and /mu/. All teams since the 2015 4chan Winter Cup have been relegated at some point.
Champions
Of the 60 teams in the cup, a total of 9 teams have been crowned elite cup champions, with 2 of them as two time champions. A third team was a two time champion, but controversy had stripped one of the titles.
Next event
The following 16 clubs will compete at the next scheduled Elite event, the 2017 4chan Summer Cup.
Club | Position in previous season |
First season in Elite |
Number of seasons in Elite |
First season of current spell in Elite |
Elite titles |
Last Elite title |
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/asp/ | 7th | 2014 Winter | 8 | 2014 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/d/ | 10th | 2012 Summer | 8 | 2016 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/fit/a | 1st | 2011 Summer | 9 | 2016 Winter | 2 | 2017 Winter |
/gd/ | 6th | 2014 Winter | 7 | 2015 Summer | 0 | n/a |
/h/ | 14th | 2013 Winter | 9 | 2017 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/int/a | 10th | 2011 Summer | 8 | 2017 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/jp/ | 5th | 2013 Winter | 7 | 2017 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/m/ | 16th | 2012 Summer | 8 | 2016 Summer | 0 | n/a |
/mu/a | 2nd | 2011 Summer | 12 | 2017 Winter | 1 | 2014 Summer |
/sp/a | 4th | 2011 Summer | 10 | 2017 Winter | 1 | 2013 Winter |
/s4s/ | 15th | 2014 Summer | 7 | 2016 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/toy/ | 9th | 2012 Summer | 9 | 2017 Winter | 0 | m/a |
/v/a | 10th | 2011 Summer | 9 | 2016 Summer | 0 | n/a |
/vg/ | 7th | 2013 Winter | 5 | 2017 Winter | 0 | n/a |
/vp/ | 3rd | 2013 Winter | 8 | 2017 Summer | 0 | n/a |
/vr/ | 10th | 2014 Winter | 6 | 2017 Winter | 0 | n/a |
a: Founding member of the 4chan Cup and the Elite level
b: Later promoted to the Elite level in place of other teams failing to submit an export
Events
There have been eleven events at Elite level, up to and including the 2016 Summer Cup. The first Elite cup was the 2011 Summer Cup which featured 16 teams competing in a double elimination bracket. The following event, the 2012 Winter Cup, took on the same format. The 2012 Summer Cup was the first Elite event to use a group stage and single elimination bracket, a format which has remained until present day.
# | Tournament | Platform | Number of competing teams | Number of matches | Winner | Rotation | Number of goals | Average goals per game |
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1 | 2011 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2011 | 16 | 31 | /a/ | n/a | 88 | 2.84 |
2 | 2012 4chan Winter Cup | PES 2011 | 16 | 31 | /k/ | n/a | 113 | 3.65 |
3 | 2012 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2012 | 24 | 48 | 10/8 | 185 | 3.85 | |
4 | 2013 4chan Winter Cup | PES 2013 | 32 | 64 | /sp/ | 16 | 254 | 3.97 |
5 | 2013 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2013 | 32 | 64 | /wg/ | 16 | 203 | 3.17 |
6 | 2014 4chan Winter Cup | PES 2014 | 32 | 64 | /trv/ | 16 | 192 | 3.09 |
7 | 2014 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2014 | 32 | 64 | /mu/ | 16 | 125 | 1.95 |
8 | 2015 4chan Winter Cup | PES 2014 | 32 | 64 | /tg/ | 16 | 198 | 3.09 |
9 | 2015 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2015 | 32 | 64 | /mlp/ | 16 | 263 | 4.11 |
10 | 2016 4chan Winter Cup | PES 2016 | 32 | 64 | /fit/ | 16 | 281 | 4.39 |
11 | 2016 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2016 | 32 | 64 | /mlp/ | 16 | 324 | 5.06 |
12 | 2017 4chan Winter Cup | PES 2017 | 32 | 64 | /fit/ | 16 | 190 | 2.97 |
13 | 2017 4chan Summer Cup | PES 2017 | 32 | 64 | /lgbt/ | 16 | 202 | 3.16 |
a: Title later vacated. No winner in lieu.
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