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/a/, the winners of the inaugural 2011 4chan Summer Cup, are a mainstay of the 4chan Cup theater and have a loyal following. The team features different anime with each season, though some remain as permanent figures since the beginning of time. /a/ is a very proud board, where shitting on someone's anime taste is generally not a good idea.
2017 Friendlies
2016 Autumn Babby main Poll
Autumn Export
Autumn 2016 export Last update: 21-10-2016
Autumn 2016 Aesthetic export UPDATED AND FIXED
Contact
Team history
Despite a disappointing 2012 4chan Winter Cup, /a/ was in the hunt for glory at the 2012 4chan Summer Cup. Drawn in Group 2 with /m/, /pol/ and /g/, /a/ sought to defend their Summer Cup title as the third-placed side in the rankings. Unfortunately, a brutal loss to /pol/ kept them out of the second round.
The 2013 4chan Winter Cup saw /a/ looking to reaffirm their place as a top side despite drawing what was widely considered the toughest group of the tournament. Rising to the challenge, /a/ swept the group with wins over /mlp/, /m/, and /adv/ to earn their spot in the knockouts. A comeback win over /hm/ propelled them to the final 8, but a poor performance against /cm/ eliminated them.
/a/ took the field in the 2013 4chan Summer Cup with new management but continued its run of success. A cagey draw with /h/ was followed by successive 5-0 demolitions of /tv/ and /po/, launching /a/ to another group-topping performance. In the knockouts, /a/ handled /x/ 3-0 before falling again in the quarterfinals to eventual champion /wg/.
/a/ entered the 2014 4chan Winter Cup as a heavy favorite to top Group A, and indeed got their first goal in the 5th minute of the entire tournament. However, missed opportunities and a successful counterattack left /a/ in an early points deficit with a 1-1 draw against /cgl/. /a/ bounced back with a 4-2 drubbing of /adv/ and seemed poised to advance. However, a surprise 7-3 victory by /cgl/ over /adv/ in the third round meant that /a/'s 1-1 draw against /cm/ advanced them as group runners-up. This set the stage for one of the most anticipated matchups in 4chan Cup history, a round of 16 clash with /sp/. El Classico's return held up to the billing, with Accelerator's heroic keeping keeping /sp/'s first half assault from producing a goal. In the second half, /a/'s fight back saw them carry the momentum and Bert break through for the game's lone goal. /a/'s quarterfinal saw them go down 0-2 to a solid /toy/ squad, but then score 4 unanswered to flip the script. /toy/ attempted to claw back into the match but /a/ prevailed 4-3. /a/'s knockout gauntlet continued when they faced /mlp/ in the semifinals. A late Bert strike appeared to be the winner, but /mlp/ threw everyone forward and found an equalizer deep into second half injury time. /a/ rallied as Mugi found Bert for a second in the late minutes of extra time and /a/ were on to the final. Unfortunately, /a/ could not finish the quest for a historic second star, as /trv/'s defensive efforts resulted in a game with few shots, and they took their first championship 2-0. With Bert taking golden boot and Accelerator taking golden glove for the tournament, /a/ had re-established itself as one of the powers in the Cup.
Then, all that success was undone in the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, where /a/ was relegated and was subsequently voted as the Disappoinment of the Tournament by fans.
With 4 interim managers coming in for the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, /a/ seemed to get off to a good start by way of a 4-2 win over /r9k/; however, the largest loss of their history followed, 6-1 to /ck/, and a 1-1 draw with /out/ did nothing to help get the team back on their feet. A miracle was needed to even have a chance at advancement against /n/, but nothing happened; a 3-2 win over /n/ wasn't enough for /a/ to show up to the 2015 4chan Winter Cup. /a/ finished their first Babby in 18th place and are scheduled to appear in the 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup, where fans prayed that drunken magic and the return of Firo can save them from being trapped in the Babbies. Said Babby cup was off to a good start with a 2-1 win over /sp/, but disaster struck quickly afterwards in the form of another 6-1 loss. This time, it was /b/ who got the strong win over /a/, but /a/ bounced back with a 4-0 win over the managerless /cgl/. In a shocking turn of events, it was /cgl/ who got the last laugh: /a/'s 2-1 loss to /c/ combined with /cgl/'s 3-2 win over /b/ eliminated /a/ in the group stage once again.
After being denied their entry to the Elites twice by finishing third place in their group, /a/ went into the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup looking to end the fans' suffering. They were drawn with old acquaintances /adv/ and /toy/, as well as /s4s/ and a semi-dead /3/. Their run began with a very tense and hard-fought match against /toy/, ending in a 3-2 victory after a beautiful header by Bebop in the last minutes of the game. /a/'s second match was against the powerhouse /s4s/, who had been just barely relegated in the previous Elite cup. Many fans were dreading a repeat of the 6-1 curse, not helped by a self-aware PES game tip, but Inferno Cop would shatter the curse and fears with two goals in a very dominant performance. A Bateman goal at 71' threatened to deny /a/ their hard-earned 3 points, but UMR would eventually put away the match, 3-1. At this point, another victory would have guaranteed promotion, but next up was a still-untested /adv/, ready to play spoiler. Fortunately, Inferno Cop continued his great performance by scoring another quick goal. The match was then uneventful, with plenty of back-passing by /a/, until a defensive blunder in the second half let Suicide score an incredible bloot equalizer. Just as things started to look grim, the last few minutes delivered one of the biggest strokes of poetry ever in the cup: Accelerator brilliantly saved two dangerous, powerful /adv/ shots, and in the ensuing counter-attack led by Bebop and Inferno Cop, none other than Bert scored another 90+ goal even after continuous choking, securing /a/'s return to the Elites. Their last match was against a dead /3/ team in a game that didn't even matter, and as such /a/ decided to let a previously carded Mugi rest and employed unusual tactics; even so, the match ended in an easy 2-0 victory for /a/, achieving the 12-point mustard race. As an interesting sidenote, /a/ scored a 90+ in each of the four group stage games. Their run ended in the Round of 16 with a spaghetti-filled 4-2 loss to a strong /an/ side; this result placed /a/ in 13th place overall, and put them in Pot 4 for the 2016 4chan Winter Cup.
Destiny continued to have plenty of surprises for /a/, as in the 2016 4chan Winter Cup they were drawn in group H with none other than /b/, /ck/ and /out/, the former two being the ones responsible for the team's devastating 6-1 losses in previous Babby Cups and the latter being one the teams that helped keep /a/ down in the 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup. What seemed like a perfect opportunity for revenge got off to a bad start as /ck/'s spaghetti course would overpower /a/'s defenders and make them walk away with a close 3-2 loss. Next up was /out/, the latest Babby champs who were in an extremely hot streak; due to /b/'s performance in the group, a loss would see /a/ eliminated along with them before the third match. Unfortunately, that was the case as /out/ walked away with a convincing 3-1 win, dooming /a/ to Spring once again. The team's final match against /b/ was pretty much just to determine the Cup's wooden spoon, but /a/ finally caught a break and earned a hard-fought 1-0 victory with a late Bert goal and heroic keeping from Accelerator, thus marking the first time the team has ever beaten /b/ in competitive play as well as cursing their rivals with the wooden spoon.
Unfortunately, Spring wouldn't be simple as /a/ was drawn into group D with /w/, /int/ and none other than /trv/. Their run would start with an anemic 3-1 loss against a solid /w/ side, but easily dispatched /int/ with a dominant 4-1 win in the very next game. Coming up last for the team was a win-or-die match against a practically-safe /trv/, but once again /a/ failed to exact revenge as they lost 4-3 in a very intense match. Finishing 3rd in their group, /a/ placed 18th overall, but made their way into the 2016 4chan Summer Cup due to 2 teams missing the export deadline.
Since they weren't even supposed to be there anyway, /a/ naturally got drawn into the group of death, AGAIN, having to face the current champs /fit/ and old rivals /ck/ and /v/. The team's campaign began well, serving /ck/ a dish best served cold with a 4-2 win, before squeezing out a 2-1 win over /v/, continuing their Tsun-derby dominance. With the other results in the group, all /a/ had to do in their last match against /fit/ was not lose by three. So naturally they lost by seven, making it the worst loss in their history - and one of the worst in overall cup history - and blowing their chance to advance. They will once again play in the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup as a pot 1 team.
With a perfect cup attendance for 2016, /a/ found themselves in the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup's group B along with their previous stumbling block /out/, /po/ and long-term rivals /jp/, who they had never met before in an official cup match, making the group have a fair bit of personal history to the team. So of course, the team set out to choke as hard an humanly possible, losing the first ever True Weeabowl in a cup to /jp/ as well as losing 3-1 once again to /out/ after a dismal Accelerator blunder. A consolation win against /po/ did nothing to save them from the last place in the group, and now the team awaits for either the fetus or the next babby.
Music Corner
Roster
Current Roster
Main Article: /a/ Roster.
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Former Players
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Match History
Cup records
| Competition | Win | Draw | Loss | End result | Notes |
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| 2011 4chan Summer Cup | 8 | 0 | 1 | Championship | First championship GET |
| 2012 4chan Winter Cup | 0 | 0 | 2 | Loser Rd 1 | >can't even win in the loser's bracket |
| 2012 4chan Summer Cup | 1 | 1 | 1 | Group B 3rd | >mfw, 3rd place in group, but still not relegated |
| 2013 4chan Winter Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | QF | One win and one loss removed due to Dragongate |
| 2013 4chan Summer Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | QF | Lost to height abuse |
| 2014 4chan Winter Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | Runner up | >can't win championship despite getting Golden Boot and Golden Glove |
| 2014 4chan Summer Cup | 0 | 2 | 1 | Group stage | >tfw, relegation |
| 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | Group stage | >couldn't even beat /out/ |
| 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | Group stage | Thanks, Imouto. |
| 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | Round of 16 | Twelve Point Master Race & curse |
| 2016 4chan Winter Cup | 1 | 0 | 2 | Group stage | >almost won wooden spoon |
| 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup | 1 | 0 | 2 | Group stage | At least, we tried. |
| 2016 4chan Summer Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | Group stage | We weren't supposed to be here anyways |
| 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | 1 | 0 | 2 | Group stage | JUST |
Totals
| Competition | Win | Draw | Loss | End result | Notes |
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| All friendlies | 9 | 1 | 6 | N/A | >implying friendlies count |
| Elite cup matches | 22 | 6 | 10 | N/A | |
| Babby cup matches | 10 | 1 | 8 | N/A | |
| All cup matches | 32 | 7 | 18 | N/A | |
Goalscoring Statistics
Through 2016 Summer Cup
| Player | Career Goals |
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| Cowboy Bebop | 57 |
| Bert Kills Armin (Colossal Titan/Bert is a Titan) |
33 |
| Gorespammer (Senjougahara/Best Girl Thread) |
13 |
| Mugi | 11 |
| Inferno Cop | 10 |
| Captain Tsubasa | 6 |
| Meguca | 2 |
| Tomoko | 2 |
| GARcher | 2 |
| Yamakan | 2 |
| Lain | 2 |
| UMR | 2 |
| "That" | 2 |
| Teh Rei | 1 |
| Evangelion* | 1 |
| Gantz* | 1 |
| Kamina | 1 |
| Giorgio | 1 |
| Smug Anime Face | 1 |
| Unknown | 5 |
| Opponent own goals | 3 |
| /a/ total GF: | 153 |
* players from the original Germanbro roster before /a/'s first revision
Rivalries
 /sp/ - The /a/sp/ie Derby |
By far the biggest rivalry of the 4chan Cup, /a/ and /sp/ have never gotten along. Any cup match featuring these two is marked as "El Classico", and /a/ has been victorious over /sp/ 3 games to none. /a/ did lose a friendly to /sp/, but no one gives a shit about that.
Shots are fired among these boards every now and then, with the most notable example being /sp/'s ONII-CHAN~~ video. However, 2011 was the year this feud reached new heights. On top of Japan winning the Women's World Cup against the USA in the final that year and /a/ rubbing it in on /sp/'s sticky thread for said match, /a/ would also eliminate /sp/ from the first 4chan World Cup after a memorable come back. At the last minute of injury time, /a/ would complete a 2 goal comeback to force the match to go to extra time with the score being 3-3. In the end, /a/ eliminated /sp/ via penalty kicks and would go on to become the first champions of the 4chan cup after beating /ck/ easily. /a/ and /sp/ met again in a highly-anticipated (and highly-shitposted) rematch during the Round of 16 of the 2014 Winter Cup. The two teams remained neck and neck until the second half, where Bert is a Titan managed to score the only goal of the game in spite of characteristically lackluster performance in the first half. Despite placement in different groups, the rivalry continued in the 2014 Autumn Babby Cup over, which team would return to the upcoming Winter Cup. In an ironic twist of fate, /a/ found themselves in dire straights and ultimately failing to qualify for winter; while /sp/ was on the verge of returning, for only they too getting knocked out of qualification. The next encounter arrived sooner than expected, as both teams were placed in the same group during the 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup. Here, /a/ gave /sp/ a grim reminder of past cups, as /a/ hangs on to a 2-1 victory. Yet, both are doomed to be together forever, as neither team was successful in qualifying for the next major cup and remain in the Babbies for at least another season. At last, both teams would find success in the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, advancing to the Elites, only to be relegated once again. Then, in the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup, /a/ failed to advance while /sp/ succeeded, however due to /g/ , /gif/ and /wg/ failing to put up exports before the deadline /a/ was able to enter the cup as a Pot 4 team thus keeping the rivalry alive. |
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 /v/ - The "Tsundere Bowl" (a.k.a. "Tsun-derby") |
Plenty of /a/nons play vidya, and plenty of /v/irgins watch animu, but every time they get together the two sides want to beat each other into a pulp before admitting to any crossover between their boards. |
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 /b/ - The Old Firm (a.k.a. "Cancer Derby I") |
These are two of the oldest boards on 4chan, and with /b/ becoming more cancerous over time after no longer being Anime/Random, /a/ has a bigger hatred for /b/ than most boards. |
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 /jp/ - The True Weeabowl (a.k.a. "2hu Derby") |
Several years ago, every /a/ thread was ripe for a hijack about Touhou, so after enough bitching moot decided to exile all the Touhou fans to /jp/. Which side holds the True Weeaboo spirit? The winner of this match gets a dakimakura with character of their choice, courtesy of the losing team, accompanied by a sudden rush of self-loathing. |
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Honors
2011 Summer Cup champions
2014 Winter Cup Runner-up
Team
- 2011 4chan Summer Cup: Champions
- 2012 Autism Awareness and Ganon Memorial Cup: Runner-up
- 2014 4chan Winter Cup: Runner-up
Individual
- Golden Boot: Bert
- Golden Glove: Accelerator
Old Roster Polls
Spring 2016 /a/ Survey: (results)
Winter 2016 /a/ Survey: (results)
Autumn 2015 /a/ Survey: (Link results)
Old Roster Images
2011 Summer Cup
2012 Winter Cup
2012 Summer Cup
2014 Autumn Babby Cup
Video gallery
- 2012 4chan Summer Cup: /m/ vs /a/
- 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup Friendlies: /a/ vs /v/
- 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup Friendlies: /vp/ vs /a/
- 2014 4chan Winter Cup: /a/ vs /sp/
- 2014 4chan Winter Cup: /a/ vs /toy
- 2014 4chan Winter Cup: /a/ vs /mlp/
- 2014 4chan Summer Cup Friendlies: /a/ vs /g/
- 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup /a/ vs /sp/
- 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup /a/ vs /toy/
- 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup /a/ vs /s4s/
- 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup /a/ vs /adv/
- Bert's 2014 Winter Cup golden boot highlight reel
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| Inaugural Champions | Summer Champions 2011 (1st title) |
Succeeded by 2012 /k/ 
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