Curses

Autists are a suspicious bunch, so it is unsurprising that 4chan Cup lore has numerous curses established through its history. Over the years, some have been bested, but their long-nailed fingers still extend into the black heart of pez to rig games and fulfill their sick prophecies.

Curse of the Golden Boot

The team whose player earns The Golden Boot for an Elite Cup will never win the cup itself. This curse has been broken by Cunt Destroyer in Summer 2013, Talentless Hack in Summer 2014, Doomrider in Winter 2015, >rape in Summer 2016, and Scooby in Winter 2017.

Cursed
2011 4chan Summer Cup: /ck/'s Nachos wins the Golden Boot; /ck/ finish 2nd.
2012 4chan Winter Cup: /sp/'s Messi wins the Golden Boot; /sp/ finish 2nd.
2012 4chan Summer Cup: /int/'s Putin wins the Golden Boot; /int/ finish 2nd.
2013 4chan Winter Cup: /pol/'s Stormfront, /toy/'s Madoka Titus, and /toy/'s Woody tie for the Golden Boot; /pol/ finish 3rd, /toy/ finish 2nd.
2014 4chan Winter Cup: /a/'s Bert is a Titan wins the Golden Boot; /a/ finish 2nd.
2015 4chan Summer Cup: /b/'s #REKT wins the Golden Boot; /b/ finish 3rd.
2016 4chan Winter Cup: /u/'s Homucifer wins the Golden Boot; /u/ finish 2nd.
2017 4chan Summer Cup: /toy/'s Woody and Madoka Titus tie for the Golden Boot; /toy/ finish 4th.
2018 4chan Winter Cup: /k/'s Hickok45, /mlp/'s >rape, /n/'s Bepsi and /sci/'s Shinichi Mochizuki all tie for the Golden Boot; /k/ finished 7th, /mlp/ finished 2nd, /n/ finished 3rd and /sci/ finished 8th.

Broken
2013 4chan Summer Cup: /wg/'s Cunt Destroyer wins the Golden Boot; /wg/ finish 1st.
2014 4chan Summer Cup: /mu/'s Talentless Hack wins the Golden Boot; /mu/ finish 1st.
2015 4chan Winter Cup: /tg/'s Doomrider wins the Golden Boot; /tg/ finish 1st.
2016 4chan Summer Cup: /mlp/'s >rape wins the Golden Boot; /mlp/ finish 1st.
2017 4chan Winter Cup: /fit/'s Scooby wins the Golden Boot; /fit/ finish 1st.
2018 4chan Summer Cup: /vg/'s Unity-chan wins the Golden Boot; /vg/ finish 1st.

Curse of Third Place

The team that places 3rd in an Elite Cup will fail to make the knockouts in the next Elite Cup. This curse was the longest-standing unbroken curse, holding until the 2015 4chan Summer Cup, when /ck/ advanced to the Round of 16. The most recently cursed team is /vp/, who were relegated to Babbies in the 2017 4chan Summer Cup after placing 3rd overall the previous Winter.

Note: since there was no relegation system in place until Summer 2012, Summer 2011 does not apply to this curse.

Cursed
2012 4chan Winter Cup: /ck/ place 3rd, fail to make the knockouts in Summer 2012. However, under the Summer 2012 format, they avoid relegation.
2012 4chan Summer Cup: /m/ place 3rd, are relegated in Winter 2013.
2013 4chan Winter Cup: /pol/ place 3rd, are relegated in Summer 2013.
2013 4chan Summer Cup: /b/ place 3rd, are relegated in Winter 2014.
2014 4chan Winter Cup: /mlp/ place 3rd; are relegated in Summer 2014.
2014 4chan Summer Cup: /vg/ place 3rd; are relegated in Winter 2015.
2015 4chan Winter Cup: /out/ place 3rd; are relegated in Summer 2016.
2015 4chan Summer Cup: /b/ place 3rd; are relegated in Winter 2016.
2016 4chan Winter Cup: /out/ place 3rd; are relegated in Summer 2016.
2017 4chan Winter Cup: /vp/ place 3rd; are relegated in Summer 2017.

Broken
2015 4chan Winter Cup: /ck/ place 3rd, advance to the Round of 16 in Summer 2015.
2016 4chan Summer Cup: /m/ place 3rd; advance to the Round of 16 in Winter 2017.
2017 4chan Summer Cup: /an/ place 3rd, advance to the Round of 16 in Winter 2018.
2018 4chan Winter Cup: /n/ place 3rd, advance to the Round of 16 in Summer 2018.

Curse of the Babby Cup Runner-up

The runner-up of a Babby Cup will be relegated in the next Elite Cup. The most recently cursed team is /n/, having lost to /lgbt/ in the 2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup final. The curse was broken by /e/, who advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2015 4chan Winter Cup, and /x/, who advanced past the group stage in the 2018 4chan Winter Cup.

Cursed
2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /3/ place 2nd, are relegated in Summer 2012.
2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /r9k/ place 2nd, are relegated in Winter 2013.
2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /tv/ place 2nd, are relegated in Summer 2013.
2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /fa/ place 2nd, are disqualified for Winter 2014.
2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /fa/ place 2nd, are disqualified for Summer 2014.
2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /co/ place 2nd, are relegated in Summer 2015.
2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /int/ place 2nd, are relegated in Winter 2016.
2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /vr/ place 2nd, are relegated in Summer 2016.
2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /p/ place 2nd, are relegated in Winter 2017.
2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /n/ place 2nd, are relegated in Summer 2017.
2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /soc/ place 2nd, are disqualified for Summer 2018.

Broken
2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /e/ place 2nd, advance to the Round of 16 in Winter 2015.
2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /x/ place 2nd, advance to the Quarterfinals in Winter 2018.

Curse of the Righat

The team picked to win the cup by the random draw done at the time of group stage will fail to advance from group stage. /toy/ are the latest victims after the hat chose them to win in 2018 Summer. Their relegation was confirmed in a 1–2 loss to /vg/. The curse was first broken by /o/, who advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2015 4chan Summer Cup after their pick to win the cup by the hat. The righat finally made an accurate pick when /jp/ was selected by the hat to win, and did end up winning, the 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

Cursed
2014 4chan Summer Cup: /e/ picked to win, fail to advance in Summer 2014.
2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /3/ picked to win, fail to advance in Autumn 2014.
2015 4chan Winter Cup: /ic/ picked to win, fail to advance in and eventually retroactively disqualified from Winter 2015.
2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /a/ picked to win, fail to advance in Spring 2015.
2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /lgbt/ picked to win, fail to advance in Autumn 2015.
2016 4chan Winter Cup: /tg/ picked to win, fail to advance in Winter 2016.
2016 4chan Summer Cup: /biz/ picked to win, first team eliminated in Summer 2016.
2017 4chan Summer Cup: /o/ picked to win, fail to advance in Summer 2017.
2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /biz/ picked to win, first team eliminated in Autumn 2017.
2018 4chan Winter Cup: /lit/ picked to win, fail to advance in Winter 2018.
2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /c/ picked to win, fail to advance in Spring 2018.
2018 4chan Summer Cup: /toy/ picked to win, fail to advance in Summer 2018.

Broken
2015 4chan Summer Cup: /o/ picked to win, advance to the Round of 16 in Summer 2015.
2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /e/ picked to win, advance to the Round of 16 in Spring 2016.
2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup: /jp/ correctly picked to win Autumn 2016.
2017 4chan Winter Cup: /asp/ picked to win, advance to the quarterfinals in Winter 2017.
2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup: /f/ picked to win, advance to the Round of 16 in Spring 2017.

Curse of the New Stadium

See this page: New Stadium Curse

Pot 1 Curse

See this page: Pot 1 Curse

Clean Sheet Curse

See this page: Clean Sheet Curse

Curse of the 9 points

See this page: Mustard Race and Pointless Trophy