The Golden Boot
The Golden Boot is an award given to the top goalscorer at 4chan Cup tournaments. The record for most goals scored in a cup is 14, a feat achieved by >rape of /mlp/ in the 2016 4chan Summer Cup.
Winners of the Golden Boot
Curse of the Golden Boot
From the award's inception onwards several teams consecutively failed in their attempt to win a Cup when one of their players won the Golden Boot. The curse was broken by Gundam and his team (/m/) in the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup, Cunt Destroyer and his team (/wg/) in the 2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup and 2013 4chan Summer Cup, Talentless Hack and his team (/mu/) in the 2014 4chan Summer Cup, Doomrider and his team (/tg/) in the 2015 4chan Winter Cup, >rape and his team (/mlp/) in the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, Scooby and his team (/fit/) in the 2017 4chan Winter Cup, Autogynephilia and his team (/lgbt/) in the 2017 4chan Spring Babby Cup, Unity-Chan and her team (/vg/) in the 2018 4chan Summer Cup, Kaworu Nagisa and his team (/cm/) in the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, and Skyking and his team (/n/) in the 2021 4chan Winter Cup. As of the 2019 4chan Summer Cup, the curse has struck in twenty two of the 4chan Cup's twenty-eight official tournaments.
| Tournament | Golden Boot winner | Team | Outcome |
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| 2011 4chan Summer Cup | Nachos |  /ck/
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Final lost to  /a/
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| 2012 4chan Winter Cup | MESSI |  /sp/
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Final lost to  /k/
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| 2012 4chan Summer Cup | Putin |  /int/
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Final lost to /sp/
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| 2013 4chan Winter Cup | Woody and Madoka Titus (shared) |  /toy/
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Final lost to /sp/
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| Stormfront (shared) |  /pol/
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Semi-final lost to /sp/
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| 2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Feet |  /soc/
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Semi-final lost to  /tv/
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| 2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Stormfront | /pol/
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Semi-final lost to /toy/
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| 2014 4chan Winter Cup | Bert is a Titan | /a/
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Final lost to  /trv/
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| 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup | MacGyver |  /diy/
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Semi-final lost to /pol/
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| 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Cunt Destroyer |  /wg/
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Semi-final lost to  /e/
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| 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Doom |  /co/
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Final lost to /tv/
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| 2015 4chan Summer Cup | #REKT |  /b/
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Semi-final lost to  /g/
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| 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Canadian Goose and Take It To The Vet (shared) |  /an/
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Semi-final lost to  /out/
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| Futa/Alternative (shared) |  /d/
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Round of 16 lost to  /h/
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| L O N D O N (shared) |  /fit/
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Quarterfinal lost to /an/
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| 2016 4chan Winter Cup | Homucifer |  /u/
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Final lost to /fit/
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| 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Elliot Rodger |  /r9k/
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Semi-final lost to  /vr/
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| 2016 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Ken Rockwell |  /p/
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Final lost to  /jp/
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| 2017 4chan Summer Cup | Woody and Madoka Titus (shared) | /toy/
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Semi-final lost to  /lgbt/
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| 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Cowboy Bebop | /a/
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Semi-final lost to /r9k/
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| 2018 4chan Winter Cup | Hickok45 (shared) | /k/
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Quarter-final lost to /h/
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| >rape (shared) |  /mlp/
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Final lost to /u/
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| Bepsi (shared) |  /n/
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Semi-final lost to /u/
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| Shinichi Mochizuki (shared) |  /sci/
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Quarter-final lost to /u/
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| 2018 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Start with the Greeks |  /lit/
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Quarter-final lost to /fit/
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| 2018 4chan Summer Cup | Doomrider |  /tg/
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Semi-final lost to /sp/
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| 2018 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | >Holy>Roman>Empire |  /his/
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Final lost to /pol/
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| 2019 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Len-Kun!!! |  /cm/
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Quarter-final lost to /jp/
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| 2019 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | Cirno | /jp/
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Semi-final lost to /out/
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| 2020 4chan Winter Cup | Smokey the Bear | /out/
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Semi-final lost to  /vg/
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| 2020 4chan Spring Babby Cup | Helios | /wg/
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Semi-final lost to  /wsg/
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| 2020 4chan Summer Cup | Yui |  /c/
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Final lost to /u/
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| Punished Messi | /sp/
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Round of 16 lost to /u/
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| 2020 4chan Autumn Babby Cup | John Lennon beat his Wife |  /mu/
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Final lost to  /o/
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| 2021 4chan World Cup | >rape | /mlp/
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Quarter-final lost to  /s4s/
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