This is a timeline of significant events in 4chan Cup history. For the sake of precision, the dates of many teams' formations is recorded as the date when some sort of significant presence was placed on the wiki (roster, team page, description, etc.). Some dates are sourced from /m/'s archive, as this hosts some of the oldest permanent records of 4chan Cup discussion. In cases where dates are not known, approximations are acceptable.
2011
August
6th
- Original Sixteen founded (/a/, /adv/, /b/, /ck/, /fa/, /fit/, /g/, /int/, /k/, /mu/, /s/, /soc/, /sp/, /tv/, /v/, /x/)
- 2011 4chan Summer Cup begins
9th
December
31st
2012
January
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
12th
13th
14th
17th
18th
February
2nd
3rd
13th
March
8th
23rd
April
1st
July
10th
- /u/ founded (around this date)
12th
13th
20th
21st
22nd
October
12th
21st
2013
February
8th
24th
March
1st
10th
April
2nd
4th
8th
May
3rd
11th
17th
19th
November
15th
December
1st
2014
February
14th
March
2nd
April
4th
27th
May
3rd
July
7th
18th
- The 2014 4chan Summer Cup begins. The tournament soon becomes infamous for >1.12, with fewer goals and more semen-slurping. /e/ successfully draws all their group matches 0-0. Most of the remaining elites (with the exception of /mu/), as well as a few other >good teams, are relegated.
August
3rd
8th
18th
October
17th
November
9th
2015
February
13th
March
1st
April
24th
- The 2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup begins. Four teams are chosen to play on autopilot, three of them are promoted (reduced to two because of >/cgl/)
May
17th
July
31st
August
16th
October
23rd
November
15th
2016
February
19th
March
6th
19th
- DrBorisG steps down as commissioner of the 4chan Cup; Lear was named as his successor.
April
15th
17th
May
6th
22nd
- /m/ defeats /vr/ 3-1 to win the 2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup, becoming just the third team to win more than one 4chan Cup title, as well as becoming the first team to hold the same title in a single event more than once (Spring 2012).
August
5th
21st
- IT HAPPENED AGAIN. /mlp/ defeats /o/ 5-2 to win the 2016 4chan Summer Cup, becoming the first team to legitimately win 2 stars, and 3 4chan Cup titles overall.
October
28th
November
13th
2017
February
10th
26th
April
28th
30th
May
12th
28th
29th
- The Cull was announced, disqualifying six teams (/adv/, /c/, /out/, /p/, /t/, and /y/) from competition until after Summer and being disallowed to compete with a manager until after Autumn, due to investigations from each of these teams showing lack of interest by the board or management in the Cup. The aforementioned teams could still compete in Autumn as autopilots if enough fan interest could be proven by their boards by then. /out/ and /p/ would go on to find sufficient fan interest after the Summer Cup to secure entry into the 2017 Autumn Babby Cup.
30th
- In an amendment to the Cull, /c/ and /y/ were removed from the list of culled teams due to showing sufficient interest to merit removal from the list, and instead were placed on probation, along with /w/, in a new board interest policy that may result in those teams being placed in stasis should no significant improvement in board interest be found after a Cup by either of these teams.
July
28th
August
13th
October
13th
15th
- /wsg/ becomes the first team to achieve the 9-point mustard race in a Fetus tournament and finishes with the best record in the 2017 4chan Autumn Babby Cup Qualifiers, securing the last remaining pot 3 spot in the upcoming Babby Cup.
27th
November
12th
2018
February
16th
March
4th
- /u/ defeats /mlp/ 3-3 a.e.t. (10-9 pens) to claim their first Elite Cup title in three final appearances.