2016 4chan Winter Cup

Tournament details

Host board

/mlp/

Dates

February 19–21, 26–28; March 5–6

Teams

32

Final positions

Champion

/fit/

Runner-up

/u/

Third

/out/

Fourth

/mu/

Tournament statistics
Matches	64
Goals scored	282 (4.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Homucifer (11 goals)
Top assister(s)	Smokey The Bear (7 assists)
Golden Glove	Merzbow (29 saves)
Best player	Want Some Chips (6 MoTM awards)
Yellow cards	15 (0.23 per match)
Red cards	0 (0 per match)

2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup

2016 4chan Winter Cup

2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers

The 2016 4chan Winter Cup was the eighteenth official 4chan Cup tournament, the fifth iteration of the Winter Cup series, and the first to use Pro Evolution Soccer 2016. It was played over three weekends in Winter 2016, specifically on February 19–21, 26–28, and March 5 and 6. Teams which advanced to the knockout stage of the 2015 4chan Summer Cup, as well as those which secured promotion from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, competed at the event.

This was the eleventh and final Cup under commissioner DrBorisG !!uWmnP2zIyZF, who hosted the competition. Having been victorious in the previous Elite Cup, the board of /mlp/ played host to this tournament.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams participated in this tournament, sixteen of which qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2015 4chan Summer Cup, and sixteen by means of advancing from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

This Cup saw the Winter Cup and Elite Cup debut of /out/.

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2015 4chan Summer Cup:

/asp/ (8th)
/b/ (3rd)
/ck/ (9th)
/cm/ (26th)

/f/ (15th)
/g/ (2nd)
/gd/ (16th)
/mlp/ (1st)

/mu/ (7th)
/o/ (19th)
/s/ (13th)
/soc/ (30th)

/tg/ (4th)
/tv/ (6th)
/u/ (14th)
/vr/ (11th)

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

/a/ (33rd)
/an/ (23rd)
/d/ (34th)
/fit/ (17th)

/h/ (5th)
/int/ (22nd)
/k/ (44th)
/out/ (20th)

/pol/ (28th)
/r9k/ (37th)
/s4s/ (12th)
/sp/ (40th)

/vp/ (43rd)
/wg/ (24th)
/wsg/ (45th)

The following teams qualified as a replacement for a team that failed to sign up:

/n/ (21st)

Draw

Teams were placed in four different pots based on seeding. Seeding is determined by:

Finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2015 4chan Summer Cup in that tournament
Finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup in that tournament

All of the highest-seeded competitors (the top eight finishers from Summer) were placed in Pot 1, the next-highest in Pot 2, and so on until all four pots contained eight teams.

The group draw was held on February 13th. The hat prediction to win the cup was /tg/.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/mlp/ /g/ /b/ /mu/ /asp/ /u/ /f/ /tv/	/ck/ /vr/ /s/ /gd/ /o/ /soc/ /cm/ /tg/	/out/ /int/ /pol/ /an/ /s4s/ /wg/ /h/ /fit/	/sp/ /k/ /r9k/ /d/ /a/ /wsg/ /vp/ /n/

Squads

2016 4chan Winter Cup squads (/a/-/mu/)
2016 4chan Winter Cup squads (/n/-/wsg/)

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/an/	3	2	1	0	9	7	2	7
/mlp/	3	1	2	0	7	5	2	5
/vp/	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
/o/	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4	1

19 February 2016	/mlp/	2–2	/an/
17:00	Biscuit 13' Princess Twilight 58'		37' Take It To The Vet 90+4' Scanned Snake	(G)racist Barn 2.0 Attendance: 1305

19 February 2016	/o/	0–3	/vp/
17:40			18', 51' Fug 59' Miror B	Old Trafford Attendance: 1313

21 February 2016	/mlp/	2–2	/o/
17:00	Tracy 60' >rape 90+5'		4' VIN Check 33' Takumi 65' M. Transmicíon	Cirrus Max Attendance: 1489

21 February 2016	/an/	4–3	/vp/
17:40	Canadian Goose 29' What Is This? 34' >Outdoor Cat 45+2' Take It To The Vet 82'		14' Bravest Bird 44' Fug 74' Miror B.	Untrodden Valley Attendance: 1512

27 February 2016	/o/	2–3	/an/
17:00	Takumi 23' Miata 35' Miata 88'		19' Canadian Goose 27', 44' >Outdoor Cat	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1420

27 February 2016	/vp/	1–3	/mlp/
17:40	Bravest Bird 5'		28' Razzle Dazzle 37' >Rape 43' Best Pony 12' Razzle Dazzle	Extra Stadium 25 Attendance: 1846

Group B

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/u/	3	2	1	0	8	4	4	7
/pol/	3	1	1	1	7	5	2	4
/tg/	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
/sp/	3	0	1	2	5	10	-5	1

19 February 2016	/u/	3–1	/pol/
18:20	Homucifer 21', 40' Akkarin 26'		71' Stormfront	Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 1475

19 February 2016	/tg/	3–2	/sp/
19:00	Doomrider 18' Los Magos Del Tiempo 86' Creed 90+1' Los Magos Del Tiempo 77'		28' Messi 65' USA USA USA	Estadio de Escorpião Attendance: 1541

21 February 2016	/u/	3–1	/tg/
18:20	Homucifer 39', 79' Purest Form of Love 90+2' Akkarin 46'		70' Creed	Zwei Wing Stadium Attendance: 1575

21 February 2016	/pol/	5–1	/sp/
19:00	Donald Trump 20', 63', 90+5' Stormfront 67' Jews 90+0'		37' MESSI	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 1714

27 February 2016	/tg/	1–1	/pol/
18:20	Doomrider 7' Quest Master 71' Old Man Henderson 81'		74' Donald Trump	Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 1884

27 February 2016	/sp/	2–2	/u/
19:00	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU 4' George Costanza 62'		8' Homucifer 90+3' Teru Time	GNU/Stadium Attendance: 1600

Group C

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/mu/	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
/d/	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
/cm/	3	1	0	2	7	9	-2	3
/wg/	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

19 February 2016	/mu/	3–1	/wg/
19:40	Michael Gira 7' MC Ride 18', 37'		51' Descartes	Estadio de Escorpião Attendance: 1492

19 February 2016	/cm/	4–2	/d/
20:20	Kaworu Nagisa 56', 68' Makoto Tachinaba 72' Kagami Taiga 77'		58', 64' Futa/Alternative	Old Trafford Attendance: 1320

21 February 2016	/mu/	3–1	/cm/
19:40	Jeff Mangum 24', 27', 55'		85' Kaworu Nagisa	The Mountaintops Attendance: 1494

21 February 2016	/wg/	0–2	/d/
20:20			11' Faye Artemis 25' Futa/Alternative	KONAMI Stadium Attendance: 1412

27 February 2016	/cm/	2–4	/wg/
19:40	Kagami Taiga 17' Makoto Tachinaba 72'		27', 57' Ronald Raygun 32', 73' Cunt Destroyer	Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 1434

27 February 2016	/d/	0–0	/mu/
20:20				The /d/eviant's /d/en '16 Attendance: 1407

Group D

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/asp/	3	2	1	0	9	2	7	7
/fit/	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	5
/soc/	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
/k/	3	0	1	2	0	7	-7	1

19 February 2016	/asp/	1–1	/fit/
21:00	Bruce Lee 79'		38' L O N D O N	Burg Stadion Attendance: 1298

19 February 2016	/soc/	1–0	/k/
21:40	Vocaroo 89'			Burg Stadion Attendance: 1202

21 February 2016	/asp/	2–1	/soc/
21:00	Bruce Lee 53' CENAWINSLOL 90+1'		33' Selfie	Zyzz Memorial Bronasium Attendance: 1303

21 February 2016	/fit/	0–0	/k/
21:40				Zyzz Memorial Bronasium Attendance: 1212

27 February 2016	/soc/	0–3	/fit/
21:00			49' L O N D O N 53', 71' Zyzz	Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 1362

27 February 2016	/k/	0–6	/asp/
21:40	Zergface 85'		5', 59' CENAWINSLOL 9', 15', 31' Box/MT/Kyo + Judo/BJJ/Wres 45+1' Bruce Lee	Guacabowle Memorial Attendance: 1350

Group E

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/tv/	3	2	0	1	9	4	5	6
/wsg/	3	2	0	1	6	7	-1	6
/vr/	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	4
/h/	3	0	1	2	7	11	-4	1

20 February 2016	/tv/	3–1	/h/
17:00	Brendan Fraser 39', 65' FOR YOU 41'		45+2' Asuka	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 1125

20 February 2016	/vr/	4–0	/wsg/
17:40	CRT 12', 27' Zig 23' Doomguy 42'			Final PEStination Attendance: 1259

26 February 2016	/tv/	5–1	/vr/
17:00	Real Human Being 18', 79' For You 53' Brendan Fraser 58', 87'		67' Doomguy	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 891

26 February 2016	/h/	2–4	/wsg/
17:40	Kneesocks 62' Waifu Thread 90+1'		19', 28' Duane 49', 83' Dodger Leigh	Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 956

28 February 2016	/vr/	4–4	/h/
17:00	Doomguy 7', 18', 76', 88'		5', 23', 62' Titty Monster 38' Reika Kitami	Estadio de Escorpião Attendance: 1034

28 February 2016	/wsg/	2–1	/tv/
17:40	Duane 4' Dodger Leigh 40'		31' Brendan Fraser	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 1167

Group F

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/s/	3	1	2	0	9	7	2	5
/f/	3	1	2	0	12	11	1	5
/n/	3	1	1	1	10	7	3	4
/int/	3	0	1	2	5	11	-6	1

20 February 2016	/f/	4–3	/int/
18:20	Lolicatgirls 5', 80' Van Darkholm 66' Daily Dose 88' DA HOOD 67'		32' Spurdo Sparde 45' Putin 83' Remove Kebab	KONAMI Stadium Attendance: 1304

20 February 2016	/s/	3–1	/n/
19:00	Thunder Thighs 14', 41' Banned 76'		65' Hipster Fixie 66' Trap Ass Pussy	The /d/eviant's /d/en '16 Attendance: 1259

26 February 2016	/f/	4–4	/s/
18:20	DA HOOD 6', 65', 79' Lolicatgirls 17'		18' Iron Man 24', 35' Banned 63' Thunder Thighs	Extra Stadium 8 Attendance: 1024

26 February 2016	/int/	0–5	/n/
19:00			31', 41' Tite Gapz 35', 40' I Like Trains 71' Hipster Fixie	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 1140

28 February 2016	/s/	2–2	/int/
18:20	Banned 26' ITT: Shit Taste 49' Dat Ass 74'		64', 79' Putin 15' Polandball	The /d/eviant's /d/en '16 Attendance: 1212

28 February 2016	/n/	4–4	/f/
19:00	Hipster Fixie 40' Tite Gapz 45+2', 82' Bepsi 86'		3', 73', 90+6' DA HOOD 53' Lolicatgirls	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1322

Group G

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/gd/	3	3	0	0	8	2	6	9
/s4s/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/g/	3	1	0	2	5	9	-4	3
/r9k/	3	0	1	2	5	7	-2	1

20 February 2016	/g/	0–4	/s4s/
19:40			7', 73', 85' Patrick Bateman 29' [s4s]-tan	GNU/Stadium Attendance: 1273

20 February 2016	/gd/	2–1	/r9k/
20:20	>>>/r/ 40' >bumping /gd/ 82'		52' Elliot Rodger	Metropole Arena Attendance: 1271

26 February 2016	/g/	1–2	/gd/
19:40	No Time For Love 31'		34' Kerning 42' Helvetica	GNU/Stadium Attendance: 1160

26 February 2016	/s4s/	1–1	/r9k/
20:20	Patrick Bateman 25'		76' Robot9001 90+3' Sadfrog	Unchecked Dubs Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1226

28 February 2016	/gd/	4–0	/s4s/
19:40	Kerning 7', 69' Helvetica 80', 84'			Metropole Arena Attendance: 1328

28 February 2016	/r9k/	3–4	/g/
20:20	Failed /g/ Project 28' >tfw no gf 42' Chad 81'		5', 64' Install Gentoo 59', 84' No Time For Love	Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 1430

Group H

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/out/	3	3	0	8	4	4	9
/ck/	3	2	1	7	6	1	6
/a/	3	1	2	4	6	-2	3
/b/	3	0	3	4	7	-3	0

20 February 2016	/b/	2–3	/out/
21:00	Giga Puddi 8' Triforce 39'		30' Gransfors Bruks 48' Leave No Trace 87' Want Some Chips?	Fußball Arena München Attendance: 1332

20 February 2016	/ck/	3–2	/a/
21:40	Perfect Coffee 19', 52' Pink Himalayan Salt 64'		43' Cowboy Bebop 67' Giorgio	KONAMI Stadium Attendance: 1438

26 February 2016	/b/	2–3	/ck/
21:00	REKT 19' Triforce 71'		31' Nachos 35', 56' Pink Himalayan Salt	Guacabowle Memorial Attendance: 1295

26 February 2016	/out/	3–1	/a/
21:40	Smokey The Bear 3' Want Some Chips? 69', 86'		45+1' Bert is a Titan	Extra Stadium 6 Attendance: 1425

28 February 2016	/ck/	1–2	/out/
21:00	Nachos 59'		29' Smokey The Bear 87' Want Some Chips?	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1377

28 February 2016	/a/	1–0	/b/
21:40	Bert Is A Titan 88'			Extra Stadium 8 Attendance: 1429

Knockout Stage

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

/an/

4

/ck/

3

/u/

3

/d/

2

/mu/

3

/f/

2

/asp/

2(3)

[s4s]

2(4)

/tv/

0

/fit/

2

/s/

1

/pol/

0

/gd/

4

/mlp/

2

/out/

3(8)

/wsg/

3(7)

Quarter-finals

/an/

0

/u/

1

/mu/

3

[s4s]

2

/fit/

2(4)

/s/

2(2)

/gd/

3

/out/

4

Semi-finals

/u/

4

/mu/

3

/fit/

4

/out/

2

Final

/u/

3

/fit/

4

Third Place Match

/mu/

3

/out/

4

Round of 16

5 March 2016	/an/	4–3	/ck/
17:00	>Outdoor Cat 3' Canadian Goose 8', 55' Take It To The Vet 81'		29' Cock Sauce 75', 89' Nachos	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1300

5 March 2016	/u/	3–2	/d/
17:45	Homucifer 25', 31' Feito-chan 67'		5', 65' Dmitrys	St Jakob-Park Attendance: 1351

5 March 2016	/mu/	3–2 (a.e.t.)	/f/
18:30	Jeff Mangum 5' Michael Gira 44' Vaporwave 113'		59' Lolicatgirls 61' Daily Dose 84' Lolicatgirls	The Mountaintops Attendance: 1535

5 March 2016	/asp/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/s4s/
19:15	American Dragon 45+1' Box/MT/Kyo + Judo/BJJ/Wres 90+3'		41' Nice Grill 59' Patrick Bateman 15' [s4s]-tan	Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 1750
		Penalties
	Box/MT + Judo/BJJ American Dragon CENAWINSLOL Bruce Lee Eye Poke Jones Fuck This Company Not /asp/	3–4	Patrick Bateman [s4s]-tan Topkek Nice Grill Snek Court D A N K M E M E S swaglord

5 March 2016	/tv/	0–2	/fit/
20:00			17', 51' L O N D O N	CIA Meemorial Stadium Attendance: 1787

5 March 2016	/s/	1–0	/pol/
20:45	BANNED 74'			Guacabowle Memorial Attendance: 2188

5 March 2016	/gd/	4–2 (a.e.t.)	/mlp/
21:30	Kerning 40', 72', 98' Fuck You Pay Me 120+1'		56' Princess Twilight 70' Best Pony	Metropole Arena Attendance: 2187

5 March 2016	/out/	3–3 (a.e.t.)	/wsg/
22:15	Want some Chips? 31', 90+1' Mora Batoning 101'		16', 109' Dodger Leigh 43' Duane	Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 1462
		Penalties
	Smokey The Bear Want Some Chips Gransfors Bruks Mora Batoning Lord Baden-Powell >ultralight Everyday Carry Poorfag Geocache	8–7	Dodger Leigh Duane Shinobu Oshiro Raven of Azarath Shotgun Chicken Brent Rambo Thanks, Obama! Boston Dynamics Danny Mainus

Quarter Finals

6 March 2016	/an/	0–1	/u/
17:00			5' Homucifer	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1333

6 March 2016	/mu/	3–2	/s4s/
17:45	Jeff Mangum 28' Sufjan Stevens 54' David Bowie 74'		14' Topkek 45+3' Patrick Bateman	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1448

6 March 2016	/fit/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/s/
18:30	Zyzz 24', 116'		62' Thunder Thighs 100' BANNED	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1581
		Penalties
	Zyzz Scooby L O N D O N Rich Piana	4–2	Banned Thunder Thighs In The Crack You Love You Lose

6 March 2016	/gd/	3–4 (a.e.t.)	/out/
19:15	Helvetica 35', 52' Kerning 72'		21' Want Some Chips? 41' Gransfors Bruks 78' Smokey The Bear 120' Mora Batoning	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1711

Semi Finals

6 March 2016	/u/	4–3	/mu/
20:00	Akkarin 9' Kuma Shock 35' Homucifer 38' Fingering For World Peace 63'		7' MC Ride 20' Michael Gira 69' Jeff Mangum	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1954

6 March 2016	/fit/	4–2	/out/
20:45	L O N D O N 18', 38' Scooby 33' Zyzz 69'		7' Want Some Chips? 13' Gransfors Bruks	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 2055

Third Place Match

6 March 2016	/mu/	3–4	/out/
21:30	David Bowie 16', 45+1' MC Ride 90+4'		38', 70' Want Some Chips? 52' Mora Batoning 76' Gransfors Bruks	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 1942

Final

6 March 2016	/fit/	4–3 (a.e.t.)	/u/
22:15	L O N D O N 23', 111' Scooby 59' Zyzz 118'		53', 105+3' Homucifer 68' Purest Form Of Love	Stade de 4CC Attendance: 2223

Statistics

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup statistics

Team Awards

Award	Team
Team of the tournament	/fit/
Most improved team	/out/
Least improved team	/b/
Underdog/surprise of the tournament	/out/
At least you tried	/vp/
Best Kits	/gd/
Best Model	/gd/ and /vr/ and /pol/ - Kerning, Kirby, and Build Wall
Best manager	/fit/ JohnnyBravo
Worst manager	/sp/ >Bochumbru
Best Fans	/fit/
Worst Fans	/mlp/
Match of the tournament	/fit/ v /u/
Most exciting team	/f/
Biggest upset	/gd/ 4-2 /mlp/
Goal of the tournament	/n/'s tactical genius header against /f/
Biggest spaghetti moment	/an/ Biscuit's own goal to open the cup against /mlp/
Player of the Tournament	/u/ (Homucifer)
Best music	/out/ 500 Miles

Final Rankings

/fit/
/u/
/out/
/mu/
/s/
/gd/
/s4s/
/an/

/wsg/
/asp/
/ck/
/f/
/d/
/pol/
/mlp/
/tv/

/n/
/vr/
/tg/
/vp/
/cm/
/wg/
/a/
/soc/

/g/
/r9k/
/h/
/o/
/sp/
/int/
/k/
/b/

2016 4chan Winter Cup

Contents

Competitors

Draw

Squads