Infinity Cup 6

Infinity Cup 6, also known as The 2020 Summer Infinity Cup, is a virtual divegrass tournament that took place in the summer of 2020. As the previous Cup's winner, /kind/ hosted the tournament.

Infinity Cup 6 Friendlies
The Infinity Cup 6 Friendlies took place on July 18th and for many, was a first look at seeing their team hit the pitch, albeit in a very out-of-form shape. Many laughs were had and nothing went to 30 rounds of penalty kicks, so you could consider it a success.

Competitors




Pots
The draw was held, and crashed with no survivors on August 1st, 2020. As the winner of the previous Cup, /kind/ was automatically drawn into Group A. Given that a total of 14 teams were either new or did not field a team for the previous Cup, Pots 3 and 4 were simply combined into a very large Pot 3, from which two teams were drawn into each group.

Tiebreakers
As outlined on the Rules page, tiebreakers were in place should there be teams who jockey for the same position in a pot. The tiebreaker is as follows:

Final Spot in Pot 1
A tie between /ausneets/, /animu/, /monster/, /2hu/, and /wooo/ emerged for the final spot in Pot 1. Based on points accrued in the Group Stage, /wooo/ took the spot with their 6 point performance.

Group A
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group A

Group B
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group B

The following match was a composite of two first halfs played on August 8th. PES crashed at the half twice as a result of how it handled /bane/'s stadium. In the interest of fairness, this result was not counted as official and the match was re-done the following day.

Group C
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group C

Group D
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group D

Group E
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group E

Group F
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group F

The following match was played in order to break the tie for second place in the group. The stats accumulated in this game do not count towards official tournament statistics.

Group G
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Group G

Knockout Round
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Knockout Stage

Placement of Third Place Teams
Given the number of teams in the tournament, 28, the classic method of taking the top two from each group would only give 14 teams. In order for a proper Round of 16 and avoidance of any squabbles of teams earning byes, all third place teams will have their results compared against each other, and the best two teams will be given a place in the Knockout Stage.

Third Place Tiebreaker
With /v/ and /cuckquean/ tied in every category and finishing tied for the second and final knockout spot, a tiebreaker was played to break the tie. The stats accumulated in this game do not count towards official tournament statistics.

Statistics
Main Article: Infinity Cup 6 Statistics

Goals
6 Goals 5 Goals 4 Goals
 * Alfred Legosen
 * Ammit
 * Cuckquean-Tan
 * Bane
 * Dr Pavel
 * Hitler
 * Tonight's Plaything
 * Possum NEET
 * Tony Abbott

Assists
5 Assists 4 Assists
 * Benito Mussolini
 * Catgirl Maid