Infinity Cup 5

Infinity Cup 5 (also known as The 2019 Summer Infinity Cup) was the 5th Infinity Cup tournament. As the previous Cup's winner, /christian/ hosted the tournament.

2019 Summer Infinity Cup Friendlies
Main article: Infinity Cup 5 Friendlies

On June 22nd, a preview stream for the Cup took place in order to advertise the Cup's return to the fans. Several friendlies were played using the save and resources from the last Cup. This round of friendlies served as a stand-in for the /test/ Cup which was held before the previous Cup.

Competitors
A total of 24 teams were entered into the pool for the Cup.





The Replacement of /b2/ and /tech/
On August 1st, 2019, /b2/ and /tech/ were officially removed from the competition pool due to missing pieces of their entries. As such, they were replaced by teams who had produced what was required, and were waiting in the wings.



Pots
The draw was performed on August 4th, 2019. As the defending champions, /christian/ are automatically drawn into Group A.

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 tiebreakers are as follows:

Final Spot in Pot 1
A tie between /co/, /unna/, /a/, /tv/, /monster/, and /ausneets/ emerged for the final spot in Pot 1. Based on points accrued in the Group Stage, /co/ took the spot with their 9 point performance.

Final Spot in Pot 2
With the 5 remaining teams from the previous tiebreaker taking 5 of the spots in Pot 2, the final spot went to a tiebreaker between the teams who did not advance to the knockout round in the previous Cup. Of those teams, /tg/ advanced, finishing the group stage with 4 points, but breaking the tie with /animu/ via their -1 goal differential.

Final Spot in Pot 3
A tie between /gts/, /u/, and /v/ emerged for the final spot in Pot 3, as a result of their overall performance from the prior Cup. The final spot went to /u/ as their -4 goal differential beat out the -5, and -6 of /v/ and /gts/ respectively.

Group A
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group A

Group B
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group B

Group C
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group C

Group D
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group D

''While /tv/ and /sw/ tied for third place in the group, no tiebreaker was played, as the teams would not have have had enough points to qualify through the third place pool. Placement for the next Cup was irrelevant as only /sw/ entered, so the tiebreaker was never played.''

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

Group E
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group E

Group F
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Group F

Knockout Round
Main Article: Infinity Cup 5 Knockout Stage

Placement of Third Place Teams
Given the number of teams in the tournament, 24, the classic method of taking the top two from each group would only give 12 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 four teams will be given a place in the Knockout Stage. The selection process is outlined in the Rules page, and the specifics of their placement in the bracket can be found here.

Statistics
Main Article: 2019 Summer Infinity Cup Statistics

Goals

 * 10 goals
 * St. Peter
 * 6 goals
 * Duckman
 * 5 goals
 * Anti-Bully Ranger
 * Dubs Guy
 * Tender Hugging

Assists

 * 5 assists
 * St. Paul
 * 4 assists
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Tender Hugging
 * 3 assists
 * Anti-Bully Ranger
 * Jim Belushi

Goaltending

 * Doom - 7 GP, 24 saves, 1.14 KC
 * Pastor Anderson - 7 GP, 17 saves, 0.57 KC
 * Okada Self-Insert - 6 GP, 11 saves, 0.50 KC