Introduction

Long ago, the children of Altador played with wild Yooyus that roamed outside the city. Their games were the basis for Yooyuball, now the official sport of Altador. When the Darkest Faerie was defeated and the kingdom of Altador rejoined the rest of Neopia, its citizens were happy to share their favourite sport with the outside world. Teams soon sprang up in every land, and in Year 8, the first Altador Cup was held.

Disasters

In Year 9, the Kreludor team's gravity generator failed, rendering the team unfit for the tournament until they had retrained with Neopian gravity. In Year 10, the Kiko Lake team never made it to Altador, thanks to a rockslide on their route. Then in Year 11, King Hagan stunned Yooyuball fans when he banned Brightvale from participating until the kingdom's study habits improved.

These days, the Altador Cup is a big event, with thousands of fans pouring into the Colosseum for each game. Even King Altador himself takes pride in cheering on his team. Top players have been known to wear disguises in public when their popularity gets too overwhelming.

As if the game of Yooyuball wasn't enough, there are plenty of other activities going on, too. Just outside the stadium, a Slushie Slinger waits at every concession stand, ready to serve ice-cold beverages to thirsty fans. During the games, excited supporters often hold battles to see who can really Make Some Noise for their teams, with the same champion every year... a certain blue Techo Fanatic. Between games, official players can be observed on the practice fields, scoring goals in a Shootout Showdown against the goalie. There's never a dull moment at the Altador Cup!

Rules Committee

The Altador Cup Committee is a highly respected group of officials who carefully examine each play, making sure that the rules of Yooyuball are strictly adhered to. If anyone feels that an issue pertaining to the Altador Cup tournament needs to be reviewed, a petition can be filed, and the committee will then decide whether or not to rule on the matter.

In the past, matters brought before the Altador Cup Committee have ranged from allegations of biased Yooyus to claims of inappropriate play by tournament team members. Once both sides of the issue are heard, the committee gathers in its private chambers to discuss the situation. Arguments are made, and then the committee votes and settles on an appropriate course of action.

While some might feel that they are too strict, the fact is that the committee's decisions play a vital role in maintaining the integrity of the game. Though there have been times when popular opinion has been against the committee or one of its decisions, nobody doubts that the committee members' actions are always motivated by a desire to protect the game's best interests.

The three highly respected Altadorians who make up the Altador Cup Rules Committee have been entrusted with the duty of ensuring that the rules of Yooyuball are being followed properly. Though their decisions have occasionally been unpopular, everyone can agree that the Rules Committee's dedication to their task makes the Altador Cup more fun and more fair for all those who participate. It is due to their hard work that the Altador Cup runs smoothly year after year and remains Neopia's most celebrated sporting event.

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Tournament Schedule

New match-ups begin promptly at 12:00:01 am NST every day. Between rounds, there may be no matches scheduled.

Altador Cup I

Round 1: 8 Jun 2006 - 11 Jun 2006

Round 2: 15 Jun 2006 - 18 Jun 2006

Round 3: 22 Jun 2006 - 25 Jun 2006

Round 4: 29 Jun 2006 - 3 Jul 2006

Prize Shop: 5 Jul 2006 - 4 Jun 2007

Altador Cup II

Round 1: 5 Jun 2007 - 20 Jun 2007

Round 2: 21 Jun 2007 - 4 Jul 2007

Finals: 5 Jul 2007 - 8 Jul 2007

Prize Shop: 10 Jul 2007 - 16 Jun 2008

Altador Cup III

Round 1: 17 Jun 2008 - 1 Jul 2008

Round 2: 2 Jul 2008 - 16 Jul 2008

Finals: 17 Jul 2008 - 20 Jul 2008

Prize Shop: 22 Jul 2008 - 1 Jun 2009

Altador Cup IV

Round 1: 2 Jun 2009 - 16 Jun 2009

Round 2: 17 Jun 2009 - 1 Jul 2009

Finals: 2 Jul 2009 - 5 Jul 2009

Prize Shop: 7 Jul 2009 - 25 May 2010

Altador Cup V

Round 1: 26 May 2010 - 11 Jun 2010

Round 2: 13 Jun 2010 - 29 Jun 2010

Finals: 1 Jul 2010 - 4 Jul 2010

Prize Shop: 6 Jul 2010 - 31 May 2011

Altador Cup VI

Round 1: 1 Jun 2011 - 17 Jun 2011

Round 2: 18 Jun 2011 - 4 Jul 2011

Finals: 6 Jul 2011 - 9 Jul 2011

Prize Shop: 11 Jul 2011 - 31 May 2012

Altador Cup VII

Round 1: 1 Jun 2012 - 6 Jun 2012

Round 2: 7 Jun 2012 - 12 Jun 2012

Round 3: 13 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012

Round 4: 19 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012

Tie-Breaker Round: 26 Jun 2012

Prize Shop: 28 Jun 2012 - 31 May 2013

Altador Cup VIII

Round 1: 31 May 2013 - 4 Jun 2013

Break: 5 Jun 2013

Round 2: 6 Jun 2013 - 10 Jun 2013

Break: 11 Jun 2013

Round 3: 12 Jun 2013 - 16 Jun 2013

Break: 17 Jun 2013

Round 4: 18 Jun 2013 - 22 Jun 2013

Break: 23 Jun 2013

Round 5: 24 Jun 2013 - 28 Jun 2013

Break: 29 Jun 2013

Tie-Breaker Round: 30 Jun 2013 (Not Held)

Prize Shop: 1 Jul 2013 - 1 Jun 2014

Altador Cup IX

Round 1: 2 Jun 2014 - 5 Jun 2014

Break: 6 Jun 2014

Round 2: 7 Jun 2014 - 11 Jun 2014

Break: 12 Jun 2014

Round 3: 13 Jun 2014 - 17 Jun 2014

Break: 18 Jun 2014

Round 4: 19 Jun 2014 - 23 Jun 2014

Break: 24 Jun 2014

Round 5: 25 Jun 2014 - 29 Jun 2014

Break: 30 Jun 2014

Tie-Breaker Round: 1 Jul 2014

Prize Shop: 2 Jul 2014 - 1 Jun 2015

Tournament Format

Altador Cup I (Single Elimination)

The Altador Cup Tournament consists of sixteen teams representing the lands of Neopia. Tournament play is single-elimination, which means that the team that wins a match moves on to the next round, while the team that loses must pack their bags and head home. In the knock-out round, the sixteen teams will be randomly seeded and matched up. After the eight losing teams are eliminated, the eight winning teams will again be randomly matched up and move on to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, four more teams will be sent home, while the remaining four will head to the semifinals. Semifinal play will determine which two teams will battle it out in the final match. Which Neopian team will emerge victorious?

Altador Cup II (Double Round Robin with Finals)

The Altador Cup Tournament consists of sixteen teams representing the lands of Neopia. Those of you who participated in last year's Altador Cup will note that this year's tournament structure has changed a little bit. So that all of the teams have more opportunities to demonstrate their skill, tournament play is "double round robin," which means that your team will play every other team twice.

Each day, your team faces a new opponent, and it is up to you to contribute as much as you can by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise. Your results in each daily match-up, evaluated separately for each of the three games, contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament.

At the conclusion of the double round robin phase, the four best-performing teams will advance to the final matches that will determine who will reign supreme in this year's Altador Cup. The top two teams will meet in a final showdown for first place, and the teams that ranked third and fourth in the double round robin phase will battle for third place.

Altador Cup III (Double Round Robin with Finals)

The Altador Cup tournament pits 16 teams, representing the lands of Neopia, against each other. Tournament play is "double round robin," which means that each team will play each of the other fifteen competing teams twice.

At the conclusion of the double round robin phase, all 16 teams will move on to take part in the four-day finals phase, which will consist of a playoff match-up and a final match-up. Each finals phase match-up lasts for two days. Within each four-team rank grouping (1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16), the highest and lowest ranked teams will play against each other, while the second and third ranked teams will also pair off, with the winners of each match-up then facing off for first place of that group, and the losers facing off for third place of that group.

The four leading teams overall will still be in contention for a place on the Altador Cup winners' pedestal, but now, a fourth place team could sneak to the top on two wins, and emerge victorious!

Altador Cup IV (Double Round Robin with Finals)

The Altador Cup tournament pits 16 teams, representing the lands of Neopia, against each other. Tournament play is double round robin, which means that each team plays all of the other teams twice.

Each day, your team will face a new opponent. You must contribute as much as you can to your team by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and the newest addition to the Altador Cup tournament, Shootout Showdown. Your results in each daily match-up contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament. Please remember to help your team win all 4 daily match-ups.

At the conclusion of the double round robin phase, all 16 teams will move on to take part in the four-day finals phase, which will consist of a playoff match-up and a final match-up. Each finals phase match-up lasts two days. Within each four-team rank grouping (1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16), the highest and lowest ranked teams will play against each other, while the second and third ranked teams will also pair off. The winners of each match-up will then face off for first place of that group, while the losers will compete for third place of that group.

The four leading teams overall will still be in contention for a place on the Altador Cup winners' pedestal, but a fourth place team could also sneak to the top with two wins and emerge victorious!

Altador Cup V (Double Round Robin with Finals)

This year, the Altador Cup tournament pits 18 teams, representing the lands of Neopia, against each other. Brightvale is back on the roster, and the team from Moltara is making its Altador Cup debut! Tournament play is "double round robin," which means that each team will play all of the other teams twice.

Each day, your team will face a new opponent. You must contribute as much as you can to your team by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and Shootout Showdown. This year, there will be two separate "bye" days, or breaks in the competition. The first will occur between Round 1 and Round 2 on Saturday June 12th. The second break will take place between the conclusion of the Double Round Robin and the Finals on Wednesday June 30th. See "When is the Altador Cup for details. Your results in each daily match-up contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament. Please remember to help your team win all four daily match-ups.

At the conclusion of the Double Round Robin phase, all 18 teams will move on to take part in the four-day Finals phase, which will consist of a playoff match-up and a final match-up. Each Finals phase match-up will last two days. The top 16 teams will be grouped by rankings and face off with one another, while the bottom two teams will play in a consolation match to determine the 17th and 18th place teams overall. Within each four-team rank grouping (1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16), the highest and lowest ranked teams will play against each other, while the second and third ranked teams will also pair off. The winners of each match-up will then face off for first place in that group, while the losers will compete for third place in that group.

The four leading teams overall, headed into the Finals, will still be in contention for a place on the Altador Cup winners' pedestal, but a fourth-place team could also sneak to the top with two wins and emerge victorious!

Altador Cup VI (Double Round Robin with Finals)

This year, the Altador Cup tournament once again pits 18 teams, representing the lands of Neopia, against each other. A few teams have had some significant roster shake-ups since the last tournament, so keep an eye on them! Tournament play is "double round robin," which means that each team will play all of the other teams twice.

Each day, your team will face a new opponent. You must contribute as much as you can to your team by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and Shootout Showdown. This year, there will be one "bye" day, or break in the competition. This will occur on July 5th, the day before the Finals Round. See When is the Altador Cup for details. Your results in each daily match-up contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament. Please remember to help your team win all four daily match-ups.

At the conclusion of the Double Round Robin phase, all 18 teams will move on to take part in the four-day Finals phase, which will consist of a playoff match-up and a final match-up. Each Finals phase match-up will last two days. The top 16 teams will be grouped by rankings and face off with one another, while the bottom two teams will play in a consolation match to determine the 17th and 18th place teams overall. Within each four-team rank grouping (1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16), the highest and lowest ranked teams will play against each other, while the second and third ranked teams will pair off. The winners of each match-up will then face off for first place in that group, while the losers will compete for third place in that group.

The four leading teams overall, heading into the Finals, will still be in contention for a place on the Altador Cup winners' pedestal, but a fourth-place team could also sneak to the top with two wins and emerge victorious!

Altador Cup VII (Four Round Brackets)

Tournament play consists of four rounds, in which the teams are randomly grouped into three brackets. Each team plays the others in their bracket once during the round, and points are awarded based on the bracket's standings at round's end. At the end of the tourney, the points that teams earned during each round are added up and then the totals are used for the final standings.

As the tournament advances, each round will be worth more than the round that preceded it. Therefore, even if teams get off to a rocky start, they'll still be able to catch up by closing strong.

In the event that two or more teams finish Round Four with the same number of points and in contention for one of the Altador Cup's top three slots, then a one-day tiebreaker will be played to determine tournament's final standings.

If two teams wind up in a tie, then they will play each other. If three teams end up tied, then all three will play against the practice team. In the event of a four-way tie, the teams will be paired off and the winners of the tiebreaker matches will received the top two slots (the higher of the two placing highest), while the losing teams will get the next two positions (the lowest scoring of the duo finishing fourth out of four teams).

Players will still be able to increase their rank and earn Prize Shop points while playing in a tiebreaker match. Those players whose teams are not playing in a tiebreaker will also be able to continue improving their rank and earning Prize Shop points by playing in practice matches.

Each day, your team will face a new opponent. You must contribute as much as you can to your team by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and Shootout Showdown.

At random points during the tournament, one of the tournament's four activities/games may enter bonus mode. When that happens, the game will help out your team more with a greater payout. Bear in mind, though, that the neopoint payout for playing the game will remain the same.

Your results in each daily match-up contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament. Please remember to help your team win all four daily match-ups.

Altador Cup VIII (Five Round Brackets)

Tournament play is made up of five rounds. For each round, six teams will be placed into one of three brackets.

Each day, your team will face an opponent. You must contribute as much as you can to your team by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and Shootout Showdown.

This year, there will be four "bye" days. The bye days will happen once per round during the first four rounds.

Your results in each daily match-up contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament. Please remember to help your team win all four daily match-ups.

At the conclusion of every round, each team in a bracket will be rewarded points based on how they played in comparison to the other teams in their bracket. With each subsequent round, the point values increase, allowing teams that may have gotten off to a rocky start to catch up toward the end. After all five rounds have been played, the teams' points will be tallied up and (if necessary) any ties will be broken. The following Wednesday, the results will be revealed and the champions will be named!

Altador Cup IX (Five Round Brackets)

Tournament play is made up of five rounds. For each round, six teams will be placed into one of three brackets.

Each day, your team will face an opponent. You must contribute as much as you can to your team by playing not only Yooyuball, but also Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and Shootout Showdown.

This year, there will be four "bye" days. The bye days will happen once per round during the first four rounds.

Your results in each daily match-up contribute to your team's overall standing in the tournament. Please remember to help your team win all four daily match-ups.

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