2024 Hololive New Year Cup

The 2024 Hololive New Year Cup will be the fifth edition of the Hololive Mario Kart tournament series. In this edition, both Towa and Okayu serve as tournament hosts. The group raffle drew the participants into the preliminary groups on December 16, 2023. This time, the competition will be a two-day event with the preliminary rounds on January 7, 2024; and the group stage and final rounds are on the following day.

Tournament Format and Rules

• Preliminary rounds: Four races
• Group stage rounds: Four races
• Zako and Tsuyo final rounds: Six races
• 150cc with no assists
• All items and cars permitted
• All stages may be chosen, but limited to only once per round
• Ties are broken by highest placement
• Disconnected players may rejoin but forfeit previously earned points
• Preliminary groups are randomly determined by lottery
• Group stage groups are determined by preliminary positions

Groups

All 37 participants were randomly drawn into four Preliminary Groups. The winners of these four groups proceed directly to the Tsuyo cup, while the remaining 33 are sorted into three Group Stage groups based on their placements from the preliminary groups. The preliminaries will be played on Day 1. Group Stage and the final Zako and Tsuyo Cups will be played on Day 2.

The initial draw placed members via the web roulette spinning wheel. One by one, they were randomly grouped. Towa and Okayu serve as hosts, and they could not be placed in the same Preliminary group. Likewise, if Fuwawa and Mococo ended up in the same group, one would have to be randomly placed in a different group. Towa intends for the two to race separately. Due to work schedule, Lui is directly placed into Group A.

Initial Preliminary Group Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Takane Lui Roboco Nakiri Ayame Usada Pekora Sakamata Chloe Anya Melfissa Mori Calliope Nerissa Ravencroft Mococo Abyssgard	Sakura Miko Yozora Mel Aki Rosenthal Shirogane Noel Tokoyami Towa Ninomae Ina'nis Nanashi Mumei Koseki Bijou Otonose Kanade	Tokino Sora Hoshimachi Suisei Oozora Subaru Yukihana Lamy Kureiji Ollie Kaela Kovalskia Kobo Kanaeru Ouro Kronii Ichijou Ririka	Akai Haato Natsuiro Matsuri Ookami Mio Nekomata Okayu Hakui Koyori IRyS Hakos Baelz Fuwawa Abyssgard Hiodoshi Ao Todoroki Hajime

Redraw of the Preliminary Groups

On December 28, 2023, the preliminary groups were redrawn. Both Lamy and Nerissa dropped out of competition which put the number of participants down to 35. A reduction count below 36 allows the preliminary round to be completed into three groups instead of four. The same grouping restrictions pertaining to Lui, Towa, Okayu, and Fuwamoco still applied. The redraw does not affect the tournament schedule.

However, on January 5, 2024, Chloe was diagnosed with COVID-19, forcing her to drop out of the competition. Juufuutei Raden would instead be racing in her stead.

The new preliminary groups are as follows:

Group A	Group B	Group C
Takane Lui Roboco Sakura Miko Hoshimachi Suisei Akai Haato Nakiri Ayame Ookami Mio Shirogane Noel Hakos Baelz Koseki Bijou Mococo Abyssgard Hiodoshi Ao	Tokino Sora Yozora Mel Oozora Subaru Usada Pekora Tokoyami Towa Hakui Koyori Kaela Kovalskia Kobo Kanaeru Ninomae Ina'nis Nanashi Mumei Fuwawa Abyssgard Ichijou Ririka	Aki Rosenthal Natsuiro Matsuri Nekomata Okayu Kureiji Ollie Anya Melfissa Mori Calliope IRyS Ouro Kronii Otonose Kanade Juufuutei Raden Todoroki Hajime

Group Stage Placements

Based on the results from the preliminary round, racers will be placed into their groups by snake position. Two of the groups will have 11 racers and one will have 10. In the event where Fuwawa and Mococo place in the same group, one will be traded to a different group with a racer of the same rank.

Group D	Group E	Group F
From Group A: 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th From Group B: 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th From Group C: 4th, 7th, 10th	From Group A: 4th, 7th, 10th From Group B: 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th From Group C: 3rd, 6th, 9th	From Group A: 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th From Group B: 4th, 7th, 10th From Group C: 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th

Final Races

The final cups will consist of the Zako and Tsuyo Cups. For the championship, the Tsuyo Cup will consist of all Group winners from A through F. After the Group Stage, the non-winning racers will be ranked from 1 through 29 based on their combined points from the preliminary and group stage races. The top 6 from this ranking will also join the group winners in the Tsuyo Cup, while the bottom 12 will go to the Zako Cup. The Zako Cup will be used to determine the last place overall tournament finisher.

Preliminary Results

The preliminary races will take place on Day 1. For the preliminary rounds, first place from each group qualify directly into the Tsuyo Cup races. The remaining 32 will be grouped into three groups: D, E, and F. They will be placed into those groups in accordance with their placements from the preliminary rounds.

Group A

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Suisei	52	1	15	2	12	27	3	10	37	1	15	52
2	Miko	43	2	12	5	8	20	1	15	35	5	8	43
3	Lui	39	7	6	1	15	21	5	8	29	3	10	39
4	Mio	33											33
5	Noel	29											29
5	Bijou	29											29
7	Roboco	26											26
8	Baelz	25											25
9	Haato	20											20
10	Ayame	19											19
11	Mococo	9											9
12	Ao	4	12	1	12	1	2	12	1	3	12	1	4
Course ►			Moo Moo Meadows		Donut Plains 3			Wii Rainbow Road			Daisy Circuit

Group B

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Subaru	49											49
2	Ina	42											42
3	Pekora	35											35
3	Towa	35											35
3	Koyori	35											35
6	Kaela	27											27
7	Sora	24											24
8	Mumei	22											22
9	Ririka	21	DC	0									21
10	Mel	20											20
11	Fuwawa	9											9
12	Kobo	5											5
Course ►			Toad Harbor		Amsterdam Drift			Cheep Cheep Beach			Madrid Drive

Ririka suffered a disconnect before race 2 despite finishing 9th in race 1. The game system reset her score upon rejoining, thus her final score excluded the result of race 1.

Group C

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
1	Okayu	52	1	13	1	13	26	1	13	39	1	13	52
2	Kronii	34											34
3	Calliope	33											33
4	Hajime	33											33
5	Matsuri	23											23
6	Ollie	22											22
6	IRyS	22											22
8	Anya	20											20
9	Raden	17											17
10	Aki	14											14
11	Kanade	6											6
Course ►			Shroom Ridge		Sweets Canyon			Baby Park			Paris Promenade

Group Stage Results

Day 2 begins with the group stage. First place from each group qualify into the Tsuyo Cup championship races. Then the remaining 29 racers will be ranked into a single ranking table. The top 6 from this table also qualify into the Tsuyo Cup championship races based on their combined points from the preliminary and group stage races. The bottom 12 from this table will be placed into the Zako Cup. Racers who qualify for neither the Tsuyo or Zako Cups end their tournament run.

Group D

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Total Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
	Miko
	Pekora
	Hajime
	Noel
	Kaela
	IRyS
	Baelz
	Ririka
	Aki
	Mococo
	Kobo
Course ►

Group E

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Total Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
	Ina
	Calliope
	Mio
	Koyori
	Ollie
	Roboco
	Mumei
	Raden
	Ayame
	Fuwawa
Course ►

Group F

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Total Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
	Kronii
	Lui
	Towa
	Matsuri
	Bijou
	Sora
	Anya
	Haato
	Mel
	Kanade
	Ao
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Final Results

The final rounds are composed with the Zako and Tsuyo Cup races. The final Zako Cup will determine the bottom ranked racer. The final Tsuyo Cup will determine the final standings among the Top 12 racers.

Zako

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
Course ►

Tsuyo

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Race 5		Score	Race 6		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
	Suisei
	Subaru
	Okayu
	Group D 1st Place
	Group E 1st Place
	Group F 1st Place
Course ►

External links

• Preliminary Group Draw Stream via Towa's channel
• Preliminary Group Re-Draw Stream via Towa's channel