2024 Hololive New Year Cup: Difference between revisions

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.