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

• Four Preliminary rounds: Four races
• Three 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 forfeits previously earned points
• Preliminary groups are randomly determined by lottery
• Group stage groups are determined by preliminary positions

Groups

All 37 participants are randomly drawn into four Preliminary Groups. Placements from the Preliminary races will place the remaining 33 into three Group Stage groups. The preliminaries will be played in Day 1. Group Stage and the final Zako and Tsuyo Cups will be played in Day 2.

The intial 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. Due to work schedule, Lui is directly placed into Group A.

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

Group Stage Placements

Results from Round 1, placements are determined by snake position. Each group will have 11 spots.

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

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 G. After the Group Stage, the non-winning racers will be ranked from 1 through 30. The top 5 from this ranking will also join the group winners in the Tsuyo Cup, while the bottom 12 will consist of the Zako Cup racers. The Zako Cup will be used to determine the last place overall tournament finisher.

Preliminary Results

For the prelimiary rounds, first place from each group qualify directly into the Tsuyo Cup races. The remaining 33 will be grouped into three groups of 11: E, F, G. They will be placed into those groups in accordance with their placements from the preliminary rounds. These races will take place on Day 1. Racers who neither qualify for the Tsuyo or Zako Cups end their tournament run.

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
	Lui
	Roboco
	Ayame
	Pekora
	Chloe
	Anya
	Mori
	Nerissa
	Mococo
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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
	Miko
	Mel
	Aki
	Noel
	Towa
	Ina
	Mumei
	Bijou
	Kanade
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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
	Sora
	Suisei
	Subaru
	Lamy
	Ollie
	Kaela
	Kobo
	Kronii
	Ririka
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Group D

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
	Haato
	Matsuri
	Mio
	Okayu
	Koyori
	IRyS
	Baelz
	Fuwawa
	Ao
	Hajime
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Group Stage Results

Day 2 begins with the group stage begins. First place from each group qualify into the Tsuyo Cup championship races. Then the remaining 30 racers will be ranked into a single ranking table. The top 5 from this table also qualify into the Tsuyo Cup championship races. The bottom 12 from this table will be placed into the Zako Cup races. Racers who neither qualify for the Tsuyo or Zako Cups end their tournament run.

Group E

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
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Group F

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
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Group G

Rank	Racer	Final score	Race 1		Race 2		Score	Race 3		Score	Race 4		Score	Stream
			Place	Points	Place	Points		Place	Points		Place	Points
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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
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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
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External links

• Preliminary Group Draw Stream via Towa's channel