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The '''Altador Cup''' was announced by [[Neopets]] on May 31, 2006, to commence one the June 2, 2006. It is a sporting event with teams from sixteen Neopian worlds participating.
[[Image:AC 2006 Trophy.gif|right|frame|The famed trophy that gives the Cup its name.]]


The game played to win the Cup is called Yooyuball. The gameplay appears to be based on [[Wikipedia:Jai_alai|Jai alai]]. The ball is actually a rolled up petpet called a [[Yooyu]], and comes in several different varieties: fire, snow, [[Mutant]] and [[Faerie]].
The '''Altador Cup''' is a yearly sporting [[event]] that takes place at the [[Colosseum]] during the month of June. During the event, eighteen teams, each one representing a different [[Neopia]]n land, compete in the sport of [[Yooyuball]]. Unlike [[plot|other events]] on [[Neopets|the website]], the outcome of the Altador Cup is not pre-planed by [[TNT]] writers. Instead, the winning team is determined entirely by user participation.


The role of the user and the system of play is still unclear. It is believed that either players will be supporting (and maybe betting) on their team, or that they will be be playing as part of their team in a localised competition rather than a community-wide competition. Users could select the team they wish to join/support and change teams if they wish until June 8, 2006.
==Teams==
The following 18 teams have participated in an Altador Cup:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0 auto;"
|-
||[[Image:Altador logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Altador|Altador]]'''
||[[Image:Brightvale logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Brightvale|Brightvale]]'''
||[[Image:Darigancitadel-1-.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Darigan Citadel|Darigan Citadel]]'''
||[[Image:Faerieland Logo2.png]]<br>'''[[Team Faerieland|Faerieland]]'''
|-
||[[Image:Haunted_woods_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Haunted Woods|Haunted Woods]]'''
||[[Image:Kiko_lake_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Kiko Lake|Kiko Lake]]'''
||[[Image:Krawk_island_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Krawk Island|Krawk Island]]'''
||[[Image:Kreludor_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Kreludor|Kreludor]]'''
|-
||[[Image:Lost_desert_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Lost Desert|Lost Desert]]'''
||[[Image:Maraqua_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Maraqua|Maraqua]]'''
||[[Image:Meridell_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Meridell|Meridell]]'''
||[[Image:Moltara_logo.png]]<br>'''[[Team Moltara|Moltara]]'''
|-
||[[Image:Mystery_island_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Mystery Island|Mystery Island]]'''
||[[Image:Rooislandbannerac2.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Roo Island|Roo Island]]'''
||[[Image:Shenkuu_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Shenkuu|Shenkuu]]'''
||[[Image:Terrormountain-1-.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Terror Mountain|Terror Mountain]]'''
|-
||[[Image:Tyrannia_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Tyrannia|Tyrannia]]'''
||[[Image:Virtupets_logo.gif]]<br>'''[[Team Virtupets|Virtupets]]'''
|}


==Altador Cup - Team Rosters==
===Jelly World Practice Team===
Sixteen [[Neopian]] worlds participated, each sending a team to compete in the Colleseum in Altador. There was also a seventeenth team, the practice team, who appear to be from [[Jelly World]], whose players are unknown.
During the practice days leading up to the tournament, users can play against the [[Jelly World Practice Team|practice team]].  The practice team can also be played on bye days during the tournament.  The practice team hails from [[Jelly World]] and consists entirely of [[Jelly (colour)|Jelly]] [[Chia]]s. Despite being a fully capable Yooyuball team, the Jelly World practice team has never participated in an Altador Cup tournament.  This is mostly likely due to the fact that there is [[Wikipedia:Running gag|running gag]] on the Neopets website that Jelly World does not exist.  Despite this, the practice team's goalie does appear in the game [[Shootout Showdown]].


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==User Participation==
In order to participate in the Altador Cup, each user must first pick a team to support.  In general, users are not allowed to switch teams after they have chosen one.  After choosing a team, users can earn victory points for their team by playing any of the four [[Wikipedia:Adobe Flash|flash]] [[Games Room|games]] listed below and getting at least the minimum score required for the game.  These four games are only available during the Altador Cup.


'''[[Haunted Woods]]'''
*[[Zo Junior]]
*[[Wan Dirx]]
*[[Fanetti]]
*[[Chelo Binay]]
*[[Krell Vitor]]


'''[[Darigan Citadel]]'''
{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto; width:600px; padding:100px;"
*[[Tandrak Shaye]]
|-
*[[Tormo "The Terror" Frein]]
|style="padding:10px;"|'''[[Yooyuball]]'''<br>
*[[Mungo Lifler]]
*Yooyuball is the main draw of the Altador Cup.  In this sport, two teams, each containing five players, play against each other. The object of the game is to score goals by getting a [[Yooyu]], which serves as the game's ball, into the opponent's net. Yooyuball players use specially designed slings to catch, carry, and pass Yooyus.<br>
*[[Kep Bonnefie]]
'''Minimum Score''': Win / Draw
*[[Layton Vickles]]
|-
|style="padding:10px;"|'''[[Slushie Slinger]]'''<br>
*Slushie Slinger was added to the Altador Cup in 2007.  In this game, the player takes on the role of a [[Red]] [[Tuskaninny]] [[Slushie Slinger Waitress|waitress]] as she frantically serves [[slushie]]s to impatient, thirsty Yooyuball fans.  The gameplay of Slushie Slinger was inspired by that of the 1983 arcade game [[Wikipedia:Tapper|Tapper]].<br>
'''Minimum Score''': 270 points
|-
|style="padding:10px;"|'''[[Make Some Noise]]'''<br>
*Make Some Noise was also added to the Altador Cup in 2007.  In this game, the player takes on the role of the [[Techo Fanatic]] as he cheers on the Yooyuball players at the [[Colosseum]].<br>
'''Minimum Score''': 3,000 points
|-
|style="padding:10px;"|'''[[Shootout Showdown]]'''<br>
*Shootout Showdown was added to the Altador Cup in 2009.  In this game, players must score five goals against the  practice team's goalkeeper within a sixty second time limit.<br>
'''Minimum Score''': 35 points
|}


'''[[Tyrannia]]'''
===Altador Cup Rank===
*[["Scrap" Taggert]]
A rank system was introduced to the tournament during [[Altador Cup II]].  Each time a user submits a score for one of the four exclusive Altador Cup games, they earn points toward their next Altador cup rank.  The number of points awarded differs for each game: 
*[[Harlis Neyhbol]]
*[[Loryche]]
*[[Wila Benne]]
*[[Evrem Guilako]]


'''[[Terror Mountain]]'''
{|class="wikitable" align=center style="text-align:center; margin:0 auto;"
*[[Prytariel]]
|-
*[[Rinok Fitel]]
||'''Yooyuball win'''||1 point awarded
*[[Selwick Phoss]]
|-
*[[Minae Mitora]]
||'''Yooyuball draw'''||1/3 point awarded
*[[Tico Tems]]
|-
||'''Slushie Slinger'''||1/2 point awarded
|-
||'''Make Some Noise'''||1/12 point awarded
|-
||'''Shootout Showdown'''||1/12 point awarded
|-
|}


'''[[Lost Desert]]'''
*[[Leera Heggle]]
*[[Wyett Tuggins]]
*[["Dirty" Navers]]
*[[Vonde Cayle]]
*[[Derbi Azar]]


'''[[Brightvale]]'''
Only scores that meet the minimum requirements listed above count toward increasing Altador Cup Rank.  There are 21 different ranks in all:
*[[Orie Dinelle]]
*[["Squeaky" Tressif]]
*[[Reb Weemelott]]
*[[Montecito]]
*[[Kayn Hireck]]


'''[[Kiko Lake]]'''
{|style="margin:0 auto;"
*[[Relle Felson]]
|-
*[["Poke" Cellers]]
||
*[[Meela Kitah]]
*[[Ditan Colb]]
*[[Holbie Pinnock]]


'''[[Roo Island]]'''
{|class="wikitable"
*[[Lilo Blumario]]
|-
*[[Clutch Billaban]]
||[[Image:Wood engrave.png]]||'''Beginner'''<br />0 points needed
*[[Dayla]]
|-
*[[Fenny Vail]]
|[[Image:Wood yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 1'''<br />34 points needed
*[[Gordo Gunnels]]
|-
|[[Image:Wood redgem.png]]||'''Rank 2'''<br />67 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Wood greengem.png]]||'''Rank 3'''<br />100 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Wood bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 4'''<br />134 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Stone yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 5'''<br />184 points needed
|-
||[[Image:Stone redgem.png]]||'''Rank 6'''<br />234 points needed
|-
|}


</td><td width="100" valign="top">
|width=40|
||


'''[[Kreludor]]'''
{|class="wikitable"
*[[Derlyn Fonnet]]
|-
*[[Zenor Kevix]]
|[[Image:Stone greengem.png]]||'''Rank 7'''<br />284 points needed
*[[Vignacio]]
|-
*[[Qyldae Wegg]]
|[[Image:Stone bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 8'''<br />334 points needed
*[[Xila Kitae]]
|-
|[[Image:Bronze yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 9'''<br />400 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Bronze redgem.png]]||'''Rank 10'''<br />467 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Bronze greengem.png]]||'''Rank 11'''<br />534 points needed
|-
||[[Image:Bronze bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 12'''<br />600 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Silver yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 13'''<br />684 points needed
|-
|}


'''[[Faerieland]]'''
|width=40|
*[[Babolino]]
||
*[[Kakoni Worrill]]
*[[Valtonia Rea]]
*[[Delma Harrence]]
*[[Palia Alback]]


'''[[Space Station|Virtupets]]'''
{|class="wikitable"
*[[Kerib Vickers]]
|-
*[[Z-4B Goalinator]]
|[[Image:Silver redgem.png]]||'''Rank 14'''<br />767 points needed
*[[Keetra Deile]]
|-
*[[Weldar Xupenfarb]]
|[[Image:Silver greengem.png]]||'''Rank 15'''<br />850 points needed
*[[XL Striker 3.8]]
|-
|[[Image:Silver bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 16'''<br />934 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Gold yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 17'''<br />1,034 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Gold redgem.png]]||'''Rank 18'''<br />1,134 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Gold greengem.png]]||'''Rank 19'''<br />1,234 points needed
|-
|[[Image:Gold bluegem.png]]||'''All-Star'''<br />1,334 points needed
|-
|}


'''[[Maraqua]]'''
|}
*[[Barit Jowes]]
*[[Jair Tollet]]
*[[Filo Desenz]]
*[[Tonie Plessix]]
*[[Elon "The Black Hole" Hughlis]]


'''[[Altador]]'''
====Avatar====
*[[Timu]]
Since [[Altador Cup III]], users have been able to unlock the following [[avatar]] by increasing their Altador Cup rank to Rank 1:
*[[Cawley Embith]]
*[[Winberto Seliz]]
*[[Salayne Ritad]]
*[["Trapper" Remis]]


'''[[Meridell]]'''
*[[Sir Pollonaire Freidl]]
*[[Ilsa Ellits]]
*[[Fiorina]]
*[["Wizard" Windelle]]
*[[Vitri Sitol]]


'''[[Mystery Island]]'''
{| style="margin:0 auto;" class="wikitable"
*[[Maital Koric]]
|-
*[[Yaniq Avaan]]
|style="width:50px;"|[[Image:Altadorcupplayer.gif]] ||'''Altador Cup Player'''<br />Achieve Rank 1 during the Altador Cup.
*[[Teylore Nix]]
|-
*[[Bertie Shurtz]]
|}
*[[Volgoth]]


'''[[Krawk Island]]'''
===Staff Tournament===
*[["Dasher" Soley]]
As another part of the Altador Cup, The Neopets Team participates in a tournament play of their own. They did this in 2006, and only again in 2010.
*[[Garven Hale]]
*[[Ealyn Hawkshanks]]
*[[Nitri Cassale]]
*[[Hoke Lemtry]]


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==History==
So far there have been a total of eleven Altador Cup tournments:
 
{| style="margin:0 auto;" class="wikitable"
!width=160|Tournment and Format
!1st Place
!2nd Place
!3rd Place
|-
||[[Altador Cup I]]<br>Single-elimination
||[[Image:Hauntedwoods_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Darigancitadel_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Krawkisland_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup II]]<br>Double round-robin
||[[Image:Darigancitadel_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Rooisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Shenkuu_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup III]]<br>Double round-robin
||[[Image:Rooisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Krawkisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Lostdesert_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup IV]]<br>Double round-robin
||[[Image:Krawkisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Shenkuu_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Lostdesert_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup V]]<br>Double round-robin
||[[Image:Lostdesert_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Kreludor_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Darigancitadel_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup VI]]<br>Double round-robin
||[[Image:Virtupets_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Krawkisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Kreludor_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup VII]]<br>Bracket groups
||[[Image:Kreludor_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Mysteryisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Meridell_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup VIII]]<br>Bracket groups
||[[Image:Tyrannia_50.gif]]   
||[[Image:Altador_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Rooisland_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup IX]]<br>Bracket groups
||[[Image:Hauntedwoods_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Virtupets_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Moltara_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup X]]<br>Bracket groups
||[[Image:Kikolake_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Kreludor_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Tyrannia_50.gif]]
|-
||[[Altador Cup XI]]<br>Bracket groups
||[[Image:Mysteryisland_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Tyrannia_50.gif]]
||[[Image:Kikolake_50.gif]]
|-
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Altador Cup appears to be made to co-incide with the FIFA World Cup in Germany of 2006, and if the golden orb seen in the preview trailer is indeed the "cup" itself, it bares remarkable resemblence to the actual World Cup.  
*The first Altador Cup appeared to coincide with dates and times of the [[Wikipedia:FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]] in Germany [[Wikipedia:2006 FIFA World Cup|of 2006]], and the golden orb, seen in the preview trailer, of the trophy bore a remarkable resemblance to the actual World Cup.
*Noted advertisements shown in [[Wikipedia:North America|North America]] within the 2006 tournament were a new [[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball Z|Dragon Ball Z]] game being released in July 2006 and a new [[Wikipedia:Garfield|Garfield]] movie. For 2007, [[Wikipedia:Evan Almighty|Evan Almighty]] was advertised.
*During Yooyuball game play when the [[Ixi]] and [[Grarrl]] [[Altador Cup Commentators|news presenters]] are making their remarks about the teams, were a user to refrain from clicking the "continue" button, they would begin to ask the user to carry on, mention they see [[Tarla]] and need to hurry and catch her or reminding the user that sitting and watching them does not earn them points. A [[Spyder]] may also come down from the ceiling.
*Because there used to be 17 possible Altador Cup teams, and only 16 spots available for participating, every year, TNT had to choose one team to not participate, and choose a clever reason for it. The addition of Moltara City in 2010 made for an even total of 18 and thus no team was left out on the sidelines.
*Coincidentally, from 2006 to 2009, the winning team for each year's Altador Cup was the runner-up team for the previous tournament.


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.neopets.com/altador/colosseum/index.phtml Altador Cup]
*[http://www.neopets.com/altador/colosseum/index.phtml Altador Cup]
*[http://www.neopets.com/altador/colosseum/prizes.phtml Altador Cup Prize Shop]
*[http://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup//altador_animation_preloader.swf?lang=en&image_host=swf.neopets.com&animation=altador_animation_v2 Animation Trailer]
*[http://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup//altador_animation_preloader.swf?lang=en&image_host=swf.neopets.com&animation=altador_animation_v2 Animation Trailer]
*[http://www.neopets.com/altador/colesseum/teams.phtml Altador Cup Teams page]
*'''Neopedia:''' [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=95 Altador Cup]
*[http://www.neopets.com/altador/colesseum/rules.phtml Altador Cup Rules page]
*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=712 #712], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=813 #813]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=242 242], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=243 243], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=244 244], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=245 245], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=246 246], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=247 247], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=252 252], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=253 253], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=264 264], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=267 267]
 
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