This page will give you links to Altador Cup games, standings and news.

Score goals, sling slushies and make some noise in the three games below to enhance your stats, and most importantly, to aide your team's pursuit of Altador Cup glory. Go to the Standings page to see how your team is performing, and the Rules page to learn how the whole tournament works.

Yooyuball
The reason for the Altador Cup's existence, this fast-paced, high-action game pits two teams against one another in a contest to score as many goals as possible. Support your favourite team in the tournament by trying your hand at scoring points in this exciting game.
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Slushie Slinger
Business is booming at the slushie concession stand, and the Tuskaninny waitress needs your assistance to keep her customers happy! Help serve these impatient fans their slushies so they can get back to the Yooyuball action!
Make Some Noise
The Techo super-fan is at it again -- cheering as hard as he can for his favourite team and generally being very loud. Help Neopia's most famous Yooyuball enthusiast give the sound meter a workout by tapping the two keys specified at the beginning of the game as fast as you can.

Read below for the latest information on teams, players, and anything else going on in the Altador Cup tournament!

Roo Island and Darigan Citadel Square Off
25th June
Darigan versus Roo Island - it's a match that Yooyuball fans have had circled on their schedules ever since it was announced. The two teams share a storied rivalry, having met in the finals of Year 9's tournament and the semi-finals of Year 8.

Although the Citadel prevailed in both those matches, the winds of change appear to be blowing in Altador. While Darigan has looked less than impressive during the early going of Year 10's tournament, Roo Island has been marching through their opponents with withering ferocity.

To the shock of Darigan's fans (and the absolute delight of ardent Rooligans), this match was practically over before it even began. Roo Island, employing a relentless defensive attack that completely unnerved Darigan's players, created numerous turnovers that led to lots of easy scores and threw the Citadel's Yooyuballers completely off their game.

"They've looked tentative early on in this tournament," Roo Island forward Jair Tollet observed, "plus they've been coasting a little against weaker teams like Faerieland and Terror Mountain. That's why we decided to jump on them straight away and never let up, hoping we could break their will before running out of energy ourselves. It was a risky tactic, but one that worked fantastically well in the end."

Despite the defeat, all was not lost for the Citadel squad, as the team's vocal fans managed to make plenty of noise and shout down their Roo Island foes. That being said, the Rooligans made it known that they're the ones in this rivalry who possess the upper hand when it comes to slushie slinging skills.
Kiko Lake Team Found!
20th June
Following up on last week's big story, a messenger from Kiko Lake has arrived in Altador bearing news of the team's fate. According to the courier, Kiko Lake's team was trapped by a rockslide that occurred while they were on their way to the tournament. It seems that, when the boulders started raining down on them, the players rushed to safety in a nearby cave. At some point during the disaster, however, the cave's entrance became blocked by boulders, which weren't cleared away until days later by a team of rescue workers.

Thankfully, the players avoided suffering anything more serious than a couple of scrapes and bruises. However, their time in the less-than-ideal conditions not only left them starving and weakened, but also cost Kiko Lake their chance at participating in this year's tournament. "We'll just have to regroup and give it another shot next year," team captain "Poke" Cellars said. "In the meantime, though, we might want to look into finding another route to Altador, preferably something a little less dangerous."
New Finals Structure!
18th June
To the delight of Yooyuball fans across Neopia, the Altador Cup Committee has announced a change to this year's format. Unlike previous years, where the top two teams squared off to determine the tournament champion (and the next two squads fought it out for third place), a seeding process has been put in place so that all four finalists now have a shot at winning the title. Under this new structure, the first and fourth place teams will play for two days to determine one finalist, while the winner between the second and third place squads settles the other. Then, the finalists will face off for another two days to determine the tournament championship.

Rather than just sticking to the finals, though, this new format will also be in play for the rest of the tournament's participants. Teams five through eight, nine through twelve, and thirteen through sixteen will now be seeded within their own brackets. "Under the old system," one committee member stated, "once the double round-robin ended, supporters were faced with a choice: they could either jump ship and choose one of the finalists to root for, or stay loyal to their team and go home. Doing things this way will now enable loyal fans to stick by their squad to the very end."
Where is Kiko Lake?!?
12th June
Now that every other team has arrived at the Altador Colosseum and the pre-tournament practice sessions are well underway, the big question on everyone's mind is: where is Kiko Lake?!?

No one has seen or heard anything from them, and after initially extending the 9th Day of Relaxing mandatory arrival date an additional 48 hours, the Altador Cup Committee has declared that they will not be able to let Kiko Lake participate in the tournament. The committee has, however, set up an investigation into the team's whereabouts and sent out a search party to try and track them down.

When asked to comment on Kiko Lake's exclusion from the tournament, a committee member said, "There's far too much happening for us to simply hold an open place for them. For example, a schedule of pre-tournament training matches has been put together for the Colosseum. Including Kiko Lake on that schedule could create a situation whereby, if they fail to show up, their opponents will unfairly wind up with less practice matches than the other teams."

"Additionally, waiting for Kiko Lake has required us to hold up ticket sales, since you can imagine what a nightmare it would be to have to give refunds to all those Kiko Lake fans who bought tickets to see a team that failed to arrive. It's quite a shame, since we were really looking forward to having the largest field in the tournament's history. Alas, I'm afraid it was not meant to be..."

The current Daily Results, Team Standings and Top Goal Scorers can be viewed here. Please make a selection below.

Daily Results
 
Team Standings
 
Top Goal Scorers

Team Standings
The table below indicates the current total of wins, draws, and losses resulting from the daily match-ups for each team. Your team's data is highlighted and placed on top for quick reference. The rest of the team data is ordered by the number of wins earned in the game that is highlighted. You can re-order the list based on wins in another game by clicking on that game's name.

[ W = wins, D = draws, L = losses ]
Team Yooyuball
Slushie Slinger
Make Some Noise
WDL WDL WDL

Haunted Woods
6 2 2 4 4 2 6 2 2

Krawk Island
10 0 0 9 1 0 10 0 0

Roo Island
9 0 1 8 1 1 7 0 3

Lost Desert
7 3 0 6 1 3 10 0 0

Meridell
5 3 2 8 1 1 5 4 1

Maraqua
5 1 4 4 1 5 4 2 4

Kreludor
4 4 2 5 3 2 5 2 3

Mystery Island
4 4 2 5 4 1 3 2 5

Darigan Citadel
4 3 3 2 3 5 5 4 1

Shenkuu
3 4 3 1 3 6 4 3 3

Tyrannia
3 1 6 7 3 0 3 1 6

Terror Mountain
3 0 7 1 1 8 1 0 9

Virtupets
2 2 6 2 0 8 1 2 7

Altador
1 0 9 3 1 6 3 1 6

Brightvale
0 1 9 1 1 8 1 1 8

Faerieland
0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10