Competition introduction:
Malody Key Team Cup 2025(4K) (formerly known as World Cup MKWC) is a team tournament between Malody 4K players from around the world, both Malody and Malody V clients can participate.
The way of the game is to play the map in the multiplayer game room. In each game, win by comparing the team's total score, two players will be on the court to compare the team's total score in each game. Players can use the Flip Mod during the game according to their own situation, but due to client limitations, it is only available to Malody V users.
The final standings for the Qualifier stage can be found in the following spreadsheet.
Organization:
The Malody Key Team Cup 2025 (4K) is run by various community members by distributing the multitude of tasks into various fields of responsibility.
Tournament Staff List
Organizer
Mappool selector
Art designer
Referee
Live commentary
Wiki Editor
Supporter:
Players who provide financial support for the competition, all of this money will be used to purchase prizes.
Competition registration:
Players willing to participate in this competition can register through the webpage above, and all players can sign up. Each team has a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 players.
Registration time: 2025.3.23-2025.6.23 Everyone can sign up at most twice, please fill in carefully.
Multi-account is not allowed
Each team must have a team name, language is not limited but less than ten words
Each registered player will be checked and verified by the tournament manager and will be included in the national candidate list.
As we have planned, there will be 32 teams in the competition. If the number of registered teams is less than 32, we will reduce it to 24 or 16.
Registration restriction:
1.Each team may have at most one Standard T??? player. (13wiz, FoaMelt1, and birdfly cannot be in the same team.)
2.Each team may include only one former MKTC MVP player (Murasame, cheewee10, Ekoplon5, Leaves_, FoaMelt1, WOEM2436)
3.Each team may have no more than two Extra-9 Dan or higher players.
Malody 4K 2024 Annual Ranker Listreference link
This year we will only use the Malody 4K 2024 Annual Ranker List as a reference.
Malody 4K Team Cup Seed Team Qualifier
Event time: 2025-6-7 00:00 - 2025-6-23 00:00 (TBD)
Seed Team: Teams with higher overall strength. They will be divided into eight-race areas to avoid premature encounters.
Participants:
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Multiplayer Room Instructions:
A referee will create a multiplayer room 10 minutes in advance. Players must gather during this period.
Room name must be "MKTC4K 2025: (xx) vs(xx)
Each team is free to select up to one warm-up map. All maps must be Malody online map(Stable/Alpha map).
The two contestants from different teams roll the point(send "$roll" in the chat room), according to the roll points to determine the winner and loser, and then carry out Protect/Ban/Pick, the order is: loser PROETCT (1 map) - Winner PROETCT (1 map) - Winner BAN (1 map) - Loser BAN (1 map) - Winner PICK the first map and the game begins.
Mappool Instructions:
The mappool of each round will be released in Malody Shop, No more use of Osu! integration package
One week before the official competition, you can download mappool maps in Malody Shop
There will be six mappools, Group Stage, Round of 16, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Finals, and Grand Finals.
The Group Stage mappool will consist of 7maps, Round of 16 will consist of 9 maps, Quarterfinals will consist of 11 maps, Semifinals will consist of 13 maps, Finals will consist of 15 maps, Grand Finals will consist of 17 maps. (Final and Grand Final's Mappool have two more maps to choose.)
The maps' difficulty increases step by step from Lv.22 to Lv.45 map in the Team Cup mappool will not be more difficult than Lv.41
MKTC2025 Mappool:
Competition process:
Players in each team must fill in the free time questionnaire, join the multiplayer game room at a specified time.
MKTC 4K 2025 Qualifier Instructions
1. In the Qualifier stage, all teams will play a specific map pool curated by the mappool selectors.
2. The Qualifier pool consists of 8 maps, with no tiebreakers included in this stage.
3. Each team is required to play through the entire map pool once at a scheduled time.
4. Maps must be played in the order listed on the Qualifier page.
Team Requirements
1. Each map must be played by at least 2 players from the team.
2. Up to 3 players may play each map to allow for flexibility and error tolerance.
3. Only the top 2 scores from each team will be recorded per map.
4. Players may be freely rotated between maps.
5. After finishing all 8 maps, one map may be selected for a retry, and the better result of the two attempts will be counted.
6. An optional 3-minute break will be offered between the first and second playthrough.
Match Logistics
1. All teams will play their qualifiers in separate multiplayer rooms.
2. To prevent seed manipulation, teams are discouraged from publicly sharing scores or streaming during the Qualifier stage.
3. If referee availability is limited, multiple teams may be grouped into a single room.
Seeding Method
Seeding will be determined using the weighted rank sum method:
Map score = RANK(Team score) × Map weight
- RANK(Team score) = team’s rank on that specific map (lower is better)
- Map weight = the predefined weight assigned to that map
Then:
Final score = SUM(Map scores from all 8 maps)
Teams will be sorted by final score from lowest to highest, with Seed #1 being the team with the lowest total score.
The top 32 teams will advance to the Round of 32.
Map Weights
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.120 | 0.145 | 0.130 | 0.110 | 0.130 | 0.120 | 0.130 | 0.115 |
Stage Instructions (Post-Qualifier)
After the Qualifiers, the tournament will proceed into a Double Elimination Bracket:
Double Elimination Stages instructions:
The following stages are Double Elimination Stages. This means that the winner moves to the next stage and the losing team gets moved to the Loser bracket.
Competition process:
Thirty-two teams will be divided into eight groups, each with four teams.
The winning conditions at each stage are:
In the Round-of-32, your team needs to win 3 maps to win a match. (Best-of-5)
In the Round of 16, your team needs to win 4 maps to win a match. (Best-of-7)
In the Quarterfinals, your team needs to win 5 maps to win a match. (Best-of-9)
In the Semi-Finals, your team needs to win 6 maps to win a match. (Best-of-11)
In the Final, your team needs to win 6 maps to win a match. (Best-of-11)
In the Grand finals, your team needs to win 7 maps to win a match. (Best-of-13)
(map’s difficulty increases from Lv.25-Lv.40 gradually improve)
| Event | Time (UTC+8) |
|---|---|
| ①Qualifier showcase | 2025-06-13 20:00 |
| ②Qualifier stage | 2025-06-14/2025-06-22 18:00 |
| ③Round of 32 Draw / Mappool | 2025-06-22 20:00 |
| ④Round of 32 | 2025-06-29/2025-07-13 |
| ⑤Round of 16 | 2025-07-18/2025-07-22 |
| ⑥Losers Round 1 (Round of 16 mappool) | 2025-07-22/2025-07-24 |
| ⑦Quarterfinals | 2025-07-25/2025-07-29 |
| ⑧Losers Round 2 (Quarterfinals mappool) | 2025-07-29/2025-07-31 |
| ⑨Losers Round 3 (Semifinals mappool) | 2025-08-01/2025-08-02 |
| ⑩Semifinals | 2025-08-02/2025-08-04 |
| ⑪Losers Round 4 (Semifinals mappool) | 2025-08-05/2025-08-07 |
| ⑫Losers Round 5 (Finals mappool) | 2025-08-08/2025-08-11 |
| ⑬Finals | 2025-08-12/2025-08-14 |
| ⑭Losers Finals (Grand Finals mappool) | 2025-08-14/2025-08-16 |
| ①①Grand Final | 2025-08-16/2025-08-18 |
Reschedules will only be considered if both teams agree to a time at least 24 hours before the first match in that particular stage.
Points of special attention:
1. If a player falls off the line, the map score is invalid. Each player can retry at most once in each game, and the map is negative when the second time occurs. If both players drop the line, the map will be retried.
2. The map that has been played cannot be reused in the same game.
3. If one side does not arrive at the start of the game, the start time of the game may be delayed by up to 10 minutes. If there is a shortage of players in the middle of the game, it will be 5 minutes overdue at most.
4. TB map cannot be selected in advance
5. If an individual player causes the match to be postponed too many times, it will be banned.
6. If there is no match manager or referee, the match will be postponed.
7. It is strictly forbidden to select inappropriate hot-hand drawings, insult and infuriate other players or referees, delay the game, or do other deliberate misconduct.
8. In the event of other accidents, the referee will be as tolerant as possible to deal with the accident.
9. All contestants and referees should be respected. Contestants shall follow the instructions of the referee and the management of the event.
Competition prizes:
Champion: $25 gift card + champion exclusive achievement + 10k Gold coins.
Runner-up: $15 gift card + runner-up banner + 10k Gold coins.
3rd Place: $5 gift card + third place banner & 10k Gold coins.
The top 4-8 teams will receive 5K gold coins + Achievements & limited puzzles.
The rest of the players will receive 2K gold coins & Achievement & a limited puzzle. (The top three players also have achievements & puzzles.)
Moreover, we may add more gifts for the participants in the competition.