World Cup of Crisps facts for kids
| Founded | 2012 |
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| Region | United Kingdom |
| Number of teams | 32 (2012) 48 (2016–) |
| Current champions | Monster Munch Pickled Onion (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Frazzles; Monster Munch Pickled Onion (1 title each) |
| Website | @RichardOsman on Twitter |
The World Cup of Crisps is a fun, unofficial competition held every four years in the United Kingdom. It takes place on the social media site Twitter. People vote to decide the UK's favourite type and flavour of crisps. A TV host named Richard Osman created and runs the competition. The first one happened in early 2012.
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How the Competition Works
Richard Osman first thought of the World Cup of Crisps in January 2012. The very first competition had 32 different types of crisps. They were put into groups, and the best crisps from each group moved on. After the group stage, it became a knockout competition. This means if a crisp lost a vote, it was out! People voted on Twitter using the hashtag '#wcocr'.
The second competition was even bigger, with 48 types of crisps. It had three group stages before the semi-finals and the final. For this competition, people voted using Twitter's new poll feature. This made it easier to see the results.
Past Competitions
2012 World Cup of Crisps
In the first World Cup of Crisps, Twitter didn't have polls. So, the exact number of votes for each crisp was not shared.
The First Rounds (2012)
Here are the crisps that made it through the first group stages to the knockout rounds:
- From Group A: Discos Salt & Vinegar
- From Group B: Monster Munch Pickled Onion
- From Group C: McCoy's Steak
- From Group D: Skips
- From Group E: Wotsits
- From Group F: Frazzles
- From Group G: Quavers
- From Group H: Monster Munch Beef
The Final Rounds (2012)
The competition then moved to a knockout stage, where crisps went head-to-head.
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| McCoy's Steak | L | |||||||||||||
| Wotsits | W | |||||||||||||
| Wotsits | W | |||||||||||||
| Quavers | L | |||||||||||||
| Quavers | W | |||||||||||||
| Discos Salt & Vinegar | L | |||||||||||||
| Wotsits | L | |||||||||||||
| Frazzles | W | |||||||||||||
| Skips | W | |||||||||||||
| Monster Munch Beef | L | |||||||||||||
| Skips | L | |||||||||||||
| Frazzles | W | |||||||||||||
| Monster Munch Pickled Onion | L | |||||||||||||
| Frazzles | W | |||||||||||||
Frazzles won the first World Cup of Crisps in 2012!
2016 World Cup of Crisps
The second competition started on March 26, 2016. It finished on March 28. Twitter's new poll feature automatically counted all the votes. In the semi-finals alone, over one million votes were cast!
First Group Stage (2016)
48 different crisps were put into twelve groups of four. The top two crisps from each group moved on to the next stage. Here are the crisps that qualified from each group:
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Second Group Stage (2016)
The 24 crisps that made it through were put into six new groups of four. The top two from each of these groups moved on to the quarter-finals. Here are the crisps that qualified:
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Quarter-Final Stage (2016)
The 12 remaining crisps were then put into four groups of three. Only the winner of each group moved on to the semi-finals.
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Knockout Stages (2016)
The final four crisps battled it out in the semi-finals and then the grand final!
| Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||
| Wotsits | 50% | ||||||
| Quavers | 50% | ||||||
| Wotsits | 48% | ||||||
| Monster Munch Pickled Onion | 52% | ||||||
| Monster Munch Pickled Onion | 53% | ||||||
| Walkers Cheese & Onion | 47% | Third-Place Play-Off | |||||
| Quavers | 51% | ||||||
| Walkers Cheese & Onion | 49% | ||||||
Monster Munch Pickled Onion won the 2016 World Cup of Crisps!
