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Best of the Best!

For years, scores of Neopia Central-based teams have petitioned for a spot in the Altador Cup, so much so that the Committee has never been able to fully evaluate them all. The amount of requests piled up so high that the Committee discerned that they would never be able to sort through the backlog and fairly give the best team the position, so with this in mind, the Committee wished to right this by allowing a tournament of sorts to take place in the off-season, where any team officially based in Neopia Central could fight for their chance to take the top spot.

The try-outs lasted weeks longer than anticipated as the amount of teams that signed up was unprecedented. Eventually, five teams stood out amongst the crowd, and they were pitted against one another in round-robin scrimmages. The matches went on so long that the Committee had to step in to make the final call. Yet before they could do so, the captains of the competing teams gave a proposition: they requested that each team pick their best member to form a whole new team.

While it was hard to split ways with beloved team members, everyone understood that this was the opportunity of a lifetime and wanted to create the best team possible to represent their home. And thus, the official Team Neopia Central was created! The cream of the crop, the best of the best, and while they may have only had a year to practice together, they’ve had multiple lifetimes of practice between the five of them.

And that's worked out in their favour! To everyone's surprise (except perhaps their own), Neopia Central turned out to be a well-balanced, collaborative team that seemed as though they had been playing together their whole lives. The unlikely duo of the goalkeeper and left defender, Miri Lunette and Jemisha Suftie, seem to finish each other’s unusual plays as though they can read one another’s minds. The all-around lovable but goofy left forward, Raya Valensi, still seems to cheer for anyone they play against, but could deafen the crowd with how loudly he cheers for his own teammates. Meanwhile their centre forward, Nat Eyser, having been on the try-out team rated most likely to win (mainly from Nat’s contributions), took everyone by surprise as they dashed around the field playing a sort of supporting role to the now established team captain and right defender, Tidye “Coach” Stokes. She’s credited by her teammates as the one who turned them into the harmonious unit they are today: the team that can seamlessly change their playstyle at the drop of a hat and is ready to take centre stage at this year’s Altador Cup!

Below are final results to see how well the team has performed in previous Altador Cups.

AC I (2006) thru AC XIX (2024)
Did not participate

AC Grey Year (2025)
Did not participate in The Grey Year

	YYB	SS	MSN	SOSD
Wins	1 / 4	1 / 4	2 / 4	/ 4
Losses	3 / 4	3 / 4	2 / 4	4 / 4
Draws	/ 4	/ 4	/ 4	/ 4

In the tables below you can see how well this team has performed over the years while playing against the other teams. This may be useful for you to help you prepare for upcoming matches. If your team has lost from your opponent every year on Make Some Noise, you may need to step up your game.

The table makes use of some abbreviations, these are:

R1:	Round 1	YYB:	Yooyu Ball
R2:	Round 2	SS:	Slushie Slinger
R3:	Round 3	MSN:	Make Some Noise
R4:	Round 4	SOSD:	Shootout Showdown
F1:	Finals Round 1
F2:	Finals Round 2

Faerieland YYB SS MSN SOSD 2026 - R1 Won Won Won Lost	Krawk Island YYB SS MSN SOSD 2026 - R3
Kreludor YYB SS MSN SOSD 2026 - R3 Lost Lost Won Lost	Meridell YYB SS MSN SOSD 2026 - R2 Lost Lost Lost Lost
Terror Mountain YYB SS MSN SOSD 2026 - R3 Lost Lost Lost Lost