World Cup of Crisps

World Cup of Crisps

Tournament information
Location	United Kingdom
Established	2012;10 years ago (2012)
Participants	32 (2012) 48 (2016–)
Website	@RichardOsman on Twitter
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Frazzles; Monster Munch Pickled Onion (1 title each)
Current champion
Monster Munch Pickled Onion (1st title)
Most recent tournament
2016 World Cup of Crisps

The World Cup of Crisps is a Twitter survey created and organised by British television host Richard Osman, to determine the United Kingdom's favourite brand and flavour of crisps. ^{[1] [2]} The competition takes place every four years, with the inaugural competition running during February and March 2012.

History

The World Cup of Crisps was originally conceived on social media by Osman in January 2012. The inaugural edition had 32 types of crisp, with eight group winners qualifying for the quarter-finals, and the competition progressing further using a knockout system. Votes were cast on Twitter using the hashtag #wcocr. The second edition was expanded to include 48 types of crisp and three group stages before semi-finals and a final, and votes were cast using Twitter's new poll feature. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

2012 World Cup of Crisps

Due to the lack of Twitter polls, no official numbers of votes were revealed in the first edition of the World Cup of Crisps.

Group Stages

Entries in bold denote crisps that qualified for the knockout stages.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Walkers Roast Chicken	Golden Wonder Salt & Vinegar	Walkers Ready Salted	Brannigans Beef & Mustard
Discos Salt & Vinegar	Doritos Cool Original	Nik Naks Spicy	French Fries Worcester Sauce
Scampi Fries	Monster Munch Pickled Onion	Chipsticks Salt & Vinegar	Skips
Seabrooks Sea Salt	Space Raiders Beef	McCoy's Steak	Frisps Salt & Vinegar

Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Walkers Smoky Bacon	Tayto Cheese & Onion	Walkers Salt & Vinegar	Walkers Prawn Cocktail
Hula Hoops Salt & Vinegar	Wheat Crunchies Spicy Tomato	Quavers	Hula Hoops Ready Salted
Wotsits	Frazzles	Tomato Snaps	Monster Munch Beef
Doritos Chilli Heatwave	McCoys Salt & Vinegar	Pringles BBQ	Pringles Salt & Vinegar

Knockout Stage

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

2016 World Cup of Crisps

The second edition began on Saturday 26 March and is set to conclude on Monday 28 March. The new Twitter poll feature automatically tallied the results, and during the semi-finals over one million votes had been cast. ^[5]

First Group Stage

The 48 crisps were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the second group stage. Bold indicates crisps that qualified.

Group 1 Crisp % Received Walkers Salt & Vinegar 28 Hula Hoops Ready Salted 28 Doritos Tangy Cheese 26 Scampi Fries 18 Group 2 Crisp % Received Monster Munch Pickled Onion 38 Pringles Sour Cream & Chive 37 Burton's Fish & Chips 13 Golden Wonder Cheese & Onion 12 Group 3 Crisp % Received Wotsits 34 Pom-Bear 23 Tyrells Salt & Vinegar 22 Walkers Roast Chicken 21 Group 4 Crisp % Received Chipsticks 27 Walkers Smoky Bacon 26 Taytos Cheese & Onion 26 Space Raiders Pickled Onion 21 Due to the tie between Walkers Smoky Bacon and Taytos Cheese & Onion, a 10-minute tiebreak poll was conducted, with Walkers defeating Taytos by 51% to 49%. Group 5 Crisp % Received Skips 40 McCoy's Steak 38 Seabrooks Sea Salt 15 Golden Wonder Salt & Vinegar 7 Group 6 Crisp % Received Walkers Sensations Sweet Chilli 30 Walkers Cheese & Onion 28 Pringles BBQ 21 Smith's Square Chips Salt & Vinegar 21

Group 7 Crisp % Received Doritos Cool Original 31 Frazzles 30 French Fries Salt & Vinegar 22 Branningans Beef & Mustard 17 Group 8 Crisp % Received Walkers Ready Salted 30 Monster Munch Roast Beef 29 Kettle Chips Salt & Vinegar 29 Spicy Tomato Snaps 12 Group 9 Crisp % Received McCoy's Salt & Vinegar 33 Monster Munch Flamin' Hot 31 Kettle Chips Salt & Pepper 27 Pop Chips BBQ 9 Group 10 Crisp % Received Doritos Chilli Heatwave 27 Wheat Crunchies Bacon 26 Walkers Prawn Cocktail 25 Discos Salt & Vinegar 22 Group 11 Crisp % Received Mini Cheddars 39 Hula Hoops Salt & Vinegar 32 Roysters T-Bone 23 Mackie's Haggis 6 Group 12 Crisp % Received Quavers 39 Nik Naks Nice & Spicy 30 Pringles Salt & Vinegar 26 Golden Wonder Ready Salted 9

Second Group Stage

The 24 remaining crisps were then re-drawn into six groups of four, with the top two qualifying for a third group stage. Bold indicates crisps that qualified.

Group 1 Crisp % Received Monster Munch Pickled Onion 33 Hula Hoops Ready Salted 24 Chipsticks 22 Walkers Smoky Bacon 21 Group 2 Crisp % Received Wotsits 27 McCoy's Steak 27 Pringles Sour Cream & Chive 26 Doritos Cool Original 20 Group 3 Crisp % Received Walkers Sweet Chilli Sensations 28 Quavers 27 Walkers Salt & Vinegar 26 Wheat Crunchies Bacon 19

Group 4 Crisp % Received Skips 28 McCoy's Salt & Vinegar 27 Monster Munch Flamin' Hot 23 Pom-Bear 22 Group 5 Crisp % Received Frazzles 28 Nik Naks Nice & Spicy 27 Walkers Ready Salted 24 Hula Hoops Salt & Vinegar 21 Group 6 Crisp % Received Doritos Chilli Heatwave 27 Walkers Cheese & Onion 27 Mini Cheddars 24 Monster Munch Roast Beef 22

Quarter-Final Stage

The 12 remaining crisps were then drawn into four groups of three, with just the group winners progressing to the semi-finals. Bold indicates crisps that proceeded.

Quarter-Final 1 Crisp % Received Monster Munch Pickled Onion 42 Skips 31 McCoy's Salt & Vinegar 27 Quarter-Final 2 Crisp % Received Quavers 36 Frazzles 32 Nik Naks Nice & Spicy 32 This result saw defending champions Frazzles eliminated.

Quarter-Final 3 Crisp % Received Walkers Cheese & Onion 40 Walkers Sensations Sweet Chilli 34 Doritos Chilli Heatwave 26 Quarter-Final 4 Crisp % Received Wotsits 36 McCoy's Steak 35 Hula Hoops Ready Salted 29

Knockout Stages

	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%

Controversy

During and after the second edition of the event, several voters became disillusioned with the choice of crisps on offer. A debate began to emerge on the definition of the word crisp, with three of the four semi-finalists, Wotsits, Monster Munch and Quavers, as well as the 2012 winners Frazzles, being criticised for not conforming to some definitions of the snack. Osman invited those who doubted the validity of the winner to organise their own World Cup. ^[6]

References

1. Hyde, Marina (2018-06-11). "The World Cup provides a chance to be reminded of our self-delusions | Marina Hyde". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-09-02.
2. "World Cup of Crisps: Can Northern Ireland's Tayto Cheese and Onion take top prize?". Belfast Telegraph . ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2020-09-02.
3. "It's crunch time as Richard Osman launches World Cup of Crisps 2016". RadioTimes. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
4. Metro.co.uk, Rebecca Lewis for. "Forget the World Cup Of Chocolate, it's all about the World Cup Of Crisps now". Metro. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
5. UTC, Sam Haysom2016-03-29 11:01:04. "An exhaustive recap of the UK's 'World Cup of Crisps 2016'". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
6. "Monster Munch wins World Cup of Crisps crunch match - but is it a crisp?". ITV News. Retrieved 2016-03-29.