Winter Continuous Track Cup

The 41st Winter Continuous Track Cup is a secondary Sensha-Dō tournament featured in the series. First held in commemoration of the Sensha-Dō League's founding, the Japan Sensha-Dō Federation has decided to revive the tournament for the first time in twenty years in order to promote the sport before the World Cup due to take place in Japan in near future. A promotional poster has been distributed and schools are invited from all over Japan.

The Winter Continuous Track Cup was just after the start of the very 1st season of recently proposed Pro League.

Format and rules

The format of the tournament is the same as in the championship tournament for National High-School Sensha-Dō: Sixteen teams are put into brackets by random draw, with the commanders of their respective schools drawing numbers from 1 to 16. The victors of each initial bracket advance to the next round, where they are again paired up. Competition progresses through four rounds to produce a final champion.

The tournament matches are fought under flag-tank rules, whereby the first team to knock out the pre-chosen flag tank of the opponent is the winner. The tournament rules allow for up to ten tanks maximum per side, with teams allowed to field fewer than ten tanks if they are unable to bring the maximum number. So far, this format is confirmed only for the 1st and 2nd round; semi-final and final rounds may differ, just as they do in the National Championship Tournament.

Winter Tournament 1st round bracket

Participants

Winter Tournament quarter-finals bracket

• 1) Chihatan Academy (defeated by Ooarai in the 2nd round)
• 2) Koala Forest Academy (defeated by Chi-Ha-Tan in the 1st round)
• 3) BC Freedom High School (defeated by Ooarai in the 1st round)
• 4) Ooarai Girls Academy
• 5) Blue Division High School (defeated by Saunders in the 1st round)
• 6) Saunders University High School (defeated by Jatkosota in the 2nd round)
• 7) Yogurt Academy (defeated by Jatkosota in the 1st round)
• 8) Jatkosota High School (defeated by Ooarai in the Semifinals)
• 9) Kuromorimine Girls Academy (defeated by St. Gloriana in the Semifinals)
• 10) Maginot Girls' College (defeated by Kuromorimine in the 1st round)
• 11) Pravda Girls High School(defeated by Kuromorimine in the 2nd round)
• 12) Viking Fisheries High School (defeated by Pravda in the 1st round)
• 13) Waffle Academy (defeated by St. Gloriana in the 1st round)
• 14) St. Gloriana Girls College
• 15) Anzio Girls High School (defeated by St. Gloriana in the 2nd round)
• 16) Bonple High School (defeated by Anzio in the 1st round)

Trivia

• According to members of Saunders University High School, this tournament was expected to be a showdown between them and another favorites like Pravda Girls High School, St. Gloriana Girls College and Ooarai Girls Academy. Kuromorimine Girls Academy was expected to be strong too, but it was unknown how good they are now after the recent change of its sensha-dō team's commander from Maho to Erika.
• This is going to be the last tournament (as high school students) for Darjeeling, Katyusha, and Anchovy, as well as for some members of Ooarai’s team like Turtle Team, as well as some members of the Anteater Team and Leopon Team as the third-years would be graduating after this tournament.
• Some schools like BC Freedom High School and Chihatan Academy are shown to be significantly stronger now in comparison to the teams they fielded in the 63rd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament.
• All the schools that made past the First Round of the WCTC are schools that fought against the University Team during the events of Der Film.