Editing Friendship Cup

{{For|the arc the tournament takes place in|[[Friendship Cup (arc)]]}}
{{Infobox tournament
| image            = Friendship Cup.png
| english name     = Friendship Cup
| japanese name    = フレンドシップカップ
| romaji name      = Furendoshippu Kappu
| location         = [[New Domino City (ARC-V)|New Domino City]]
| winner           = [[Yuya Sakaki]]
| participation    = 16
| appears anime    = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]
}}

The '''Friendship Cup''' is a tournament held in the [[Synchro Dimension]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' anime. The tournament made [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]] the current [[Duel King]].<ref name="ep54">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|54|ref}}</ref> It was created to promote harmony between the [[Topsiders]] and [[Commons (ARC-V)|Commons]] after the Commons revolted when [[Chojiro Tokumatsu]] was arrested.<ref name="ep63">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|63|ref}}</ref>

There is a large amount of controversy regarding the motives of the tournament, due to Jack being perceived as a traitor by many of the Commons, a hero by the other part, and the Tops consider him to be one of them. According to [[Yugo]] the purpose of the event is deciding who is worthy of challenging Jack to a Duel. Every year a participant is picked for an exhibition match, which in reality is meant to show the rest Jack's overwhelming strength, so Jack's opponent is called "The King's sacrifice".<ref name="ep64">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|64|ref}}</ref>

There is a horrible conspiracy behind the tournament where losers are taken to an [[Underground Labor Facility]] and forced into servitude (though once there they can win their freedom by Dueling).<ref name="ep73">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|73|ref}}</ref> However, the people of New Domino City don't seem to find anything wrong with this as it's "natural" for the defeated to fall.<ref name="ep71">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|71|ref}}</ref>

With [[Yuya Sakaki|Yuya]]'s victory, Topsiders and Commons were abolished.<ref name="ep98">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|98|ref}}</ref> This means that the Friendship Cup has outlived its usage, so it's dubious that it will be held again in the future.

==Requirements==
Within the [[Underground Dueling Arena]], defeating 10 people in a row allows one to participate in such tournament.<ref name="ep58">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|58|ref}}</ref> Alternatively, one can also sign up by filling an application sheet, which needs to be approved by [[Jean-Michel Roget]]<ref name="ep62">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|62|ref}}</ref>, though Roget may also invite people he deems worthy himself.<ref name="ep63" />

==Participants==
[[File:Friendhsip Cup Enters.png|thumb|200px|Participants in the Friendship Cup]]
===Current===
* [[Celina]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep85">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|85|ref}}</ref>
* [[Chojiro Tokumatsu]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep69">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|69|ref}}</ref>
* [[Crow Hogan (ARC-V)|Crow Hogan]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep88">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|88|ref}}</ref>
* [[Damon Lopez]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep73" />
* [[Dennis McField]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep75">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|75|ref}}</ref>
* [[Officer 227]]<ref name="ep65">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|65|ref}}</ref><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep71" />
* [[Gong Strong]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep66">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|66|ref}}</ref>
* [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]]<ref name="ep93">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|93|ref}}</ref><ref group=Notes name="king">Replaced [[Yugo]], who was missing at the time.</ref><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep98" />
* [[Moon Shadow]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep68">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|68|ref}}</ref><ref group=Notes name="ninja">Replaced [[Riley Akaba]], who refused to Duel.</ref>
* [[Sergey Volkov]]<ref name="ep65" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep94">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|94|ref}}</ref>
* [[Shay Obsidian]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep82">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|82|ref}}</ref>
* [[Shinji Weber]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep79">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|79|ref}}</ref>
* [[Sylvio Sawatari]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep72">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|72|ref}}</ref>
* [[Tony Zomboni]]<ref name="ep63" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep70">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|70|ref}}</ref>
* [[Yugo]]<ref name="ep62" />
* [[Yuya Sakaki]]<ref name="ep63" />
* [[Zuzu Boyle]]<ref name="ep62" /><sup>†</sup><ref name="ep77">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|77|ref}}</ref>

===Previous===
* [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]]<ref name="ep54" />
* [[Sayer (ARC-V)|Sayer]]<sup>†</sup><ref name="ep65" />

:<font size="1"><sup>†</sup> Eliminated.</font>

==Tournament==
[[File:Day 2 FC Round 2.png|left|200px|thumb|The match-ups for the second half of the first round.]]
The Friendship Cup is conducted as a 16-player knock-out tournament. The participants are locked in a building owned by the [[High Council]] to keep [[Jean-Michel Roget]] and [[Sector Security (ARC-V)|Sector Security]] from interfering. Matchups are revealed on the spot, with the chosen Duelists being released at that moment and led to the [[Duel Palace]]. The losers, however, are forced to leave the building.

After the Duel between [[Shay Obsidian]] and [[Dennis McField]] destroyed much of the stadium's Duel Lanes, the tournament was forced to be held in New Domino City proper, with it being broadcasted to the audience in the stadium.<ref name="ep77" />

===Tree===
{{Round16
<!--Episodes|Duelist 1|LP 1|Duelist 2|LP 2 -->
<!--eighths finals -->
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 071|71]]''|'''[[Yuya Sakaki]]'''|100|[[Officer 227]]|0
|''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 068|68]]''|[[Moon Shadow]]<ref group=Notes name="ninja" />|0|'''[[Shinji Weber]]'''|1000
|''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 066|66]]''|[[Gong Strong]]|0|'''[[Crow Hogan (ARC-V)|Crow Hogan]]|100
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 074|74]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 075|75]]'' |'''[[Shay Obsidian]]'''|100 |[[Dennis McField]] |0
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 069|69]]''|'''[[Zuzu Boyle]]'''|700|[[Chojiro Tokumatsu]]|0
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 073|73]]'' |'''[[Sergey Volkov]]'''|???|[[Damon Lopez]]|0
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 070|70]]''|'''[[Celina]]'''|2500|[[Tony Zomboni]]|0
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 072|72]]''|[[Sylvio Sawatari]]|0 |'''[[Yugo]]'''|550
<!--quarter finals -->
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 078|78]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 079|79]]'' |'''[[Yuya Sakaki]]'''| 100 |[[Shinji Weber]] | 0 | ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 081|81]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 082|82]]'' | '''[[Crow Hogan (ARC-V)|Crow Hogan]]''' | 800 | [[Shay Obsidian]] | 0
| ''Episode [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 077|77]]'' |[[Zuzu Boyle]]|0 |'''[[Sergey Volkov]]'''|100
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 084|84]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 085|85]]'' | [[Celina]] | 0 | '''[[Yugo]]''' | 200
<!--semi finals -->
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 087|87]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 088|88]]'' | '''[[Yuya Sakaki]]''' | 300 | [[Crow Hogan (ARC-V)|Crow Hogan]] | 0
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 093|93]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 094|94]]'' |[[Sergey Volkov]]|0 |'''[[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]]'''<ref group=Notes name="king" />| 200
<!--final -->
| ''Episodes [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 096|96]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 098|98]]'' | '''[[Yuya Sakaki]]''' | 100 | [[Jack Atlas (ARC-V)|Jack Atlas]]| 0
|3rdplace=no|widescore=yes}}

==References==
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==Notes==
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