KBM 2007

KBM 2007
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Host	Anizone
Date	Start: 2007-??-?? (preliminaries) End: 2007-10-29 (final match)
Language	Korean
Website	KBM 2007 Bracket - ISML Saimoe Database (archived)
Final positions
Champion	Hinagiku Katsura
Runner-up	Shana
Semi-finals	Sorted by total votes: 3rd: 4th:
Quarter-finals	Sorted by total votes: 5th: 6th: 7th: 8th:

The second edition of Anizone's Korea Best Moe Tournament ran from 2007. Hinagiku Katsura defeated Shana in the final by just 2 votes, the closest-ever margin in the tournament's history.

External links:

• KBM 2007 Bracket - ISML Saimoe Database by Shmion84 (archived; taken 2017-08-08)

Format

Character Eligibility

• Character must appear in an anime series that premiered between 2006 July 01 - 2007 June 30.
  • Exception: Characters who appeared before 2006 July 01 are allowed if their anime was eligible for last year's tournament, but they did not participate due to late appearance.
• Female characters only
• Character can be non-human, but must look like a female and be capable of making decisions.
• Fan-made productions are not allowed.
• Hentai (18+ anime) are not allowed.
• A code generator must be downloaded and used to log into tournament page in order to vote.

Preliminaries

• Round 1: 1020 characters are split into 64 groups
  • Vote 3 characters per group
  • Top 3 advance to Round 3
  • Remaining characters will play in Round 2
• Round 2: All characters who did not advance are split into 32 groups
  • Vote 1 character per group
  • Top 4 advance to Round 3
  • Remaining characters are eliminated
• Round 3: 256 characters (192+64) are split into 64 groups of 4
  • Top 2 advance to Round 4
  • Remaining characters are eliminated
• Round 4: 128 characters are split into 32 groups of 4
  • Top 2 qualify for Main Event
  • Remaining characters are eliminated

Main Event: 2007 September 12 - October 29

• 64 players
• 1v1 Single-elimination
• All winners are randomly re-drawn after each round
• For ease of viewing, the Saimoe Wiki will display all of the matches in bracket form after the tournament has concluded.
• All match days last from 23:00 - 22:00 the next day (local time; UTC+09:00)
• The final lasts two days instead, and will last from October 29, 00:00 - October 31, 00:00

Tie-breakers

• In the event of a tie, all winners and tied characters will be arranged by votes earned on a particular round; the contestant with the fewest votes is eliminated.
• If the result is still tied, then the one with the fewest votes in the previous round among tied characters is eliminated.

Main Event

Note that all characters in this bracket are randomly drawn after every round, including the final rounds. Furthermore, some matches may be put out of order due to tiebreaker rules, which can eliminate even round winners.

Bracket appearance is based on the ISML Saimoe Database by Shmion84. (Link archived by Wayback Machine)

Top 64 - Elite 8

Quadrant A
Round of 64				Round of 32				Sweet 16				Elite 8
Sep 12 - Match 1
	Hayate Yagami	801
	Evangeline A.K. McDowell	944		Oct 01 - Match 9
Sep 13 - Match 4					Evangeline	1040
	Sasara Kusugawa	687			Yutaka	871
	Yutaka Kobayakawa	939						Oct 08 - Match 1
Sep 15 - Match 11									Evangeline	1197
	Barasuishou	643		Oct 02 - Match 12					Hinagiku	1245
	Reinforce II	1067			Reinforce II	831
Sep 17 - Match 17					Hinagiku	1217
	Hinagiku Katsura	1337
	Siesta (Familiar of Zero)	317										Oct 22 - Match 4
Sep 16 - Match 15													Hinagiku	1552
	Konata Izumi	1203											Kagami	1502
	Asa Shigure	435		Oct 03 - Match 14
Sep 18 - Match 20					Konata	885
	Kagami Hiiragi	963			Kagami	1030		Oct 13 - Match 6
	Sun Seto	799							Kagami	1323
Sep 17 - Match 18									Nagi	951
	Mai Kawasumi	883		Sep 27 - Match 1
	Matsuri Shiho	695			Kawasumi	815
Sep 21 - Match 28					Nagi	900
	Tabitha (Familiar of Zero)	462
	Nagi Sanzenin	1285
Quadrant B
Sep 13 - Match 5
	Yue Ayase	955
	Kallen Stadtfeld	678		Oct 04 - Match 15
Sep 18 - Match 19					Yue	971
	Vivio	987			Vivio	930
	Ayane (Airantou)	684						Oct 10 - Match 3
Sep 15 - Match 12									Yue	914
	C.C.	1091		Sep 27 - Match 2					C.C.	1141
	Sayuri Kurata	626			C.C.	894
Sep 20 - Match 26					Sakurazaki	835
	Setsuna Sakurazaki	1165
	Primula	526										Oct 19 - Match 1
Sep 13 - Match 6													C.C.	1139
	Nodoka Miyazaki	1058											Tamaki	1143
	Kareha	519		Sep 30 - Match 7
Sep 19 - Match 24					Nodoka M	907
	Teana Lanster	859			Manaka	883		Oct 15 - Match 8
	Manaka Komaki	917							Nodoka M	978
Sep 14 - Match 8									Tamaki	1049
	Konomi Yuzuhara	900		Oct 02 - Match 11
	Lunar Edomae	863			Konomi	871
Sep 14 - Match 9					Tamaki	955
	Tamaki Kousaka	946
	Signum	832
Quadrant C
Sep 12 - Match 2
	Caro Ru Lushe	630
	Louise de La Valliere	1066		Oct 04 - Match 16
Sep 22 - Match 31					Louise	979
	Souseiseki	817			Tsukasa	972
	Tsukasa Hiiragi	878						Oct 14 - Match 7
Sep 12 - Match 3									Louise	861
	Suiseiseki	1156		Sep 29 - Match 6					Suiseiseki	1260
	Machi (Airantou)	556			Suiseiseki	1006
Sep 14 - Match 7					Ayu	922
	Ayu Tsukimiya	1163
	Makoto Sawatari	576										Oct 20 - Match 2
Sep 15 - Match 10													Suiseiseki	1544
	Minami Iwasaki	561											Fate	1537
	Fate Testarossa	1209		Sep 30 - Match 8
Sep 21 - Match 29					Fate	1452
	Euphemia li Britannia	637			Makie	459		Oct 09 - Match 2
	Makie Sasaki	994							Fate	1591
Sep 17 - Match 16									Suigintou	1144
	Suigintou	1202		Sep 28 - Match 3
	Lisianthus	419			Suigintou	946
Sep 20 - Match 25					Vita	872
	Ikuno Komaki	745
	Vita	968
Quadrant D
Sep 16 - Match 13
	Henrietta de Tristain	727
	Shinku	891		Oct 03 - Match 13
Sep 21 - Match 30					Shinku	973
	Nayuki Minase	840			Nayuki	1011
	Akiko Minase	707						Oct 12 - Match 5
Sep 16 - Match 14									Nayuki	1137
	Misa Amane	601		Oct 01 - Match 10					Konoka	990
	Konoka Konoe	978			Konoka	890
Sep 22 - Match 32					Takako	887
	Sachiko Ogasawara	423
	Takako Itsukushima	1148										Oct 21 - Match 3
Sep 18 - Match 21													Nayuki	1058
	Shana	910											Shana	1545
	Isumi Saginomiya	820		Sep 29 - Match 5
Sep 20 - Match 27					Shana	1010
	Asuna Kagurazaka	798			Nanoha	1009		Oct 11 - Match 4
	Nanoha Takamachi	1015							Shana	1145
Sep 19 - Match 22									Maria	1128
	Maria (Hayate no Gotoku)	1461		Oct 21 - Match 4
	Sakuya Aizawa	298			Maria	1178
Sep 19 - Match 23					Shiori	629
	Shiori Misaka	840
	HMX-17a Ilfa	831

Elite Eight

KBM 2007 Elite Eight
Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Oct 22 - Match 4
	Hinagiku Katsura	1552
	Kagami Hiiragi	1502		Oct 26
Oct 19 - Match 1					Hinagiku Katsura	1863
	C.C.	1139			Tamaki Kousaka	1308		Oct 29
	Tamaki Kousaka	1143							Hinagiku Katsura	2015
Oct 20 - Match 2									Shana	2013
	Suiseiseki	1544		Oct 25
	Fate Testarossa	1537			Suiseiseki	1348
Oct 21 - Match 3					Shana	1665
	Nayuki Minase	1058
	Shana	1545