Saimoe 2009

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Final match poster made by /a/non, featuring Taiga and Yui
Date	Nominations: 2009 June 20 - July 01 Prelims: July 05 - Aug 01 Main Event: Aug 04 - Oct 17
Participants	386 (Main bracket)
Language	Japanese
Website	Official website (Japanese) Full bracket from /a/non (English)
Final positions
Champion	Taiga Aisaka
Runner-up	Yui Hirasawa
Semi-finals	Mihoko Fukuji Nodoka Haramura
Quarter-finals	Isumi Saginomiya Louise de la Valliere Koromo Amae Yuuki Kataoka

Saimoe 2009 was the 8th edition of 2channel's annual Anime Saimoe Tournament. It began with the nominations on 2009 June 20, with the main bracket starting on August 4 and concluding with the final match on October 17. The tournament featured 385 main bracket contestants, the highest in J-Saimoe history, but the format remains largely the same; the only difference is that the first round was increased to 4 girls per match instead of 3.

This edition was the first appearance of the Saki manga, a series which features a large cast of cute high school girls playing superpowered mahjong and engaging in maybe-yuri maybe-not relationships. This series would go on to become the most dominant force in the tournament as four of its representatives reached the elite eight stage, with two reaching the semi-finals.

The final, however, was contested by newcomers Taiga Aisaka from Toradora and Yui Hirasawa from K-On!, which saw Yui leading the match in the early hours before being overtaken by Taiga, who eventually held the lead until the very end and becoming 2channel's Moe-est girl of 2009. Taiga's victory signified the end of a long-awaited Rie Kugimiya tsundere archetype winning the whole damn tournament, managing to do what other members such as Shana, Louise, and Nagi couldn't.

Kagami Hiiragi, the defending champion, was eliminated in the first round after placing 2nd behind Haruhi's Mikuru Asahina. Her early defeat is likely a result of fans' backlash against Lucky Star due to its massive popularity last year.

Rules

Fuck this shit i'm lazy, just gonna copy this straight from /a/non's website

Voting policy

Voting Rules and Etiquette

• In all stages of the tournament, votes will only count if posted in an official 2ch thread with a code generated that day from the code generator.
• Votes must take the format <<Character Name@Series Title>> to count. In addition, the names and titles must be in an officially recognised format (in Japanese, for one), so it is recommended to copy/paste entries from an official or trusted source.
• Votes must be posted between 01:00:00 and 23:00:59 JST to count. Please note that this is strict and that even 23:01:00 is invalid.
• Multiple votes are forbidden (if two votes come from the same 2ch ID code then neither will count), and all care and attention will be paid to minimise the impact of proxies.
• Votes made with anonymous IDs will be invalid.
• As votes cannot be changed once made, please vote carefully.
• If a code is used multiple times with different IDs, then the first instance and only the first instance will count.
• If a vote is made for too many characters allowed in any stage then the vote will not count for any of the characters.
• If a match is interrupted (e.g. by downtime) for more than 11 hours then it will be reheld in full. If a match is interrupted but for less than 11 hours then the results will be upheld, even if the interrupted period includes the end of the match.
• Objections to match results should be made to the operators within an hour of the match ending. All disputed votes will be resolved before the result becomes irreversible.
• Negative promotion (e.g. "[someone/something] sucks") against characters, series, fanbases or fellow voters is strictly forbidden.
• Feel free to campaign for participating characters in the voting threads as you see fit, so long as it doesn't violate the above.
• Please do not post interim or final vote counts. If you see an interim vote count do not assume it to reflect the true count as it could well be misleading. Please wait for official results, which will be posted shortly after the end of any given contest.

Character eligibility

Qualification Rules

• For a character to qualify for Saimoe 2009, she must a) be female b) and have appeared in new animated material between the dates of 07/01/2008 and 06/30/2009.
• Case a) is usually straightforward, but extends to cover non-humans (most commonly androids and animals) that are portrayed as female.
• Case b) includes all TV broadcasts, internet broadcasts, OAVs / OADs and theatrical releases of movies by premiere date. It does not include fan-made productions.
• Additionally, characters from productions rated 18+ do not qualify. This does not disqualify productions derived from other 18+ rated forms so long as the productions themselves are not rated 18+.

Duplicate Entries

• Different 'forms' of the same character or otherwise effectively identical derived forms of a character only form one entry, even if they span multiple series. In particular, this means that a character can only enter the tournament once even if multiple series of their show aired in the timeframe.
• Multiple personalties do not count as separate characters and as such all fall under the same entry, barring exceptional circumstances where it can be shown in the long term that they are in fact different people rather than simply multiple personalities.
• Twins normally count as separate characters. However, if they are identical and it is impossible to tell them apart in terms of appearance and personality, then they qualify as one entry only.

Tournament format

Nomination Rules

• Many characters automatically qualify for the preliminaries, as decided in a thoroughly confusing manner by some shady cabal. The full list of pre-entry qualifiers can be found in Japanese here.
• Characters not on the pre-entry list require only one nomination to qualify for the preliminaries, to be made either on the date their series is up for nomination or at the final open nomination stage.
• People are free to nominate as many characters as they wish.

Preliminary Round Rules

• All qualifying characters are split randomly into 18 first preliminary groups. Characters who finish in the top 12 of their first preliminary group (a total of 216 characters) advance directly to the first round of the tournament proper. Characters who finish between 13th and 40th of their first preliminary group (a total of 504 characters) advance to the second preliminaries. All other characters are eliminated.
• The characters in the second preliminaries are shuffled again and split into 7 groups. Characters who finish in the top 24 of their second preliminary group (a total of 168 characters) advance to the first round of the tournament proper. All other characters are eliminated.
• In the event of a tie for 12th place in the first preliminaries, all tied characters proceed to the tournament proper. Similarly, in the event of a tie for 24th place in the second preliminaries, all tied characters proceed to the tournament proper. As a result of this, each tie adds to the total number of characters competing in the tournament proper.
• Voters may vote for up to 10 participants in a first preliminary match, and up to 12 participants in a second preliminary match. Using 'slots' to vote for the same character multiple times is not allowed.

Main Tournament Rules

• All qualifying characters are shuffled randomly into eight groups of 48 and proceed in a single knockout format (four characters to a round one match, three to a round two match, and two to all further rounds) for four rounds. At this point the group winners will be shuffled into a final knockout section from which the winner is crowned the champion of Saimoe.
• In the aim of expediency, four round one matches will be run at a time. Likewise in rounds two and three, two matches will run at a time.
• In the event of a tie for first place, all tied characters proceed to the next round. There appears to be no ruling for what happens if the final is tied.
• Voters may only vote for one character per match. In early rounds where multiple matches run at the same time voters may vote for up to one character per match, but do not need to vote in every match for their vote to be valid.

Rounds 1-4

A picture of all qualified characters in the 2009 main bracket.

Players per round: 384 > 96 > 32 > 16 > 8 > 4 > 2

Tournament format is single-elimination. All contestants are initially split into 8 groups of 48 girls, which are composed of multiple matches. Vote only one girl per each match, regardless of number.
If a match is tied for 1st place, all tied contestants will advance into the next round. If the final is tied, then both girls will be crowned champion.

• Round 1: Four girls per match. Some matches have 5 girls instead to accommodate excess contestants.
• Round 2: Three girls per match.
• Rounds 3 and beyond will be 1v1 match. The winner of round 4 (group finals / top 16) will advance to the elite eight bracket, where they will be re-seeded.

Group A

Round 1

Group A Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 04)			Match 2 (Aug 05)			Match 3 (Aug 06)
Chiaki Minami	386		Last Order	421		Yutaka Kobayakawa	365
Isara Gunther	206		Ibuki Ikaruga	251		Cal Devens	275
Mei Isayama	141		Aloe (QMA)	102		Konomi Yuzuhara	140
Eriko Futami	97		Sonou Mori	98		Byakki	131
Nagi Hirono	75
Match 4 (Aug 04)			Match 5 (Aug 05)			Match 6 (Aug 06)
Ayame Ikaruga	350		Shokatsuryou Koumei	315		Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke	430
Ryouko Asakura	341		Sasara Kusugawa	236		Maka Albarn	184
Nao Chikura	122		Chiri Kitsu	197		Rukia Kuchiki	135
Nanami Kiri	84		Jun Kamigamo	122		Flora Skybloom	91
Match 7 (Aug 04)			Match 8 (Aug 05)			Match 9 (Aug 06)
Minato Nagase	282		Mei Sunohara	444		Yuuki Kataoka	521
Tamaki Kousaka	228		MISAKA 10032	300		Gertrud Barkhorn	253
Fatina (Druaga)	217		Misao Kusakabe	132		Saki Tenjouin	118
Maya Kihara	141		Ayumu Sugino	71		Kaoru Akashi	73
Match 10 (Aug 04)			Match 11 (Aug 05)			Match 12 (Aug 06)
Misaki Hayakawa	265		Nunnally vi Britannia	315		Utau Hoshina	382
Asuna Kagurazaka	257		Ran (Shugo Chara)	206		Octavia (Tears to Tiara)	186
Honoka Kawai	170		Sakura Shishidou	185		Meru Otonashi	160
Kaguya Sumeragi	161		Mikoto Suou (School Rumble)	116		Kuniko Houjou	140

Round 2

Group A Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 03)			Match 2 (Sep 04)			Match 3 (Sep 05)			Match 4 (Sep 06)
Chiaki Minami	583		Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke	364		Yuuki Kataoka	661		Utau Hoshina	283
Last Order	467		Shokatsuryou Koumei	263		Mei Sunohara	485		Misaki Hayakawa	228
Yutaka Kobayakawa	271		Ayame Ikaruga	233		Minato Nagase	129		Nunnally vi Britannia	190

Group Finals

Group A Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 21
A1	Chiaki Minami	477
A2	Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke	394		Sep 30
Sep 22					Chiaki Minami	545
A3	Yuuki Kataoka	878			Yuuki Kataoka	734
A4	Utau Hoshina	384

Group B

Round 1

Group B Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 07)			Match 2 (Aug 08)			Match 3 (Aug 09)
Holo	494		Tsukasa Hiiragi	688		Kana Ikeda	617
Hyouka Kazakiri	148		Winry Rockbell	250		Kallen Stadtfeld	262
Misao Minakami	145		Ryouko Kurosaki	123		Kyouka Midarezaki	146
Nina Antalk	55		Naomi Umegae	113		Yukari Sahashi	93
Class rep (Seto no Hanayome)	44
Match 4 (Aug 07)			Match 5 (Aug 08)			Match 6 (Aug 09)
Yuno (Hidamari)	385		Fuuko Ibuki	548		Haruna Sairenji	350
Tsugumi Aoba	324		Yuuko Amamiya	299		Rei Ayanami	312
Setsuna Higashi "Cure Passion"	121		Manaka Komaki	208		Nodoka Miyazaki	233
Mawari Zenigata	90		Ume (Hidamari)	125		Nue (Tayutama)	213
Match 7 (Aug 07)			Match 8 (Aug 08)			Match 9 (Aug 09)
Perrine H. Clostermann	358		Kana Minami	563		Isumi Saginomiya	525
Yasuko Takasu	200		Mio Akiyama	526		Haruka Minami	454
Takane Shishidou	134		Hiro (Hidamari)	188		Kafuka Fuura	118
Keiko (Minami-ke)	120		Tarou Maria Sekiutsu	33		Tiffania Westwood	65
Match 10 (Aug 07)			Match 11 (Aug 08)			Match 12 (Aug 09)
Miki Hanabishi	297		Nagi (Kannagi)	525		Chihiro Shindou	461
Harumi Fujiyoshi	194		Kirari Tsukishima	256		Konata Izumi	411
Chika Midarezaki	182		Mashiro Mito	230		Inori Yamabuki "Cure Pine"	165
Allison Whittington	145		Yuuki Cross	125		Shuri Kurosaki	83

Round 2

Group B Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 03)			Match 2 (Sep 04)			Match 3 (Sep 05)			Match 4 (Sep 06)
Kana Ikeda	591		Fuuko Ibuki	455		Isumi Saginomiya	607		Nagi (Kannagi)	358
Holo	454		Yuno	404		Kana Minami	457		Chihiro Shindou	285
Tsukasa Hiiragi	406		Haruna Sairenji	124		Perrine H. Clostermann	163		Miki Hanabishi	131

Group Finals

Group B Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 22
B1	Kana Ikeda	713
B2	Fuuko Ibuki	625		Oct 01
Sep 21					Kana Ikeda	737
B3	Isumi Saginomiya	475			Isumi Saginomiya	759
B4	Nagi (Kannagi)	415

Group C

Round 1

Group C Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 10)			Match 2 (Aug 11)			Match 3 (Aug 12)
Hisa Takei	473		Louise de la Valliere	413		Mio Sakamoto	488
Charlotte E. Yeager	257		Sae (Hidamari)	218		Yoshino (Minami-ke)	379
Chouun Shiryuu	188		Luna Edomae	212		Risa Asakaze	190
Airi (Queen's Blade)	88		Chiharu Harukaze	83		Riko (Minami-ke)	47
Match 4 (Aug 10)			Match 5 (Aug 11)			Match 6 (Aug 12)
Mion Sonozaki	341		Tsuruya	358		Kyon's sister	422
Yukine Miyazawa	297		Kotori Shirakawa	245		Kuugen Tenko	313
Fumika (Shigofumi)	187		Tsukiumi	195		Musubi	230
Nozomu Ezomori	137		Yuumi Hoshino	108		Karen Ayanokouji	107
Match 7 (Aug 10)			Match 8 (Aug 11)			Match 9 (Aug 12)
Mika Nogizaka	463		Kyou Fujibayashi	517		Konoka Konoe	449
Kazumi Aihara	157		Marina Ismail	164		Haruka Nogizaka	421
Kokoa Shuzen	145		Anise Tatlin	119		Nobue Itou	153
Rhiannon	126		Kaaya	82		Shiori Makimura	105
Match 10 (Aug 10)			Match 11 (Aug 11)			Match 12 (Aug 12)
Megumi Kamigaki	243		Kotomi Ichinose	393		Momoko Touyoko	584
Kyouko Kirisaki	240		C.C.	273		Tsumugi Kotobuki	414
Yukari Sendou	233		Chika (Hidamari)	151		Aruruu	152
Emi Kizaki	152		Kiri Komori	129		Rebecca Miyamoto	116

Round 2

Group C Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 07)			Match 2 (Sep 08)			Match 3 (Sep 09)			Match 4 (Sep 10)
Louise de la Valliere	664		Mion Sonozaki	370		Kyou Fujibayashi	622		Momoko Touyoko	675
Hisa Takei	633		Tsuruya	316		Mika Nogizaka	449		Kotomi Ichinose	432
Mio Sakamoto	162		Kyon's sister	146		Konoka Konoe	163		Megumi Kamigaki	48

Group Finals

Group C Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 23
C1	Louise de la Valliere	784
C2	Mion Sonozaki	559		Oct 02
Sep 24					Louise de la Valliere	846
C3	Kyou Fujibayashi	657			Momoko Touyoko	837
C4	Momoko Touyoko	770

Group D

Round 1

Group D Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 17)			Match 2 (Aug 18)			Match 3 (Aug 19)
Sousou Moutoku	319		Komoe Tsukuyomi	336		Ein (Phantom Requiem)	488
Misae Sagara	299		Yuuhi Katagiri	312		Chihaya Ikaruga	260
Yukiji Katsura	129		Patricia Martin	92		Kouko Yoshino	259
Ao Nanami	91		Shalon (QMA)	88		Maki (Minami-ke)	180
Match 4 (Aug 17)			Match 5 (Aug 18)			Match 6 (Aug 19)
Alicia Melchiott	338		Kanu Unchou	341		Amu Hinamori	588
Yakumo Tsukamoto	172		Kusano	220		Ui Hirasawa	491
Akiha Shishidou	166		Makie Sasaki	119		Corticarte Apa Lagranges	141
Rin Kokonoe	152		Yayoi Fushimi	75		Aisa Himegami	120
Match 7 (Aug 17)			Match 8 (Aug 18)			Match 9 (Aug 19)
Erica Hartmann	311		Sakuya Aizawa	377		Koromo Amae	585
Yumi Fukuzawa	248		Yuka Uchida	256		Izumi Segawa	583
Rin Itoshiki	163		Kou (Oinari-sama)	136		Miyako (Hidamari)	191
Mari Makinami Illustrious	109		Tenma Tsukamoto	70		Noriko Nijou	65
Match 10 (Aug 17)			Match 11 (Aug 18)			Match 12 (Aug 19)
Mizuki Hayama	283		Sanae Furukawa	339		Hanyuu	663
Itsuki Kannagi	266		Alice (Pandora Hearts)	199		Misaki Sakura	291
Ranka Lee	179		Koyoi Bessho	138		Seika Bundou	200
Main Hiiragi	100		Mitsuki Shiina	100		Sena Aoi	99

Round 2

Group D Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 07)			Match 2 (Sep 08)			Match 3 (Sep 09)			Match 4 (Sep 10)
Komoe Tsukuyomi	569		Amu Hinamori	336		Koromo Amae	689		Hanyuu	547
Ein	416		Alicia Melchiott	271		Sakuya Aizawa	463		Sanae Furukawa	315
Sousou Moutoku	188		Kanu Unchou	209		Erica Hartmann	151		Mizuki Hayama	226

Group Finals

Group D Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 24
D1	Komoe Tsukuyomi	546
D2	Amu Hinamori	655		Oct 03
Sep 23					Amu Hinamori	440
D3	Koromo Amae	792			Koromo Amae	700
D4	Hanyuu	566

Group E

Round 1

Group E Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 20)			Match 2 (Aug 21)			Match 3 (Aug 22)
Golden Darkness	381		Hinagiku Katsura	870		Mikan Yuuki	492
Asuka Langley Shikinami	194		Touka (Utawarerumono)	138		Yumina Takanashi	153
Matoi Tsunetsuki	125		Selvaria Bles	108		Dorm Mistress (Maria Holic)	150
Mifuyu Kisaragi	97		Aoba Tsukishima	95		Nola Arendt	146
Match 4 (Aug 20)			Match 5 (Aug 21)			Match 6 (Aug 22)
Shimako Toudou	236		Yui Hirasawa	708		Rika Furude	462
Minami Iwasaki	233		Yaya Yuiki	258		Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen	359
Misaki Yamamoto	156		Hiyori Tamura	121		Ryou Fujibayashi	174
Torako Kageyama	156		Ameri Kawai	119		Mutsuki Tsuyama	60
Match 7 (Aug 20)			Match 8 (Aug 21)			Match 9 (Aug 22)
Tomoyo Sakagami	358		Ayumu Nishizawa	563		Francesca Lucchini	455
Lala Satalin Deviluke	203		Hajime Kunihiro	502		Melon (Akikan)	206
Kanako Miyamae	157		San Seto	121		Yuri Koigakubo	146
Chika Koizumi	87		Chouhi Yokutoku	86		Mao Mizusawa	98
Match 10 (Aug 20)			Match 11 (Aug 21)			Match 12 (Aug 22)
Miyuki Takara	283		Teru Miyanaga	480		Minori Kushieda	487
Shiki Ryougi	207		Bachou Mouki	288		Kagome Ikaruga	238
Tohru Taki	143		Shirley Fenette	242		Klan Klan	143
Zashiki-warashi	109		Ayumi Arihara	128		Miyo Takano	106

Round 2

Group E Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 12)			Match 2 (Sep 13)			Match 3 (Sep 14)			Match 4 (Sep 15)
Hinagiku Katsura	603		Yui Hirasawa	836		Ayumu Nishizawa	451		Minori Kushieda	494
Mikan Yuuki	199		Rika Furude	773		Tomoyo Sakagami	404		Teru Miyanaga	209
Golden Darkness	174		Shimako Toudou	95		Francesca Lucchini	209		Miyuki Takara	138

Group Finals

Group E Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 25
E1	Hinagiku Katsura	935
E2	Yui Hirasawa	953		Oct 04
Sep 26					Yui Hirasawa	838
E3	Ayumu Nishizawa	656			Minori Kushieda	752
E4	Minori Kushieda	866

Group F

Round 1

Group F Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 23)			Match 2 (Aug 24)			Match 3 (Aug 25)
Maria (Hayate)	748		Ana Coppola	325		Nodoka Manabe	464
Touka Ryuumonbuchi	611		Mysterious Girl (Clannad)	207		Maho Yumeno	459
Nami Hitou	69		Nanael	117		Mubyou	218
Rimi Sakihata	58		Asuka Sakino	97		Fubuki (Masked Maid Guy)	121
Match 4 (Aug 23)			Match 5 (Aug 24)			Match 6 (Aug 25)
Mikuru Asahina	736		Ami Kawashima	417		Taiga Aisaka	726
Kagami Hiiragi	558		Koyomi Morishita	190		Lynette Bishop	521
Siesta (Familiar of Zero)	106		Miharu Yoshitome	118		Louise Halevy	68
Feldt Grace	99		Irukuku (Familiar of Zero)	60		Ruby Toujou	36
Match 7 (Aug 23)			Match 8 (Aug 24)			Match 9 (Aug 25)
Mizore Shirayuki	502		Kuroko Shirai	288		Azusa Nakano	611
Anya Alstreim	358		Shion Sonozaki	249		Index	584
Tsukasa Kiryu	172		Miu Matsuoka	163		Nia Teppelin	87
Chizuru Minamoto	152		Tianzi (Code Geass)	83		Kaori Kanzaki	75
Match 10 (Aug 23)			Match 11 (Aug 24)			Match 12 (Aug 25)
Nagisa Furukawa	678		Yue Ayase	259		Ai Enma	428
Eri Sawachika	299		Nanako Kuroi	178		Kuro (Kurokami)	255
Touko Matsudair	155		Aoi Nogami	156		Su (Shugo Chara)	242
Shizu Shidou	151		Kuro Kagami	122		Yoko Littner	205

Round 2

Group F Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 12)			Match 2 (Sep 13)			Match 3 (Sep 14)			Match 4 (Sep 15)
Maria (Hayate)	601		Taiga Aisaka	786		Azusa Nakano	658		Nagisa Furukawa	482
Ana Coppola	215		Ami Kawashima	627		Kuroko Shirai	256		Ai Enma	195
Nodoka Manabe	163		Mikuru Asahina	297		Mizore Shirayuki	110		Yue Ayase	147

Group Finals

Group F Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 26
F1	Maria (Hayate)	725
F2	Taiga Aisaka	850		Oct 05
Sep 25					Taiga Aisaka	825
F3	Azusa Nakano	885			Azusa Nakano	711
F4	Nagisa Furukawa	723

Group G

Round 1

Group G Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 27)			Match 2 (Aug 28)			Match 3 (Aug 29)
Evangeline A.K. McDowell	279		Henrietta de Tristain	392		Yuki Nagato	443
Felli Loss	197		Rie Nishina	206		Satoko Houjou	352
Yuuka Midarezaki	126		Shiho Sannomiya	138		Najimi Tenkuuji	127
Mio Tsukushi	91		Raimei Shimizu	109		Nanami Nishijou	86
Match 4 (Aug 27)			Match 5 (Aug 28)			Match 6 (Aug 29)
Kamyu	245		Haruhi Suzumiya	358		Eruruu	362
Kaja Bergmann	155		Mei Mishima	328		Coopa	220
Kaere Kimura	153		Kei Shindou	145		Misato Katsuragi	156
Komachi Akimoto "Cure Mint"	126		Sumire Kanou	95		Abiru Kobushi	140
Match 7 (Aug 27)			Match 8 (Aug 28)			Match 9 (Aug 29)
Mikoto Misaka	450		Touma Minami	369		Mihoko Fukuji	649
Sawako Yamanaka	182		Athena Tennousu	320		Matsurika Shinouji	168
Chiaki (Shigofumi)	110		Perserte Yugiri	124		Ryofu Housen	94
Fumi Hibino	50		Yuki Morikawa	93		Nena Trinity	87
Match 10 (Aug 27)			Match 11 (Aug 28)			Match 12 (Aug 29)
Yoshinoya (Hidamari)	283		Ritsu Tainaka	460		Ushio Okazaki	391
Moka Akashiya	187		Saki Kijima	403		Rima Mashiro	301
Kagura (Gintama)	160		Kei Enomoto	61		Kanade Takatsuki	187
Ai Kaga	90		Yukino Sakurai	54		Natsume (Hidamari)	92

Round 2

Group G Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 16)			Match 2 (Sep 17)			Match 3 (Sep 18)			Match 4 (Sep 19)
Yuki Nagato	464		Haruhi Suzumiya	434		Mihoko Fukuji	683		Ritsu Tainaka	363
Evangeline A.K. McDowell	249		Eruruu	434		Mikoto Misaka	599		Ushio Okazaki	363
Henrietta De Tristain	246		Kamyu	106		Touma Minami	71		Yoshinoya	137

Group Finals

Group G Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 27
G2	Eruruu	534
G1	Yuki Nagato	397		Oct 06
G2	Haruhi Suzumiya	149			Eruruu	441
Sep 28					Mihoko Fukuji	770
G3	Mihoko Fukuji	787
G4	Ritsu Tainaka	445
G4	Ushio Okazaki	345

Group H

Round 1

Group H Round 1
Match 1 (Aug 30)			Match 2 (Aug 31)			Match 3 (Sep 01)
Saki Miyanaga	600		Sanya V. Litvyak	463		Yomi Isayama	354
Kagura Tsuchimiya	371		Mako Someya	284		Sisters (Raildex)	148
Yumi Kajiki	167		Setsuna Sakurazaki	206		Kurumu Kurono	147
Karura	72		Matsuri Sakuragi	58		Liechtenstein (Hetalia)	127
Match 4 (Aug 30)			Match 5 (Aug 31)			Match 6 (Sep 01)
Nagi Sanzenin	687		Rena Ryuuguu	500		Yumiko Christina Ichinose	297
Sheryl Nome	207		Satomi Kanbara	364		Sayoko Arashiyama	214
Ai Haibara	187		Nagomi Shiraishi	106		Jun Inoue	146
Kozue Orihara	84		Ayumi Nonomura	89		Angol Moa	116
Match 7 (Aug 30)			Match 8 (Aug 31)			Match 9 (Sep 01)
Yoshika Miyafuji	659		Nodoka Haramura	655		Zange (Kannagi)	373
Sakura Yoshino	172		Yui Kotegawa	268		Kaori Senou	250
Atsuko (Minami-ke)	155		Budoko (Akikan)	111		Tabitha (Familiar of Zero)	107
Natsumi Hirakawa	94		Yoshino Shimazu	48		Sachiko Ogasawara	67
Match 10 (Aug 30)			Match 11 (Aug 31)			Match 12 (Sep 01)
Miyako Miyamura	438		Tomoki Sawamura	429		Chika Itou	280
Kuromi (My Melody)	219		Miki (Shugo Chara)	192		Rina Ogata	215
Imoko Shishidou	204		Love Momozono "Cure Peach"	150		Akeno Shiranui	141
Ayano Minegishi	164		Mrs. Katsura	124		Shiina Amamiya	92

Round 2

Group H Round 2
Match 1 (Sep 16)			Match 2 (Sep 17)			Match 3 (Sep 18)			Match 4 (Sep 19)
Saki Miyanaga	509		Nagi Sanzenin	669		Nodoka Haramura	702		Miyako Miyamura	341
Yomi Isayama	280		Rena Ryuuguu	430		Yoshika Miyafuji	397		Chika Itou	220
Sanya V. Litvyak	269		Yumiko Christina Ichinose	86		Zange	204		Tomoki Sawamura	197

Group Finals

Group H Finals
	Round 3 (T32)				Round 4 (T16)
Sep 28
H1	Saki Miyanaga	790
H2	Nagi Sanzenin	889		Oct 07
Sep 27					Nagi Sanzenin	874
H3	Nodoka Haramura	741			Nodoka Haramura	890
H4	Miyako Miyamura	380

Elite Eight

Single-elimination 1v1 bracket.

Saimoe 2009 Elite Eight Bracket
	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Oct 09
B	Isumi Saginomiya	736
F	Taiga Aisaka	812		Oct 14
Oct 10					Taiga Aisaka	1077
C	Louise de la Valliere	716			Nodoka Haramura	998		Oct 17
H	Nodoka Haramura	910							Taiga Aisaka	1332
Oct 11									Yui Hirasawa	1278
A	Yuuki Kataoka	613		Oct 15
G	Mihoko Fukuji	660			Mihoko Fukuji	988
Oct 12					Yui Hirasawa	1019
D	Koromo Amae	819
E	Yui Hirasawa	873