Marble League 2022

The logo for Marble League 2022, designed by Tim Ritz.

**Marble League 2022** was the seventh edition of the Marble League, hosted by the Green Ducks. This edition saw the return of teams such as the Pinkies from the Showdown as well as established teams like the Thunderbolts and the Hazers miss out on qualification for the first time.

Mellow Yellow were the defending champions. The Pinkies won the season with 195 points, followed by the Shining Swarm in second and Team Galactic in third.

## Hosting

The host for 2022 was announced as the Green Ducks shortly after the end of Marble League 2021. The teams considered were as follows:

* **Green Ducks (Host)**
* Mellow Yellow
* Raspberry Racers
* Gliding Glaciers
* Chocolatiers
* Thunderbolts
* Shining Swarm
* Indigo Stars
* Limers
* Rojo Rollers

## Qualifiers

*Main article: Marble League 2022 Qualifiers*
The Marble League 2022 Qualifiers were released on 21 October 2022.

These events were included in the qualifier:

* Climbing
* 5 Meter Hurdles
* Balancing
* Triathlon

### Qualifier Results

#### Group B

█ The team won their group.
█ The team finished 2nd overall in their group.
█ The team finished 3rd overall in their group.
█ The team did not qualify for the Marble League 2022.
Ties are broken by position countback.

### Friendly Round

*Main article: Marble League 2022 Friendly Round*
On 26 October 2022, a friendly between the host and the pre-qualified teams was held. For the first time, it also saw a friendly round between the four expansion teams joining the Showdown:

## Pot Assignments

Once again, there will be pot assignments for Marble League 2022. The 16 teams are divided into four pots with four teams based on their score in the Qualifiers or the Friendly Round. For events that have heats, the teams from each pot will be evenly placed in each heat. The pots are shown below:

POT 1: (Auto-Qualified teams for Marble League 2022)

* Green Ducks
* Mellow Yellow
* Raspberry Racers
* Gliding Glaciers

POT 2: (top 2 teams from Group A & B)

* Chocolatiers
* Team Primary
* Midnight Wisps
* Pinkies

POT 3: (3rd and 4th teams from Group A & B)

* Shining Swarm
* O'rangers
* Savage Speeders
* Bumblebees

POT 4: (5th and 6th teams from Group A & B)

* Crazy Cat's Eyes
* Balls of Chaos
* Team Galactic
* Minty Maniacs

## Showdown

*Main article: Marble League Showdown 2022*
The twelve teams that failed to qualify for Marble League 2022 were entered into Marble League Showdown 2022 along with four expansion teams.

## Trivia

* Mellow Yellow, the O'rangers and Savage Speeders are now the only three teams to not miss a single Marble League since 2016.
	+ These teams, as well as the Pinkies, are the only teams from the inaugural Marble League to win a championship at least once.
* Mellow Yellow, the Raspberry Racers, Green Ducks, O'rangers, Crazy Cat's Eyes, Savage Speeders, Minty Maniacs and Hornets are now the only eight teams that have never failed to qualify for a Marble League since debut.
* This is the 6th time that the Kobalts failed to qualify, and this is also the 5th time that the Rojo Rollers and Snowballs failed to qualify.
	+ By extension, this League marks the 5th instance for each of these teams in which they failed to qualify through the qualifiers.
* This is the first time that the Thunderbolts or the Hazers failed to qualify, and this is also the second time that Team Momo, the Indigo Stars and Oceanics failed to qualify for the Marble League.
* This is the first time that the Chocolatiers qualified for two consecutive Marble Leagues through qualifiers.
	+ By extension, they are also the first team in the last five years to qualify for a Marble League after placing seventh the year prior, thus providing a counter example to the phenomenon known as the "7th place curse".
* This was the first time that a team has won the Marble League after failing to qualify for it in the previous season. The Pinkies failed to qualify for Marble League 2021, but qualified and eventually won the Marble League the year after.
* The Midnight Wisps became the second sole medalless team in a Marble League season, the first being the Oceanics in 2019.
* The Balls of Chaos broke the record for the worst average points-per-event in Marble League history, having only scored 64 points in 16 events (4 per event).
* The 2022 Marble League was the first Marble League since inception where no team made their main tournament debut.
* By extension, no events made their first JMR appearance in this season.
	+ It must be noted that the formats for Climbing & Domino Bowling were changed from previous tournaments, but made their Marble League debut in this tournament.
* This marks the first year in which the Most Valuable Marble was part of the host team for a Marble League.
* There were no ties in any event's standings. The 2022 Marble League is the only season with this distinction.
* Marble League 2022 set the record of having the fewest teams lead the Marble League at some point, with only Team Galactic and the Pinkies leading during the tournament.