Introducing the 2015 Pizza Cup's Final Four: Gung Ho, Annie's, Sureño, GLB #45

Four of Beijing's best pizza-slinging restaurants Gung Ho!, Annie's, Sureño, and Great Leap Brewing #45  have conquered the competition to claim titles of their respective divisions and secure a berth in the Final Four of the Beijinger's 2015 Pizza Cup.
 

Last year's Pizza Specialists champion Gung Ho! fought off a strong showing from Pizza Plus to retain their division title. To reach the Final Four, the Gungsters had previously made it past Tube Station, Bottega, and Pizza Buona.

In the Bars/Cafes division, it was a match of two relative newcomers, with Great Leap Brewing #45 coming out ahead of Ramo to claim the titles and move onto the Final Four, where they now match crusts with Gung Ho for the right to make it into the '15 title match. GLB had previously roared past Mao Mao Chong, Luga's, and Passby Bar.
 

Meanwhile in the Mid-Range Restaurants division, Annie's reclaimed its crown by charging past the venue that knocked them out last year, Eatalia. To make it to the top, Annie's had also cruised past Vineyard Cafe, Grandma's, and Tiago Home Kitchen.

Finally, in the Upscale Restaurants division, Sureño outpolled Tavola to be crowned the king of their division, and will now meet Annie's for the right to a spot in the finals. Sureño had previously survived challenges from Prego, Assaggi, and Casalingo.

Voting in the Final Four is open until noon Monday (Nov 16); click here to cast your opinion.

Finally, we asked you to rank the contestants that were eliminated in the last round; we'll use this data as a starting point next year when seeding the 2016 Pizza Cup. With this, we have the tail end of our Top 10 already cemented:

9. La Pizza
10. Tube Station
11. Mao Mao Chong
12. Vineyard Café
13. Loft Eatalicious
14. Haven
15. Mio, Four Seasons Hotel
16. Prego, Westin Financial Street

Add these to the rankings from the previous round, and we have everyone except through 97:

17. Pizza Express
18. Hutong Pizza
19. The Tree
20. Bottega
21. Bocca Della Verita
22. Sugar Shack
23. Q Mex
24. Luga's Villa
25. The Rug
26. Assaggi
27. Scott's Family Ristorante Italiano
28. Grandma's Kitchen
29. iFresh Pizza
30. Alio Olio
31. Via Roma, Kempinski Hotel
32. Park 17
33. Kro's Nest
34. Pie Squared
35. Xian Bar
36. The Den
37. Whale's Pizza
38. Pizza by LMPlus
39. Isola
40. Stuff'd
41. Jazz-Ya
42. Pizza View by Opera Bombana
43. Peter Pan
44. Kitchen Igosso
45. Flypizza & Hoodadak Chicken
46. The Local Bar and Grill
47. Lily's American Diner
48. Yummy Box
49. Pizza Buona
50. Nasca Cafe
51. The Irish Volunteer
52. Fratelli Fresh
53. Elisa's
54. The Veggie Table
55. Tiago Home Kitchen
56. Bene
57. Mrs Shanen's / Green Cow Cafe
58. FA Cafe
59. Charlie's
60. Passby Bar
61. Mixs Italian Grill
62. Casalingo
63. Agrilandia
64. Michael’s Place
65. Papa John's Pizza
66. Pizza Hut
67. Mr. Pizza
68. New York Style Pizza
69. 1st Floor
70. Red House
71. Domino's
72. Ricci Café
73. Lakers
74. Eudora Station Bar and Restaurant
75. Pizza Now
76. Windy City
77. Peter's Tex-Mex
78. Hercules
79. Frost
80. Time Cafe
81. PBD Pizza Bar
82. Miss Pizza
83. Mr. Fabbro
84. Alba
85. Pizza Maru
86. Nanjie
87. Parkside Bar & Grill
88. Abella
89. Cafe del Mar
90. Yonmeike
91. The West Pizza Pub
92. Monkey Mountain Club
93. Skyline Café
94. Fuel
95. Old Town Roses
96. Bella Vista
97. Yi Lai Er Qu

 

For those of you following at home, here's our bracket so far:

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voting has now concluded in the 2015 Pizza Cup:

Gung Ho Sneaks Past Annie's by a Slice to Retain Pizza Cup Title for 2015

 

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