Capcom Pro Tour 2016 regional finals

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Capcom Pro Tour 2016 regional finals
2016
Tournament information
Sport Street Fighter V
Location Milan, Italy; São Paulo, Brazil; Seattle, Washington; Melbourne, Australia
DatesOctober 15–November 19
Tournament
format(s)
 Double elimination
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The regional finals of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour were a series of closed Street Fighter V tournaments held throughout the world. The champions of the four different regions – North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia – automatically qualified to compete at the 2016 Capcom Cup. People qualified to compete in their regional finals by scoring highly on their regional leaderboard or winning ranking events during the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. The four tournaments all took place between October 15 and November 19, 2016.

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General background

During the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour, people competing at any of its 72 tournaments gained points on both the "regional" or "global" leaderboard, the former of which depending on the location of the tournament. Among these 72 tournaments, twelve "ranking events" and two "online events" were held in each region. The champion of each of these 14 events qualified for their regional finals, while 18 more qualified by placing high on the regional leaderboards. The four champions of the regional finals all automatically qualified to compete at the 2016 Capcom Cup. [1] [2]

Tournaments

Four regional finals took place throughout the world between October 15 and November 19, 2016. These events were held in Europe, Latin America, North America, and Asia.

Europe

The European regional finals of the 2016 Capcom Cup were the first of the four events, held during the Milan Games Week in Milan, Italy on October 15–16. The tournament, produced by FACEIT Media, featured an open 256 player "Last Chance Qualifier" on the first day, the top two players of which qualifying for the 16-player regional finals taking place on day 2. [3] [4] The Last Chance Qualifier was won by two Japanese players: Naoto Sako and Masato "Bonchan" Takahashi. Other Asian players who won enough European tournaments to qualify for the European regional finals included Daigo Umehara, Joe "MOV" Egami, and Kun Xian Ho. Besides these, the finals featured eleven high-level European players such as Olivier "Luffy" Hay. [5] The regional finals was eventually won by Daigo Umehara, who defeated Arman "Phenom" Hanjani in the grand finals. [6]

EU Regional Finals results
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Umehara BST|Daigo UmeharaRyu
2nd Flag of Norway.svg Arman HanjaniBX3.TP-Link|PhenomNecalli
3rd Flag of Japan.svg Masato Takahashi RB|BonchanNash
4th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean DenchDA|ImStillDaDaddyGuile
5th Flag of France.svg Olivier Hay RB|LuffyR. Mika
5th Flag of Singapore.svg Kun Xian Ho RZR|XianF.A.N.G
7th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus ParkerPRLS|PackzKarin
7th Flag of Japan.svg Joe EgamiMOVChun-Li
9th Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Younes LazaarAWS|CCLChun-Li
9th Flag of Ireland.svg Chris McEnteeRize|CobelcogCammy
9th Flag of Japan.svg Naoto SakoHORI|SakoChun-Li
9th Flag of France.svg GS|TKRChun-Li
13th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benjamin SimonPxP|Problem XAlex
13th Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abdulla BuhannadFruitLaura
13th Flag of France.svg Nathan MassolMD|Mister CrimsonDhalsim
13th Flag of France.svg Christ OnemaAWS|AkainuNash

Latin America

The Latin American regional finals were held on Wednesday, November 2 in São Paulo. Like the European finals, the Latin American event featured an open Last Chances Qualifier before the main tournament. [7] The Latin American regional finals was won by Dominican competitor Ray "DR Ray" Rosario, who, playing as Vega defeated the Brazilian Diego "Dark817" Lins Gois and the American Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley in the final rounds. Brazilian favorite Keoma "Keoma" Pacheco was defeated by K-Brad in the semi-finals. [8]

LatAm Regional Finals results
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Ray RosarioGAM|DR RayVega
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Kenneth Bradley EG|K-BradCammy
3rd Flag of Brazil.svg Keoma PachecoInnova|KeomaKarin
4th Flag of Brazil.svg Diego GoisUmbrella|Dark817Alex
5th Flag of Chile.svg Felipe TorresBrook|MisterioKarin
5th Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Lenny MatosSP|CrossoverR. Mika, M. Bison
7th Flag of France.svg Wilfried Jean-BaptisteWill2PacLaura
7th Flag of Chile.svg Álvaro CruzDM|BaekNash
9th Flag of Brazil.svg Ericke MacielEricke MacielChun-Li, R. Mika
9th Flag of Chile.svg Richard ClivioChancho KayLaura
9th Flag of Mexico.svg Antonio MedranoKusanagiKarin
9th Flag of Brazil.svg Renato MartinsAAG|DidimoKOFDhalsim
13th Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor LuizUmbrella|TubaraoNecalli
13th Flag of Brazil.svg Robson SantosJAM.FGBR|RobKOFRyu, Birdie
13th Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Proença F3|BrolynhoAlex, Ibuki
13th Flag of Mexico.svg David GomezMJ|GamaCammy

North America

The North American finals were hosted by Red Bull GmbH and held on November 4 to 6 in the Seattle Exhibition Hall. The first two days of the event featured an open bracket of 1,024 competitors, while the official qualifying tournament was held on the final day. [9] [10] The event was named the Red Bull Battlegrounds and was described by PC Gamer as a "high-budget, extremely well produced event," akin to a television game show. After the conclusion of the tournament, the character Akuma was announced to be added to the game. [11]

The top eight of the tournament featured a large number of well-established American players, such as Justin Wong, K-Brad, and Ricki Ortiz. The finals of Red Bull Battlegrounds was held between NuckleDu and Tokido. NuckleDu lost to Tokido in the first round of the top eight, but managed to come back through the loser's bracket and face Tokido again in the finale, where he defeated him through a bracket-reset. As NuckleDu had already qualified for the Capcom Cup, the qualifying spot opened up for another player on the global leaderboard. [12]

NA Regional Finals results
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of the United States.svg Du Dang Liquid|NuckleDuGuile, R. Mika
2nd Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Taniguchi TokidoRyu
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Victor WoodleyANBU|PunkKarin, Cammy
4th Flag of the United States.svg Justin Wong EG|Justin WongKarin
5th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Arubi KaoRBUrien
5th Flag of the United States.svg Kenneth Bradley EG|K-BradCammy
7th Flag of the United States.svg Ricki Ortiz EG|Ricki OrtizChun-Li
7th Flag of the United States.svg Antwan Ortiz F3|alucarDBalrog, Birdie
9th Flag of the United States.svg Julio Fuentes FOX|Julio FuentesKen
9th Flag of the United States.svg Ryan RamirezPG|Filipino ChampDhalsim
9th Flag of the United States.svg Chris Tatarian DNL|Chris TatarianKen
9th Flag of the United States.svg Miky CheaXSK SamuraiRyu
13th Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Takeuchi/r/Kappa|John TakeuchiRashid
13th Flag of the United States.svg Ludovic MbockNS|LudovicChun-Li
13th Flag of the United States.svg Peter SusiniFlashVega
13th Flag of the United States.svg Raynel HidalgoPG|RayRayChun-Li

Asia

Australia's Battle Arena Melbourne 8 and OzHadou Nationals were two of the twelve ranking events for the Asian regional finals. [13] The Asian regional finals took place on October 17–19 at the Global Game Exhibition in Busan, South Korea. [14] The tournament was won by Kenryo "Mago" Hayashi, beating Joe "MOV" Egami in the grand finals. As Mago had already qualified for the Capcom Cup, his qualifying spot went on to Tse "Tse4444" Wa Ping, who was ranked eleventh in the Asian leaderboard. [15]

Asia Regional Finals results
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Japan.svg Kenryo HayashiMagoKarin
2nd Flag of Japan.svg Joe EgamiMOVChun-Li
3rd Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya HaitaniYD.MJS|HaitaniNecalli
4th Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Inoue GGP|KazunokoCammy
5th Flag of Japan.svg Hiromiki KumadaDNG|Itabashi ZangiefZangief
5th Flag of Japan.svg Masato Takahashi RB|BonchanNash
7th Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jonny ChengHuomaoTV|HumanBombChun-Li
7th Flag of South Korea.svg Seon-woo Lee RZR|InfiltrationNash, Rashid
9th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Bruce Hsiang ZW|GamerBeeNecalli
9th Flag of the United States.svg Ricki Ortiz EG|Ricki OrtizChun-Li
9th Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki NagataHM|EitaKen
9th Flag of Japan.svg Naoto SakoHORI|SakoChun-Li
13th Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi FujimuraYD|YukadonNash
13th Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chris WongChris WongNash
13th Flag of Japan.svg Goichi KishidaHM|Go1Chun-Li
13th Flag of Singapore.svg Kun Xian Ho RZR|XianF.A.N.G

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