Capcom Cup
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| Founded | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Capcom |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | Wang "UMA" Yuan-hao |
| Qualification | Capcom Pro Tour |
| Official website | capcomcup |
Capcom Cup is an annual
Ultra Street Fighter IV exclusive tournament with 16 qualifiers. The 2015 Capcom Cup was doubled to a 32-man format and was later increased to a 48-man format beginning with Capcom Cup IX in 2022–23. The series of qualifying events for the tournament are known as the Capcom Pro Tour and include many of the largest, most prestigious pre-existing fighting game tournaments such as Evolution Championship Series and DreamHack
.
History
2013
In 2013, Capcom started the Capcom Cup right after
Xbox Live tournaments.[5]
Capcom Cup 2013 was hosted at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in
Infiltration vs. Filipino Champ.[6]
Capcom Cup 2013 tournament results
| Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) | Qualification | |
| 1st |  Naoto Sako
|
HORI|Sako | Evil Ryu | Treta Aftermath | |
| 2nd | Kun Xian Ho
|
DM.MCZ|Xian | Gen | Special Invite for winning EVO 2013
| |
| 3rd | Keita Ai
|
RZR|Fuudo | Fei Long | Capcom Cup Asia Finals | |
| 4th | Tatsuya Haitani
|
Haitani | Makoto | Tokyo Game Show 2013
| |
| 5th | Hajime Taniguchi
|
MCZ|Tokido | Akuma | Shadowloo Showdown 2013 | |
| 5th |  Ghim Kee Eng
|
DM.MCZ|Gackt | Fei Long | Capcom Cup Asia Finals | |
| 7th | Christopher Gonzalez
|
AGE|NYChrisG | Sakura | The Fall Classic 2013 | |
| 7th |  Alioune Camara
|
BCN-esports|Alioune | Cammy | Play Expo 2013 | |
| Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) | ||
| 1st | Christopher Gonzalez
|
AGE|NYChrisG | Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil | ||
| 2nd |  Michael Mendoza
|
EMP|IFC Yipes | Spencer/Vergil/Hawkeye, Dante/Vergil/Magneto, Wesker/Dante/Spencer | ||
| 3rd | Ryan Ramirez
|
coL|Filipino Champ | Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix, Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom | ||
| 4th | Naoki Nemoto
|
BE|Nemo | Nova/Doctor Strange/Spencer | ||
| 5th | Justin Wong
|
EG|Justin Wong | Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Wolverine/Spencer/Frank West | ||
| 5th | Genki Abe
|
BE|Abegen | Tron/Thor/She-Hulk | ||
| 7th | Kyohei Lehr
|
BT|MarlinPie | C. Viper/Doctor Doom/Amaterasu | ||
| 7th |  Nicolás González
|
BE|KaneBlueRiver | Hulk/Haggar/Sentinel | ||
| Street Fighter X Tekken v2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) | Qualification | |
| 1st | Seon-Woo Lee
|
Infiltration | Jin/Alisa | Special Invite | |
| 2nd | Dexter James
|
EMP|Tampa Bison | M. Bison/Rolento | Online Qualifier | |
| 3rd | Justin Wong
|
EG|Justin Wong | Hwoarang/Chun-Li | Special Invite | |
| 4th | Alex Valle
|
LU|Alex Valle | Yoshimitsu/Lars | Special Invite | |
| 5th | Du Dang
|
DSC.EMP|NuckleDu | Guile/Zangief | Special Invite | |
| 5th | Alexander Ramos
|
KS|Ramos | Vega/Cammy | Online Qualifier | |
| 7th | Garrett Palmer
|
THEZOMBIEDRIVER | Hwoarang/Nina | Online Qualifier | |
| 7th | Sareth Sok
|
KS.CORN|Sethlolol | Law/Kuma | Online Qualifier | |
2014
In 2014,
Ultra Street Fighter IV circuit known as the Capcom Pro Tour.[7] Ten players would automatically qualify into the tournament and the other six would garner points. The Capcom Pro Tour featured a point system divided into four tiers. Tier 3 consists of six Online Tournaments, which are the lowest earning tournaments in the circuit. Tier 2 is for Ranking Tournaments, which are international tournaments that are mainly composed of players in a certain region. Tier 1 consists of nine Premier Tournaments. A player would automatically qualify upon winning the tournament or being the highest player who hasn't qualified. Evolution Tier consists of the Evolution Championship Series, which grants the player four times the points of a Premier Tournament and also gives the winner an automatic spot in the Capcom Cup. Capcom has removed Tier 3 (Online Tournaments) from the 2015 Capcom Pro Tour circuit.[8]
Capcom Cup 2014 was the conclusion of the Capcom Pro Tour in 2014. Capcom Cup 2014 was held at
The Warfield in San Francisco, California on December 13, 2014. One notable appearance in the Capcom Cup was a Brazilian player named Eric "ChuChu" Moreira Silva, who qualified by garnering majority of his points from the online tournaments.[9] Another notable moment was Momochi's dominant performance; taking a set off of Snake Eyez, losing a set to Ryan Hart, then completely dominated everyone in the tournament.[10] There were also two exhibition matches for the Ultra Street Fighter IV Omega Mode, a mode which changes how every character plays. The main exhibition was Alex Valle vs. Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez, and the secondary exhibition was Kelvin Jeon going up against Hooman "Hoodaman" Ghahremani.[11] Capcom also showed the first ever match of their upcoming game Street Fighter V with Twitch's Mike Ross using Ryu going up against Capcom's Peter "Combofiend" Rosas using Chun-Li.[12]
2015
Capcom Cup 2015 was announced by Yoshinori Ono at Capcom Cup 2014. The tournament will use the same ruleset as the previous year. Capcom Pro Tour 2015 has a total pot bonus of $500,000 thanks to a partnership between
Sony Computer Entertainment and Capcom.[13] The tournament has also been doubled from 16 qualifiers to 32. One of the spots was reserved for 2014's Capcom Cup champion, Yusuke Momochi.[14] In May, Capcom announced a new rule for the Capcom Pro Tour Premier events, stating that if the Top 4 players in a Capcom Pro Tour premier event have all qualified, Capcom will remove the automatic qualifying spot and add a new qualifying slot to the CPT Leaderboards.[15]
Capcom Cup 2015 was held December 6 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, coinciding with the PlayStation Experience conference.[16]
2016
Capcom Cup 2016 is to be held in December 2016. 32 players will qualify for the tournament by winning one of the eleven Capcom Pro Tour Global Premier Events,
Ultra Street Fighter IV
during this season.
Capcom Cup 2016 was held over December 2 and 3 of that year. The top 32 to top 8 portion of the tournament was held on December 2 at the
Anaheim, California. The tournament was eventually won by NuckleDu
, defeating Ricki Ortiz in the finale.
2017
Capcom moved away from auto-qualification spots in the
2017 Capcom Pro Tour. This was done to simplify the Pro Tour, as confusion arose around the Global and Regional Leaderboards throughout the 2016 season. Capcom's Neidel "Haunts" Crisan also noted in November 2016 that the 2017 Pro Tour may host fewer events than the 2016 season.[17]
Saúl Antonio Mena "MenaRD" from the Dominican Republic, with only 17 years old, won the Capcom Cup 2017. He won 3-1 to Tokido from Japan. In his road to confront Tokido, he beat famous pro-player as Daigo The Beast, Nemo, Itazan and the previous Capcom Cup winner Xian.[18]
2018
The 2018 Capcom Cup was held in the
USD. Capcom Cup 2018 was won by Kanamori "Gachikun" Tsunehiro, defeating Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada in the grand finals. No. 1 seed and Evo 2017 champion Taniguchi "Tokido" Hajime dropped out early during the tournament, alongside various other high-seeded players.[20]
2019
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Capcom Cup IX (2022–23)
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Capcom Cup X (2023–24)
The Capcom Cup X was held at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles from February 21–25, 2024 as the culmination of the 2023 Capcom Pro Tour. It was the first edition to be played in Street Fighter 6 and featured a prize pool worth over $2,000,000. It was preceded by the Last Chance Qualifier to fill in the final spot of the 48-person bracket. Capcom Cup X was won by Wang "UMA" Yuan-hao, who won the first prize of $1,000,000, the largest ever for a fighting game tournament.[21][22]
References
- ^ "Capcom Cup 2013". Capcom Cup. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Ian Walker (2013-07-13). "Capcom Announces Capcom Cup at Evo Panel; Eight Best AE 2012 and UMvC3 Players, Evo 2013 to Act as First Qualifier". Shoryuken. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Staff (2013-09-17). "Capcom releases Capcom Cup global qualifier dates". GameSpot. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Steven Chavez (2013-11-06). "Nemo, IFC Yipes, Justin Wong, KaneBlueRiver and more to compete at Capcom Cup - Capcom's official UMvC3 poll results and invite list". EventHubs. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Street Fighter x Tekken". CapcomCup. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ USD (2014-12-14). "Capcom Cup 2013 Results". Shoryuken. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Vince Ingenito (2014-03-10). "Capcom and Twitch Join Forces to Create the Capcom Pro Tour". IGN. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Capcom Pro Tour Rules". Capcom Pro Tour. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Ian Walker (2014-10-28). "ChuChu, Capcom Cup 2014, and the Legitimacy of Online Qualifiers". Shoryuken. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Migliacio, Michael. "SHINRYUKEN! The Street Fighter Champ Speaks Out!". Evil Geniuses. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ USD (2014-12-13). "Capcom Cup 2014 Results". Shoryuken. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (15 December 2014). "First Ever Street Fighter V Match". Eurogamer.net. Eurogamer. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Nicholas Taylor (2014-12-13). "Next year's Capcom Pro Tour will have a total prize pool of $500,000 thanks to partnership with Sony, Yoshinori Ono confirms". EventHubs. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Announcing Capcom Pro Tour 2015". Capcom Pro Tour. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
- ^ "Capcom adds new rule regarding Capcom Pro Tour Premier Events". capcomprotour.com. Capcom Pro Tour. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ Martin, Michael (14 August 2015). "Capcom Announces Dates for Capcom Cup 2015". ca.ign.com. IGN. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ^ Martin, Michael (2016-11-10). "Capcom considering removing auto-qualifying for Capcom Cup 2017". Yahoo! esports.
- ^ "MenaRD, campeón de la Capcom Cup". 11 December 2017.
- PlayStation LifeStyle.
- ^ Newell, Adam (2018-12-16). "Gachikun is the 2018 Capcom Cup champion". Dot Esports.
- ^ "Street Fighter 6 Capcom Cup X: Schedule, prize pool, players". Dexerto. 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Capcom Cup X Grand Finals: Dark horse Juri player Uma becomes a millionaire". Esports.gg. 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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