Capcom Cup 2016
2016 | |
eSports Arena (Day one) Anaheim Convention Center (Day two) | |
Participants | 32 |
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Purse | US$350,000 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Du "NuckleDu" Dang |
Runner-up | Ricki Ortiz |
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Capcom Cup 2016 was a
The first day of the Capcom Cup was held at the
Capcom Pro Tour
Tour background
The year 2016 featured the fourth annual
The return of the Capcom Pro Tour in 2016 was highly expected after Matt Dahlgren, Capcom's director of Brand Marketing and eSports, repeatedly mentioned the importance of esports to the success of (the then upcoming) Street Fighter V. The Tour features a "baseline" prize pool of $500,000
Point accumulation and Cup qualification
The Capcom Pro Tour is a series of worldwide qualifying events where players can accumulate official Regional and Global Points in order to qualify for later Capcom-sponsored events, including the Capcom Cup. If a hypothetical player earns 20 points in the North American region and 10 points in the Latin American region, that player will have 20 points on the North American leaderboard, 10 points on the Latin American leaderboard, and a total of 30 points on the Global leaderboard. Each region has a series of ranking events where players can earn points in this manner.[6]
The 2016 Capcom Pro Tour consists of 72 separate events across four different regions: North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Among these 72 events are eleven Global Premier Events, as well as the 2016 Evolution Championship Series (Evo 2016), each of which grand an automatic qualification for the Capcom Cup to the winner. The 2016 Global Premier Events, including Evo 2016, are:[6][7]
- Final Round 19: Atlanta, Georgia – March 18–20
- NorCal Regionals 2016: Sacramento, California – March 25–27
- Stunfest 2016: France – May 20–22
- DreamhackSummer: Sweden – June 18–21
- Community Effort Orlando: Orlando, Florida – June 24–26
- G-League: China – July 9
- Evo 2016: Las Vegas, Nevada – July 15–17
- Tokyo Game Show Japan Cup: Tokyo, Japan – September 15
- EGX Rezzed: London, England – September 22–25
- South East Asia Major 2016: Singapore – October 7–9
- SoCal Regionals 2016: Los Angeles, California – October 14–16
- Canada Cup 2016: Toronto, Ontario, Canada – October 28–30
Furthermore, each region would have a closed Regional Finals event. The four champions of these events would similarly automatically qualify for the Capcom Cup. The 16 remaining slots would be filled through the Global Points Leaderboards (eight slots) and the four Regional Point Leaderboards (four times two slots). If a competitor wins more than one Global Premier Event, an additional Capcom Slot opens up on the Global Points Leaderboards. Those that come in second or lower in a Global Premier Event do not automatically qualify for the Capcom Cup as happened last year. Competitors for the Regional Final Events are determined by 12 Ranking Events and two Online Events.[6][7]
Tour summary
The
Online qualifiers
During the second half of the Capcom Pro Tour, each region features two online events. Players that win in one of the 256-person tournaments qualify to compete at their regional finals event, from where they could qualify for the Capcom Cup proper.
Seven more online qualifying events are held in August, September, and October. Some of the dates of the online events overlap with official Pro Tour tournaments, forcing some competitors to choose which to attend. Players from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are only able to enter the October 22 event, while the rest of Asia (excluding mainland China) can compete in the August 27 event as well.[19]
Regional finals
Daigo Umehara became the victor of Europe's Regional Finals having beaten Phenom 3-1 as well as securing a spot for Capcom Cup,[20] Europe's Regional Finals took place at Milan Games Week.[21] The Latin American Regional Finals was won by Dominican player Ray "DR Ray" Rosario using Vega who notably double eliminated Evil Geniuses' resident Cammy player Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley in Winner's Finals (3-1) and Grand Finals (3-0) in order to take the qualifying spot.[22]
Controversies
In late May 2016,
The organization of the Capcom Cup was harshly criticized by those competing in it.
Tournament background
Capcom Cup 2016 was held over two days on December 2 and 3, 2016. The first day of the tournament was held at the
During a panel at Evo 2016, Capcom announced a Capcom Pro Tour Premier Package
Despite Capcom's statement, the input latency was reduced to 6.5 frames in a September 2016 patch.
Capcom has banned a total of three stages from being legal in the Capcom Pro Tour. The Grid (training stage) was banned since Evo 2016 as players could use the grid background as a crutch to improve their spacing. Kanzuki Beach was banned on release as the water on half of the stage obscures ground projectiles such as
Tournament summary
The first day of the Capcom Cup, held at the Esports Arena, was described as a "bloodbath" by
Throughout the top 8, close matches were common, though NuckleDu went through the entire second day winning 3-to-0 or 3-to-1. At no point did any of his matches go to the final game. Ricki Ortiz played against NuckleDu in the winner's finals, where she was knocked down into the loser's bracket after a 3–1 loss. She went on to defeat Kazunoko in losers finals to meet NuckleDu again the grand finals. In grand finals, NuckleDu triumphed over Ortiz again, defeating her Chun-Li with his Rainbow Mika in another 3-to-1 game. The victory made NuckleDu became the first-ever American champion of a Street Fighter game at Capcom Cup.[41][42]
Results
32 players competed at Capcom Cup 2016, seven of which qualified by winning one or more Global Premier Event during the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. An additional four players qualified through winning the regional finals held towards the end of the year. Players with the highest global or regional ranking during the Capcom Pro Tour qualified for the Capcom Cup as well. If qualified through multiple methods, a Premier Event or Regional Final win takes precedence over Global Leaderboard place, which in turn takes precedence over a Regional Leaderboard spot.[6][7]
Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) | Qualification |
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1st | Du Dang | Liquid|NuckleDu | R. Mika, Guile | Canada Cup 2016 |
2nd | Ricki Ortiz | EG|Ricki Ortiz | Chun-Li | NA Regional Points |
3rd | Ryota Inoue | GGP|Kazunoko | Cammy | Global Points |
4th | Tatsuya Haitani | YD.MJS|Haitani | Necalli | Global Points |
5th | Keita Ai | RZR|Fuudo | R. Mika | Global Points |
5th | Joe Egami | MOV | Chun-Li | Global Points |
7th | Atsushi Fujimura | YD|Yukadon | Nash
|
Global Points[Note GL] |
7th | Goichi Kishida | CO|Go1 | Chun-Li | Global Points |
9th | Zhuojun Zeng | Qanba|Xiao Hai | Cammy | G-League 2016
|
9th | Olivier Hay
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RB|Luffy | R. Mika | Global Points |
9th | Kun Xian Ho
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RZR|Xian | F.A.N.G | Global Points |
9th | Arman Hanjani | BX3|Phenom | Necalli | DreamHack Summer 2016 |
13th | Daigo Umehara | BST|Daigo Umehara | Ryu | EU CPT Regional Finals |
13th | Nathan Massol | MD|Mister Crimson | Laura, Dhalsim | Global Points |
13th | Hiroyuki Nagata | GW|Eita | Ken | Global Points |
13th | Ryan Ramirez | PG|Filipino Champ | Dhalsim | Global Points |
17th | Kenryo Hayashi | Mago | Karin | AO CPT Regional Finals |
17th | Naoto Sako | HORI|Sako | Chun-Li | AO Regional Points |
17th | Miky Chea | WFX|Samurai | Ryu | NA Regional Points |
17th | Ray Rosario | GAM|DR Ray | Vega | LA CPT Regional Finals |
17th | Yusuke Momochi | EG|Momochi | Ken | Stunfest 2016 |
17th | Bruce Hsiang | ZW|GamerBee | Necalli | Japan Cup 2016 |
17th | Kenneth Bradley | EG|K-Brad | Cammy | LA Regional Points[Note LA] |
17th | Jonny Cheng | HuomaoTV|HumanBomb | Chun-Li | AO Regional Points[Note AO] |
25th | Seon-woo Lee
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RZR|Infiltration | Nash | Final Round 19 |
25th | Thomas Proença | F3|Brolynho | Necalli | LA Regional Points |
25th | Chris Tatarian | DNL |Chris Tatarian
|
Ken | Global Points |
25th | Benjamin Simon | PxP|Problem X | Alex | EU Regional Points |
25th | Hajime Taniguchi | Tokido | Ryu | CEO 2016 |
25th | Julio Fuentes | FOX|Julio Fuentes | Ken | Global Points |
25th | Justin Wong | EG|Justin Wong | Karin | Global Points |
25th | Ryan Hart | Ryan Hart | Ken, Guile | EU Regional Points |
- ^ Global Leaderboard (GL): For unknown reasons, the 11th global leaderboard place holder, Younes "CCL" Lazaar of Belgium, was unable to attend Capcom Cup. To replace him, Yukadon was chosen to fill in as the next player on the global leaderboard not qualified by a global points spot.
- ^ Latin America (LA): Due to visa issues, the 2nd Latin American leaderboard place holder, Felipe "Misterio" Torres of Chile, was unable to attend Capcom Cup. To replace him, K-Brad was chosen to fill in as the next unqualified player on the Latin American leaderboard.
- ^ Asia/Oceania (AO): For unknown reasons, the 2nd Asia/Oceania leaderboard place holder, Tse "Tse4444" Wa Ping of Hong Kong, was unable to attend Capcom Cup. Originally, Yukadon was chosen to fill in as the next unqualified player on the Asian leaderboard; following Yukadon's elevation to a global points spot (see note GL above), HumanBomb filled in the spot as the next unqualified player.[43]
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