Capcom Cup 2018

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Capcom Cup 2018
2018
Esports Arena
Participants32
PurseUS$250,000
Final positions
ChampionKanamori "Gachikun" Tsunehiro
Runner-upHiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada

Capcom Cup 2018 was a

Luxor Hotel & Casino. The first day of the tournament featured a Last Chance qualifier, which was won by newcomer ZJZ. The finals were won by newcomer Kanamori "Gachikun" Tsunehiro
, who defeated Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada.

Capcom Pro Tour

Main article: Capcom Pro Tour 2018

The Capcom Cup was the final tournament of the 2018 season of professional Street Fighter V competitions, the

2018 Evolution Championship
. The 26 players who had accumulated the most points in these events automatically qualified for the tournament. The four winners of the Capcom Pro Tour Regional Finals were also guaranteed a spot in the Capcom Cup.

Tournament background

For the first time since the tournament's inception, the 2018 Capcom Cup did not take place during the

Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. The venue was smaller, but also more focused and curated towards Street Fighter players.[1]

The 2018 Capcom Cup took place over the course of three days, beginning with the Last Chance Qualifier held on Friday, December 14. Featuring well over 200 competitors, the champion of the Last Chance Qualifier automatically qualified for the bottom seed of Capcom Cup itself. The Top 32 phase of the Capcom Cup took place on Saturday, December 15. The finals of the Capcom Cup, featuring the top 8 players of the event, took place on Sunday, December 16. The entirety of the tournament was broadcast on the streaming platform

Twitch, and was also available on YouTube and Facebook.[2]

Participants

The open Last Chance Qualifier tournament featured over 200 competitors, including

Victor "Punk" Woodley, and long-time top player Daigo Umehara.[2]

Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi, who placed second in the 2017 Capcom Cup losing to MenaRD, entered the 2018 Capcom Cup with the highest seed, having accrued almost double the tournament points throughout the Capcom Pro Tour compared to other competitors. Ranked second on the leaderboard was Red Bull Kumite 2018 champion Fujimura "Fujimura" Atsushi.[3]

Though South Korean competitor

Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee did qualify for the Capcom Cup in the first half of the Pro Tour, he did not participate in the tournament due to a year-long ban as a result of a domestic violence investigation.[4]

Tournament summary

The Last Chance qualifier was won by Taiwanese competitor Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng, defeating American Dankadillas with the character

Menat.[5]

Tokido did not reach the top 8, as he was sent to the loser's bracket by Gachikun in the first round and was knocked out completely by

Rashid.[1]

The Capcom Cup was won by Kanamori "Gachikun" Tsunehori, who beat the two highest-ranked players of the season during the earlier rounds, Tokido and Fujimura. Gachikun faced Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada in the grand finals with a

Abigail, beat Gachikun's Rashid three rounds in a row to force a bracket reset. Despite this setback, Gachikun won the second match with a 3–1 scoreline and brought home the title.[6]

Presentation and side events

The Sunday finals were preceded by a Super Street Fighter II Turbo exhibition featuring old-school players, a musical performance by Deltron 3030, and a dance routine from Super Cr3w. Though the Street Fighter II exhibition was considered "entertaining", viewers complained about the relevancy of the music and dance show, which delayed the start of the finals by nearly two hours.[7]

Capcom revealed and launched the "fourth season" of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition after the 2018 Capcom Cup finals. The company introduced and released the new character

Evil Ryu-doppelgänger which is described as the physical embodiment of the evil spirit Satsui no Hado.[8] The season 4 patch containing Kage was released two hours into the Sunday finals broadcast, before the character was revealed in the stream. When Yoshinori Ono revealed Kage after the tournament ended, he claimed the early release was an intentional preview.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Mejia, Ozzie (2018-12-17). "The 4 biggest takeaways from Capcom Cup 2018". Shacknews.
  2. ^ a b Mejia, Ozzie (2018-12-13). "Capcom Cup 2018: Prize Pool, Schedule, and How To Watch". Shacknews.
  3. ^ Gach, Ethan (2018-12-14). "Street Fighter V's Best Players Battle This Weekend For The Game's Biggest Prize". Kotaku.
  4. ^ Walker, Ian (2018-11-16). "Street Fighter V Player Exits Capcom Cup Due To Results Of Domestic Violence Investigation". Kotaku.
  5. ^ "Capcom Cup 2018 : Le taïwanais ZJZ remporte la qualification en dernière chance". Exobaston. 2018-12-15.
  6. ^ Newell, Adam (2018-12-16). "Gachikun is the 2018 Capcom Cup champion". The Daily Dot.
  7. ^ a b Walker, Ian (2018-12-17). "Street Fighter V Competitors Carry An Otherwise Messy Capcom Cup". Kotaku.
  8. ^ McWhertor, Michael (2018-12-16). "Street Fighter 5's newest character is an evil Ryu". Polygon.

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