ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational

ELEAGUE
2017
Tournament information
Sport Street Fighter V
Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dates March 27, 2017–May 26, 2017
Administrator(s) Turner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament
format(s)
Group Stage
Double-Elimination Bracket
Venue Turner Studios
Teams 32 players
Purse $250,000 USD
Final positions
Champion United States Victor "Punk" Woodley
1st runner-up Norway Arman "Phenom" Hanjani
2nd runner-up Japan Keita "Fuudo" Ai

ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational, also known as ELEAGUE Season 3, is the third season of ELEAGUE. After two seasons with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the league announced that it will expand to fighting games with Street Fighter V. The season will run from March 27, 2017 to May 26, 2017 and will be broadcast on cable television on TBS and online on Twitch.tv. The season will feature 32 players overall and 24 players in the main tournament from across the world to compete.[1]

Format

ELEAGUE will invite thirty-two players from around the world to compete in the tournament. Sixteen of the players will be invited based off their 2016 Capcom Pro Tour results and the other sixteen will receive invites from Capcom. This stage will be the preliminaries. Players will be separated into four groups of eight. The top six players from each group will advance to the regular season. All matches will be best of three. This will run from March 27, 2017 to March 30, 2017.

Twenty-four players will play in the regular season. They will be divided into four groups of six. There will be two phases in the regular season. The top two players from the preliminaries will automatically advance to the second phase. The other four players will play in a group stage robin round. The third seed and the sixth seed will play each other and the fourth and fifth seeds will play each other in the initial matches. The two losers and the two winners will then play each other. The winner of the winner's map will move on to phase two and the loser of the loser's matches will be eliminated. The decider match between the two remaining players will determine which player moves to the second phase and which player gets eliminated. In phase two, the remaining four players will play in a single elimination, best of five bracket. The winners of the matches will move on to the playoffs.

Eight players remain as they head to the playoffs. The winners of the groups will be placed in the upper bracket and the runner-ups of the groups will be placed in the lower bracket. Players will play in an eight-man double-elimination bracket, meaning a loss from a player in the upper bracket is still alive, but heads into the lower bracket. Once a player loses in the lower bracket, that player is eliminated from the tournament. The players will continue to play until a winner is decided. All matches will be best of five. The playoffs will all take place on May 26.[2][3][4]

Players Competing

The thirty-two players competing in the tournament are as follows:

Broadcast Talent

Host

Commentators/Analysts

Interviewer

Preliminaries (March 27-30, 2017)

The preliminary groups were announced on March 2, 2017. There are four groups of eight players and six players from each group move on to the regular season.[5]

Group A (March 27th)

Seed Player Record W-L
1 United States PG | Punk 6-1 12-4
2 Japan FOX | Momochi 5-2 12-6
3 United States PIE | Smug 5-2 11-4
4 Brazil F3 | Brolynho 4-3 8-9
5 South Korea RZR | Infiltration 4-3 10-6
6 United States FOX | Julio Fuentes 2-5 6-12
7 Vietnam RISE | Marn 2-5 5-11
8 United States EG | Ricki Ortiz 0-7 2-14

Group B (March 28th)

Seed Player Record W-L
1 Puerto Rico CYG | PR Balrog 6-1 13-4
2 United States CYG | Snake Eyez 5-2 12-6
3 Japan GW | Eita 4-3 10-9
4 Taiwan ZW | GamerBee 4-3 10-8
5 United States FOX | Justin Wong 3-4 9-9
6 Japan CYG | Daigo Umehara 3-4 6-10
7 United States LU | Alex Valle 3-4 8-10
8 United States Gllty 0-7 2-16

Group C (March 29th)

Seed Player Record W-L
1 United States Wolfkrone 6-1 13-5
2 Japan GRPT | Fuudo 6-1 12-4
3 Singapore RZR | Xian 5-2 11-6
4 United States SPY | Fchamp 4-3 9-6
5 Japan GRPT | MOV 3-4 7-10
6 Japan FOX | Tokido 3-4 11-9
7 United States EG | K-Brad 1-5 5-13
8 United States Gootecks 0-7 1-15

Group D (March 30th)

Seed Player Record W-L
1 United States Liquid'NuckleDu 6-1 13-4
2 Norway BX3 | Phenom 5-2 12-7
3 France RB | Luffy 5-2 11-5
4 China Qanba | Xiao Hai 4-3 10-10
5 United States DNL | Chris Tatarian 3-4 7-9
6 United Kingdom Ryan Hart 3-4 8-10
7 United States Circa | LPN 2-5 6-10
8 United States LI Joe 0-7 2-14

Regular Season (April 7-May 12, 2017)

Group A (April 7th)

Phase One

  First Round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
  United States    PIE | Smug   3  
  United States    FOX | Julio Fuentes   0  
    United States    PIE | Smug   3  
    South Korea    RZR | Infiltration   0  
  Brazil    F3 | Brolynho   1
  South Korea    RZR | Infiltration   3  
    United States    PIE | Smug   Q
    Brazil    F3 | Brolynho   Q
  United States    FOX | Julio Fuentes   1  
  Brazil    F3 | Brolynho   3  
    South Korea    RZR | Infiltration   0
    Brazil    F3 | Brolynho   3  

Phase Two

  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
  United States    PG | Punk   3  
  Brazil    F3 | Brolynho   1  
    United States    PG | Punk   3  
    United States    PIE | Smug   2  
  Japan    FOX | Momochi   0
  United States    PIE | Smug   3  
    United States    PG | Punk   Q
    Japan    FOX | Momochi   Q
  Brazil    F3 | Brolynho   0  
  Japan    FOX | Momochi   3  
    United States    PIE | Smug   0
    Japan    FOX | Momochi   3  

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Group B (April 21st)

Phase One

  First round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
  Japan    GW | Eita   0  
  Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   3  
    Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   3  
    Taiwan    ZW | GamerBee   1  
  Taiwan    ZW | GamerBee   3
  United States    FOX | Justin Wong   0  
    Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   Q
    Japan    GW | Eita   Q
  Japan    GW | Eita   3  
  United States    FOX | Justin Wong   0  
    Taiwan    ZW | GamerBee   0
    Japan    GW | Eita   3  

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Phase Two

  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
  United States    CYG | Snake Eyez   0  
  Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   3  
    Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   1  
    Puerto Rico    CYG | PR Balrog   3  
  Puerto Rico    CYG | PR Balrog   3
  Japan    GW | Eita   1  
    Puerto Rico    CYG | PR Balrog   Q
    Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   Q
  United States    CYG | Snake Eyez   1  
  Japan    GW | Eita   3  
    Japan    CYG | Daigo Umehara   3
    Japan    GW | Eita   2  

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Group C (May 5th)

Phase One

  First round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
  Singapore    RZR | Xian   2  
  Japan    FOX | Tokido   3  
    Japan    FOX | Tokido   3  
    United States    SPY | Fchamp   1  
  United States    SPY | Fchamp   3
  Japan    GRPT | MOV   0  
    Japan    FOX | Tokido   Q
    Singapore    RZR | Xian   Q
  Singapore    RZR | Xian   3  
  Japan    GRPT | MOV   1  
    United States    SPY | Fchamp   2
    Singapore    RZR | Xian   3  

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Phase Two

  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
  Japan    GRPT | Fuudo   3  
  Japan    FOX | Tokido   1  
    Japan    GRPT | Fuudo   3  
    Singapore    RZR | Xian   2  
  United States    Wolfkrone   2
  Singapore    RZR | Xian   3  
    Japan    GRPT | Fuudo   Q
    United States    Wolfkrone   Q
  Japan    FOX | Tokido   0  
  United States    Wolfkrone   3  
    Singapore    RZR | Xian   2
    United States    Wolfkrone   3  

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Group D (May 12th)

Phase One

  First round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
  France    RB | Luffy   3  
  United Kingdom    Ryan Hart   1  
    France    RB | Luffy   2  
  United States      DNL | Chris Tatarian   3  
  United States    DNL | Chris Tatarian   3
  China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   2  
    United States    DNL | Chris Tatarian   Q
    China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   Q
  United Kingdom    Ryan Hart   1  
  China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   3  
    France    RB | Luffy   1
    China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   3  

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Phase Two

  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
  Norway    BX3 | Phenom   3  
  United States    DNL | Chris Tatarian   1  
    Norway    BX3 | Phenom   3  
    China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   0  
  United States    Liquid'NuckleDu   1
  China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   3  
    Norway    BX3 | Phenom   Q
    China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   Q
  United States    Liquid'NuckleDu   3  
  United States    DNL | Chris Tatarian   1  
    China    Qanba | Xiao Hai   3
    United States    Liquid'NuckleDu   1  

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Playoffs (May 26th, 2017)

Upper Bracket

Winner's Semifinals Winner's Finals
      
United States PG | Punk 3
Puerto Rico CYG | PR Balrog 0
United States PG | Punk 1
Norway BX3 | Phenom 3
Japan GRPT | Fuudo 0
Norway BX3 | Phenom 3

Lower Bracket

  Loser's Round 1     Loser's Quarterfinals     Loser's Semifinals
                           
        Japan GRPT | Fuudo 3  
  Japan FOX | Momochi 3     Japan FOX | Momochi 0    
  Japan CYG | Daigo Umehara 1         Japan GRPT | Fuudo 3
      Puerto Rico CYG | PR Balrog 2
        Puerto Rico CYG | PR Balrog 3    
  United States Wolfkrone 2     China Qanba | Xiao Hai 2  
  China Qanba | Xiao Hai 3  
Loser's Finals
   
United States PG | Punk 3
Japan GRPT | Fuudo 2

Grand Finals

Grand Finals
   
Norway BX3 | Phenom 2
United States PG | Punk 4

Final Standings

Final Standings
Place Prize Money Player
1st US$150,000 United States PG | Punk
2nd US$40,000 Norway BX3 | Phenom
3rd US$20,000 Japan GRPT | Fuudo
4th US$12,000 Puerto Rico CYG | PR Balrog
5th 6th US$5,000 China Qanba | Xiao Hai
Japan FOX | Momochi
7th 8th US$3,000 United States Wolfkrone
Japan CYG | Daigo Umehara
9th 12th US$1,000 United States PIE | Smug
Japan GW | Eita
Singapore RZR | Xian
United States Liquid'KnuckleDu
13th 16th US$1,000 Brazil F3 | Brolynho
United States CYG | Snake Eyez
Japan FOX | Tokido
United States DNL | Chris Tatarian
17th 20th US$500 South Korea RZR | Infiltration
Taiwan ZW | GamerBee
United States SPY | Fchamp
France RB | Luffy
21st 24th US$500 United States FOX | Julio Fuentes
United States FOX | Justin Wong
Japan GRPT | MOV
United Kingdom Ryan Hart
25th 28th US$0 Vietnam RISE | Marn
United States LU | Alex Valle
United States EG | K-Brad
United States Circa | LPN
29th 32nd US$0 United States EG | Ricki Ortiz
United States Gllty
United States Gootecks
United States LI Joe

References

  1. Lewis, Richard (February 23, 2017). "Street Fighter V is Coming to ELEAGUE". ELEAGUE. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. "Street Fighter V Format – ELEAGUE". ELEAGUE. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. "ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational Set To Launch This Spring With $250,000 Prize". Forbes. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. "ELeague to host Street Fighter invitational". ESPN. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. "Street Fighter V Invitational Groups". ELEAGUE. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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