Street Fighter V’s 2020 action came to an end this weekend with the Capcom Pro Tour Season Final. The event moved online after the pandemic forced organizers to cancel the in-person tournament that was supposed to happen within the Dominican Republic. The 24 players who qualified for the Capcom Cup faced off in a best of seven match with the winner taking home $5,000.
The event was split up into two days, with six matches on each day. Here is the breakdown for the matches that took place on day 1.
1st Match – Region: South America, Pikoro (M. Bison) versus Jah_Lexe (Rashid)
Game one: Jah_Lexe 2-1
Game two: Jah_Lexe 2-0
Game three: Jah_Lexe 2-0
Game four: Pikoro 2-1
Game five: Jah_Lexe 2-0.
Winner: Jah_Lexe
2nd Match – Region: China, Jiewa (Akuma) versus Vxbao (Urien)
Game one: Vxbao 2-0
Game two: Jiewa 2-1
Game three: Vxbao 2-0
Game four: Vxbao 2-0
Game five: Jiewa 2-1
Game six: Vxbao 2-1
Winner: Vxbao
3rd Match – Region: North America East, CJ Truth (Cammy) versus DR Mandrake (Urien)
Game one: CJ Truth 2-0
Game two: CJ Truth 2-0
Game three: CJ Truth 2-1
Game four: CJ Truth 2-1
Winner: CJ Truth
4th Match – Region: Oceania, Rumours (Cody) versus Somniac (M. Bison)
Game one: Somniac 2-0
Game two: Rumours 2-1
Game three: Rumours 2-0
Game four: Somniac 2-0
Game five: Rumours 2-0
Game six: Somniac 2-1
Game seven: Somniac 2-1
Winner: Somniac
5th Match: Region: North America West, Nephew (Kolin) versus Samurai (Akuma)
Game one: Nephew 2-1
Game two: Samurai 2-1
Game three: Nephew 2-1
Game four: Nephew 2-1
Game five: Samurai 2-0
Game six: Nephew 2-1
Winner: Nephew
6th Match – Region: EU East, Phenom (Karin) versus Luffy (R. Mika)
Game one: Luffy 2-0
Game two: Luffy 2-1
Game three: Luffy 2-0
Game four: Phenom 2-1
Game five: Luffy 2-0
Winner: Luffy
Day one saw lots of intense matches, including the community vote in Luffy showing that R. Mika can still do work. One of the benefits of this day was that viewers at home got to see some lesser known names from around the world like Vxbao and Rumours. Day two however would see many more household names from the FGC duking it out, including The Beast himself, Daigo Umehara.
1st Match – Region: Asia Southeast, SKZ (Seth) versus Xian (Seth)
Game one: Xian 2-1
Game two: Xian 2-0
Game three: Xian 2-0
Game four: Xian 2-0
Winner: Xian
2nd Match – Region: EU East and Middle East, Angrybird (Seth) versus Big Bird (G)
Game one: Big Bird 2-1
Game two: Big Bird 2-1
Game three: Big Bird 2-0
Game four: Angrybird 2-0
Game five: Big Bird 2-0
Winner: Big Bird
3rd Match – Region: Central America, Caba (Guile) versus MenaRD (Karin)
Game one: MenaRD 2-0
Game two: MenaRD 2-1
Game three: Caba 2-1
Game four: Caba 2-0
Game five:Â MenaRD 2-0 (Switch to Birdie)
Game five:Â MenaRD 2-0
Winner: MenaRD
4th Match – Region: EU West, Takamura (Akuma) versus Infexious (Zeku)
Game one: Takamura 2-0
Game two: Infexious 2-0
Game three: Infexious 2-1
Game four: Takamura 2-1
Game five: Takamura 2-1
Game six: Takamura 2-1
Winner: Takamura
5th Match – Region: North America East, iDom (Laura) versus Smug (G)
Game one: iDom 2-0
Game two: Smug 2-0
Game three: Smug 2-1 (iDom switch to Poison)
Game four: iDom 2-0 (iDom switch back to Laura)
Game five: iDom 2-1
Game six: Smug 2-0
Game seven: iDom 2-1
Winner: iDom
6th Match – Region: Asia East, Daigo (Guile) versus Gachikun (Rashid)
Game one: Daigo 2-1
Game two: Gachikun 2-1
Game three: Daigo 2-0
Game four: Daigo 2-0
Game five: Daigo 2-1
Winner: Daigo
A gameplay trailer for Dan, an old favorite who’s just been added to the game, was shown after the final concluded. He’s available to play now that Season 5is officially live. The 2021 season of the Capcom Tour is fast approaching; we’ll get our first bit of news about it in March.
Published: Feb 22, 2021 10:46 pm