Capcom Cup

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Capcom Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015
Capcom Cup logo.png
Sport eSports
Fighting games
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter V
Founded 2013
Country United States
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Founder Capcom
Official website Capcom Cup

Capcom Cup is an annual fighting game tournament held in California, specifically focused on the Street Fighter IV series. The event's first incarnation was in 2013 which featured Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition version 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Street Fighter X Tekken version 2013 as the three main games each with 8 qualifiers.[1] In 2014, Capcom Cup was an Ultra Street Fighter IV exclusive tournament with 16 qualifiers. The 2015 Capcom Cup was doubled to a 32-man format. 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 EVO 2013, with Ho "Xian" Kun Xian receiving a special invitation.[2] Capcom released qualifier dates to determine the seven remaining qualifiers.[3] Capcom created a poll to decide which players would make it into the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament, with Nemo, Justin Wong, KaneBlueRiver, IFC Yipes, Abegen, NYChrisG, Filipino Champ, and MarlinPie being voted in.[4] For their Street Fighter X Tekken tournament, Capcom also gave special invites to Infiltration, Justin Wong, Alex Valle, and NuckleDu. The other four players were determined by two respective PlayStation Network and Xbox Live tournaments.[5]

Capcom Cup 2013 was hosted at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California on December 14, 2013. There was some controversy regarding the EVO 2013 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 champion Job "Flocker" Figueroa being cut from the player lineup. In response, Capcom set up a First-To-Five exhibition match between EVO Champ Flocker, and the Capcom Cup 2013 champion. The victor of the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament, NYChrisG faced off against Flocker and defeated him. There was also two exhibition matches for an early build of Ultra Street Fighter IV; the first being Eduardo "PR Balrog" Perez-Frangie against Alex Valle, and the second being Infiltration vs. Filipino Champ.[6]

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Capcom Cup 2013 tournament results
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012
Place Player Alias Character(s) Qualification
1st Japan Naoto Sako HORI|Sako Evil Ryu Treta Aftermath
2nd Singapore Kun Xian Ho DM.MCZ|Xian Gen Special Invite for winning EVO 2013
3rd Japan Keita Ai RZR|Fuudo Fei Long Capcom Cup Asia Finals
4th Japan Tatsuya Haitani Haitani Makoto Tokyo Game Show 2013
5th Japan Hajime Taniguchi MCZ|Tokido Akuma Shadowloo Showdown 2013
5th Singapore Ghim Kee Eng DM.MCZ|Gackt Fei Long Capcom Cup Asia Finals
7th United States Christopher Gonzalez AGE|NYChrisG Sakura The Fall Classic 2013
7th France Alioune Camara BCN-eSports|Alioune Cammy Play Expo 2013
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st United States Christopher Gonzalez AGE|NYChrisG Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil
2nd United States Michael Mendoza EMP|IFC Yipes Spencer/Vergil/Hawkeye, Dante/Vergil/Magneto, Wesker/Dante/Spencer
3rd United States Ryan Ramirez coL|Filipino Champ Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix, Magneto/Dormammu/Doctor Doom
4th Japan Naoki Nemoto BE|Nemo Nova/Doctor Strange/Spencer
5th United States Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Wolverine/Spencer/Frank West
5th Japan Genki Abe BE|Abegen Tron/Thor/She-Hulk
7th United States Kyohei Lehr BT|MarlinPie C. Viper/Doctor Doom/Amaterasu
7th Chile Nicolás González BE|KaneBlueRiver Hulk/Haggar/Sentinel
Street Fighter X Tekken v2013
Place Player Alias Character(s) Qualification
1st South Korea Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Jin/Alisa Special Invite
2nd United States Dexter James EMP|Tampa Bison M. Bison/Rolento Online Qualifier
3rd United States Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Hwoarang/Chun-Li Special Invite
4th United States Alex Valle LU|Alex Valle Yoshimitsu/Lars Special Invite
5th United States Du Dang DSC.EMP|NuckleDu Guile/Zangief Special Invite
5th United States Alexander Ramos KS|Ramos Vega/Cammy Online Qualifier
7th United States Garrett Palmer THEZOMBIEDRIVER Hwoarang/Nina Online Qualifier
7th United States Sareth Sok KS.CORN|Sethlolol Law/Kuma Online Qualifier

2014

In 2014, Twitch and Capcom partnered up to create an 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.tv's Mike Ross using Ryu going up against Capcom's Peter "Combofiend" Rosas using Chun-Li. [12]

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Capcom Cup 2014 tournament results
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Place Player Alias Character(s) Qualification
1st Japan Yusuke Momochi EG|Momochi Ken South East Asia Major 2014
2nd Singapore Kun Xian Ho RZR|Xian Gen, Poison, Dhalsim Points
3rd France Olivier Hay MD|Luffy Rose Evolution 2014
4th South Korea Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Akuma, Elena, Chun-Li CEO 2014
5th United States Eduardo Perez-Frangie EG|PR Balrog Balrog NorCal Regionals 2014
5th United Kingdom Ryan Hart DIG|Ryan Hart Ryu, Evil Ryu Final Round XVII
7th Japan Keita Ai RZR|Fuudo Fei Long Dreamhack Winter 2014
7th France Valentin Petit GL|Valmaster Chun-Li, Elena VSFighting 4
9th Japan Daigo Umehara MCZ|Daigo Umehara Evil Ryu Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals
9th United States Du Dang CRS|NuckleDu Guile, Decapre Points
9th Japan Masato Takahashi Bonchan Sagat Points
9th United States Ricky Ortiz EG|Ricky Ortiz Rufus Points
13th Japan Hiroshi Nishikido NISHIKIN Blanka Taito Arcade Nationals
13th United States Darryl Lewis SnakeEyez Zangief The Fall Classic 2014
13th Brazil Eric Moreira Silva CNB|ChuChu Sakura, C. Viper Points
13th United States Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Rufus Points

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]

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Capcom Cup 2015 tournament results
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Place Player Alias Character(s) Qualification
1st Japan Ryota Inoue Kazunoko Yun CEO 2015
2nd Japan Daigo Umehara MCZ|Daigo Umehara Evil Ryu NorCal Regionals 2015
3rd Singapore Kun Xian Ho RZR|Xian Gen, Poison, Dhalsim Final Round 18
4th South Korea Chung Gon Lee /r/Kappa|Poongko Seth Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals 2015
5th United States Darryl Lewis RB|Snake Eyez Zangief, Evil Ryu Points
5th Japan Kentaro Nakamura /r/Kappa|Misse Makoto Points
7th South Korea Seon-woo Lee RZR|Infiltration Decapre, Chun-Li Stunfest 2015
7th Brazil Keoma Pacheco FGCBR|Keoma Abel Brazil Game Show 2015
9th Japan Hiromiki Kumada Itabashi Zangief Zangief Points
9th Hong Kong Jonny Cheng CCG|HumanBomb Sakura, Sagat Points
9th Japan Hajime Taniguchi MCZ|Tokido Akuma South East Asia Major 2015
9th France Olivier Hay MD|Luffy Rose DreamHack Winter 2015
13th United States Du Dang Liquid|NuckleDu Guile, Decapre Points
13th Japan Sanshiro Nagai YBK|Shiro Abel Points
13th Taiwan Bruce Hsiang AVM|GamerBee Elena, Adon Evolution 2015
13th Japan Kenryo Hayashi MCZ|Mago Yang Hypespotting 4
17th United Kingdom Benjamin Simon KIG|Problem X C. Viper, Seth Points
17th Japan Keita Ai RZR|Fuudo Fei Long KO Fighting Game Festival 2015
17th France Valentin Petit YP|Valmaster Chun-Li Points
17th Japan Takenori Shimomura MF|Tonpy C. Viper Points
17th China Haojun Su Qanba.Douyu|Dakou Evil Ryu Points
17th Japan Hiroshi Arai YBK|Dashio Seth Mad Catz Tokyo Game Show 2015
17th China Zhuojun Zeng Qanba.Douyu|Xiao Hai Evil Ryu, Elena Points
17th Japan Yusuke Momochi EG|Momochi Ken, Evil Ryu Capcom Cup 2014
25th United States Gustavo Romero WFX|801 Strider Abel Points
25th Japan Masato Takahashi RB|Bonchan Sagat SoCal Regionals 2015
25th United States Kevin Landon YOMI|Dieminion Guile Points
25th United States Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Rose, Elena Points
25th Singapore Ghim Kee Eng RZR|Gackt Fei Long, Sagat Points
25th Japan Naoki Nemoto Nemo Rolento Ultra Hyakkishu Cup
25th China Xijie Zeng Dark Jiewa Ken Points
25th Taiwan Arubi Kao RZR|RB Rolento, Hugo Milan Games Week 2015

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