The Capcom Pro Tour is a series of international fighting game tournaments sponsored by video game developer Capcom. The Pro Tour culminates in the annual Capcom Cup, a single-day tournament held in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

Capcom Pro Tour
SportFighting games
CommissionerCapcom
Matt "Matt Deezie" Dahlgren
CountriesChina, United States, France, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Spain, Dominican Republic, Brazil, United Kingdom
Most recent
champion(s)
Tsunehiro "Gachikun" Kanamori
QualificationOpen
Official websitehttps://capcomprotour.com

2014

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Capcom Cup 2014 Qualifiers

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Country Number of players Players
  United States 5 Snake Eyez, EG|Justin Wong, CRS|NuckleDu, EG|Ricky Ortiz, EG|PR Balrog
  Japan 5 MCZ|Daigo Umehara, NISHIKIN, RZR|Fuudo, EG|Momochi, Bonchan
  France 2 MD|Luffy, GL|Valmaster
  United Kingdom 1 DIG|Ryan Hart
  Singapore 1 RZR|Xian
  South Korea 1 Infiltration
  Brazil 1 CNB|ChuChu

2015

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Capcom Cup 2015 qualifiers

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Country Number of players Players
  Japan 13 EG|Momochi, MCZ|Mago, MCZ|Daigo Umehara, Kazunoko, MCZ|Tokido, YBK|Dashio, RZR|[[Fuudo]], RB|Bonchan, Nemo, Itabashi Zangief, MF|Tonpy, YBK|Shiro, /r/kappa|Misse
  United States 5 RB|Snake Eyez, EG|Justin Wong, Liquid|NuckleDu, WFX|801 Strider, YOMI|Dieminion
  China 3 Qanba.Douyu|Xiaohai, Dark Jiewa, Qanba.Douyu|Dakou
  South Korea 2 RZR|Infiltration, /r/kappa|Poongko
  Singapore 2 RZR|Xian, RZR|Gackt
  Taiwan 2 AVM|GamerBee, RZR|RB
  France 2 MD|Luffy, YP|Valmaster
  United Kingdom 1 KIG|Problem X
  Brazil 1 FGCBR|Keoma
  Hong Kong 1 CCG|HumanBomb

2016

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Like the previous year, Capcom Pro Tour 2016 has a US$500,000 prize pool. Street Fighter V replaced Ultra Street Fighter IV as the game played during the series. Final Round 19 was the first major tournament in the circuit.[2] Capcom plans to make the Capcom Cup itself much more balanced nationality-wise. The organizers also stated that only first-place finishers of each twelve premier events and regional finals can qualify, meaning that if someone who is already qualified takes first place, another global points qualifier will be added. Eight players will qualify from regional point leaderboards (two from North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America each).[3]

Capcom Cup 2016 qualifiers

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Country Number of players Players
  Japan 12 Tokido, Mago, BST|Daigo Umehara, EG|Momochi, RZR|Fuudo, MOV, YD.MJS|Haitani, HM|Eita, HM|Go1, GGP|Kazunoko, HORI|Sako, YD|Yukadon
  United States 8 Liquid|NuckleDu, EG|Justin Wong, FOX|Julio Fuentes, PG|Filipino Champ, DNL|Chris Tatarian, EG|Ricki Ortiz, WFX|XSK Samurai, EG|K-Brad
  France 2 RB|Luffy, MD|Mister Crimson
  United Kingdom 2 PxP|Problem X, Ryan Hart
  Brazil 1 F3|Brolynho
  China 1 Qanba|Xiao Hai
  Dominican Republic 1 GAM|DR Ray
  Hong Kong 1 HuomaoTV|HumanBomb
  Norway 1 BX3|Phenom
  Singapore 1 RZR|Xian
  South Korea 1 RZR|Infiltration
  Taiwan 1 ZW|GamerBee

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2017

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The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour took off on February 17, 2017. The points leaderboards and qualification mechanics for the 2017 Capcom Cup were greatly streamlined in the 2017 season, with automatic qualification upon winning a Premier Event being taken away. This Capcom Pro Tour still features Regional Finals, but the Regional points leaderboard is otherwise unused. This Pro Tour features more online events than the 2016 event did. The finals were won by MenaRD, using Birdie.

2018

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In total, 465 players scored points in the season.[5] The finals were won by Gachikun, using Rashid.

2019

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In total, 508 players scored points in the season.[6] Idom won using Poison.

2020

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Live events in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Evo weekend was replaced with an online-only tournament. Street Fighter V was not selected for this event.[7]

At the first official online event, two leading competitors, including Idom, dropped out live on air, citing the poor netcode of Street Fighter V.[8]

In August 2020, top player Punk was penalised by Capcom for a public outburst against the poor netcode.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Lazaro, Gab "GBstep" (October 5, 2015). "Capcom Pro Tour Update: Red Fight District and Ze Fighting Game Championship". Philippine National Inquirer. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Walker, Ian. "Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Begins on March 18 with Another $500,000 Prize Pool". shoryuken.com. Shoryuken. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  3. ^ "Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Season Details". capcomprotour.com. Capcom. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ^ "Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Rankings". rank.shoryuken.com. Shoryuken. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  5. ^ "Best Street Fighter Players - Street Fighter Standings".
  6. ^ "Best Street Fighter Players - Street Fighter Standings".
  7. ^ "EVO 2020 Online: Dates, Schedule, Brackets, Lineup, Games and More".
  8. ^ "Street Fighter V Players Drop Out of Official Tourney over Crappy Netcode".
  9. ^ "Capcom Hands Down Odd Punishment for Street Fighter V Player's Outburst".
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