ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational explained

ELEAGUE
Sport:	Street Fighter V
Year:	2017
Location:	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Start Date:	March 27, 2017
End Date:	May 26, 2017
Administrator:	Turner Sports William Morris Endeavor
Tournament Format:	Group Stage Double-Elimination Bracket
Venue:	Turner Studios
Teams:	32 players
Purse:	$250,000 USD
Champion:	Victor "Punk" Woodley
Runner-Up1:	Arman "Phenom" Hanjani
Runner-Up2:	Keita "Fuudo" Ai
Previous:	Season 2
Next:	Season 4

ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational, also known as ELEAGUE Season 3, was the third season of ELEAGUE. After two seasons with , the league announced that it would expand to fighting games with Street Fighter V. The season ran from March 27, 2017, to May 26, 2017, and was broadcast on cable television on TBS and online on Twitch. The season featured 32 players overall and 24 players in the main tournament from across the world to compete.^[1]

The third season of ELEAGUE started with Victor "Punk" Woodley defeating Bryant "Smug" Huggin 2–0 in a best of three. The official season began with Smug defeating Julio Fuentes 3–0 in a best of five series. The season concluded with Punk defeating Arman "Phenom" Hanjani 4–2 in a best of seven series to take home 150,000 of the 250,000 prize pool.

Format

ELEAGUE will invite thirty-two players from around the world to compete in the tournament. Sixteen of the players will be invited based on 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 runners-up 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

• Richard Lewis

Commentators/Analysts

• Zhi Liang Chew
• Stephen "Sajam" Lyon
• Reepal "Rip" Parbhoo
• Steve "Tasty Steve" Scott

Interviewer

• Malik Fortè

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)

width=30px	Seed	width=170px	Player	width=70px	Record	width=70px	W-L
1	PG | Punk| 6–1| 12–4|-style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 2| FOX | Momochi	5–2	12–6
3	PIE | Smug| 5–2| 11–4|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 4| F3 | Brolynho| 4–3| 8–9|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 5| RZR | Infiltration| 4–3| 10–6|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 6| FOX | Julio Fuentes| 2–5| 6–12|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 7| RISE | Marn| 2–5| 5–11|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 8| EG | Ricki Ortiz	0–7	2–14

Player	Character(s)	Score	Score	Character(s)	Player
Smug	Balrog	0	2	Karin	Punk
Marn	Ibuki	1	2	Ken	Julio Fuentes
Infiltration	Rashid	1	2	Necalli Ibuki	Brolynho
Momochi	Ken	2	0	Chun-Li	Ricki Ortiz
Julio Fuentes	Ken	0	2	Balrog	Smug
Infiltration	Juri	2	0	Karin	Punk
Ricki Ortiz	R.Mika	0	2	R. Mika	Marn
Smug	Balrog	2	0	Necalli	Brolynho
Punk	Karin	2	1	Ken	Momochi
Julio Fuentes	Ken	2	1	Chun-Li	Ricki Ortiz
Infiltration	Juri	0	2	Balrog	Smug
Marn	Ibuki	2	1	Ken	Momochi
Ricki Ortiz	Chun-Li	1	2	Necalli	Brolynho
Punk	Karin	2	1	Ken	Julio Fuentes
Momochi	Ken	2	1	Balrog	Smug
Infiltration	Juri	2	0	Chun-Li Cammy	Ricki Ortiz
Punk	Karin	2	0	Ibuki	Marn
Brolynho	Necalli	0	2	Ken	Momochi
Infiltration	Rashid	2	0	Ken	Julio Fuentes
Marn	Ibuki	0	2	Balrog	Smug
Brolynho	Necalli	1	2	Karin	Punk
Momochi	Ken	2	0	Ken	Julio Fuentes
Smug	Balrog	2	0	Chun-Li	Ricki Ortiz
Infiltration	Juri	2	0	Ibuki	Marn
Ricki Ortiz	Chun-Li	0	2	Nash	Punk
Infiltration	Rashid	1	2	Ken	Momochi
Brolynho	Necalli	2	0	Ibuki	Marn

Group B (March 28th)

width=30px	Seed	width=170px	Player	width=70px	Record	width=70px	W-L
1	CYG | PR Balrog| 6–1| 13–4|-style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 2| CYG | Snake Eyez	5–2	12–6
3	GW | Eita| 4–3| 10–9|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 4| ZW | GamerBee	4–3	10–8
5	FOX | Justin Wong| 3–4| 9–9|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 6| CYG | Daigo Umehara| 3–4| 6–10|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 7| LU | Alex Valle| 3–4| 8–10|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 8| Gllty| 0–7| 2–16|} Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player Gllty Dhalsim 0 2 Akuma Snake Eyes GamerBee Necalli 2 1 Rashid Alex Valle Justin Wong Karin 1 2 Ken Eita PR Balrog Balrog 2 0 Guile Daigo Umehara Gllty Dhalsim 0 2 Necalli GamerBee Justin Wong Karin 0 2 Akuma Snake Eyez Alex Valle Rashid 0 2 Balrog PR Balrog Gllty Dhalsim 1 2 Ken Eita Daigo Umehara Guile 2 1 Akuma Snake Eyez GamerBee Cammy 0 2 Balrog PR Balrog Justin Wong Karin 2 0 Dhalsim Gllty Alex Valle Rashid 0 2 Guile Daigo Umehara PR Balrog Balrog 2 1 Ken Eita Snake Eyez Zangief 2 1 Necalli GamerBee Daigo Umehara Guile 2 1 Dhalsim Gllty Justin Wong Karin 1 2 Balrog PR Balrog Snake Eyez Zangief 1 2 Rashid Alex Valle Daigo Umehara Guile 0 2 Ken Eita Justin Wong Karin 1 2 Necalli GamerBee Alex Valle Rashid 2 0 Dhalsim Gllty Snake Eyez Zangief 2 0 Ken Eita GamerBee Necalli 2 0 Guile Daigo Umehara PR Balrog Balrog 2 0 Kolin Dhalsim Gllty Justin Wong Karin 2 1 Rashid Alex Valle Eita Ken 2 1 Necalli GamerBee PR Balrog Balrog 1 2 Zangief Snake Eyez Justin Wong Karin 2 0 Guile Daigo Umehara Eita Ken 1 2 Rashid Alex Valle Group C (March 29th) width=30px Seed width=170px Player width=70px Record width=70px W-L 1 Wolfkrone 6–1 13–5 2 GRPT | Fuudo	6–1	12–4
3	RZR | Xian| 5–2| 11–6|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 4| SPY | Fchamp	4–3	9–6
5	GRPT | MOV| 3–4| 7–10|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 6| FOX | Tokido| 3–4| 11–9|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 7| EG | K-Brad	1–5	5–13
8	Gootecks	0–7	1–15

Player	Character(s)	Score	Score	Character(s)	Player
K-Brad	Cammy	2	1	Urien	Gootecks
Wolfkrone	Laura	2	1	R. Mika	Fuudo
Tokido	Akuma	1	2	Dhalsim	Fchamp
Xian	Ibuki	2	1	Chun-Li	MOV
Gootecks	Urien	0	2	R. Mika	Fuudo
Tokido	Akuma	2	1	Cammy	K-Brad
Wolfkrone	Laura	1	2	Ibuki	Xian
Gootecks	Urien	0	2	Dhalsim	Fchamp
K-Brad	Cammy	0	2	Chun-Li	MOV
'Fuudo	R. Mika	2	0	Ibuki	Xian
Tokido	Akuma	2	0	Urien	Gootecks
MOV	Chun-Li	1	2	Laura	Wolfkrone
Fchamp	Dhalsim	0	2	Ibuki	Xian
Fuudo	R. Mika	2	1	Cammy	K-Brad
MOV	Chun-Li	2	0	Urien	Gootecks
Tokido	Akuma	2	1	Ibuki	Xian
K-Brad	Cammy	1	2	Laura	Wolfkrone
MOV	Chun-Li	0	2	Dahlsim	Fchamp
Fuudo	R. Mika	2	0	Akuma	Tokido
Gootecks	Urien	0	2	Laura	Wolfkrone
Fchamp	Dhalsim	2	0	Cammy	K-Brad
Fuudo	R. Mika	2	0	Chun-Li	MOV
Xian	Ibuki	2	0	Urien	Gootecks
Tokido	Akuma	0	2	Laura	Wolfkrone
Fchamp	Dhalsim	1	2	R. Mika	Fuudo
Xian	Ibuki	2	0	Cammy	K-Brad
Tokido	Akuma	1	2	Chun-Li	MOV
Fchamp	Dhalsim	0	2	Laura	Wolfkrone

Group D (March 30th)

width=30px	Seed	width=170px	Player	width=70px	Record	width=70px	W-L
1	Liquid'NuckleDu	6–1	13–4
2	BX3 | Phenom| 5–2| 12–7|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 3| RB | Luffy| 5–2| 11–5|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 4| Qanba | Xiao Hai	4–3	10–10
5	DNL | Chris Tatarian| 3–4| 7–9|-style="background: #FFFF00;"| 6| Ryan Hart| 3–4| 8–10|-style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 7| Circa | LPN	2–5	6–10
8	LI Joe	0–7	2–14

Player	Character(s)	Score	Score	Character(s)	Player
Ryan Hart	Urien Ken	0	2	M. Bison	LPN
Xiao Hai	Cammy	2	0	Urien	LI Joe
NuckleDu	Guile	2	0	R. Mika	Luffy
Phenom	Necalli	2	0	Ken	Chris Tatarian
Xiao Hai	Cammy	2	1	Kolin Urien	LPN
NuckleDu	Guile	2	0	Ken	Ryan Hart
Chris Tatarian	Ken	2	0	Urien	LI Joe
Luffy	R. Mika	2	0	Urien	LPN
Phenom	Necalli	1	2	Urien	Ryan Hart
Xiao Hai	Cammy	2	1	Ken	Chris Tatarian
NuckleDu	Guile R. Mika	2	1	M. Bison Kolin	LPN
Phenom	Necalli	2	1	Urien	LI Joe
Luffy	R. Mika	2	0	Ken	Chris Tatarian
Xiao Hai	Cammy	1	2	Urien	Ryan Hart
Phenom	Necalli	2	0	Urien	LPN
NuckleDu	Guile	2	0	Cammy	Chris Tatarian
Ryan Hart	Guile	2	0	Urien	LI Joe
Luffy	R. Mika	1	2	Necalli	Phenom
NuckleDu	Guile	2	0	Cammy	Xiao Hai
LPN	Urien	2	0	M. Bison	LI Joe
Luffy	R. Mika	2	1	Urien	Ryan Hart
Xiao Hai	Cammy	2	1	Necalli	Phenom
Chris Tatarian	Ken	2	0	Birdie	LPN
NuckleDu	Guile	2	0	Nash	LI Joe
Xiao Hai	Cammy	0	2	R. Mika	Luffy
Chris Tatarian	Ken	2	1	Urien	Ryan Hart
NuckleDu	Guile	1	2	Necalli	Phenom
Luffy	R. Mika	2	0	Urien	LI Joe

Regular Season (April 7 – May 12, 2017)

Group A (April 7th)

Phase One

Group C Phase Two Results
Player	Character(s)	Score	Score	Character(s)	Player
Wolfkrone	Laura	2	3	Ibuki	RZR | Xian|-| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| GRPT | Fuudo| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| R. Mika| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 3| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 1| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| Akuma| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| FOX | Tokido
GRPT | Fuudo| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| R. Mika| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 3| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 2| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| Ibuki| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| RZR | Xian
Wolfkrone	Laura	3	0	Akuma	FOX | Tokido|-| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| RZR | Xian| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| Ibuki| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 2| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 3| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| Laura| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| Wolfkrone|} Group D (May 12th) Phase One

Group D Phase Two Results
Player	Character(s)	Score	Score	Character(s)	Player
Liquid'KnuckleDu	Guile, R. Mika	1	3	Cammy	Qanba | Xiao Hai|-| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| BX3 | Phenom	Necalli	3	1	Ken	DNL | Chris Tatarian|-| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| BX3 | Phenom| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| Necalli| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 3| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 0| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| Cammy| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| Qanba | Xiao Hai
DNL | Chris Tatarian| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| Ken| style="background: #FFCCCC;"| 1| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| 3| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| Guile| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| Liquid'KnuckleDu|-| style="background: #D0F0C0;"| Qanba | Xiao Hai	Cammy	3	1	Guile, R. Mika	Liquid'KnuckleDu

Notes and References

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

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