ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational

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]

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

Host

• Richard Lewis

Commentators/Analysts

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

Interviewer

• Malik Fortè

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	PG | Punk	6-1	12-4
2	FOX | Momochi	5-2	12-6
3	PIE | Smug	5-2	11-4
4	F3 | Brolynho	4-3	8-9
5	RZR | Infiltration	4-3	10-6
6	FOX | Julio Fuentes	2-5	6-12
7	RISE | Marn	2-5	5-11
8	EG | Ricki Ortiz	0-7	2-14

Group A Results

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)

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

Group B Results

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)

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

Group C Results

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)

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

Group D Results

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