ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational

ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational, also known as ELEAGUE Season 3, is the third season of ELEAGUE. After two seasons with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the league announced that it will expand to fighting games with Street Fighter V. The season will run from March 27, 2017 to May 26, 2017 and will be broadcast on cable television on TBS and online on Twitch. The season will feature 32 players overall and 24 players in the main tournament from across the world to compete.[1]

ELEAGUE
2017
Tournament information
SportStreet Fighter V
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
DatesMarch 27, 2017–May 26, 2017
Administrator(s)Turner Sports
William Morris Endeavor
Tournament
format(s)
Group Stage
Double-Elimination Bracket
VenueTurner Studios
Teams32 players
Purse$250,000 USD
Final positions
Champion Victor "Punk" Woodley
1st runner-up Arman "Phenom" Hanjani
2nd runner-up Keita "Fuudo" Ai

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 US$150,000 of the US$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)
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

Regular Season (April 7-May 12, 2017)

Phase One
  First Round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
     PIE | Smug   3  
     FOX | Julio Fuentes   0  
       PIE | Smug   3  
       RZR | Infiltration   0  
     F3 | Brolynho   1
     RZR | Infiltration   3  
       PIE | Smug   Q
       F3 | Brolynho   Q
     FOX | Julio Fuentes   1  
     F3 | Brolynho   3  
       RZR | Infiltration   0
       F3 | Brolynho   3  
Group A Phase One Results
Group A Phase One Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
PIE | Smug Balrog 3 0 Ken FOX | Julio Fuentes
F3 | Brolynho Necalli 1 3 Juri RZR | Infiltration
PIE | Smug Balrog 3 0 Juri RZR | Infiltration
F3 | Brolynho Necalli 3 1 Ken FOX | Julio Fuentes
RZR | Infiltration Juri 0 3 Necalli F3 | Brolynho

Phase Two
  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
     PG | Punk   3  
     F3 | Brolynho   1  
       PG | Punk   3  
       PIE | Smug   2  
     FOX | Momochi   0
     PIE | Smug   3  
       PG | Punk   Q
       FOX | Momochi   Q
     F3 | Brolynho   0  
     FOX | Momochi   3  
       PIE | Smug   0
       FOX | Momochi   3  

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Group A Phase Two Results
Group A Phase Two Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
PG | Punk Karin 3 1 Necalli F3 | Brolynho
FOX | Momochi Ibuki 0 3 Balrog PIE | Smug
PG | Punk Karin 3 2 Balrog PIE | Smug
FOX | Momochi Ken 3 0 Necalli F3 | Brolynho
PIE | Smug Balrog 0 3 Ibuki FOX | Momochi

Phase One
  First round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
     GW | Eita   0  
     CYG | Daigo Umehara   3  
       CYG | Daigo Umehara   3  
       ZW | GamerBee   1  
     ZW | GamerBee   3
     FOX | Justin Wong   0  
       CYG | Daigo Umehara   Q
       GW | Eita   Q
     GW | Eita   3  
     FOX | Justin Wong   0  
       ZW | GamerBee   0
       GW | Eita   3  

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Group B Phase One Results
Group B Phase One Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
GW | Eita Ken 0 3 Guile CYG | Daigo Umehara
ZW | GamerBee Necalli 3 0 Karin FOX | Justin Wong
CYG | Daigo Umehara Guile 3 1 Necalli ZW | GamerBee
GW | Eita Ken 3 0 Karin FOX | Justin Wong
ZW | GamerBee Necalli 0 3 Ken GW | Eita

Phase Two
  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
     CYG | Snake Eyez   0  
     CYG | Daigo Umehara   3  
       CYG | Daigo Umehara   1  
       CYG | PR Balrog   3  
     CYG | PR Balrog   3
     GW | Eita   1  
       CYG | PR Balrog   Q
       CYG | Daigo Umehara   Q
     CYG | Snake Eyez   1  
     GW | Eita   3  
       CYG | Daigo Umehara   3
       GW | Eita   2  

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Group B Phase Two Results
Group B Phase Two Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
CYG | PR Balrog Balrog 3 1 Ken GW | Eita
CYG | Snake Eyez Akuma 0 3 Guile CYG | Daigo Umehara
CYG | Daigo Umehara Guile 1 3 Balrog CYG | PR Balrog
CYG | Snake Eyez Zangief 1 3 Ken GW | Eita
CYG | Daigo Umehara Guile 3 2 Ken GW | Eita

Phase One
  First round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
     RZR | Xian   2  
     FOX | Tokido   3  
       FOX | Tokido   3  
       SPY | Fchamp   1  
     SPY | Fchamp   3
     GRPT | MOV   0  
       FOX | Tokido   Q
       RZR | Xian   Q
     RZR | Xian   3  
     GRPT | MOV   1  
       SPY | Fchamp   2
       RZR | Xian   3  

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Group C Phase One Results
Group C Phase One Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
RZR | Xian Ibuki 2 3 Akuma FOX | Tokido
SPY | Fchamp Dhalsim 3 0 Chun-Li GRPT | MOV
FOX | Tokido Akuma 3 1 Dhalsim SPY | Fchamp
RZR | Xian Ibuki 3 1 Chun-Li GRPT | MOV
SPY | Fchamp Dhalsim 2 3 Ibuki RZR | Xian

Phase Two
  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
     GRPT | Fuudo   3  
     FOX | Tokido   1  
       GRPT | Fuudo   3  
       RZR | Xian   2  
     Wolfkrone   2
     RZR | Xian   3  
       GRPT | Fuudo   Q
       Wolfkrone   Q
     FOX | Tokido   0  
     Wolfkrone   3  
       RZR | Xian   2
       Wolfkrone   3  

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Group C Phase Two Results
Group C Phase Two Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
Wolfkrone Laura 2 3 Ibuki RZR | Xian
GRPT | Fuudo R. Mika 3 1 Akuma FOX | Tokido
GRPT | Fuudo R. Mika 3 2 Ibuki RZR | Xian
Wolfkrone Laura 3 0 Akuma FOX | Tokido
RZR | Xian Ibuki 2 3 Laura Wolfkrone

Phase One
  First round Quarterfinals Phase Two
                             
     RB | Luffy   3  
     Ryan Hart   1  
       RB | Luffy   2  
       DNL | Chris Tatarian   3  
     DNL | Chris Tatarian   3
     Qanba | Xiao Hai   2  
       DNL | Chris Tatarian   Q
       Qanba | Xiao Hai   Q
     Ryan Hart   1  
     Qanba | Xiao Hai   3  
       RB | Luffy   1
       Qanba | Xiao Hai   3  

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Group D Phase One Results
Group D Phase One Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
RB | Luffy R. Mika 3 1 Guile Ryan Hart
DNL | Chris Tatarian Ken 3 2 Cammy Qanba | Xiao Hai
RB | Luffy R. Mika 2 3 Ken DNL | Chris Tatarian
Ryan Hart Urien, Guile 1 3 Cammy Qanba | Xiao Hai
RB | Luffy R. Mika 1 3 Cammy Qanba | Xiao Hai

Phase Two
  Semifinals Finals Playoffs
                             
     BX3 | Phenom   3  
     DNL | Chris Tatarian   1  
       BX3 | Phenom   3  
       Qanba | Xiao Hai   0  
     Liquid'NuckleDu   1
     Qanba | Xiao Hai   3  
       BX3 | Phenom   Q
       Qanba | Xiao Hai   Q
     Liquid'NuckleDu   3  
     DNL | Chris Tatarian   1  
       Qanba | Xiao Hai   3
       Liquid'NuckleDu   1  

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Group D Phase Two Results
Group D Phase Two Results
Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player
Liquid'KnuckleDu Guile, R. Mika 1 3 Cammy Qanba | Xiao Hai
BX3 | Phenom Necalli 3 1 Ken DNL | Chris Tatarian
BX3 | Phenom Necalli 3 0 Cammy Qanba | Xiao Hai
DNL | Chris Tatarian Ken 1 3 Guile Liquid'KnuckleDu
Qanba | Xiao Hai Cammy 3 1 Guile, R. Mika Liquid'KnuckleDu

Playoffs (May 26th, 2017)

Upper Bracket
Winner's Semifinals Winner's Finals
      
PG | Punk 3
CYG | PR Balrog 0
PG | Punk 1
BX3 | Phenom 3
GRPT | Fuudo 0
BX3 | Phenom 3

Lower Bracket
  Loser's Round 1     Loser's Quarterfinals     Loser's Semifinals
                           
        GRPT | Fuudo 3  
  FOX | Momochi 3     FOX | Momochi 0    
  CYG | Daigo Umehara 1         GRPT | Fuudo 3
      CYG | PR Balrog 2
        CYG | PR Balrog 3    
  Wolfkrone 2     Qanba | Xiao Hai 2  
  Qanba | Xiao Hai 3  
Loser's Finals
   
PG | Punk 3
GRPT | Fuudo 2

Grand Finals
Grand Finals
   
BX3 | Phenom 2
PG | Punk 4

Final standings
Final Standings
Place Prize Money Player
1st US$150,000 PG | Punk
2nd US$40,000 BX3 | Phenom
3rd US$20,000 GRPT | Fuudo
4th US$12,000 CYG | PR Balrog
5th – 6th US$5,000 Qanba | Xiao Hai
FOX | Momochi
7th – 8th US$3,000 Wolfkrone
CYG | Daigo Umehara
9th – 12th US$1,000 PIE | Smug
GW | Eita
RZR | Xian
Liquid'KnuckleDu
13th – 16th US$1,000 F3 | Brolynho
CYG | Snake Eyez
FOX | Tokido
DNL | Chris Tatarian
17th – 20th US$500 RZR | Infiltration
ZW | GamerBee
SPY | Fchamp
RB | Luffy
21st – 24th US$500 FOX | Julio Fuentes
FOX | Justin Wong
GRPT | MOV
Ryan Hart
25th – 28th US$0 RISE | Marn
LU | Alex Valle
EG | K-Brad
Circa | LPN
29th – 32nd US$0 EG | Ricki Ortiz
Gllty
Gootecks
LI Joe

References
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  2. "Street Fighter V Format – ELEAGUE". ELEAGUE. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
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