Originally scheduled to be held in early December, Japan’s Capcom Pro Tour qualifier had to be postponed due to technical issues from a patch but it will now finally be taking place this weekend.
As one of the most competitive regions in the world, you can imagine that the event will be stacked. For just a sample of the players that will be participating in this bracket, there will be appearances by BST|Fuudo, Rohto|Tokido, GyoGun|Moke, Ibushigin|Kakeru, BC|Kazunoko, CAG|Fenrich, BST|Daigo, Victrix|Momochi, FAV|Ryuusei, GyoGun|Mizuha, SNB|Yamaguchi, Kabe, Saishunkan|Nemo, DFM|John Takeuchi, RB|Bonchan, RC|Haitani, CAG|Go1, DFM|Itabashi Zangief, Saishunkan|Higuchi, AZ|Kichipa-mu, SNB|Fujimura, KanPro|Nishikin, YHC-Mochi, Noble, Kei.B, WIP|Jazzy, KanPro|Yossan, iXA|Acqua, JIG|Kishiri and of course many more after that.
The eligible region to register for this event was Japan, and Japan only.
This is an online Premier event, meaning that the winner of this competition will get a direct qualification to this season’s Capcom Cup.
With over 900 players signed up, you know the competition is going to be extreme in order to reach the end, but most of that action is set to be happening off-stream. Thankfully, there will be a YouTube broadcast where Japanese commentators Aaru and Hameko will go through replays from CFN of tournament matches as the tournament winds down to the Top 16, which can be viewed here.
Until the main broadcast starts for top 16, you can follow along with the brackets atStart GG as well.
The main broadcast will be streamed at Capcom Fighters.
Saturday, January 6th
12:00 P.M. — Pools start
5:00 P.M. — Top 16 starts
Sunday, January 7th
5:00 P.M. — Top 8 starts
All times listed are JST.
Time Zone Conversion:
PST: Subtract 17 hours.
EST: Subtract 14 hours.
UTC/UK Time: Subtract 9 hours.
CET: Subtract 8 hours.