The Esports World Cup 2024 Tekken 8 Last Chance Qualifier came to its conclusion yesterday. Due to their performances at the event, Ashes|Usama Abbasi, VARREL|Ao, Sajawal, and TM|Hafiz Tanveer will each get a chance to snag a sizeable piece of the $1,000,000 prize pool at Esports World Cup finals for Tekken 8 starting on August 21.
With the last chance qualifier now behind us, the Phase 1 Groups for the Esports World Cup for Tekken 8 have been unveiled. Just like with the Phase 1 Groups for the Esports World Cup for Street Fighter 6, these brackets look to be absolutely stacked.
Of course, the winner of Evo 2024 Tekken 8 champion, TM|Arslan Ash will also be competing at this event. As a favorite to win the whole thing, Arslan Ash will begin his run in Group CC.
However, even a player of Arslan Ash won’t necessarily have an easy time right from the get go. Within his group bracket, he’ll be directly competing against Edge, Ulsan, and Jeondding.
VARREL|Rangchu, who finished at 9th place at Evo 2024 with Kuma, is perhaps most famous for winning the Tekken World Tour Finals 2018 for Tekken 7 with low tier Panda, is also present at the event. He can be found in Group BB along with Kkokkoma, Atif, and The Jon.
In total, 32 of some of the best Tekken 8 competitors in the world have been split up into eight different Phase 1 Groups. Needless to say, action is going to kick off immediately once August 21 rolls around.
Check it all out below:
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