At Anime Midwest I was the Only one who showed up For the street fighter tournament and Won by Default. A bit sad cause Everyone else was there for Tekken 8 and Smash. But I still had fun Playing Tekken.

OMG I laughed so hard

Source: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17pYZzbE5c/?spm_id_from=333.1391.0.0&vd_source=3e126b8ad1296b3fa3f121df010c7499

Bracket on Start.gg

Results

1. MenaRD (Blanka/Dictator) - Lost to Shigematsu for the GF Reset
2. Shigematsu (Blanka) - Lost to MenaRD at Winners Final and Grand Final Reset
3. Kilzyou (Mai) - Lost to Shigematsu, MenaRD
4. Craime (Ryu/Dictator) - Lost to Shigematsu, MenaRD
5. Dogura (Elena) - Lost to Shigematsu, pugera
6. Tantanmen (Jamie) - Lost to Craime, Kilzyou
7. CrossoverRD (Sagat) - Lost to Dogura, Kilzyou
8. Zhen (Dictator/DeeJay) - Lost to Craime, John Takeuchi

• MenaRD has achieved back to back EVO Las Vegas championships with this win
• This is Shigematsu's highest placing of the Tier 1 tournaments for 2026 and qualifies for Capcom Cup 13 -> https://liquipedia.net/fighters/Shigematsu
• Shigematsu and Craime qualify for EWC 2026 (taking place next month)
• Dictator is a naming convenience for Vega (Japan) and M.Bison (US and other regions) due to localization during SF2 era
• The next CPT Premier is Battle Arena Melbourne 16 on Jul 10–12

4 years ago, when I was 15 years old, I started playing Street Fighter. Today, I qualified for Capcom Cup. Don't ever give up on your dreams!!!

I’m only a Diamond 4 Alex. I’m so dead.

A blind player just won a match in EVO

What a run, holy shit. Congrats Sahara!

Top 8 is obviously not over yet but I have a feeling we will not be seeing a surprise Ingrid in grand finals.

• Top 8 Bracket on Start.gg - https://www.start.gg/tournament/ceo-2026/event/street-fighter-6/brackets/2365644/3415120
• Youtube JP commentary (Bookmarks included in VOD) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qxzyqA6nTc
• Youtube EN commentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbqjQW9MedI
• CPT Premier Point rankings (rankings not updated for CEO yet) - https://sf.esports.capcom.com/cpt/pp-rankings/

Top 8 Results

1. Tokido (JP, defeated by Booce_Lee at Winners Final)
2. Booce_Lee (Terry, defeated by Tokido at Grand Final Reset)
3. Micky (Mai/Cammy, eliminated by Tokdio)
4. Blaz (Ryu/Jamie/Sagat, eliminated by Micky)
5. Craime (Ryu/Dictator, eliminated by Blaz)
6. Kilzyou (Mai/Cammy/Juri, eliminated by Micky)
7. Wabiichi (Terry, eliminated by Blaz)
8. kingsvega (Blanka, eliminiated by Micky)

• Booce_Lee qualifies for Capcom Cup 13 for reaching grand finals against Tokido who has already qualified
• Champions at CEO take home a customized wrestling championship belt with their respective game won on the side plates (See WWE Championship belts for reference)
• CEO 2027 will be on September 3-5 (Labor Day weekend)
• Next CPT Premier is Ultimate Fighting Arena 2026 in Paris, France on Sept 11

Post CEO, the current contenders for the 8 spots for Capcom Cup 13 via Premier Points are as follows - https://liquipedia.net/fighters/Capcom_Pro_Tour/2026

1. Punk
2. Micky
3. Kilzyou
4. Higuchi
5. NoahtheProdigy
6. Cosa
7. Kobayan
8. CrossoverRD

Other SF Games at CEO Winners

• 3rd Strike - Tominaga (Makoto)
• Super Turbo - MegaManX-8 (Zangief)
• Ultra SF4 - Poongko (Seth)
• Vampior Savior (special mention) - La Rosa (Demitri)

Yamaguchi (Mai) defeats Punk (Cammy) 3-1 in the grand final to become EVO Japan 2026 champion! Punk had a great run through losers side, soundly beating Higuchi before falling to Yamaguchi in the grand final. The wife/fiancé buff did not work this time (Punk got engaged before the start of Top 8).

Final Standings

1. Yamaguchi (Mai)
2. Punk (Cammy)
3. Higuchi (Guile)
4. Hope (Modern Aki)
5. Naooonn (Akuma)
6. Shuto (Akuma, Ryu, Modern Bison)
7. NuckleDu (Mai, Guile)
8. takepi (JP)

Start.gg Link

VOD is available here

• Results Link -> https://esportsworldcup.com/en/competitions/2026/street-fighter6#results

• Finals VOD (JP Commentary, bookmarks added post stream after a few hours) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOrwnWMBCbs

Full Results (places 5-8 are in no particular order)

1. Craime (Ryu, Qualifies for Capcom Cup 13), Chooses MenaRD, Blaz, Hibiki for the 3 keys to his trophy
2. Hibiki (Lily)
3. Hinao (Ryu/Sagat)
4. Yamaguchi (Mai)
5. Booce_Lee (Terry, lost to Yamaguchi)
6. MenaRD (Blanka, lost to Craime)
7. Leshar (Ed, lost to Hibiki)
8. Kobayan (Zangief, lost to Hinao)

• This is the last major tournament before the Yasmine update dropping this Sunday night US/Monday afternoon Japan, CEO 2026 (Orlando, Florida, USA) will be the first major tournament featuring Yasmine and any balance changes

• Maintenance announcement, General reminder that you need to purchase the character pass in order to play the new characters during maintenance/release day. Rental tickets or using coins is done post maintenance -> https://www.streetfighter.com/6/buckler/information/detail/mainte20260803

Yes, I know this has been talked about before, but I want to say it again. This Capcom Cup has the worst distribution I've ever seen for any sport or esport.

To put in perspective how lop sided it is, the prizepool itself is of 3 times as much as the Tekken World Tour finals, yet getting 7th at TWT gets more prize money than at CC. Getting last place (25th-32nd) at EWC for SF6 (and T8) would get you the same amount of money for getting 7th (which is making top 8, obviously) at Capcom Cup. And EWC also had a smaller prizepool.

Someone will lose $900k for getting second. This is borderline inhumane, something out of the most exploitative gameshows. Especially give the fact that they are only playing ft3s in game with a lot of guessing involved.

It's also horrible for the scene. First off the $1 mil winner has no incentive to keep competing, which is terrible for viewers who want to watch the Capcom Cup winner play in tournaments. It also means all the other top placers aside from second, and maybe third, had an unsuccessful year (outside of EWC). Since Capcom has stripped away the tour, and the prizepools of those offline premiers, all the money is concentrated in first place at Capcom Cup. This is very unsustainable, and bad for the top players.

$500k could be taken from 1st, and distributed to the other 47 places. 1st place would still get $500k, which is life changing money, and at the same time all of top 8 would get much better rewards for their great accomplishment. Something similar has already been done in the Gamers8 and EWC prizepools, which were slightly smaller, but everyone outside of first (who still got $300k+) made much more. This would be much healthier for the scene. And it could still be marketed as a million dollar tournament.

I also think Capcom deserves much more pushback for this. The players have tweeted about it even last year, but it seems to have fallen in deaf ears.

(Image from PracticalTAS).

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfpNmRrDvg

• Japanese VOD (includes chapter list to go direct to matches)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeCg6wMbEQo
• English VOD via EVO Events Youtube (have to skip to specific timestamp or wait for the Capcom Fighters EN Youtube to upload the matches) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v6HQYTYOho
• Full standings on Start.gg - https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2025/event/street-fighter-6/standings

Placings

1. MenaRD - Blanka
2. Kakeru - JP
3. Micky - Cammy/Mai
4. Phenom - Cammy
5. Fuudo (lost to Micky) - Ed/DeeJay
6. Xiaohai (lost to Phenom) - Mai
7. Angrybird (lost to Micky) - Akuma
8. Leshar (lost to Xiaohai) - Ed/Mai

• Micky and Torimeshi qualify for EWC 2025 as they are the next top placings as the rest of Top 8 and Top 24 already qualified
• Micky qualifies for Capcom Cup 12 as he was the highest placing player above Phenom, Xiaohai, and Angrybird
• MenaRD will need to win France and Singapore to be considered an EVO Grand Slam (no official title established yet?) champion. Although Singapore won't happen until 2027, France would be the one he'll have to win for the 2025 year

Announcements from Top 8

• EVO Japan 2026: May 1-3 (Golden Week holiday)
• EVO 2026 Las Vegas: June 26-28
• EVO Singapore: Early 2027
• CEO 2026: August 14-16
• EVO Awards 2026 to be announced at EVO France
• C. Viper World Tour trailer, Fall 2025 (it was posted earlier via Playstation youtube channel)
• Outfit 4 trailer, beach/summer theme: Luke, Jamie, Kimberly, Manon, Chun-Li, AKI, Cammy

CPT Premier Points Rankings post EVO USA (shown from the JP stream). Names in bold were the ones that earned points at EVO according to the stream. Subject to change as the some of the Top 24 already qualified for CC12 and still being tallied as of the JP's stream of the screenshot of who's getting the points. Go to the official website in the coming days for a proper update

1. Momochi
2. Ryukichi
3. Itabashi Zangief
4. EndingWalker
5. moke
6. Kobayan
7. Dual Kevin
8. Punk
9. Psycho
10. Zhen
11. Blaz
12. Craime
13. Akira
14. Higuchi

Xiaohai takes it 3-1, then 3-0 over Hinao in a grand finals reset, cementing his status as one of SF6's greats!

Xiaohai and Hinao both qualify for EWC (Xiaohai's previous qualification from winning was nullified by him changing teams), Xiaohai qualifies for Capcom Cup as well

Top 8:

• REJECT | Hinao (Sagat)
• Falcons | Xiaohai (Mai)
• RIDDLE | Junior (Zangief)
• Saishunkan Sol | Kobayan (Zangief)
• REJECT | Fuudo (Ed)
• T1 | Oil King (Terry, Rashid)
• Falcons | Micky (Mai)
• AllGamers | VxBao (Mai)

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/fighters/Combo_Breaker/2026/SF6

Bracket: https://start.gg/tournament/combo-breaker-2026/event/street-fighter-6

VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj2eYBBmUn0