ESWC results for Super Street Fighter 4
Update: The final results for all of the Super Street Fighter 4 action at the Electronic Sports World Cup have been posted on this story.
The ESWC Super Street Fighter 4 tournament in Paris, France has finished up. Top players from around the globe were competing for $14,000 in prize money.
A huge thanks goes out to Slasher, who came through yet again providing a number of updates for the community.
To see how things went down, hit the link below.
Final Results
1. EG.Justin Wong, U.S.A. (Rufus) โ $8,000
2. EG.Martin "Marn" Phan, U.S.A. (C. Viper, Rufus) โ $4,000
3. Luffy, France (Rose) โ $2,000
4. Infiltration, Korea (Akuma)
Last Round Battle Log
• Grand Finals: Justin Wong (Rufus) defeated Martin "Marn" Phan (C. Viper) 3-1.
• To decide 3rd place, Luffy (Rose) defeated Infiltration (Akuma) 3-1.
• Final Four: Justin Wong, U.S.A. (Rufus) defeated Luffy (Rose) 3-1.
• Final Four: Martin "Marn" Phan (C. Viper) defeated Infiltration (Akuma) 3-1.
Round 2
Group 1
1st: Infiltration, Korea (Akuma)
2nd: Luffy, France (Rose)
Eliminated: Laugh, Korea (Ryu) | LordDVD, France (E. Honda)
Group 2
1st: EG.Justin Wong, U.S.A. (Rufus)
2nd: EG.Martin "Marn" Phan, U.S.A. (Rufus)
Eliminated: Dignitas.Zak Bennet, United Kingdom (Boxer) | LLL.Ryan "Prodigal Son" Hart, United Kingdom (Sagat)
Round 1
Group 1
1st: Laugh, Korea (Ryu)
2nd: LLL.Ryan "Prodigal Son" Hart, United Kingdom (Sagat)
Eliminated: Yagami, Sweden (Dhalsim) | Yamazaki, France (Rose)
Group 2
1st: Infiltration, Korea (Akuma)
2nd: Dignitas.Zak Bennet, United Kingdom (Boxer)
Eliminated: Brun0, Brazil (Akuma) | Handy, Indonesia (Guy)
Group 3
1st: EG.Martin "Marn" Phan, U.S.A. (Rufus)
2nd: Luffy, France (Rose)
Eliminated: GeoM PKK, Colombia (Guile) | Chunkis, Ireland (Sagat or Guy) | Fox
Characters listed for group 3 have not been confirmed yet.
Group 4
1st: EG.Justin Wong, U.S.A. (Rufus)
2nd: LordDVD, France (E. Honda)
Eliminated: BlackieEX, Poland | Chasin, Netherlands
If you'd like to see a match by match breakdown of how things proceeded, hit this page.
There's been a bit of drama concerning if this tournament is character locked (being able to switch to another fighter) or not. Martin "Marn" Phan, who's competing at ESWC, chimed in on the subject, and included a story on what happened in one of the earlier fights.
Thanks to WorstGiefEVER, StarNab, Goemon, Prod, Marn, Mourne, Valken, Endy, Tuurio, Inane and Zombiebrian for contributing to this story.