Update: This story has been updated with day 2 results.
The Arc World Tour 2025-2026 Finals are upon us once again and this year they’re taking place in Goyang, South Korea.
Qualified players for the games are RedDitto, FREE|Andross11, TSM|Leffen, Gamera, Tatuma, PAR|Daru, Umisho, Kanme|Monarch, ZangiefDream, Shio, Zane, Oushuu-Hittou, BBB|Defiant, Oplon|Skyll, PAR|Kojicoco, Kanme|Xerom, Space, FREE|Usagi, Debagame, Zeta|Tyurara, FLY|NitroNY, Fitizen, Socky, Kasausagi, Kshuewhatdamoo, ONi|TigerPop, Senaru, BBB|OmniDeag, Neffros, JF, YMST, PAR|Jack, Pixi, PataChu, MetallicCake and Jaca. There will also be open Last Chance Qualifiers with many more notables in them.
Players have battled it out throughout the year to qualify for the finals for Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising and Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:celes].
Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising each have a prize pool of $100,000 while Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:celes] has a total prize pool of $50,000. In all three games, the winner claims half of the prize pool for themselves, so there’s a lot of money at stake.
The two bigger games, Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, both have 16 qualified players (though unfortunately PAR|Zando had to withdraw from the Guilty Gear Strive competition, leading to only 15 players competing). They will each start with four round robin brackets where the winners in each group qualify for the final bracket.
Second placers all qualify for an “extra stage”, in which they play a single elimination first-to-3 bracket between each other, where the top two placers advance to the finals as well.
p<>After that, there’s a Last Chance Qualifier for all three games. Players eliminated in the group stages are also eligible to join the Last Chance Qualifier, and two players will qualify into the final bracket for each game.
Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:celes] has no group stage at all, and will simply have a final bracket with eight players (including the two Last Chance Qualifiers) on the final day.
English language streaming is being done at Arc System Works U.
Winners bracket
PAR|Jack (Happy Chaos) vs. MetallicCake (I-No)
FLY|NitroNY (Leo) vs. Tatuma (Sol)
Losers bracket
Kshuewhatdamoo (I-No) vs. IMM|Summit (Chipp)
Daru (I-No) vs. Gobou (Asuka)
Winners bracket
ZangiefDream (Cagliostro) vs. GS|Gamera (Ilsa, Djeeta)
PAR|Kojicoco (Belial, Beatrix) vs. Kasausagi (Ferry)
Losers bracket
JF (Vaseraga) vs. Pixi (Lowain)
FREE|Usagi (Grimnir) vs. Shio (Lowain)
Winners bracket
BBB|OmniDeag vs. GDG|Kyou (Ogre)
Senaru vs. Neffros
BBB|Defiant vs. Oushuu-Hittou
Jaca vs. FVO|Miyagi Muteki (Izumi)
Qualified
IMM|Summit (Chipp)
Gobou (Asuka, Zato-1)
3. ONi|TigerPop (A.B.A)
4. Umisho (Chipp)
5. FREE|Andros11 (Potemkin)
5. Sanakan (Happy Chaos)
7. RedDitto (Ramlethal)
7. Zeta|Tyurara (Sin)
Qualified
Pixi (Lowain)
Shio (Lowain)
3. Socky (Lowain, Katalina)
4. Goenitz (Belial, Gran, Ilsa)
5. Buchinuki (Soriz)
5. mCon|Space (Cagliostro)
7. Oplon|Skyll (Soriz)
7. IBSG|Rookies (Wilnas, Seox)
Qualified
GDG|Kyou (Ogre)
FVO|Miyagi Muteki (Izumi)
3. Sehara (Chaos)
4. Eastream (Enkidu)
5. DNS|Armperor (Akatsuki)
5. Suteneko (Mika)
7. Trista
7. VH|Rippu
Qualified
Kshuewhatdamoo (I-No)
PAR|Daru (I-No)
Eliminated
YMST (Happy Chaos)
TSM|Leffen (Happy Chaos)
• Kshuewhatdamoo (I-No) beat YMST (Happy Chaos) 3-0.
• Daru (I-No) beat TSM|Leffen (Happy Chaos) 3-0.
View battle log
Qualified
JF (Vaseraga)
FREE|Usagi (Grimnir)
Eliminated
Oplon|Skyll (Soriz)
Fitizen (Beatrix, Siegfried)
• FREE|Usagi (Grimnir) beat Fitizen (Siegfried) 3-0.
• JF (Vaseraga) beat Oplon|Skyll (Soriz) 3-2.
View battle log
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
PAR| Jack
USA
Happy Chaos
3-0
9-4
+5
2
YMST
Japan
Happy Chaos
2-1
7-4
+3
3
Zeta| Tyurara
Japan
Sin, Ky, Unika
1-2
4-8
-4
4
PataChu
France
Sin
0-3
5-9
-4
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• PAR|Jack (Happy Chaos) beat PataChu (Sin) 3-2.
• YMST (Happy Chaos) beat Zeta|Tyurara (Sin) 3-0.
• PAR|Jack (Happy Chaos) beat Zeta|Tyurara (Sin) 3-1.
• YMST (Happy Chaos) beat PataChu (Sin) 3-1.
• PAR|Jack (Happy Chaos) beat YMST (Happy Chaos) 3-1.
• Zeta|Tyurara (Unika, Ky) beat PataChu (Sin) 3-2.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
MetallicCake
Australia
3-0
9-4
+5
2
Kshuewhatdamoo
USA
2-1
8-5
+3
3
FREE| Andross11
Spain
1-2
3-7
-4
4
Daseinologist
France
0-3
5-9
-4
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• MetallicCake (I-No) beat Daseinologist (Happy Chaos) 3-2.
• Kshuewhatdamoo (I-No) beat FREE|Andross11 (Potemkin) 3-0.
• FREE|Andros11 (Potemkin) beat Daseinologist (Happy Chaos) 3-1.
• MetallicCake (I-No) beat Kshuewhatdamoo (I-No) 3-2.
• Kshuewhatdamoo (I-No) beat Daseinologist (Happy Chaos) 3-2.
• MetallicCake (I-No) beat FREE|Andross11 (Potemkin) 3-0.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
FLY| NitroNY
USA
Leo
2-1
7-4
+3
2
PAR| Daru
South Korea
I-No
2-1
7-4
+3
3
Umisho
USA
Chipp
2-1
7-6
+1
4
ONi| TigerPop
United Kingdom
A.B.A
0-3
2-9
-7
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• PAR|Daru (I-No) beat ONi|TigerPop (A.B.A) 3-0.
• Umisho (Chipp) beat FLY|NitroNY (Leo) 3-1.
• FLY|NitroNY (Leo) beat PAR|Daru (I-No) 3-1.
• Umisho (Chipp) beat ONi|TigerPop (A.B.A) 3-2.
• PAR|Daru (I-No) beat Umisho (Chipp) 3-1.
• FLY|NitroNY (Leo) beat ONi|TigeerPop (A.B.A) 3-0.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
Tatuma
Japan
Sol
2-0
6-2
+4
2
TSM| Leffen
Sweden
Happy Chaos
1-1
3-4
-1
3
RedDitto
USA
Ramlethal
0-2
3-6
-3
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• Tatuma (Sol) beat RedDitto (Ramlethal) 3-2.
• Tatuma (Sol) beat TSM|Leffen (Happy Chaos) 3-0.
• TSM|Leffen (Happy Chaos) beat RedDitto (Ramlethal) 3-1.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
ZangiefDream
Japan
Cagliostro
2-1
8-4
+4
2
Oplon| Skyll
France
Soriz
2-1
6-3
+3
3
mCon| Space
Netherlands
Beatrix, Cagliostro
2-1
6-5
+1
4
Pixi
Italy
Lowain
0-3
1-9
-8
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• mCon|Space (Beatrix) beat Pixi (Lowain) 3-0.
• ZangiefDream (Cagliostro) beat Oplon|Skyll (Soriz) 3-0.
• mCon|Space (Cagliostro, Beatrix) beat ZangiefDream (Cagliostro) 3-2.
• Oplon|Skyll (Soriz) beat Pixi (Lowain) 3-0.
• Oplon|Skyll (Soriz) beat mCon|Space (Cagliostro, Beatrix) 3-0.
• ZangiefDream (Cagliostro) beat Pixi (Lowain) 3-1.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
GS| Gamera
Japan
Ilsa, Djeeta
3-0
9-3
+6
2
JF
Brazil
Vaseraga
2-1
8-5
+3
3
PAR| Zane
USA
Grimnir
1-2
3-6
-3
4
Socky
Germany
Lowain
0-3
3-9
-6
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• GS|Gamera (Ilsa) beat Socky (Lowain) 3-1.
• JF (Vaseraga) beat PAR|Zane (Grimnir) 3-0.
• JF (Vaseraga) beat Socky (Lowain) 3-2.
• GS|Gamera (Ilsa) beat PAR|Zane (Grimnir) 3-0.
• PAR|Zane (Grimnir) beat Socky (Lowain) 3-0.
• GS|Gamera (Djeeta, Ilsa) beat JF (Vaseraga) 3-2.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
PAR| Kojicoco
USA
Belial, Beatrix
3-0
9-2
+7
2
FREE| Usagi
Spain
Grimnir
2-1
6-6
±0
3
Kanme| Monarch
USA
Metera
1-2
6-7
-1
4
Debagame
Japan
Vaseraga
0-3
3-9
-6
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• FREE|Usagi (Grimnir) beat Kanme|Monarch (Metera) 3-2.
• PAR|Kojicoco (Belial) beat Debagame (Vaseraga) 3-1.
• PAR|Kojicoco (Belial) beat FREE|Usagi (Grimnir) 3-0.
• Kanme|Monarch (Metera) beat Debagame (Vaseraga) 3-1.
• FREE|Usagi (Grimnir) beat Debagame (Vaseraga) 3-1.
• PAR|Kojicoco (Beatrix) beat Kanme|Monarch (Metera) 3-1.
#
Player
Country
Character
Record
GR
GD
1
Kasausagi
Japan
Ferry
3-0
9-2
+7
2
Fitizen
Germany
Beatrix, Siegfried
1-2
5-6
-1
3
Shio
Japan
Lowain
1-2
4-7
-3
4
Kanme| Xerom
USA
Charlotta
1-2
5-8
-3
Note: GR stands for Game Record. GD stands for Game Differential.
• Kasausagi (Ferry) beat Shio (Lowain) 3-1.
• Kanme|Xerom (Charlotta) beat Fitizen (Siegfried) 3-2.
• Kasausagi (Ferry) beat Fitizen (Beatrix) 3-0.
• Shio (Lowain) beat Kanme|Xerom (Charlotta) 3-1.
• Kasausagi (Ferry) beat Kanme|Xerom (Charlotta) 3-1.
• Fitizen (Beatrix) beat Shio (Lowain) 3-0.
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