Update: This story has been updated with day 1 results.
This weekend Emirates Showdown is taking place in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Notable players attending include TM|Arslan Ash, Falcons|Farzeen, Falcons|Atif, DRX|LowHigh, Z10|Qudans, Mirage|Gosain, Reject|Raef, Mirage|Fergus, TM|Hafiz Tanveer, Z10|Saint, Usama Abbasi, QAD|TheJon, DNF|CBM, Vicious|Qasim Meer, AG|M. Zubair, TF|yOReDz, Abood Bboy,Hamood, Fruit, GTR and many more.
This is a Challenger Event for Tekken 8 on the Tekken World Tour, in fact together with this weekend’s BeePro Cup they are the very last Challenger events on this year’s circuit.
Obviously this means that points are more important than ever and players have shown up in response, to the tune of more than 250 entrants in the Tekken 8 bracket.
Other tournaments being played include Street Fighter 6 with 90 signups, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with over 70 participants, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves with over 40 players and 2XKO which sits at more than 30 competitors.
Streaming is being done at VSlash Esports.
Winners bracket
TM|Arslan Ash (Anna, Nina) vs. DRX|LowHigh (Bryan)
TekkenMaster (Clive, Eddy) vs. Falcons|Atif (Anna, Dragunov)
Losers bracket
Z10|Saint (JACK-8) vs. TF|yOReDz (Xiaoyu)
Fate|Khan (Feng, Leroy, JACK-8) vs. Reject|Raef (Jin)
9. Falcons|Farzeen (Lidia)
9. QAD|TheJon (King)
9. Falcons|Shaman (Jun)
9. TM|Hafiz Tanveer (Claudio)
13. Falcons|Aqeel9 (Anna)
13. UAE|ZenZoKen (Hwoarang)
13. TheSamBrother (Shaheen)
13. DNF|CBM (Clive)
1. MB|Nabtah (Pyra/Mythra)
2. Galaxy515 (Cloud)
3. TF|Soudsamus (Palutena)
4. LoFi (Steve)
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All times listed are Gulf Standard Time.
Time Zone Conversion:
PST: Subtract 12 hours.
EST: Subtract 9 hours.
UTC/UK Time: Subtract 4 hours.
CET: Subtract 3 hours.
JST: Add 5 hours.