“Street Fighter 6” World Championship held at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Japan’s Sho and Good 8 Squad won!

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At the “CAPCOM CUP 11” held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo from March 5th to March 9th, Japan’s Sho won the individual tournament and the Japanese team “Good 8 Squad” won the team league match.

“CAPCOM CUP 11” is the official world tournament of the fighting game “Street Fighter 6”.
The individual competition will feature a total of 48 players who have won the CAPCOM Pro Tour 2024, a preliminary tournament held around the world.
The final match was between Sho of Japan and Blaz of Chile, and Sho of Japan won the prize money of $1 million.

The final match between the rising Japanese star who suddenly became the top player in Strike 6 and the Chilean “15-year-old Ryu user” suddenly appeared, which became a big topic.

In addition, the “Street Fighter League: World Championship 2024”, which is a team league competition, featured a final match between Japan’s “Good 8 Squad” and the American “FlyQuest”.

In the rule that the championship is decided by 70 points, the Japanese team was at a loss of 10-50 at one point, but from there they showed a furious catch-up and tied the score. In the end, Kawano of Japan and PUNK of the United States were entangled in a general battle, and the result was that Kawano won the full set and full round, and the “Good 8 Squad” won 70-50.

It has been announced that the venue for the next “CAPCOM CUP 12” will continue to be Ryogoku Kokugikan in Japan.