Street Fighter 6 at the Esports World Cup 2024: Schedule, stream, and results

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

Some of the best players in the world gather for the main EWC SF6 event. These four tournament days are filled with exciting matches!

After quite a few qualifying events, the Street Fighter 6 community is ready to witness the final matches at the Esports World Cup 2024. The competition is amazingly intense — with two group stages and the playoffs to determine the winner.

Everything about the EWC Street Fighter 6 is here: the stream, schedule, info on the participants, and the results.

Where to watch the Street Fighter 6 Esports World Cup 2024?

The EWC SF6 stream is on the official YouTube channel. You also can watch the playoffs right here:

The SF6 Esports World Cup 2024 results

Check out the results of the Street Fighter 6 Esports World Cup 2024 for each phase.

Phase 1

The tournament already brings big surprises. Punk, the SF6 Evo 2024 champion, is out of the EWC. And MenaRD, the SF6 Evo Japan Champion, has been eliminated too — interesting enough, he lost to the American player Dual Kevin, who qualified via LCQ.

After day 1 of the tournament, these eight players proceed to Phase 2 from four groups: gachikun, Ryukichi, AngryBird, Problem X, NoahTheProdigy, Kakeru, xiaohai, and Dual Kevin.

Players who qualified for Phase 2 on the second day of the EWC SF6 are Hikaru and Chris Wong from group E; Kawano and Tachikawa from group F. Interestingly enough, Tachikawa reached so far while playing on Modern Controls.

From group G, Leshar and Bonchan are moving further in the tournament. Higuchi and moke qualified from group H.

Phase 2

Here are the groups in Phase 2 of the Street Fighter 6 EWC 2024.

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
AngryBird (2:0)Ryukichi (2:0)Hikaru (2:0)Higuchi (2:0)
gachikun (2:1)Xiao Hai (2:1)Kawano (2:1)Tachikawa (2:1)
Kakeru (1:2)NoahTheProdigy (1:2)Bonchan (1:2)Leshar (1:2)
Dual Kevin (0:2)Problem X (0:2)moke (0:2)Chris Wong (0:2)

After the starting matches of Phase 2, these players are out of the tournament: Dual Kevin, Problem X, moke, and Chris Wong. Kakeru, NoahTheProdigy, Bonchan, and Leshar were eliminated from the tournament on the final day, in the decisive matches of Phase 2.

Playoffs

In the single-elimination brackets of the EWC SF6 playoffs, each match is super important. They are First to 5, but after that, there is no second chance.

  • Tachikawa defeated AngryBird, 5:1
  • Kawano won over Ryukichi in a pretty long set, 5:4
  • Xiao Hai also needed nine games to defeat Hikaru, 5:4
  • gachikun won his match against Higuchi, 5:1

In the semi-finals, we have three Japanese and one Chinese players.

  • Tachikawa vs Kawano — 4:5, and Kawano proceeds to the grand final
  • Xiao Hai vs gachikun — 5:3, Xiao Hai got an early advantage, and gachikun couldn't make this comeback despite his best tries.

The Street Fighter 6 Esports World Cup 2024 grand final, Kawano vs Xiao Hai is an epic match!

  • Kawano vs Xiao Hai — 2:5; Xiao Hai wins this match and the whole tournament.

Xiao Hai is the SF6 EWC 2024 champion! He made it from winning KOF XV Evo 2024 to this victory, which is amazingly impressive.

Street Fighter 6 EWC final brackets (image via Esports World Cup 2024)
Street Fighter 6 EWC final brackets (image via Esports World Cup 2024)

The EWC Street Fighter 6: Format and schedule

The total number of participants at the SF6 Esports World Cup is 32. They compete in three phases, and the tournament continues for four days.

  • Day 1: Tuesday, August 8 — Phase 1 groups
  • Day 2: Friday, August 9 — Phase 1 groups 
  • Day 3: Saturday, August 10 — Phase 2 groups 
  • Day 3: Sunday, August 11 — Phase 2 groups and playoffs

All the phases start at 5 p.m. local time. It’s 4 p.m. CEST / 8 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. PT.

Phase 1

32 players are divided into eight groups. The groups feature double-elimination Bo5 matches. The top 2 players from each group proceed to Phase 2.

Phase 2

As the number of players decreases, there are only four groups in Phase 2. The rules are identical to the previous stage. 8 players continue competing at the EWC SF6.

Groups in Phase 2 (image via Esports World Cup)
Groups in Phase 2 (image via Esports World Cup)

Playoffs

Unlike most other fighting game esports tournaments, the Esports World Cup 2024 for Street Fighter 6 has single-elimination brackets in the playoff stage. So, there is no second chance for participants. But the matches are longer — First to 5.

  • 8 players in the quarter-finals
  • 4 players in the semi-finals
  • 2 players in the grand final
Brackets in playoffs (image via Esports World Cup)
Brackets in playoffs (image via Esports World Cup)

Road to the SF6 Esports World Cup 2024

There were seven qualifiers for Street Fighter 6 players to get their spots at the Esports World Cup 2024. The road was pretty long but certainly exciting.

In this section, you’ll find all the SF6 EWC participants with info on the tournaments they qualified from and the characters they used back then.

EVO Japan 2024

Players
SF6 character
Bandits Gaming | MenaRDLuke, Blanka
IBUSHIGIN | KakeruJP
LexxGuile
FAV gaming | RyukichiKen
VxbaoJP, Ken
VARREL | mokeChun-Li

DreamHack Dallas 2024

Players
SF6 character
Good 8 Squad | gachikunRashid
MOUZ | Problem-XBlanka
Ninjas in Pyjamas | PhenomKen
ZhenDee Jay
Fnatic | Chris WongLuke
Shopify Rebellion | NuckleDuGuile, Cammy, Dee Jay
Twisted Minds | Oil KingRashid
HiguchiGuile

DreamHack Summer 2024

Players
SF6 character
NASR | Big BirdRashid
Red Bull | BonchanLuke
Hitbox | KawanoAkuma
EVA:e | HikaruA.K.I.
Qanba | xiaohaiKen
DetonatioN FocusMe | Itabashi ZangiefZangief
Guild Esports | RainproGuile
FlyQuest | PunkCammy

Battle Arena Melbourne 14

Players
SF6 character
Rohto | TokidoKen, Akuma
Burning Core Toyama | TachikawaEd

CEO 2024

Players
SF6 character
Team Falcons | DCQJP
Team Liquid | NephewJuri

The MIXUP 2024

Players
SF6 character
NASR | AngryBirdKen
Twisted Minds | NoahTheProdigyLuke

Last Chance Qualifier

Players
SF6 character
DRX | LesharEd
Good 8 Squad | pugeraM.Bison
Team Falcons | NLAkuma
FURIA Esports | Dual KevinRashid, Luke

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