Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Battle Arena Melbourne is back in action and as always it’ll be taking place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Notable players attending include Rohto|Tokido, DRX|LowHigh, RB|Bonchan, GG|Xian, DFM|John Takeuchi, KDF|Ulsan, DRX|Chanel, DFM|John Takeuchi, Varrel|Mago, BC|Tachikawa, R!OT|ROF, Somniac, Freeser, Rumours, Watanabe, Yagami and many more.
This is a Master rank event on the Tekken World Tour for Tekken 8 as well as a Gold event on the Arc World Tour for Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, but that’s not all, the top 2 placers in both Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 will qualify for the Esports World Cup which will be taking place in Riyadh later this year with a $1,000,000 prize pool for each of those games on the line.
As such, the biggest events at the tournament are unsurprisingly Tekken 8 which sits at over 250 entrants and Street Fighter 6 which has over 200 participants. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sits at more than 160 players and Guilty Gear Strive also crossed the 100 entrant mark.
There’s also tournament play for Rivals 2, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:Celes], Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R, Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes, King of Fighters 15, Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, Rivals of Aether, Samurai Shodown, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Melty Blood Type Lumina, Mortal Kombat 1, Project+, Touhou Hisoutensoku, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo, Killer Instinct, Pokkén Tournament DX, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Soul Calibur 6, Soul Calibur 2, King of Fighters Maximum Impact Regulation A, Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers), Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown, Them’s Fightin’ Herds, and Yatagarasu: Enter the Eastward.
Streaming is being done at Tekken and Couch Warriors.
1. DRX|Chanel (Alisa, Zafina)
2. DRX|LowHigh (Shaheen, Steve, Dragunov)
3. Yagami (Reina, Eddy)
4. KDF|Ulsan (Reina)
5. Unusual Asila (Alisa)
5. BKB|McCheese (Feng)
7. Rest (Hwoarang)
7. Bobby (Raven)
9. The Hangman Kid (King)
9. Zarzob (Shaheen)
9. LuckyBox (Hwoarang)
9. ZETA|Watanabe (Azucena)
13. Subject (Dragunov)
13. Kuro (Lars)
13. Cheapies (Claudio)
13. GB|ChandNY (Steve)
• Grand finals, second set: DRX|Chanel (Alisa) eliminated DRX|LowHigh (Steve) 3-2.
• Grand finals, first set: DRX|LowHigh (Steve) beat DRX|Chanel (Zafina, Alisa) 3-0.
• Losers finals: DRX|LowHigh (Steve, Dragunov) eliminated Yagami (Reina, Eddy) 3-2.
• Losers semi-finals: Yagami (Reina) eliminated KDF|Ulsan (Reina) 2-0.
• Winners finals: DRX|Chanel (Alisa) beat DRX|LowHigh (Shaheen, Dragunov) 3-0.
• Yagami (Reina) eliminated BKB|McCheese (Feng) 2-0.
• KDF|Ulsan (Reina) eliminated Unusual Asila (Alisa) 2-0.
• BKB|McCheese (Feng) eliminated Bobby (Raven) 2-0.
• Unusual Asila (Alisa) eliminated Rest (Hwoarang) 2-1.
• Winners semi-finals: DRX|Chanel (Alisa) beat KDF|Ulsan (Reina) 2-0.
• Winners semi-finals: DRX|LowHigh (Shaheen) beat Yagami (Reina) 2-1.
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1. Rohto|Tokido (Ken)
2. BC|Tachikawa (Ed)
3. RB|Bonchan (Luke)
4. GG|Xian (Dee Jay)
5. DFM|John Takeuchi (Rashid)
5. Freeser (E. Honda)
7. Sole (A.K.I.)
7. Surini (Kimberly)
9. ZEDDDDDDDDDD (Blanka)
9. 2Fast2Fed (Luke)
9. Yagami (Kimberly)
9. R!OT|ROF (JP, Akuma)
13. Zaki (Ken)
13. Angel (Ryu)
13. Slow Af (Kimberly)
13. Vollian (Manon)
• Grand finals, first set: Rohto|Tokido (Ken) eliminated BC|Tachikawa (Ed) 3-1.
• Losers finals: BC|Tachikawa (Ed) eliminated RB|Bonchan (Luke) 3-1.
• Losers semi-finals: BC|Tachikawa (Ed) eliminated GG|Xian (Dee Jay) 3-0.
• Winners finals: Rohto|Tokido (Ken) beat RB|Bonchan (Luke) 3-1.
• BC|Tachikawa (Ed) eliminated DFM|John Takuchi (Rashid) 3-2.
• GG|Xian (Dee Jay) eliminated Freeser (E. Honda) 3-0.
• Winners semi-finals: Rohto|Tokido (Ken) beat BC|Tachikawa (Ed) 3-2.
• Winners semi-finals: RB|Bonchan (Luke) beat Freeser (E. Honda) 3-2.
• GG|Xian (Dee Jay) eliminated Surini (Kimberly) 3-0.
• DFM|John Takeuchi (Rashid) eliminated Sole (A.K.I.) 3-0.
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1. Ibushigin|Tyurara (Sin, Ky)
2. BlitzkrieG (Nagoriyuki)
3. WIP|Leo (Faust)
4. MetallicCake (I-No)
5. LRE|Akame (Millia)
5. SSC|Wumbofuze (Faust, May)
7. Tweed|Saf (Bridget)
7. LRE|Thommo (Baiken)
• Grand finals, second set: Ibushigin|Tyurara (Ky) eliminated BlitzkrieG (Nagoriyuki) 3-2.
• Grand finals, first set: Ibushigin|Tyurara (Ky) beat BlitzkrieG (Nagoriyuki) 3-2.
• Losers finals: Ibushigin|Tyurara (Sin) eliminated WIP|Leo (Faust) 3-0.
• Losers semi-finals: WIP|Leo (Faust) eliminated MetallicCake (I-No) 3-1.
• Winners finals: BlitzkrieG (Nagoriyuki) beat Ibushigin|Tyurara (Sin) 3-2.
• WIP|Leo (Faust) eliminated SSC|Wumbofuze (May) 3-1.
• MetallicCake (I-No) eliminated LRE|Akame (Millia) 3-1.
• SSC|Wumbofuze (Faust) eliminated LRE|Thommo (Baiken) 3-0.
• MetallicCake (I-No) eliminated Tweed|Saf (Bridget) 3-2.
• Winners semi-finals: Ibushigin|Tyurara (Sin) beat LRE|Akame (Millia) 3-0.
• Winners semi-finals: BlitzkrieG (Nagoriyuki) beat WIP|Leo (Faust) 3-2.
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1. Ryzuul
2. LJE|Luma
3. BATT
4. Tyler
A
5. SNC
5. RMD
7. Mateship
7. SebPro101
1. Ibushigin|Tyurara (Lowain)
2. Cibo (Siegfried)
3. Desangel213 (Narmaya)
4. Ker (Anre)
5. Jimbobu (Seox, Avatar Belial)
5. Tomiolly (Nier, Katalina, Djeeta)
7. Kiru (Zeta)
7. Tweed|Saf (Lancelot)
1. ShinAkuuga (Linne)
2. Acetil (Orie)
3. Brrrr (Merkava)
4. KittenLover (Enkidu)
5. K. Silver (Phonon)
5. Spooks & Null (Gordeau)
7. Kitoro (Gordeau)
7. Tweed|Saf (Vatista)
1. MisMatch
2. Ol’ Mate Barry
3. Agent17805
4. Usiop
5. OCE|Ewber
5. THNDRDownUnder
7. CHO|Murix
7. B-R Sanguine
1. DRX|Chanel
2. MARU|Ddmaruu
3. Taj Garou
4. FrankChen
5. Melotech
5. Giggles
7. Alinak
7. crACT|Eutro
1. Hdr
2. Afterlife
3. crACT|Eutro
4. Division
5. MurMur
5. Tweed|Saf
7. MisMatch
7. Hannah Muffins
1. Zosima
2. Fatcock Matlock
3. MyResolve
4. Tian
5. Poontangxd
5. Kaiza
7. ThumbsUp
7. Taj Garou
1. Feri
2. KLO
3. Division
4. Melotech
5. Bnuy
5. Risser77
7. Render
7. Risky
1. Division
2. GM|Runis
3. Moon
4. StrawberryTofu
5. Lumidyne
5. SpeedlineSteve
7. NLF|Farnese
7. Hdr
1. d1g|Novix
2. Nolbie
3. Ixidor LoD
4. CugeltheClever1
5. Agent17805
5. AvesPrime
7. Kasai
7. Suto
1. Afince
2. Risky
3. Neffy
4. Beetron
5. Bnuy
5. Demaclio
7. Greenhood
7. Dez
1. Division
2. VGD
3. ShinAkuuga
4. Lumidyne
5. Sayaka
5. Kitoro
7. Kohaku ballin
7. Hannah ‘Pichy’ Stockmann
1. K. Silver
2. Desangel213
3. Noiscin
4. Duckman
5. Tomiolly
5. ShinAkuuga
7. Machiroon|Brrrr
7. FunkyBones
1. ANITA|cl0ckwerk
2. Souls Clue
3. n-megabytes
4. AK|LemonLad
5. WifiScorpion
5. MALAS|Matoo
7. Thesoyboy-_-
7. AK|Wizard of Aus
1. Gizzle (Balrog)
2. Carbuncle (Chun-Li)
3. IAM|Salty (Balrog)
4. Turxa (Dee Jay)
5. STC|RagingBull (O. Sagat)
5. StuartG (Balrog)
7. Tian
7. Hannah ‘Pichy’ Stockmann (Chun-Li)
1. Humzoid0909
2. FA|LightningFlare
3. RowdyHowdy
4. Magoolachub
5. ActingGoose
5. YOMO|Eversoris
7. Naked Jake
7. Ol’ Mate Barry
1. Antwerp
2. D1G|Jamesibell
3. Burgy|IceBurgy
4. Koopa
1. crACT|Eutro
2. d1g|Novix
3. CugeltheClever1
3. PriMeW
1. Kitoro
2. IAM|Salty
3. Magoolachub
4. Taj Garou
1. crACT|Eutro
2. Taj Garou
3. Fenno
4. ActingGoose
1. DFM|Itabashi Zangief
2. AlexMD
3. BAG|Gab
4. Tian
1. Giggles
2. VGD
3. Risky
4. Mikie
1. SpeedlineSteve
2. QLDFGC|Pixley
3. Florinxfox
4. Tomiolly
1. Taj Garou
2. Hannah ‘Pichy’ Stockmann
3. Fenno
4. Nember
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