ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational

ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational, also known as ELEAGUE Season 3, was the third season of ELEAGUE. After two seasons with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the league announced that it would expand to fighting games with Street Fighter V. The season ran from March 27, 2017, to May 26, 2017, and was broadcast on cable television on TBS and online on Twitch. The season featured 32 players overall and 24 players in the main tournament from across the world to compete.

The third season of ELEAGUE started with Victor "Punk" Woodley defeating Bryant "Smug" Huggin 2–0 in a best of three. The official season began with Smug defeating Julio Fuentes 3–0 in a best of five series. The season concluded with Punk defeating Arman "Phenom" Hanjani 4–2 in a best of seven series to take home 150,000 of the 250,000 prize pool.

Format ELEAGUE will invite thirty-two players from around the world to compete in the tournament. Sixteen of the players will be invited based on their 2016 Capcom Pro Tour results and the other sixteen will receive invites from Capcom. This stage will be the preliminaries. Players will be separated into four groups of eight. The top six players from each group will advance to the regular season. All matches will be best of three. This will run from March 27, 2017, to March 30, 2017.

Twenty-four players will play in the regular season. They will be divided into four groups of six. There will be two phases in the regular season. The top two players from the preliminaries will automatically advance to the second phase. The other four players will play in a group stage robin round. The third seed and the sixth seed will play each other and the fourth and fifth seeds will play each other in the initial matches. The two losers and the two winners will then play each other. The winner of the winner's map will move on to phase two and the loser of the loser's matches will be eliminated. The decider match between the two remaining players will determine which player moves to the second phase and which player gets eliminated. In phase two, the remaining four players will play in a single elimination, best of five bracket. The winners of the matches will move on to the playoffs.

Eight players remain as they head to the playoffs. The winners of the groups will be placed in the upper bracket and the runners-up of the groups will be placed in the lower bracket. Players will play in an eight-man double-elimination bracket, meaning a loss from a player in the upper bracket is still alive, but heads into the lower bracket. Once a player loses in the lower bracket, that player is eliminated from the tournament. The players will continue to play until a winner is decided. All matches will be best of five. The playoffs will all take place on May 26.

Broadcast talent Host Richard Lewis Commentators/Analysts Zhi Liang Chew Stephen "Sajam" Lyon Reepal "Rip" Parbhoo Steve "Tasty Steve" Scott Interviewer Malik Fortè

Preliminaries (March 27–30, 2017) The preliminary groups were announced on March 2, 2017. There are four groups of eight players and six players from each group move on to the regular season.

Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player Smug Balrog 0 2 Karin Punk Marn Ibuki 1 2 Ken Julio Fuentes Infiltration Rashid 1 2 NecalliIbuki Brolynho Momochi Ken 2 0 Chun-Li Ricki Ortiz Julio Fuentes Ken 0 2 Balrog Smug Infiltration Juri 2 0 Karin Punk Ricki Ortiz R.Mika 0 2 R. Mika Marn Smug Balrog 2 0 Necalli Brolynho Punk Karin 2 1 Ken Momochi Julio Fuentes Ken 2 1 Chun-Li Ricki Ortiz Infiltration Juri 0 2 Balrog Smug Marn Ibuki 2 1 Ken Momochi Ricki Ortiz Chun-Li 1 2 Necalli Brolynho Punk Karin 2 1 Ken Julio Fuentes Momochi Ken 2 1 Balrog Smug Infiltration Juri 2 0 Chun-LiCammy Ricki Ortiz Punk Karin 2 0 Ibuki Marn Brolynho Necalli 0 2 Ken Momochi Infiltration Rashid 2 0 Ken Julio Fuentes Marn Ibuki 0 2 Balrog Smug Brolynho Necalli 1 2 Karin Punk Momochi Ken 2 0 Ken Julio Fuentes Smug Balrog 2 0 Chun-Li Ricki Ortiz Infiltration Juri 2 0 Ibuki Marn Ricki Ortiz Chun-Li 0 2 Nash Punk Infiltration Rashid 1 2 Ken Momochi Brolynho Necalli 2 0 Ibuki Marn

Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player Gllty Dhalsim 0 2 Akuma Snake Eyes GamerBee Necalli 2 1 Rashid Alex Valle Justin Wong Karin 1 2 Ken Eita PR Balrog Balrog 2 0 Guile Daigo Umehara Gllty Dhalsim 0 2 Necalli GamerBee Justin Wong Karin 0 2 Akuma Snake Eyez Alex Valle Rashid 0 2 Balrog PR Balrog Gllty Dhalsim 1 2 Ken Eita Daigo Umehara Guile 2 1 Akuma Snake Eyez GamerBee Cammy 0 2 Balrog PR Balrog Justin Wong Karin 2 0 Dhalsim Gllty Alex Valle Rashid 0 2 Guile Daigo Umehara PR Balrog Balrog 2 1 Ken Eita Snake Eyez Zangief 2 1 Necalli GamerBee Daigo Umehara Guile 2 1 Dhalsim Gllty Justin Wong Karin 1 2 Balrog PR Balrog Snake Eyez Zangief 1 2 Rashid Alex Valle Daigo Umehara Guile 0 2 Ken Eita Justin Wong Karin 1 2 Necalli GamerBee Alex Valle Rashid 2 0 Dhalsim Gllty Snake Eyez Zangief 2 0 Ken Eita GamerBee Necalli 2 0 Guile Daigo Umehara PR Balrog Balrog 2 0 KolinDhalsim Gllty Justin Wong Karin 2 1 Rashid Alex Valle Eita Ken 2 1 Necalli GamerBee PR Balrog Balrog 1 2 Zangief Snake Eyez Justin Wong Karin 2 0 Guile Daigo Umehara Eita Ken 1 2 Rashid Alex Valle

Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player K-Brad Cammy 2 1 Urien Gootecks Wolfkrone Laura 2 1 R. Mika Fuudo Tokido Akuma 1 2 Dhalsim Fchamp Xian Ibuki 2 1 Chun-Li MOV Gootecks Urien 0 2 R. Mika Fuudo Tokido Akuma 2 1 Cammy K-Brad Wolfkrone Laura 1 2 Ibuki Xian Gootecks Urien 0 2 Dhalsim Fchamp K-Brad Cammy 0 2 Chun-Li MOV Fuudo R. Mika 2 0 Ibuki Xian Tokido Akuma 2 0 Urien Gootecks MOV Chun-Li 1 2 Laura Wolfkrone Fchamp Dhalsim 0 2 Ibuki Xian Fuudo R. Mika 2 1 Cammy K-Brad MOV Chun-Li 2 0 Urien Gootecks Tokido Akuma 2 1 Ibuki Xian K-Brad Cammy 1 2 Laura Wolfkrone MOV Chun-Li 0 2 Dahlsim Fchamp Fuudo R. Mika 2 0 Akuma Tokido Gootecks Urien 0 2 Laura Wolfkrone Fchamp Dhalsim 2 0 Cammy K-Brad Fuudo R. Mika 2 0 Chun-Li MOV Xian Ibuki 2 0 Urien Gootecks Tokido Akuma 0 2 Laura Wolfkrone Fchamp Dhalsim 1 2 R. Mika Fuudo Xian Ibuki 2 0 Cammy K-Brad Tokido Akuma 1 2 Chun-Li MOV Fchamp Dhalsim 0 2 Laura Wolfkrone

Player Character(s) Score Score Character(s) Player Ryan Hart UrienKen 0 2 M. Bison LPN Xiao Hai Cammy 2 0 Urien LI Joe NuckleDu Guile 2 0 R. Mika Luffy Phenom Necalli 2 0 Ken Chris Tatarian Xiao Hai Cammy 2 1 KolinUrien LPN NuckleDu Guile 2 0 Ken Ryan Hart Chris Tatarian Ken 2 0 Urien LI Joe Luffy R. Mika 2 0 Urien LPN Phenom Necalli 1 2 Urien Ryan Hart Xiao Hai Cammy 2 1 Ken Chris Tatarian NuckleDu GuileR. Mika 2 1 M. BisonKolin LPN Phenom Necalli 2 1 Urien LI Joe Luffy R. Mika 2 0 Ken Chris Tatarian Xiao Hai Cammy 1 2 Urien Ryan Hart Phenom Necalli 2 0 Urien LPN NuckleDu Guile 2 0 Cammy Chris Tatarian Ryan Hart Guile 2 0 Urien LI Joe Luffy R. Mika 1 2 Necalli Phenom NuckleDu Guile 2 0 Cammy Xiao Hai LPN Urien 2 0 M. Bison LI Joe Luffy R. Mika 2 1 Urien Ryan Hart Xiao Hai Cammy 2 1 Necalli Phenom Chris Tatarian Ken 2 0 Birdie LPN NuckleDu Guile 2 0 Nash LI Joe Xiao Hai Cammy 0 2 R. Mika Luffy Chris Tatarian Ken 2 1 Urien Ryan Hart NuckleDu Guile 1 2 Necalli Phenom Luffy R. Mika 2 0 Urien LI Joe

Regular Season (April 7 – May 12, 2017) Group A (April 7th) Phase One <noinclude>

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Group B (April 21st) Phase One <noinclude>

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Group C (May 5th) Phase One <noinclude>

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Group D (May 12th) Phase One <noinclude>

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Playoffs (May 26th, 2017)

Final standings

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