Month: April 2016

While Texas Showdown is taking place in the US and Red Bull Kumite is taking place in France, Italy will see a bit of tournament action of its own with Frogbyte 2016. Like Texas Showdown, Frogbyte is a Street Fighter V Capcom Pro Tour 2016 ranking event, giving players from Italy and the rest of Europe a chance to score ranking points towards the regional finals.

Some of the players that will be in attendance include BX3.TP-Link|Phenom, BX3.TP-Link|Veggey, BX3.TP-Link|Duppsko, Coungster, PXP|Problem X, FA|Ryan Hart, MD|Mister Crimson, Emersion, Afii and Brian.

StreamFighters will be covering the event with a live stream on Twitch. You can watch the action here, and follow the brackets here.

Watch live video from StreamFighters on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

Sources: Frogbyte, Capcom Pro Tour

Red Bull is bringing back its prestigious invitational tournament for a second round. Red Bull Kumite 2016 like last year will feature some of the highest profile players in the world, but is moving on to new territory with the release of Street Fighter V. In the early life of SFV, who will prove to be the strongest? You won’t want to miss this one, so be sure to tune in to find out!

Competitors

The following fourteen players will be making their way out to participate in this year’s event:

The final two spots in the tournament will be awarded to those who fight their way through the other participants in the 256 player last chance brackets on Saturday, April 23.

Stream

Saturday’s open qualifier will be live on Twitch starting at 11 AM CET and will be available in both French and English. Sunday’s stream will be live in French, English or Japanese on Twitch beginning at 2:15 PM CET.

Saturday’s pools brackets are currently available here, and the top 32 bracket here.

English Stream

Watch live video from redbullesports on www.twitch.tv

French Stream

Watch live video from redbullesportsfr on www.twitch.tv

Japanese Stream

Watch live video from RedbullJapan on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

Red Bull Kumite 2016 takes place over a two day period. The open qualifier tournament will be held on Saturday, April 23, and the sixteen-participant main event on Sunday, April 24. But there’s more going on than just tournament matches, so check out the full schedules below to plan your day around the events you’d like to see. Extra planning may be required for viewers not based in Europe.

Saturday, April 23

Sunday, April 24

Source: Red Bull, other contributions by Tarnot