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The regional finals of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour were a series of closed Street Fighter V tournaments held throughout the world. The champions of the four different regions – North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia – automatically qualified to compete at the 2016 Capcom Cup. People qualified to compete in their regional finals by scoring highly on their regional leaderboard or winning ranking events during the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. The four tournaments all took place between October 15 and November 19, 2016.

General background

During the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour, people competing at any of its 72 tournaments gained points on both the "regional" or "global" leaderboard, the former of which depending on the location of the tournament. Among these 72 tournaments, twelve "ranking events" and two "online events" were held in each region. The champion of each of these 14 events qualified for their regional finals, while 18 more qualified by placing high on the regional leaderboards. The four champions of the regional finals all automatically qualified to compete at the 2016 Capcom Cup.

Tournaments

Four regional finals took place throughout the world between October 15 and November 19, 2016. These events were held in Europe, Latin America, North America, and Asia.

Europe

The European regional finals of the 2016 Capcom Cup were the first of the four events, held during the Milan Games Week in Milan, Italy on October 15–16. The tournament, produced by FACEIT Media, featured an open 256 player "Last Chance Qualifier" on the first day, the top two players of which qualifying for the 16-player regional finals taking place on day 2. The Last Chance Qualifier was won by two Japanese players: Naoto Sako and Masato "Bonchan" Takahashi. Other Asian players who won enough European tournaments to qualify for the European regional finals included Daigo Umehara, Joe "MOV" Egami, and Kun Xian Ho. Besides these, the finals featured eleven high-level European players such as Olivier "Luffy" Hay. The regional finals was eventually won by Daigo Umehara, who defeated Arman "Phenom" Hanjani in the grand finals.

Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Daigo Umehara	BST|Daigo Umehara	Ryu
2nd	Arman Hanjani	BX3.TP-Link|Phenom	Necalli
3rd	Masato Takahashi	RB|Bonchan	Nash
4th	Sean Dench	DA|ImStillDaDaddy	Guile
5th	Olivier Hay	RB|Luffy	R. Mika
5th	Kun Xian Ho	RZR|Xian	F.A.N.G
7th	Marcus Parker	PRLS|Packz	Karin
7th	Joe Egami	MOV	Chun-Li
9th	Younes Lazaar	AWS|CCL	Chun-Li
9th	Chris McEntee	Rize|Cobelcog	Cammy
9th	Naoto Sako	HORI|Sako	Chun-Li
9th		GS|TKR	Chun-Li
13th	Benjamin Simon	PxP|Problem X	Alex
13th	Abdulla Buhannad	Fruit	Laura
13th	Nathan Massol	MD|Mister Crimson	Dhalsim
13th	Christ Onema	AWS|Akainu	Nash

Latin America

The Latin American regional finals were held on Wednesday, November 2 in São Paulo. Like the European finals, the Latin American event featured an open Last Chances Qualifier before the main tournament. The Latin American regional finals was won by Dominican competitor Ray "DR Ray" Rosario, who, playing as Vega defeated the Brazilian Diego "Dark817" Lins Gois and the American Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley in the final rounds. Brazilian favorite Keoma "Keoma" Pacheco was defeated by K-Brad in the semi-finals.

Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Ray Rosario	GAM|DR Ray	Vega
2nd	Kenneth Bradley	EG|K-Brad	Cammy
3rd	Keoma Pacheco	Innova|Keoma	Karin
4th	Diego Gois	Umbrella|Dark817	Alex
5th	Felipe Torres	Brook|Misterio	Karin
5th	Lenny Matos	SP|Crossover	R. Mika, M. Bison
7th	Wilfried Jean-Baptiste	Will2Pac	Laura
7th	Álvaro Cruz	DM|Baek	Nash
9th	Ericke Maciel	Ericke Maciel	Chun-Li, R. Mika
9th	Richard Clivio	Chancho Kay	Laura
9th	Antonio Medrano	Kusanagi	Karin
9th	Renato Martins	AAG|DidimoKOF	Dhalsim
13th	Vitor Luiz	Umbrella|Tubarao	Necalli
13th	Robson Santos	JAM.FGBR|RobKOF	Ryu, Birdie
13th	Thomas Proença	F3|Brolynho	Alex, Ibuki
13th	David Gomez	MJ|Gama	Cammy

North America

The North American finals were hosted by Red Bull GmbH and held on November 4 to 6 in the Seattle Exhibition Hall. The first two days of the event featured an open bracket of 1,024 competitors, while the official qualifying tournament was held on the final day. The event was named the Red Bull Battlegrounds and was described by PC Gamer as a "high-budget, extremely well produced event," akin to a television game show. After the conclusion of the tournament, the character Akuma was announced to be added to the game.

The top eight of the tournament featured a large number of well-established American players, such as Justin Wong, K-Brad, and Ricki Ortiz. The finals of Red Bull Battlegrounds was held between NuckleDu and Tokido. NuckleDu lost to Tokido in the first round of the top eight, but managed to come back through the loser's bracket and face Tokido again in the finale, where he defeated him through a bracket-reset. As NuckleDu had already qualified for the Capcom Cup, the qualifying spot opened up for another player on the global leaderboard.

Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Du Dang	Liquid|NuckleDu	Guile, R. Mika
2nd	Hajime Taniguchi	Tokido	Ryu
3rd	Victor Woodley	ANBU|Punk	Karin, Cammy
4th	Justin Wong	EG|Justin Wong	Karin
5th	Arubi Kao	RB	Urien
5th	Kenneth Bradley	EG|K-Brad	Cammy
7th	Ricki Ortiz	EG|Ricki Ortiz	Chun-Li
7th	Antwan Ortiz	F3|alucarD	Balrog, Birdie
9th	Julio Fuentes	FOX|Julio Fuentes	Ken
9th	Ryan Ramirez	PG|Filipino Champ	Dhalsim
9th	Chris Tatarian	DNL|Chris Tatarian	Ken
9th	Miky Chea	XSK Samurai	Ryu
13th	Ryota Takeuchi	/r/Kappa|John Takeuchi	Rashid
13th	Ludovic Mbock	NS|Ludovic	Chun-Li
13th	Peter Susini	Flash	Vega
13th	Raynel Hidalgo	PG|RayRay	Chun-Li

Asia

Australia's Battle Arena Melbourne 8 and OzHadou Nationals were two of the twelve ranking events for the Asian regional finals. The Asian regional finals took place on October 17–19 at the Global Game Exhibition in Busan, South Korea. The tournament was won by Kenryo "Mago" Hayashi, beating Joe "MOV" Egami in the grand finals. As Mago had already qualified for the Capcom Cup, his qualifying spot went on to Tse "Tse4444" Wa Ping, who was ranked eleventh in the Asian leaderboard.

Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Kenryo Hayashi	Mago	Karin
2nd	Joe Egami	MOV	Chun-Li
3rd	Tatsuya Haitani	YD.MJS|Haitani	Necalli
4th	Ryota Inoue	GGP|Kazunoko	Cammy
5th	Hiromiki Kumada	DNG|Itabashi Zangief	Zangief
5th	Masato Takahashi	RB|Bonchan	Nash
7th	Jonny Cheng	HuomaoTV|HumanBomb	Chun-Li
7th	Seon-woo Lee	RZR|Infiltration	Nash, Rashid
9th	Bruce Hsiang	ZW|GamerBee	Necalli
9th	Ricki Ortiz	EG|Ricki Ortiz	Chun-Li
9th	Hiroyuki Nagata	HM|Eita	Ken
9th	Naoto Sako	HORI|Sako	Chun-Li
13th	Atsushi Fujimura	YD|Yukadon	Nash
13th	Chris Wong	Chris Wong	Nash
13th	Goichi Kishida	HM|Go1	Chun-Li
13th	Kun Xian Ho	RZR|Xian	F.A.N.G

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