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The 3rd TOPANGA LEAGUE (A) is a pay-per-view series of broadcasts. Check here for more information.
The 3rd TOPANGA LEAGUE heats up this weekend with the start of A League play! After a very tight race at the top of the preceding B League, four players managed to fight their way into A League: Dashio, wao, Michael-tan and Mago.
The reigning A League champion Fuudo was quite dominant in last year’s 2nd League, but since then other A Leaguers have shown strong performances, in tournament and in exhibition. Who will claim the top spot this year and claim the 1 million yen first prize?
3rd TOPANGA LEAGUE (A) Outline
The 3rd TOPANGA LEAGUE (A) is a Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012 competition featuring 12 of Japan’s strongest players. Over 12 days, play will consist of 2 stages in order to determine a champion: the online Provisional Ranking Round-Robin League and the offline Finals League Ranking Competition.
A League ranks 10th through 12th place will be demoted to B League. 8th and 9th place must play in the switch matches after the next season’s B League to remain in A League.
For more information on rules, format, and net ticket purchase, check the 3rd TOPANGA LEAGUE (A) preview.
A League Members
wao (Oni, Dudley)
Umehara (Ryu)
Michael-tan (Ken, Evil Ryu)
Momochi (Ken, Akuma)
Kazunoko (Yun, Seth)
Bonchan (Sagat, Akuma)
Uryo (C.Viper, Sakura)
sako (Ibuki, Evil Ryu)
Dashio (Seth, Fei Long)
Fuudo (Fei Long)
Haitani (Makoto)
Mago (Fei Long)
Commentary
Play-by-play: Aaru
Analysis: Shiro, Yoshiwo, Tokido, Mago
Prizes
1st Place – 1,000,000 yen (~$10,180 USD)
2nd Place – 300,000 yen (~$3050 USD)
3rd Place – 150,000 yen (~$1530 USD)
General Schedule
Provisional Ranking Round-robin League – 66 total matches spread over 6 days. Online matches.
11/2 (Sat), 11/3 (Sun), 11/4 (Mon)
11/8 (Fri), 11/9 (Sat), 11/10 (Sun)
Finals League Ranking Competition – 30 total matches spread over 6 days. Offline matches.
11/15 (Fri), 11/16 (Sat), 11/17 (Sun)
12/6 (Fri), 12/7 (Sat), 12/8 (Sun)
Match Schedule
ROUND 1 – November 2 (Sat)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152341305
ROUND 2 – November 3 (Sun)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152341667
ROUND 3 – November 4 (Mon)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152341993
ROUND 4 – November 8 (Fri)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152342297
ROUND 5 – November 9 (Sat)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152342593
ROUND 6 – November 10 (Sun)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152342910
ROUND 7 – November 15 (Fri)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152344398
ROUND 8 – November 16 (Sat)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152344965
ROUND 9 – November 17 (Sun)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152345416
ROUND 10 – December 6 (Fri)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152346507
ROUND 11 – December 7 (Sat)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152351765
ROUND 12 December 8 (Sun)
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv152352229
[hr]Results
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012 – 3rd TOPANGA LEAGUE (A)
Final Results
1. Bonchan (Sagat) – 1,000,000 yen
2. wao (Oni) – 300,000 yen
3. Momochi (Ken) – 150,000 yen
4. Kazunoko (Yun, Seth)
5. Umehara (Ryu)
6. Michael-tan (Ken, Evil Ryu)
7. (Uryo (C.Viper, Sakura)
8. Fuudo (Fei Long)
9. Dashio (Seth)
10. sako (Ibuki, Evil Ryu)
11. Haitani (Makoto)
12. Mago (Fei Long)
sako, Haitani and Mago drop to B League. Fuudo and Dashio must play in the A-B League switch matches after next season’s B League to remain in A League.
[hr]Finals Round-robin League
| Rank | Temp Rank | Player Name | Char 1 | Char 2 | Wins | Losses | Game ± |
| 1 | 6 | Bonchan | Sagat | Akuma | 5 | 0 | +12 |
| 2 | 1 | wao | Oni | Dudley | 3 | 2 | +7 |
| 3 | 3 | Momochi | Ken | Yun | 3 | 2 | +7 |
| 4 | 5 | Kazunoko | Yun | Seth | 2 | 3 | -6 |
| 5 | 2 | Umehara | Ryu | – | 2 | 3 | ±0 |
| 6 | 4 | Michael-tan | Ken | Evil Ryu | 0 | 5 | -20 |
wao defeated Momochi and Kazunoko defeated Umehara in their respective direct matches, thus claiming the higher ranks.
ROUND 10 – DECEMBER 6 (FRI)
Momochi (Ken) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 7-9 ☆ ●○●●●○○○●○●|●○●●
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 5-7 ☆ ○○○●○●●●●●●
wao (Oni) vs. Momochi (Ken) – 7-4 ☆ ○●●○○○○●●○
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 4-7 ☆ ○●●●●●○●○●
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 4-7 ☆ ●●●●●○●○○●
ROUND 11 – DECEMBER 7 (SAT)
wao (Oni) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 7-1 ☆ ○○○○●○○
Momochi (Ken) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 7-0 ☆ ○○○○○○
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 4-7 ☆ ●●●●●○○○●●
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Momochi (Ken) – 5-7 ☆ ○●●●●○○○●●●
wao (Oni) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 7-5 ☆ ○●○●○●●○○●○
ROUND 12 – DECEMBER 8 (SUN)
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 7-2 ☆ ○○●●○○○○
Kazunoko (Seth) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 5-7 ☆ ●○●●●○○○●●●
wao (Oni) vs. Umehara (Ryu) – 6-8 ☆ ○●●○●●○●○●○|●●
Michael-tan (Ken, Evil Ryu) vs. Momochi (Ken) – 4-7 ☆ ○●○●●●●○●●
wao (Oni) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 5-7 ☆ ●●○○●●●○○●●
Lower Rank Round-robin League
5. Kazunoko (Yun, Seth)
6. Bonchan (Sagat)
7. (Uryo (C.Viper, Sakura)
8. Fuudo (Fei Long)
9. Dashio (Seth)
10. sako (Ibuki, Evil Ryu)
Kazunoko and Bonchan advance to the finals league. sako drops to B League. Fuudo and Dashio must play in the A-B League switch matches after next season’s B League to remain in A League.
| Rank | Temp Rank | Player Name | Char 1 | Char 2 | Wins | Losses | Game ± |
| 5 | 5 | Kazunoko | Yun | Seth | 4 | 1 | +12 |
| 6 | 6 | Bonchan | Sagat | Akuma | 3 | 2 | +8 |
| 7 | 7 | Uryo | C.Viper | Sakura | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| 8 | 10 | Fuudo | Fei Long | – | 3 | 2 | -2 |
| 9 | 9 | Dashio | Seth | Fei Long | 2 | 3 | -7 |
| 10 | 8 | sako | Ibuki | Evil Ryu | 0 | 5 | -12 |
Bonchan defeated both Uryo and Fuudo in their direct matches, thus claims the higher rank.
ROUND 7 – NOVEMBER 15 (FRI)
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 2-7 ☆ ●●●●○●●●
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 7-2 ☆ ○○○○●●○○
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 7-2 ☆ ●○○○●○○○
Uryo (Sakura) vs. sako (Ibuki) – 7-5 ☆ ○○●●●○○○●●○
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 7-1 ☆ ○○○●○○○
ROUND 8 – NOVEMBER 16 (SAT)
sako (Evil Ryu) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 4-7 ☆ ●●●○●○●○●●
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Uryo (C.Viper, Sakura) – 7-2 ☆ ○○○●○●○○
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 9-10 ☆ ●○●○●○○●○●●|○●○●●○●
Uryo (Sakura) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 7-0 ☆ ○○○○○○
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. sako (Evil Ryu) – 7-4 ☆ ○○○●●○○●●○
ROUND 9 – NOVEMBER 17 (SUN)
Dashio (Seth) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 3-7 ☆ ●●●●●○●○●
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. sako (Ibuki) – 7-5 ☆ ○●○●●●○○●○○
Uryo (Sakura) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 7-5 ☆ ●○○●●○●●○○○
sako (Evil Ryu) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 5-7 ☆ ●○●○●●○●●○●
Kazunoko (Seth) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 7-3 ☆ ●○○○●●○○○
Provisional Ranking Round-robin League
1. wao (Oni)
2. Umehara (Ryu)
3. Michael-tan (Ken)
4. Momochi (Ken)
5. Kazunoko (Yun)
6. Bonchan (Sagat)
7. Uryo (C.Viper)
8. sako (Ibuki)
9. Dashio (Seth)
10. Fuudo (Fei Long)
11. Haitani (Makoto)
12. Mago (Fei Long)
wao, Umehara, Michael-tan and Momochi advance to the finals league. Haitani and Mago drop from competition, falling to B League. The remaining players advance to the lower rank league.
Final Standings
| Temp Rank | Player Name | Character | Wins | Losses | Game ± |
| 1 | wao | Oni | 9 | 2 | +19 |
| 2 | Umehara | Ryu | 7 | 4 | +4 |
| 3 | Michael-tan | Ken | 7 | 4 | +4 |
| 4 | Momochi | Ken | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| 5 | Kazunoko | Yun | 6 | 5 | +3 |
| 6 | Bonchan | Sagat | 5 | 6 | +4 |
| 7 | Uryo | C.Viper | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | sako | Ibuki | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 9 | Dashio | Seth | 5 | 6 | -3 |
| 10 | Fuudo | Fei Long | 5 | 6 | -5 |
| 11 | Haitani | Makoto | 3 | 8 | -13 |
| 12 | Mago | Fei Long | 2 | 9 | -14 |
Umehara defeated Michael-tan and Uryo defeated sako in their respective direct matches, thus claiming the higher rank.
ROUND 1 – NOVEMBER 2 (SAT)
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 3-2 ●●○○○
Momochi (Ken) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ○○●○
wao (Oni) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-0 ○○○
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 0-3 ●●●
Mago (Fei Long) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 3-2 ●●○○○
Momochi (Ken) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 3-1 ○○●○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 2-3 ○●○●●
sako (Ibuki) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 1-3 ○●●●
Momochi (Ken) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 0-3 ●●●
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. wao (Oni) – 0-3 ●●●
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 3-2 ○●●○○
ROUND 2 – NOVEMBER 3 (SUN)
Momochi (Ken) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 2-3 ●○○●●
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ●○○○
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 3-2 ○●○●○
Momochi (Ken) vs. sako (Ibuki) – 1-3 ●●○●
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 0-3 ●●●
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 3-2 ○○●●○
Momochi (Ken) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 3-2 ●○○●○
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 1-3 ●●○●
sako (Ibuki) vs. wao (Oni) – 0-3 ●●●
Momochi (Ken) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-2 ●○●○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 3-1 ●○○○
ROUND 3 – NOVEMBER 4 (MON)
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 3-2 ○○●●○
Momochi (Ken) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 3-1 ○○●○
sako (Ibuki) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ○○●○
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 1-3 ●○●●
wao (Oni) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 1-3 ○●●●
Fuudo (Fei Long) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-0 ○○○
Momochi (Ken) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 3-0 ○○○
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-1 ○●○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Momochi (Ken) – 2-3 ○●●○●
sako (Ibuki) vs. Fuudo (Fei Long) – 1-3 ○●●●
Momochi (Ken) vs. wao (Oni) – 0-3 ●●●
ROUND 4 – NOVEMBER 8 (FRI)
Mago (Fei Long) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 2-3 ●○○●●
sako (Ibuki) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 1-3 ●○●●
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 3-2 ●●○○○
Uryo (C.Viper) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 1-3 ●○●●
wao (Oni) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 3-0 ○○○
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ●○○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 3-2 ○○●●○
wao (Oni) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ○○●○
sako (Ibuki) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 1-3 ○●●●
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 0-3 ●●●
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 3-2 ○○●●○
ROUND 5 – NOVEMBER 9 (SAT)
Haitani (Makoto) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 1-3 ●○●●
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 3-1 ○●○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ●○○○
sako (Ibuki) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-0 ○○○
wao (Oni) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 3-0 ○○○
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Mago (Fei Long) – 3-1 ○●○○
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 2-3 ○●●○●
Haitani (Makoto) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 3-1 ○●○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 3-1 ○○●○
sako (Ibuki) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 3-0 ○○○
wao (Oni) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 3-0 ○○○
ROUND 6 – NOVEMBER 10 (SUN)
Mago (Fei Long) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) – 3-1 ●○●●
Kazunoko (Yun) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-0 ○○○
wao (Oni) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 0-3 ●●●
sako (Ibuki) vs. Bonchan (Sagat) – 0-3 ●●●
Uryo (C.Viper) vs. Michael-tan (Ken) – 2-3 ●○●○●
Mago (Fei Long) vs. Haitani (Makoto) – 3-1 ●○○○
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 3-0 ○○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. sako (Ibuki) – 0-3 ●●●
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Kazunoko (Yun) – 0-3 ●●●
Haitani (Makoto) vs. Dashio (Seth) – 3-0 ○○○
Umehara (Ryu) vs. wao (Oni) – 2-3 ○●●○●
Source: TOPANGA
