Some great fighting games players are going to visit Australia to try and win precious global league points.
Battle Arena Melbourne is an annual event that features quite a few fighting esports tournaments. In 2024, it happened for the 14th time — BAM 14 took place from May 31 to June 2.
Considering the location, only the top-level official qualifiers could motivate international players to travel to Australia and participate in Battle Arena Melbourne 14. The Tekken World Tour, Arc World Tour, and Esports World Cup gave competitors from other countries good reasons to start such an adventure.
In this post on esports.gg, we highlight the most interesting and important details of BAM 14, such as the full schedule, tournament highlights, global leagues standings, and a list of top participants. Now, when the 2024 Battle Arena Melbourne event is over, check out here the results of the biggest tournaments.
BAM 14 Tekken 8 Results: TWT Master, Esports World Cup Qualifier
The main fight of this tournament was between LowHigh and Chanel. They reached the winners final through the parallel brackets — Chanel won that match with a clear 3:0. The grand final was closer, and still Chanel celebrated victory again.
Placement | Player | Character | TWT points earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRX | Chanel | Alisa, Zafina | 560 |
| 2 | DRX | LowHigh | Steve, Shaheen, Dragunov | 400 |
| 3 | Yagami | Reina, Eddy | 300 |
| 4 | KWANGDONG FREECS | ULSAN | Reina | 220 |
| 5-6 | McCheese | Fend | 180 |
| 5-6 | Unusual Asila | Alisa | 180 |
| 7-8 | Rest | Hwoarang | 100 |
| 7-8 | Bobby | Raven | 100 |
The top 2 players already qualified for the Tekken 8 tournament at the Esports World Cup 2024: LowHigh and Chanel got their invites at Evo Japan 2024. Therefore, the 3rd and 4th players won two qualifying spots at Battle Arena Melbourne 2024: Yagami and ULSAN. It’s great to see a local competitor, Yagami, achieving this opportunity!
BAM 14 Street Fighter 6 results: An Esports World Cup qualifier
Some of the greatest Street Fighter players from Japan have reached the top 8 part at Battle Arena Melbourne 2024: Bonchan, Tokido, and John Takeuchi. The winners semi-finals were pretty close, but then Tokido got 3:1 in the final and the grand final.
Placement | Player | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohto | Tokido | Ken, Akuma |
| 2 | Burning Core Toyama | Tachikawa | Ed |
| 3 | Red Bull eSports | Bonchan | Luke |
| 4 | Gaimin Gladiators | Xian | Dee Jay |
| 5-6 | DetonatioN FocusMe | John Takeuchi | Rashid |
| 5-6 | FREESER | E. Honda |
| 7-8 | Sole | A.K.I. |
| 7-8 | SURINI | Kimberly |
Tokido and Tachikawa have qualified for the Esports World Cup 2024.
BAM 14 Guilty Gear Strive Results: Arc World Tour 2024 Gold
Tyurara had a difficult match vs BlitzkrieG in the winners final and fell to the losers brackets. Still, the player proceeded to the grand final and won two super close 5-game matches — to win the tournament.
It’s amazing to see Tyurara succeeding in another game. The player won the GBVS Rising BAM 14 tournament.
Placement | Player | Character | AWT points earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBUSHIGIN | Tyurara | Ky, Sin | 100 |
| 2 | BlitzkrieG | Nagoriyuki | 45 |
| 3 | Wakayama Indomitable Panda | Leo | Faust | 20 |
| 4 | MetallicCake | I-No | 12 |
| 5-6 | Akame | Millia | 8 |
| 5-6 | Wumbofuze | May, Faust | 8 |
| 7-8 | saf | Bridget | 6 |
| 7-8 | Thommo | Baiken | 6 |
BAM 14 Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Results: Arc World Tour 2024 Gold
Tyurara won this tournament with greater confidence than the player did in Guilty Gear Strive. Tyurara won the top 8 matches with 3:1s and a 3:0.
Placement | Player | Character | AWT points earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBUSHIGIN | Tyurara | Lowain | 100 |
| 2 | cibo | Siegfried | 45 |
| 3 | Desangel213 | Narmaya | 20 |
| 4 | Ker | Anre | 12 |
| 5-6 | Jimbobu | Seox | 8 |
| 5-6 | Tomiolly | Grimnir, Nier, Djeeta | 8 |
| 7-8 | Kiru | Djeeta | 6 |
| 7-8 | saf | Eustace, Lancelot | 6 |
BAM 14 Schedule and streams
Battle Arena Melbourne 2024 (BAM 14) features 50 tournaments, from the newest games to classic and very niche. We can highlight everything happening at the event and then focus on the biggest and the most interesting titles.
Battle Arena Melbourne 14 full schedule
In the official images below, you’ll find the full schedule of BAM 14.
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Tournament highlights
Sure, not all 50 tournaments of the 2024 Battle Arena Melbourne 14 can interest international viewers. Here we have a table with the biggest fighting games at BAM 14 and the start time for their final parts.
Game | Local time (AEST) | US East (ET) | US West (PT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBVS Rising, top 8 | 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 | 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 1 | 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 1 |
| Tekken 8, top 8 | 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 2 | 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 | 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 |
| Mortal Kombat 1, top 8 | 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 2 | 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 | 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 |
| Guilty Gear Strive, top 8 | 1 p.m. Sunday, June 2 | 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 | 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 |
| Street Fighter 6, top 8 | 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2 | 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 2 | 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 |
The official streams of the Tekken World Tour events happen on the Tekken Twitch channel and on the Bandai Namco Esports channel on YouTube. As for the rest of the tournaments, we can expect them to be streamed on the CouchWarriors Twitch channel, the official partner of BAM 14. If there is additional info, we will add it to this post.
A Tekken World Tour 2024 Master Event
Arguably, the most interesting tournament of Battle Arena Melbourne 14 is for the game Tekken 8. It has the highest, Master, level in the global league Tekken World Tour 2024. Australia is located relatively near such powerful esports regions as South Korea and Japan, so we can expect some of the strongest competitors in the world to attend this event.
The previous TWT 2024 Master event was at Combo Breaker, and AK from the Philippines won it. In 2023, Knee celebrated victory at Tekken 7 BAM 14.
TWT 2024 standings before BAM 14
The top 20 players will proceed to the Tekken World Tour 2024 Finals from the global standings. Here is the situation before Battle Arena Melbourne 2024. Sure, not all the T8 competitors attend the tournament, and this opens opportunities for those who do.
TWT placement | Player | Country | TWT points before BAM 14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chikurin | Japan | 1,135 |
| 2 | Shadow 20z | USA | 895 |
| 3 | AK | Philippines | 860 |
| 4 | Jodd | France | 860 |
| 5 | JoKa | UK | 850 |
| 6 | Arslan Ash | Pakistan | 575 |
| 7 | LowHigh | South Korea | 565 |
| 8 | Rangchu | South Korea | 541 |
| 9 | Fear of Silence | USA | 535 |
| 10 | kkokkoma | South Korea | 500 |
| 11 | JeonDDing | South Korea | 485 |
| 12 | Farzeen | Pakistan | 475 |
| 13 | Nobi | Japan | 420 |
| 14 | Raef | Saudi Arabia | 420 |
| 15 | Chanel | South Korea | 400 |
| 16 | AO | Japan | 400 |
| 17 | double | Japan | 370 |
| 18 | Dr.theJAKEMAN, M.D | USA | 360 |
| 19 | CBM | South Korea | 340 |
| 20 | Book | Thailand | 340 |
Arc World Tour 2024 Gold: Guilty Gear Strive and GBVS Rising
Two other big tournaments at BAM 2024 are of the Arc System Works games: Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. They have Gold status in the global league Arc World Tour 2024.
The previous such tournaments happened at Combo Breaker 2024: TempestNYC is the GGST Champion; gamera won GBVSR.
Guilty Gear Strive AWT 2024 standings before BAM 14
GGST is the main game of the Arc World Tour 2024, and it has ten players for the general standing qualifying for the Global Finals. Those who win Platinum qualifiers get a direct invite.
Placement | Player | Country | AWT 2024 points before BAM 14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slash | Saudi Arabia | 106 |
| 2 | sanakan | South Korea | 100 |
| 3 | TempestNYC (already qualified) | USA | 100 |
| 4 | Leffen | Sweden | 53 |
| 5 | Tyurara | Japan | 45 |
| 6 | Zando | Israel | 45 |
| 7 | PataChu | France | 24 |
| 8 | MiguMiguDokkoi | Japan | 20 |
| 9 | Skyll | France | 20 |
| 10 | UMISHO | USA | 20 |
| 11 | Supernoon | USA | 14 |
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising AWT 2024 standings before BAM 14
In addition to Platinum Qualifiers winners, seven players from the GBVSR standings will qualify for the Arc World Tour 2024 Finals. The situation before the BAM 2024 event is in the table below.
Placement | Player | Country | AWT 2024 points before BAM 14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gamera | Japan | 100 |
| 2 | Fitizen | Germany | 100 |
| 3 | Zippy | USA | 100 |
| 4 | Tororo | Japan | 45 |
| 5 | Space | Netherlands | 45 |
| 6 | BEPaw | USA | 45 |
| 7 | Ren | Japan | 20 |
| 8 | Jessekumiko | Netherlands | 20 |
| 9 | Aarondamac | USA | 20 |
Esports World Cup qualifiers
Two tournaments at Battle Arena Melbourne are official qualifiers for the Esports World Cup 2024:
- Tekken 8
- Street Fighter 6
The top 2 players will get their invites to the tournaments in Saudi Arabia, which are planned for August 2024.
Top players at Battle Arena Melbourne 14
Many local fighting games players will participate in the tournaments hoping to earn global standing points. Still, they will have to fight some pretty strong guests, who have similar plans.
- Ulsan — a Tekken player from South Korea. He performs well in many AfreecaTV TEKKEN League 2024 tournaments and has some victories. He was 3rd at Tekken 7 World Tour Finals 2023.
- LowHigh — another Korean player. He was 2nd at the Tekken 8 tournament at Evo Japan 2024.
- Chanel — he finished 3rd at Evo Japan 2024. This Korean player also has the potential to win the T8 tournament at BAM 14.
- Chand NY — a Tekken player from Pakistan. He was 3rd at BAM 13.
- Yagami — one of the strongest Australian Tekken players.
- Book — this player from Thailand had really good results in Tekken 7. Book should still find his game in T8.
- Leo — a Japanese player, the Guilty Gear Strive Champion at BAM 13.
- BlitzkrieG — a pretty strong Australian GGST player.
- Tyurara — a player from Japan who competes in GGST and GBVSR. He was 3rd at Guilty Gear Strive Evo Japan 2024.
More pretty interesting tournaments happen on the same weekend, June 1-2, in the USA — at DreamHack Fighters 2024. Stick around on esports.gg for all fighting games news and announcements!
