Five World Tours at FV Major 2024: TEKKEN 8, DBFZ, and more

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

The fighting games esports event lives up to its name this year. All of the details are here.

Big regional events, such as FV Major 2024, are interesting for two reasons. They give local players a chance to prove themselves on the international scene — as obviously, not everyone can afford trips to Evo.

Also, some world-level celebrities still attend these qualifiers to harvest standing points and earn invites to the global finals. This mix creates wonderful matches, spectacular to watch and educational for the growth in a game of your choice.

FV Major 2024 is exactly such a mix of local heroes unleashing their full power and guest celebrities demonstrating the top-most skill level.

The event continued for two days, July 27 and 28. It featured World Tour qualifiers for five games. Everything to know about FV Major 2024 is here: the results and global league details.

FV Major 2024 results

The full results of FV Major 2024 are in this section.

The King of Fighters XV

Madkof had two confident wins in the winners semi and the final: against A25 KIVAT and Kami jones. Then, when he had to play Kami jones again, in the grand final, the match was much tougher. Madkof won only in the final game.

Madkof is the KOF XV champion at FV Major 2024. A direct invite to the SNK World Championship 2025 is his main reward.

The King of Fighters top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via start.gg)
The King of Fighters top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
1Madkof
2Kami jones
3Ashes Gaming | THE JON
4FinalFightX
5-6Dune
5-6A25 KIVAT
7-8Vikye
7-8foongzai

Guilty Gear Strive

While playing the family of Kiske, Tyurara faced Chipp of eto in the winners semi-final and Faust of Leo. in the final. Victorious, the player proceeded to the grand final.

Leo. had a tough match vs Steven (Sol Badguy) in the losers final. Only with a reverse sweep, the player won this fight.

In the decisive match, Tyurara stuck to Sin, and he quickly reached the match point. Steven recovered and was pretty close to another reverse sweep — but the bracket reset did not happen.

Tyurara is the Guilty Gear Strive Champion at FV Major 2024.

Guilty Gear Strive top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via liquipedia.net)
Guilty Gear Strive top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via liquipedia.net)
Placement
Player
GGST character
AWT points earned
1IBUSHIGIN | TyuraraKy, Sin100
2Wakayama Indomitable Panda | Leo.Faust45
3Wakayama Indomitable Panda | StevenSol Badguy20
4Paragon | Daru_I-NoI-No12
5-6umaamanRamlethal, Giovanna8
5-6etoChipp8
7-8Immortal | SummitChipp, A.B.A6
7-8ONi Global | T YSlayer, Chipp6

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Tyurara fell to the losers brackets after the semi-final vs Asher. The Japanese player had to defeat three opponents to still make it to the grand final, including Asher in the losers final.

Another Japanese player, Zenith, had a much more confident run in the winners brackets. He won against kiwi and Asher in the semi and the final. And then, Zenith defeated Tyurara in the grand final with a 3:0.

Zenith is the GBVS Rising champion at FV Major 2024.

GBVS Rising top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via start.gg)
GBVS Rising top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
GBVSR character
AWT points earned
1Japan ZenithGrimnir100
2IBUSHIGIN | TyuraraLowain, Katalina45
3AsherLancelot, 2B20
4kiwiYuel12
5-6Desangel213Narmaya8
5-6UrRequiemSiegfried8
7-8butinukiSoriz6
7-8WHHLowain6

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Xanxus defeated Namul in the winners semi and FGO in the winners final. Namul got a successful run in the losers brackets, and made it to the grand final. He even reset the brackets! But in the decisive match, Xanxus recovered and struck back.

Xanxus is the winner of the DBFZ Power event at FV Major 2024.

DBFZ top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via start.gg)
DBFZ top 8 brackets at FV Major 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
DBFZ Word Tour points earned
1EHADA | Xanxus400
2Namul350
3FGO250
4PoisonApple150
5-6Mandem E-Sports | Uchiha_FZ100
5-6UYU | FlashNo47100
7-8Novix75
7-8Mhrizal2675

TEKKEN 8

ATIF defeated Infested in the semi-final and then played against THE JON in the winners final. Both times, the Evo 2024 grand finalist won with an impressive style.

The match between Dragunov and King happened again at the grand final. ATIF defeated THE JON one more time.

ATIF is the TEKKEN 8 champion at FV Major 2024.

FV Major 2024 TEKKEN 8 top 8 brackets (image via start.gg)
FV Major 2024 TEKKEN 8 top 8 brackets (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
TEKKEN 8 character
TWT points earned
1Team Falcons | ATIFDragunov300
2Ashes Gaming | THE JONKing220
3Natus Vincere | AKShaheen, Dragunov180
4Cloud9 | Dawood SikandarAlisa150
5-6DRX | InfestedNina120
5-6DRX | ChanelAlisa120
7-8DRX | KneeDragunov, Feng90
7-8KWANGDONG FREECS | ULSANDragunov90

FV Major 2024 schedule

The event features six games. In the schedule for FV Major 2024, we focus on the final parts only — the top 8 brackets for each game are the most intense.

Game
Date and local start time
PT and ET start time
The King of Fighters XVSunday, July 28; 11 a.m.July 27, 8 p.m. PT / July 27, 11 p.m. ET
Guilty Gear StriveSunday, July 28; 11 a.m.July 27, 8 p.m. PT / July 27, 11 p.m. ET
Dragon Ball FighterZSunday, July 28; 1 p.m.July 27, 10 p.m. PT / July 28, 1 a.m. ET
Granblue Fantasy Versus: RisingSunday, July 28; 2 p.m.July 27, 11 p.m. PT / July 28, 2 a.m. ET
TEKKEN 8Sunday, July 28; 4 p.m.1 a.m. PT / 4 a.m. ET
Street Fighter 6Sunday, July 28; 5 p.m.2 a.m. PT / 5 a.m. ET

Global league details

Five games at FV Major 2024 have World Tour/Championship qualifiers. And one more game is part of the Road to Evo Japan 2025 series.

TEKKEN 8: World Tour 2024 Challenger

This is arguably the largest World Tour qualifier at the FV Major. The TEKKEN 8 tournament has the biggest number of registered attendees. And thanks to the close location to the strongest TEKKEN regions, some of the best players in the world get to compete at the FV Major.

The list of players to watch out for includes:

  • double, the winner of The MIXUP 2024
  • ATIF, the winner of CEO 2024
  • AK, the Combo Breaker 2024 winner
  • Mulgold, the winner of Super Tournament 2024
  • Rangchu, the best Kuma/Panda player in the world
  • Chikurin, the Evo Japan 2024 champion
  • Knee, a legend of competitive TEKKEN
  • ULSAN, the winner of DreamHack Summer 2024

Guilty Gear Strive: Arc World Tour 2024 Gold

This game has a dedicated community all over the world, and this Gold-tier qualifier gives Southeast Asian players a chance to earn precious standing points.

Guilty Gear Strive will be played on the most recent patch 1.38, introduced right after Evo 2024. This makes the FV Major tournament especially interesting.

Many strong Japanese players are attending the event, including Tyurara, the winner of Battle Arena Melbourne 14.

Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising: Arc World Tour 2024 Gold

This is another game featured in the official league by Arc System Works. Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising at FV Major 2024 has a Gold qualifier, which means the top players will earn points for the global leaderboard.

The number of attendees is slightly smaller than for Guilty Gear Strive, but Tyurara has also registered for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, as the player won BAM 14 for this game as well.

The King of Fighters XV: The SNK World Championship 2025

On the one hand, the current format of the SNK World Championship is weird. There are no standing points for top placements at big KOF XV tournaments. Instead, the winners of selected qualifiers got direct invites to the Finals like Xiaohai at Evo 2024. This, on the other hand, significantly increases the stakes at such events and motivates the best The King of Fighters XV players in the world to travel and fight for victory.

This tournament at FV Major 2024 is a qualifier for the SNK World Championship 2025. MadKOF, a well-known competitor from Korea, has registered for it, alongside some top-level TEKKEN players: CHANEL and THE JON.

Dragon Ball FighterZ: The DBFZ World Tour 2024-25 Power Event

The World Tour for Dragon Ball FighterZ was announced unexpectedly. For the community, it’s a wave of fresh energy in the competitive environment of their favorite game.

The tournament at FV Major 2024 has the highest tier among general qualifiers: it's a Power event. Many standing points can be won here, so top players will join the fights: Xanxus from the Philippines, Uchiha_FZ from Pakistan, and Novix from Australia, who qualified for World Tour Finals 2022-23.

Street Fighter 6: Road to Evo Japan 2025

A bit surprisingly, the Street Fighter 6 tournament at FV Major doesn’t have a global status. Still, it’s a very important event for the local Street Fighter 6 players, as part of the Road to EVO Japan 2025 for the Malaysia region only.

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