The Esports World Cup 2025 starts for Street Fighter 6 with the Last Chance Qualifier. Many great players battle their way to the main stage!
The main qualification series for the Street Fighter 6 (SF6) Esports World Cup 2025 (EWC 2025) featured many tournaments, but it’s still not enough. The prize pool of $1,000,000 is quite a motivation for top competitors to try and make it to the main stage.
The list of qualified players is filled with celebrities from the fighting games community (FGC). Theoretically, each following qualifier should become easier. Well, it’s not what really happens. Every SF6 esports event with EWC 2025 spots at stake is an extremely tough competition. The Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) is no exception.
Stream: Watch SF6 LCQ for the EWC 2025
The official side channel of Esports World Cup broadcasts the Street Fighter 6 LCQ. You can watch the stream here.
Schedule
The LCQ for the Street Fighter 6 Esports World Cup 2025 event goes on for three days, from Aug. 14 to Aug. 16.
- Thursday, Aug. 14: Pools, starting from 9 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. CEST
- Friday, Aug. 15: Top 64, starting from 11 a.m. ET / 5 p.m. CEST
- Saturday, Aug. 16: Top 16, starting from 9 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. CEST
Results: Street Fighter 6 LCQ at EWC 2025
Many strong players travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to try and qualify for the main SF6 tournament at the Esports World Cup 2025 event. Out of 250 registered contenders, only ten earn their spot, so the path to the final brackets is extremely intense.
Here are the EWC 2025 SF6 LCQ results.
Final standings
All Street Fighter 6 players in the top 10 qualify for the Esports World Cup 2025's main event.
Placement | Players | SF6 Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | TBD | TBD |
| 5-6 | TBD | TBD |
| 5-6 | TBD | TBD |
| 7-8 | TBD | TBD |
| 7-8 | TBD | TBD |
| 9-10 | Twisted Minds | vWsym | Akuma |
| 9-10 | Team Falcons | DCQ | M. Bison, JP |
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Top 16
Considering the qualification spots distribution, the top 16 to top 8 brackets are the most important at the SF6 EWC 2025 LCQ. Matches here guarantee success or bring elimination one step before the goal.
Winners Quarterfinal | Qualified |
|---|---|
| kintyo 2:0 Ryusei Terry vs JP | kintyo |
| vWsym 0:2 GO1 Akuma vs Chun-Li | GO1 |
| KojiKOG 0:2 Hurricane Lily vs Cammy | Hurricane |
| Hikaru 2:0 Jr. A.K.I vs Zangief | Hikaru |
Losers Round 1 | Losers Round 2 | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| DCQ 2:1 Dogura M. Bison vs Elena | Jr. 2:0 DCQ Zangief vs JP | Jr. |
| matsu56 2:0 JAK Kimberly vs Juri | KojiKOG 1:2 matsu56 Lily vs Kimberly | matsu56 |
| harumy 1:2 Tachikawa Dhalsim vs Manon | vWsym 1:2 Tachikawa Akuma vs Manon | Tachikawa |
| kobayan 0:2 Riddles Zangief vs Terry | Ryusei 1:2 Riddles JP vs Terry | Riddles |
For the 9th and 10th seed, the LCQ has two tiebreaker matches.
Tiebreaker | Qualified |
|---|---|
| DCQ 2:0 KojiKOG M. Bison vs Lily | DCQ |
| vWsym 2:1 Riddles Akuma vs JP | vWsym |
Top 8
While advancement through the final brackets somewhat loses its meaning in the LCQ, Street Fighter 6 players always strive to reach the top! This pro approach brings us spectacular fights, even if in a showcase mode. Also, we can see the meta SF6 characters.
Winners Semifinals | Winners Final | Grand Final |
|---|---|---|
| Kintyo vs GO1 | TBD vs TBD | TBD vs TBD |
| Hurricane vs Hikaru |
Losers Round 1 | Losers Quarterfinals | Losers Semifinal | Losers Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jr. vs matsu56 | TBD vs TBD | TBD vs TBD | TBD vs TBD |
| TBD vs TBD | TBD vs TBD |
Players to watch out for during the LCQ for SF6 at EWC 2025
No one can pick 100% winners and top-placement players — it’s the beauty of Street Fighter 6 esports! Still, we can highlight some of the notable participants. It’s always interesting to follow them at the FGC events.
- Daigo Umehara — The legendary player is here!
- GO1 — We know him from many fighting games! In 2025, GO1 won Evo and EWC, but for FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves.
- Problem X finished 2nd at The MIXUP 2025.
- Hikaru was in the top 6 of Asian Champions League 2025.
- ZJZ — The two-time Evo Champion is a menace in every game he plays.
- NuckleDu — The American player was in the top 12 of the SF6 SEO 2025.
- Tachikawa was in the top 8 of Blink Respawn 2025, but the future winner, Fuudo, eliminated him.
The LCQ power allows new players to make it to the top as well!
The primary competition of the Street Fighter 6 at EWC 2025 event is from Aug. 20 to Aug. 23. Soon after it, the top players return to the Capcom Cup 12 qualification series. The next CPT Premier event is Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025, from Sept. 12 to Sept. 14.
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