With only three such qualifiers left, the fight for World Tour standing points intensifies to an amazingly spectacular level.
Right after the Esports World Cup, the TEKKEN community has another big tournament in the Middle East. This time, it happens in the United Arab Emirates — but sure, the geography of participants goes far beyond this specific region.
The TEKKEN 8 tournament at the fighting games event Emirates Showdown 2024 has the status of a Master qualifier for the TEKKEN World Tour 2024. This means the best competitors from all over the globe are traveling to Dubai to try and earn precious standing points.
All the details of TEKKEN 8 Emirates Showdown 2024 are here: the stream, the schedule, some info on why this tournament is worth your attention, and the final results.
Where to watch TEKKEN 8 Emirates Showdown 2024
Since this is a TEKKEN World Tour event, the official channels streamed the Emirates Showdown 2024 tournament.
You can watch this TEKKEN Master event right here: the top 8 brackes VOD is embedded below.
The TEKKEN 8 results at Emirates Showdown 2024
Here are the results of the TEKKEN 8 tournament at Emirates Showdown 2024.
Top 8
The top 8 players coming into the final brackets after the first day of the tournament are listed in the table below.
Winners side | Losers side |
|---|---|
| Knee vs THE JON | Raef vs Tetsu |
| Tekken Master vs kkokkoma | federer2009 vs Shadow 20z |
Tekken Master defeated kkokkoma in the winners semi — but that wasn't it between these players. After the final, where Tekken Master won a close fight against THE JON, they met again. kkokkoma looked much stronger this time. He reset the brackets with 3:2 and then won the decisive game with 3:1. kkokkoma is the winner of TEKKEN 8 Emirates Showdown 2024.
Placement | Player | TEKKEN 8 character | TWT points earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natus Vincere | kkokkoma | Dragunov, Feng | 560 |
| 2 | NASR eSports | Tekken Master | Eddy Gordo | 400 |
| 3 | Ashes Gaming | THE JON | King | 300 |
| 4 | Team Liquid | Shadow 20z | Zafina | 220 |
| 5-6 | GamerLegion | Tetsu | Lidia, Claudio | 180 |
| 5-6 | DRX | Knee | Bryan | 180 |
| 7-8 | Dragons Esports | Raef | Jin Kazama | 150 |
| 7-8 | federer2009 | King | 150 |
TEKKEN World Tour Master event: Emirates Showdown 2024 schedule
The fighting games esports event Emirates Showdown 2024 continues for two days: August 31 and September 01. The TEKKEN 8 tournament has three stages.
- Four pools to top 32
- Top 32 to top 8
- Top 8, the final brackets
The schedule of the TEKKEN 8 Master event at Emirates Showdown 2024 is in the table below.
Tournament stage | Date and local start time | Start time for North America |
|---|---|---|
| Pools and top 32 | Saturday, August 31, 12 p.m. | 1 a.m. PT / 4 a.m. ET |
| Top 8 | Sunday, September 01, 6 p.m. | 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET |
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Why is TEKKEN 8 Emirates Showdown 2024 worthy of your attention?
There are two aspects that make every big TEKKEN World Tour qualifier special and interesting. Firstly, it is great to see regional differences in fighting style. Local players in the Middle East may add something to your own in-game patterns and habits.
And the second thing is the participation of the best competitors in the world. They are sources of wonderful combos and crazy reactions. Watching these players in action is such a joy!
Some of the TEKKEN World Tour standings leaders have registered for the Emirates Showdown 2024 tournament. As the top 20 on the global leaderboard proceed to the Finals event, it’s another opportunity for them to reach this goal or to cement their positions.
The situation gets spicier with the fact that only three TWT Master events left. The fights at the Emirates Showdown 2024 are going to be uncompromising!
Who participates in the TEKKEN 8 Master qualifier at Emirates Showdown 2024?
Here are a few top players to watch out for during this tournament.
- LowHigh — the Korean player is 10th on the TWT leaderboard. His position seems to be pretty safe, but perhaps, extra practice is never excessive.
- Knee — he is currently out of the qualifying zone. The legendary TEKKEN competitor has extra motivation to win and earn TWT points.
- THE JON brings the power of Pakistani TEKKEN to the event (and sure, the horrifying command grabs of his King). His path to the top 20 is long, but one win can change a lot. THE JON finished 2nd at the FV Major.
- Tekken Master — the Mortal Kombat legend from Bahrain is living up to his name, as he explores the TEKKEN competition.
- Shadow 20z — the American player is currently 18th at the TWT 2024 leaderboard. Can he remain within the top 20 till the end of the qualifying season?
- AK — the winner of Combo Breaker 2024 is here to strengthen his position in the global standings.
DBFZ World Tour at Emirates Showdown 2024
This fighting games esports event has other tournaments as well.
- Street Fighter 6 is not part of a global league, and it can be interesting for international viewers thanks to the participation of local top players: Big Bird and AngryBird.
- Dragon Ball FighterZ has a big World Tour qualifier. It’s a DBFZ World Tour 2024 Power Event. Considering the state of the game, only a couple of top players from France join the tournament: WADE and Yasha. They certainly get a good chunk of standing points here.
Both TEKKEN 8 and Dragon Ball FighterZ are games by Bandai Namco, so the connection is apparent here.
Yasha is the DBFZ winner at Emirates Showdown 2024. AngryBird wins the Street Fighter 6 tournament, with Big Bird being 2nd
The remaining two TWT Master qualifiers are Punishment 3 in Bolivia, on Sept. 7, and Thaiger Uppercut 2024 in Thailand, from Oct. 5 to Oct. 6. For TEKKEN 8 news and updates, stick around on esports.gg!
