Northern Arena Knockout 2017 Results

This weekend has been incredibly busy in the world of fighting games, with events happening all over the world of varying levels prestige. Some of them weren't open tournaments, however. A couple of them were special invitationals that offered big money instead of world tour points. Northern Arena Knockout is one of them. Taking place in Toronto, Canada, a group of sixteen individuals from different parts of the globe to battle it out to take the lion's share of a large $30,000 prize pool.

Streaming was handled by Northern Arena on Twitch. As usual, players will be listed in “[sponsor/team name] | [player name] [[characters used]]” format. Being only a 16-man tournament, the brackets aren't very large, but if you'd like to see the journey each player took, you can do so here, on Smash.gg.

Due to being a specialized event featuring one game, top 16 will be listed instead of top 8.

• 1. Echo Fox | Momochi [Ken]
• 2. YouDeal | Yukadon [Ibuki]
• 3. BX3 | Phenom [Necalli, Guile]
• 4. Rise | Smug [Balrog]
• 5. Liquid | NuckleDu [Guile, R. Mika]
• 5. INFS | ImStillDaDaddy [Guile, Laura]
• 7. Echo Fox | Justin Wong [Karin, Ed]
• 7. SB | Dieminion [Guile, Ed]
• 9. L.E.S [M. Bison]
• 9. STDx | Sin [M. Bison]
• 9. BLMRBL | OrangeMan [Rashid]
• 9. AAO | Drae "Yomi" Games [Laura, Necalli]
• 13. EG | K-Brad [Cammy]
• 13. Rise | Marn [Ibuki, R. Mika]
• 13. AFG [Karin]
• 13. EG | NYChrisG [Guile]

Echo Fox's Momochi made a dominant run through the entire tournament, staying on winner's side the entire time and persevering through a couple of close games. As the event is not part of the Capcom Pro Tour, he doesn't receive any CPT points, but he does get $12,000 for his win. Yukadon, who came in second, will receive $7,500. NuckleDu, who came in tied for fifth, actually had a second invitational to attend this weekend, but this time all the way in Japan. Justin Wong, K-Brad, Marn, Smug, Yukadon, and ImStillDaDaddy will all immediately be competing in SoCal Regionals (or EGX in ISDD's case) as well. So it's not just a busy weekend for spectators, but for players as well.