Tournament:Panda Cup Finale: Difference between revisions

The '''Panda Cup Finale''' is the upcoming ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' finale for the {{Trn|Panda Cup}}, and was to be held in Los Angeles, California on December 16th-18th, 2022, but is currently postponed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PandaGlobal/status/1599631343159480321|title=Panda Cup Finale is postponed}}</ref> The 28 players of each game who qualified through the circuit will participate in the tournament. A [[Tournament:Panda Cup Last Chance Qualifier|Last Chance Qualifier]] for each game will be held the day before the finale on December 15th with the Top 4 players qualifying,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KidLiquid/status/1576761760455208960|title=Top 4 qualify confirmation}}</ref> bringing the total to 32 players for each game. All finalists will have complimentary travel and housing for the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.panda.gg/news/panda-cup-announcement|title=Panda Cup Announcement}}</ref> The tournament is projected to have the ninth-largest singles pot for a ''Melee'' tournament and tied for the seventh-largest singles pot for an ''Ultimate'' tournament.

Several players dropped out of both the finale and the Last Chance Qualifier due to a [[Tournament:Panda Cup#Controversy|Panda Cup boycott]]. Some of the players will be going to {{Trn|The Scuffed World Tour}} hosted by {{Sm|Ludwig}} on the same weekend instead. In addition, the tournament will not count for [[OrionRank 2022]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LoopBarnard/status/1598781882493042690|title=The Panda Cup will not count for OrionRank 2022}}</ref> and Panda Cup Finale and all future events hosted by {{Team|Panda}} will be blacklisted from [https://omegarank.com/ ΩRank].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OmegaRank/status/1598756202103844864|title=Panda events blacklisted from ΩRank}}</ref>