The Panda Cup Finale, is the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate finale for the Panda Cup, and will be held in Los Angeles, California on December 16th-18th, 2022. The 28 players of each game who qualified through the circuit will participate in the tournament. A Last Chance Qualifier for each game will be held the day before the finale on December 15th with the Top 4 players qualifying,[1] bringing the total to 32 players for each game. All finalists will have complimentary travel and housing for the event.[2] The tournament is projected to have the tenth-largest singles pot for a Melee tournament and tied for the eighth-largest singles pot for an Ultimate tournament.
Format
The Last Chance Qualifier will be played on December 15th the Los Angeles Convention Center. Phase 1 of the finale will take place on December 16th-17th up until the Top 8, also at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Top 8 will be played to completion on December 18th at The Novo.
Players qualified
Melee
The following players qualified through offline tournaments in the circuit for Melee:
Panda Cup Last Chance Qualifier
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The following players were invited by panelists for Melee:
Ultimate
The following players qualified through offline tournaments in the circuit for Ultimate:
Panda Cup Last Chance Qualifier
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The following players qualified through online finals in the circuit for Ultimate:
- Heartland: Ravenking
- Mid-Atlantic USA: MPg
- Southeast USA: Jake
- South-Central USA: Deathspade
- Southwest USA: Scend
- Mexico: Chag
- Northeast NA: Anarchy
- Northwest NA: Justice
The following players were invited by panelists for Ultimate:
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(32 entrants)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(32 entrants)
Side events
Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(TBD teams)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Mid Tier singles
(TBD entrants)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Random Stage With All Items On
(TBD entrants)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles
(TBD teams)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike
(TBD entrants)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Random Stage With All Items On
(TBD entrants)
Trivia
- The tournament will be the first Melee tournament with three of the Five Gods competing since GENESIS 7, almost three years prior.
References
External links
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Melee qualifiers | CEO 2022 · Get On My Level 2022 · Smash Factor 9 · Lost Tech City 2022 · The Big House 10 · Saving Mr. Lombardi 3 · DreamHack Atlanta 2022 · |
Ultimate offline qualifiers | CEO 2022 · Get On My Level 2022 · Smash Factor 9 · Almost Pro · Lost Tech City 2022 · The Big House 10 · Let's Make Moves Miami · Port Priority 7 · DreamHack Atlanta 2022 · |
Ultimate online qualifiers | Southeast USA (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · Heartland (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · Northwest NA (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · Mid-Atlantic USA (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · Mexico (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · Southwest USA (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · South-Central USA (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) · Northeast NA (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · Finals) |
Finals |