The World's Largest Tekken Tournament Series MASTERCUP Returns on Nov 4

[UPDATE - 5/17] MASTERCUP.9's date has now been shifted to November 25th for anyone attending. Announcement post on the date change can be found here.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary of the long running MASTERCUP Tekken tournament series, Mastercup officially announced the dates for MASTERCUP.9 as November 4, 2017! MASTERCUP is a long running Japanese Tekken tournament series which boasts an incredibly high amount of players with the previous installment; MASTERCUP.8 bringing in over 900 players across 180 teams to compete in Tekken 7. MASTERCUP.9 returns this year running Tekken 7 Fated Retribution in Tokyo, Japan and is set to be the biggest tournament yet with hopefully another appearance by the Tekken project team as well as being broadcasted worldwide with a Japanese, Korean & English stream. More news and details to come from MASTERCUP.9 will be coming out during the year so keep an eye out on the Mastercup Official website for more news and updates in the future!

11/4 MASTERCUP.9 10th Anniversary ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/16283

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Kelot Cup 2 - 3on3 Japanese T7FR Tournament YouTube Archives

Kelot Cup 2 was a Japanese 3on3 Tekken 7 FR tournament organised by MASTERCUP and Game Newton that took place on September 17 at the Amusement Parlor Okayama arcade in Japan's west. The tournament was sponsored by Yamasa who creates the Tekken pachislot machines and they had their sponsored Tekken players Yuu & Nobi travel down and be the hosts for the event. Since this was relatively recent, the tournament was using the current up to date version of the game with Master Raven. Although the stream for the event has already been carried out, the YouTube archives for the tournament has now been uploaded to Yuu & Nobi's YouTube account for anyone that missed out on watching it. You can catch their archives over here:

Yuu & Nobi Channel ≫ https://www.youtube.com/c/YuuNobi

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MASTERCUP EVO 2016 Tekken 7 FR Public Viewing Event On July 16

We are just a single week away before EVO 2016! With the announcement of TEKKEN 7 Fated Retribution being a main game in the EVO line-up, MASTERCUP has come forward to organise a 'Public Viewing' event on July 16 (Saturday) in Fukuoka prefecture within Japan's south. The location for this event is at the luxurious Manon Lescaut Cafe and will be set-up so that attendees will be able to come in; play any of the Tekken games on the set-ups, enjoy the fine dining menu and come together to watch all the action and excitement from EVO 2016 on the big screen. There is going to be a lot of TEKKEN action taking place and it will all be broadcasted live with famed MASTERCUP commentator Genya present to commentate the stream. If you happen to be in the area, come on down and enjoy TEKKEN at EVO with friends!

MASTERCUP EVO 2016 PUBLIC VIEWING ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/14614

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YUU NOBI CUP | MASTERCUP 5on5 Tekken 7 Tournament on May 4

Taking place tomorrow at the Namco Hakata Bus Terminal arcade is the YUU NOBI CUP 5on5 tournament. Named after famed Japanese top players Yuu and Nobi, this MASTERCUP tournament pits the best East Japan has to offer against the south in TEKKEN 7. The tournament is being streamed entirely on Twitch.tv so you can watch all the TEKKEN 7 action live on the Game Newton channel. Additionally, later tonight in Japan (May 3) is the TEAM YUU VS TEAM NOBI 'Night before the tournament' event taking place at the same arcade in Fukuoka Japan. Everyone out there interested in watching fierce Tekken competition, this event is not one to miss.

YUU NOBI CUP Stream URL ≫ www.twitch.tv/gamenewton

Team YUU VS Team Nobi ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/14030

Tournament updates ≫ https://twitter.com/masakarijin

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Nobi Gaisen Cup 2 | Japanese 3on3 Tournament on March 20

Nobi Gaisen Cup returns this year, the smaller scale Japanese Tekken 7 tournament organized by MASTERCUP that celebrates Nobi's triumphant victory at EVO 2015. The tournament is being held at the Namco Hakata Bus Terminal arcade which is located on the south western side of Japan within Fukuoka. Notable Tokyo players: Yuu, Nobi & Take as well as Osakan players: Yosurin, Nisshin & MakoRyu are making the trip over to that side of Japan bringing good East vs West vs South competition. You can catch Nobi Gaisen Cup 2 being streamed in it's entirety on MASTERCUP's niconico's channel as well the OPENREC.tv website.

Nobi Gaisen Cup 2 Stream URL ≫ https://www.openrec.tv/live/mastercup

Tournament Organiser (Updates) ≫ https://twitter.com/masakarijin

MASTERCUP ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/

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Additionally, the day before the event on March 19 - Bandai Namco is hosting a Tekken Girl's Club session in the same arcade. It is an event tailored for newer players and girls that features Bandai Namco official cosplayers as well as Yuu & Nobi to coach and teach players looking to pick up Tekken 7. It too will be streamed live over on OPENREC.tv

Tekken Girl's Club Vol. 1 Stream URL ≫ https://www.openrec.tv/live/tekken-joshibu

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