A big tournament took place from 5th to March 8th at the Kultkampf game Street Fighter: the Capcom Cup 11. The final was one million US dollars. The tournament’s man was a 15-year-old boy from Chile. Blaz is considered the new child prodigy at Street Fighter 6. A surprising victory teeth even brought the child prodigy to the final.
What kind of tournament was that? The Capcom Cup 11 was played in Tokyo from March 5th to March 8th.
48 players took part in the tournament who were able to qualify at various tournaments in advance. The fighters played against each other for days to determine who grabs the crown and the lush prize money.
The winner was waiting for $ 1 million, and there was still $ 100,000 for the second in the final. Such a prize money distribution is unusual. In other tournaments, the distance between the first and second is not quite as big.
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15-year-old starts a crazy victory series when he stands with his back to the wall
He was the man of the tournament: The only 15-year-old Chilene Derek Blaz has only been active in the fighter scene since 2023 and had only won a small prize money until the tournament.
He competed in Tokyo against many experienced players who have been earning their money with Street Fighter for decades. After a defeat in the quarter -finals against Kakeru, Blaz slipped into the Loser’s Bracket early on and stood with his back on the wall: every defeat would have meant its immediate end.
But surprisingly, Blaz was able to switch off 3 opponents in a row until the big names were waiting for him.
So he had to compete against Angry Bird, a fighter from Jordan who has been active since 2016. But Blaz could actually defeat him at 3-0.
Next, Leshar was waiting for him: the 25-year-old Japanese has been a professional in Street Fighter for 6 years, but Blaz was also able to clear him out of 3-0. There was a sensation.
Now the young Chilean had worked up to the final and met the final boss, the 27-year-old Japanese Kakeru, who has earned his money with Street Fighter for 10 years and has already been able to fill up $ 450,000 in prize money. It was also Kakeru who defeated Blaz in the quarterfianle with 3-0 and who sent him to the Loser’s Bracket.
For the 15-year-old Chilenen, this was the great opportunity to win the huge prize money of $ 1 million with a match.
But after 15 minutes he had to give up the 12-year-old Kakeru with 1-3 and went home with $ 100,000, while Kakeru could be celebrated in front of the home scenery in Tokyo and took a deep breath.
Despite everything, Blaz convinced and surprised many. It is agreed that it was one of the strongest e-sports performance of a young player. The absolute legend in Street Fighter, whom many young players emerge, is Daigo, who is still fighting with over 40: Street Fighter: Pro was beaten up as a 13-year-old because he was too good-that shaped him