SHC2 - Official Direct-Feed Uploads from MASTERCUP

MASTERCUP have recently uploaded matches from the SPECIAL HAMMERs CUP 2 tournament this year onto the official MASTERCUP YouTube channel. Great way to catch up on SHC2 if you happen to have missed it and can't stand low quality stream rips. The upload speed of these matches are also pretty good this time around since it usually takes a month or two for Mastercup to upload video archives from a tournament. You can watch the videos below which I've added player names with.

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SPECIAL HAMMERs CUP 2 | Japanese 3on3 Team Tournament Streamed Live

UPDATE: The event is now over and the results have been added!

SPECIAL HAMMERs CUP 2 is today! The 3on3 MASTERCUP tournament which was initially announced to be capped at 42 teams but later expanded to 56 teams will be underway in Namco's Hakata Bus Terminal arcade. Given where this tournament is hosted, you can expect to see a lot of players from Fukuoka, Japan as well as the common pros that regularly enter these tournaments like Nobi, Help Me, Take, Nisshin, Matador, Burimaru, Tissuemon and more. The event is being streamed through Namco's official niconico channel so be sure to tune in for some Tekken if you can.

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SPECIAL HAMMERs CUP 2 - MASTERCUP S1 Climax 2014

SPECIAL HAMMERs CUP 2 is the next Japanese tournament that MASTERCUP is going to run this year and it will be another 3on3 tournament with a team entry limit set to 42 teams (126 total players.) It was announced a bit before the top 8 at MATADOR CUP 5 and I now have more details about it from the official website. It's going to be held in a Namco arcade 'Hakata Bus Terminal store' which is in Fukuoka, Japan during Japan's Golden Week holiday period. The tournament is named after the famed Japanese Dragunov/Lee player 'Special Hammers' from Fukuoka and is going to be run similiar to the Mastercup J1 Climax from last year. This tournament as well as an upcoming MASTERCUP tournament in west Japan (No date yet) and of course MASTERCUP.7 in November this year is expected to be a good send off for the game just before Tekken's 20th anniversary in December.

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MASTERCUP Japan East VS West 15on15 Battle Announced!

UPDATE: Results have been added. Smoiler alert.

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves over the past weekend with Final Round but don't go anywhere just yet because MATADOR CUP 5 is upcoming the following weekend! The Japanese tournament boasts an impressive amount of 420 total entrants and with this large gathering of players; MASTERCUP has announced a 15on15 between East Japan and West Japan. The competition will feature Matador leading the Japan West team up against Furumizu's Japan East team which will be formed of players of the team captain's choosing. The 15on15 East VS West event will happen a day before MATADOR CUP 5 which is on the 22nd of March this year. You can see further details on the event as well as the players on each team below.

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Matador Cup 5 - Japanese 5on5 Tournament in A-cho Arcade Announced

Quietly announced at last years MASTERCUP.6 tournament, the official MASTERCUP website reveals Japan's next big Tekken tournament: "MATADOR CUP 5." Titled after famed Japanese player Matador, the 5on5 TTT2 tournament will be held in Kyoto's A-cho arcade on the 22nd of March and will have team limits capped at 56 teams allowing a maximum of 280 players in the tournament. In the announcement, Matador shares with us that he hopes to see a lot of the more unknown players with great talent in Japan come out and make a name for themselves on the tournament stage. Should more details on this tournament arise in the future (If there's no stream for this tournament, there will at least be archives on the MASTERCUP YouTube channel), I'll be sure to keep everyone posted.

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