July 9, 2023 - York Street Battles #86 - Bracket

Archive: https://youtu.be/Ca-R-ML3MDE
A local fighting game tournament held monthly in Sydney, Australia.

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July 15, 2023 - Defend the North - Bracket

no video archive
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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July 14, 2023 - Railway Cup, Round 3 - Video Archive
Kakkoi Team (Cool Team) - Yatsuki (JA) / Tonchan (JA) / Barugo (JN)
かっこいいチーム　(やつき JA、とんちゃん JA, バルゴ JN）
Railway 2023-2024 VFDC Link

July 15, 2023 Tokai Bay Area Cup #2 - Video Archive
Penki MAX Team (Yogo (KA), Penkiya-san (LA), Kingujo Otouto (JA) wins
「ペンキMAX」となりました！ (ヨゴ・ぺんき屋さん・きんぐじょ〜弟)

July 16, 2023 - Tokai Cup 10 - Video Archive
Kakkoi Team (かっこいいチーム Cool Team) wins. Kamereon (PA), Kingujo (LA), Tonkatsu (JA), Barugo no Jean (JN), Yatsuki (JA).
Tokai Cup 10 VFDC link

Note that Kingujo (きんぐじょ) and Kingujo Otouto (きんぐじょ〜弟) are two different players. With Otouto meaning younger brother.

next up is...VF3TB World Cup

VF3TB 3 day event at Mikado.

July 14 - VF3TB World Cup Eve Open Tournament
1st Place: Game Center Arashi (JA) ゲームセンター嵐
2nd Place: Za Gerira (KA) ザ・ゲリラ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwNCZs14WSs

July 15 - VF3TB World Cup
1st Place - Ma-ken Tagosaku Kaiō (TA) - Magic Fist Tagosaku Sea King 魔拳 タゴサク海王
2nd Place - Ichirouta (KA) いちろうた
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygkLOvKlESU

July 16 - Post VF3TB World Cup Team Tournament
1st Place - D Team (SHU, Suzaku Tarou, Zangi) - Dチーム(SHU,朱雀太郎,ざんぎ)
2nd Place - K Team (Gamecenter Arashi, Aniaki, Shun) - Kチーム(ゲームセンター嵐,アニアキ,しゅん
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Fr9aCcDwQ

Info from https://twitter.com/vf3tb_17th

KeSU Cup Neo - July 22 - Kanagawa region, Japan - YouTube Archive

Tournament -
1st Place Homestay Akira (AK)
2nd Place Puuta (JN)

Special -
Yogo (KA) vs Shiwa (PA) - First to win 2 sets of Best of 9 (~2h mark in the video)
Shiwa wins the special event - 5-1, 5-2

Choya #1 Monthly (Brookyln, New York) - July 29 - YouTube Archive

• 1st Place - Tricky (EI)
• 2nd Place - Mold Monkey (EI)
• 3rc Place - Haya (GO)

Tokyo Bay Area Cup Vol. 7 (Tokyo, Japan) - July 30 - VF5FS - VFDC Thread

• Team - Tetsuko no Heya (Homestay Akira (AK), Babukichi (AK), YOU (SA)) wins the 7th Volume - YouTube Archive

"The last Virtua Fighter 3tb Seremonia tournament will be held on the 26th of August at Bar Save File in Tampere, Finland. It will also be the final tournament organised by Video Grapple. More info in the link below." - https://twitter.com/ninlia3tb

https://ninlia.home.blog/2019/05/27/seremonia-ii-vf3tb-turnaus/

Community Showcase at EVO VF5US - August 4 - VF5US

Las Vegas, USA - VFDC Thread
Brackets / Twitch Archives: Pool 1 / Pool 2 / Top 6​

Tournament Results:

1st: Kurita (TA)
2nd: GentlemanThief (JN)
3rd: Phoxx (Blaze)​

6th Dark Martial Arts Society Tournament - August 4-6 - VF5US

Online Japan - organized by Tetsuko Yamada, 9 players are invited to participate, plus 3 more players qualify to participate in the league:

• Homesay Akira (AK)
• Itsuro (aka Pometarou, JE)
• Tonkatsu (JA)
• Kamereon (PA)
• Reorao (GO)
• Yogo (KA)
• Fullswing (LI)
• Ekimae (AO)
• YOU (SA)

August 4 - Qualifier - YouTube Video - Top 3 in this tournament joins the 9 invited players to participate in the league portion next day. 1) Kishidan Jr (WO) ; 2) Aki (LI) ; 3) Densetsu SP (JN)

Bracket - https://tonamel.com/competition/t7Hej​

August 5 - League - YouTube Video - 4 blocks, each with 3 players. Top 2 in each block advanced to the Final 8.

August 6 - Final 8 - YouTube Video - Tonchan wins his second Dark Martial Arts Society tournament, defeating Kamereon (PA)

Bracket - https://tonamel.com/competition/SsPVc/tournament​

Shag mentioned it was not streamed or recorded iirc.

4th Tetsuko no Heya Cup (Offline Japan) - August 12 - VFeS
5vs5 Team Tournament with VFR points given to participants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrUrPCNJT8

Team that won - Donpatchi's Birthday, Congratulations (どんぱっち子生誕おめでとう)
ChinpanJ (JA) / Reorao (GO) / Barugo (JN) / Aki (LI) / Donpatchi (BR)

Team List: https://tonamel.com/competition/oPMwq

(Top Row) Reorao (GO) and Barugo (JN) / (Bottom Row) Aki (LI), Donpatchi (BR), and ChinpanJ (JA). Image edited from TetsukoYamada twitter account​

3rd Tokai Bay Area Cup - August 19 - Offline VF5FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyydAwmyHL0

Team Penki Max B [Shamu (GO), Kumichou (WO), Nagomi (JA)] wins

Team Penki Max B [Shamu (GO), Kumichou (WO), Nagomi (JA)] Image edited from VFTokai twitter account​

Yokohama eSports Tournament - SANZEN - August 20 - Offline VFeS (VF5US)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_0r9YlqcDM (first half is Virtua Fighter, second half is Guilty Gear)

1st Place - Homestay Akira (AK)
2nd Place - Puuta (JN)
3rd Place - Demae (WO)

Left to Right - Demae (WO), Homestay Akira (AK), Puuta (JN) - image from stream archive.​

VFTakeOver - VF5US Online Biweekly

August 26 -Seremonia IV VF3tb tournament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZcKNcSc40

1st - NINLIA (JE)
2nd - Fraeon (PA)
3rd - Farword (JA)

Bracket - https://t.co/wnf9fdMF5p​

August 26 - The Cero Dinero Cup VF5US Offline Tournament

1st - Setsuna X (AK)
2nd - FightClubHubbs (JE)
3rd - Virtua Kazama (GO)​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA3BO_SGk_c
Braclet - https://challonge.com/n9cfl7c6​

September 1 - Summer Jam 2023

Image from VFnumbers twitter account
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1st - VFnumbers (LE, middle)
2nd - KDQ Assassin (BR, left)
3rd - KDQ Bushido (TA, right)

Bracket: https://start.gg/tournament/summer-jam-2023/event/virtua-fighter-5-ultimate-showdown/overview​

VF5US at NEC 2023 - December 1-3, Philadelphia, PA greater metropolitan area

Just some notes, so I won't forget to update from this past weekend -

Kyushu Bay Area Cup - Southern region of Japan. This makes the third regional bay area cup, there has been mention of a 4th regional bay area cup (northern Japan). winning team - Firikkusu, Fullswing, Koguma

Weekday Tournament - 2on2 Online Team tournament (Japan) - winner Densetsu/Kubinash Rider.

Update, NEC 2023 has changed dates -

Better late, than never....

• Night of the 09er (Seattle, Washington) - Ocotber 7 - VF5US

• Akizeme 2023 (Westminster, Colorado) - October 13-15 - VF5US
  

1st Place: KDQ Assassin (Right); 2nd Place: Tenguman (Left); 3rd Place: Limy Porcupine (Bottom). Modified images originally taken by KDQ Blaze

Liverpool, UK, Drowning Pools 2023 -