Tournament:Panda Cup Online Qualifier: Southwest USA Regional Finals

Panda Cup Online Qualifier: Southwest USA Regional Finals
Dates	October 29th, 2022
Attendance	33
Results
winners	Scend 1v1
Staff
Organizer(s)	Panda

Panda Cup Online Qualifier: Southwest USA Regional Finals will be the fifth Super Smash Bros. Ultimate regional final for the Panda Cup. There were four qualifier tournaments for the regional final. Points were distributed to the Top 96 of each qualifier, with the Top 32 of the leaderboard invited to the regional finals. Players will be removed from Top 32 eligibility based on DQs, meaning the Top 32 indicated by points may not be final.^[1] In the event of a tie in points for the regional finals spots, all of the tied players will be invited into the regional finals, even if it means more than 32 players will make up the bracket. The regional finals will be a double-elimination bracket with all sets Best of 5. The winner of the regional finals will qualify for the Panda Cup Finale. The tournaments will be region locked to Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, and players must be 18 years or older to participate.

Point standings[edit]

Standings

Rank	Player	Points
1st	Kiyarash	234
2nd	Zaibatsu	176
3rd	Scend	107
4th	jraw	80
5th	el_comparicky	75
6th	ven	72
7th	Monte	70
8th	Lui$	47
9th	Tangerine	46
9th	Heyoo5	46
11th	Kreeg	45
12th	UnemployedGamer138	32
13th	frawg	30
13th	M^2	30
15th	Dr dank	28
16th	Justn	25
16th	numnums	25
18th	Raz	23
18th	Derooshu	23
20th	Grift	22
21st	Nate_RK^[2]	21
22nd	Yeetucus	20
22nd	Omar <3	20
22nd	Breakingbrad	20
25th	Shinta	19
25th	FRANKiESOSUCiO	19
27th	PSIguy	18
28th	Jericho	17
29th	Xandernishka	14
29th	Mane	14
31st	mateina	13
32nd	Dre	12
32nd	JonQuaker	12
32nd	TheMintyOne	12
32nd	Smoona	12
32nd	FusRoham!?	12

Results[edit]

Southwest USA 1[edit]

Zaibatsu notably placed 2nd after being last seed in the tournament, making six upsets in a row against players like diamondupree, frawg, Kiyarash, and Kreeg to make Grand Finals winners' side, before losing to Kiyarash in a nine-game Grand Finals. Their largest upset was against 3rd seed Kiyarash with an upset factor of 10, with the only two higher seeds DQing.

Date: July 17th
(86 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	Kiyarash
2nd	Zaibatsu
3rd	Kreeg
4th	frawg
5th	Yeetucus
5th	Justn
7th	Dre
7th	jraw
9th	SorB
9th	numnums
9th	JD
9th	RockMan
13th	Drux
13th	Sharpedo43
13th	Flowz
13th	Nika
17th	diamondupree
17th	Dr dank
17th	Bunnz
17th	KING
17th	Xandernishka
17th	Jericho
17th	Yuugen
17th	JonQuaker
25th	Precision
25th	SLAYR
25th	Tangerine
25th*	Scepo
25th	Omar <3
25th	Sabatino
25th	Ethan
25th	Shinta (DQ)	—

*DQ'd in Losers

Southwest USA 2[edit]

Date: August 2nd
(35 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	Zaibatsu
2nd	el_comparicky
3rd	jraw
4th	Tangerine
5th	Raz
5th	Dr dank
7th	Nate
7th	Grift
9th	mateina
9th	OGrady (DQ)
9th	Harryparry21
9th	numnums
13th	Superdelic
13th	FRANKiESOSUCiO
13th	Mane (DQ)	—
13th	Shinta (DQ)	—