Tournament:UltCore Second
| UltCore Second | |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 27th, 2024 |
| Venue | Nagoya International Conference Center Building |
| Address/City | 1-1 Atsuta Nishimachi Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture 
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| Attendance | 320 |
| Results | |
 winners
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 Glutonny
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| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | DIO |
UltCore Second was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate major held in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, on January 27th, 2024.
Tournament summary[edit]
This tournament was initially B+ tier on the LumiRank 2024.1; however, following many major upsets that took place at DELTA 8, in particular upsets from TamaPDaifuku, Akakikusu and Lv.1 (all players who were at this tournament), the event's score rose significantly and allowed it to reach major status. This allowed the first seed Glutonny to become the third player to achieve the Ultimate Triple Crown, making him the first non-Japanese player to achieve this milestone. In addition, Glutonny became the second non-Japanese player to win a Japanese major. He won the tournament convincingly, only dropping 6 games in total (2 to Falco main DEAR, 1 to Mr. Game & Watch main Kaeru, 2 to Fui and 1 to MASA).
The number of upsets were relatively low for a Japanese major, as only 3 of the top 8 seeds failed to make top 8. #6 seed Toriguri was eliminated at 13th after losing to Joker's mains twice in #11 seed Gorioka 1-3 and #3 Tsubaki 2-3. #8 seed ApolloKage also finished 13th after losing 1-3 to #9 seed MASA and #17 seed Fui 2-3 (upset factor 3). Lastly #4 seed Lv.1 placed 17th, losing to #13 seed Carmelo 0-3 (UF 4) and #7 seed Akakikusu 0-3. Replacing them were #9 seed MASA placing 7th, losing to Glutonny 1-3 and Tsubaki 2-3, #17 seed Fui, placing 5th after several upsets over #16 seed Lax 3-2, ApolloKage, #10 seed DIO 3-0 and Akakikusu 3-0 (UF 3), losing to Glutonny and #5 seed Snow, and lastly #14 seed TamaPDaifuku, his second breakout tournament after his second place at DELTA 7. En route to a 3rd place finish, TamaP first upset Tsubaki 3-0 (UF 5) and Gorioka before losing in winner semifinals to #2 seed Rizeasu 1-3. After a short loser's run, Tsubaki would lost once again to TamaP in loser's quarters in a close game 5 set. Lastly, the Bayonetta player won his set versus Snow 3-1 (UF 3) before losing the runback against Rizeasu 1-3 to place 3rd.
The notable under-performances of the tournament include #16 seed Lax, losing to Fui 2-3 and #69 seed Muhyou Jyo 1-3 (UF 5) for 33rd, #21 seed Yn placing 49th after losing to #149 seed Jiga 1-2 (UF 6, the biggest of the tournament) and Muhyou Jyo 1-3 (UF 4), #15 seed Masha, who lost two close game 5 sets against #79 seed Kuribon (UF 5) and #37 Kurikomochi (UF 3) to place 65th, and #19 seed Miru, finishing at 65th place, losing to #46 seed Tora and #121 seed Penguins (UF 5) both in 0-3.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(320 entrants)
Top 96 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
External links[edit]
| UltCore | |
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| UltCore · UltCore Second · UltCore Third · UltCore Fourth · UltCore 5th |
