Tournament:SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals

SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals
Dates	July 31st, 2021 (Played) August 1st, 2021 (Streamed)
Attendance	16
Pot size(s)	$5,000
Results
winners	Br1 AV

SWT: South America Ultimate Regional Finals was the first Super Smash Bros. Ultimate final for Phase Two of the Smash World Tour 2021. Due to the severe status of the COVID-19 pandemic in South America, the tournament was held online. The sixteen players who qualified through the SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier were invited to this tournament. The winner qualifed for the Smash World Tour 2021 Championships. This was the only Smash World Tour 2021 regional final without pools, only a double-elimination bracket was played.

A Melee event was also planned, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the aforementioned situation. Instead, Chape and HP were chosen as the South American Melee finalists.

Players qualified

The top 12 finishers at SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier qualified:

•  Br1 AV
•  Anality
•  Frido
•  Keen
•  Ghoul979
•  Toon
•  jjcat00
•  ZanT
•  OZN~Tales
•  Poyo
•  LinkEa
•  Wise

The top 4 finishers at SWT: South America Ultimate Online Qualifier Last Chance Qualifiers qualified:

•  Player 7
•  Lukitu
•  Luffyranha
•  Ran

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(16 entrants)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Br1 AV		$1,600
2nd	Frido		$800
3rd	jjcat00		$600
4th	Anality		$400
5th	Keen		$200
5th	Ghoul979		$200
7th	Ran		$150
7th	LinkEa		$150
9th	Toon		$125
9th	Wise		$125
9th	OZN~Tales		$125
9th	Poyo		$125
13th	ZanT		$100
13th	Player 7		$100
13th	Luffyranha		$100
13th	Lukitu		$100

Pre-recorded sets controversy

As VGBootCamp was streaming the tournament, a Twitter account leaked an image that showed all the tournament sets pre-recorded on Shared Content.. Minutes later, Smasher Belipe accused VGBootCamp for holding the tournament a day prior but broadcasting it the next day, using this image as proof. Following the posts, an image of the completed bracket was also leaked. Additionally, players on the livestream only showed fighter names instead of nametags, which are indicative of replays.

VGBootCamp's owner GimR later responded to the accusations. He admitted that the tournament did take place the day prior, but stated that it was to ensure that having a third person spectate the match would not cause additional lag, a problem that caused controversy during South America's SWT qualifier. He additionally apologized for not handling the re-broadcast that well and stated that the team wanted to keep the spotlight on South America without giving away the results of the matches.

External links

• Start.gg page