By on April 24, 2016 at 4:36 am 
Red Bull is bringing back its prestigious invitational tournament for a second round. Red Bull Kumite 2016 like last year will feature some of the highest profile players in the world, but is moving on to new territory with the release of Street Fighter V. In the early life of SFV, who will prove to be the strongest? You won’t want to miss this one, so be sure to tune in to find out!
Competitors
Fourteen players were invited to participate in this year’s event. The final two spots in the bracket of sixteen were claimed by Bigbird and Valmaster, who fought their way through the other participants in the 256 player last chance brackets on Saturday.
| Player | Team | Country |
| Daigo | Mad Catz | Japan |
| Luffy | Red Bull | France |
| Alioune | France | |
| Keoma | Brazil | |
| Xian | Razer | Singapore |
| Tokido | Japan | |
| Momochi | Evil Geniuses | Japan |
| Justin Wong | Evil Geniuses | United States |
| Snake Eyez | Red Bull | United States |
| Bonchan | Red Bull | Japan |
| Poongko | Team Secret | South Korea |
| Kazunoko | Japan | |
| Infiltration | Razer | South Korea |
| GamerBee | AVerMedia | Taiwan |
| Bigbird | Falcon Arena | UAE |
| Valmaster | Team YP | France |
Stream
Saturday’s open qualifier will be live on Twitch starting at 11 AM CET and will be available in both French and English. Sunday’s stream will be live in French, English or Japanese on Twitch beginning at 2:15 PM CET.
Saturday’s pools brackets are currently available here, and the top 32 bracket here.
English Stream
Watch live video from redbullesports on www.twitch.tv
French Stream
Watch live video from redbullesportsfr on www.twitch.tv
Japanese Stream
Watch live video from RedbullJapan on www.twitch.tv
Schedule
Red Bull Kumite 2016 takes place over a two day period. The open qualifier tournament will be held on Saturday, April 23, and the sixteen-participant main event on Sunday, April 24. But there’s more going on than just tournament matches, so check out the full schedules below to plan your day around the events you’d like to see. Extra planning may be required for viewers not based in Europe.
Saturday, April 23
| Event | CET (local) | GMT | PST | EST | JST |
| Registration | 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| Beginning of Live Stream | 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 6:00 PM |
| Matches in Pools A to H | 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 2:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 6:00 PM |
| Matches in Pools I to P | 1:30 PM | 11:30 AM | 4:30 AM | 7:30 AM | 8:30 PM |
| Break | 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 11:00 PM |
| Top 32 Matches | 4:15 PM | 2:15 PM | 7:15 AM | 10:15 AM | 11:15 PM |
| Top 16 Matches | 6:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 1:00 AM (Sunday) |
Sunday, April 24
| Event | CET (local) | GMT | PST | EST | JST |
| Opening Ceremony | 2:15 PM | 12:15 PM | 5:15 AM | 8:15 AM | 9:15 PM |
| Top 16 to Top 12 Matches | 2:35 PM | 12:35 PM | 5:35 AM | 8:35 AM | 9:35 PM |
| Side Act 1: Combo Contest | 5:30 PM | 3:30 PM | 8:30 AM | 11:30 AM | 12:30 AM (Monday) |
| Top 12 to Top 4 Matches | 5:50 PM | 3:50 PM | 8:50 AM | 11:50 AM | 12:50 AM (Monday) |
| Side Act 2: All-Star Team Battle | 8:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM | 3:00 AM (Monday) |
| Top 4 to Grand Finals Matches | 8:20 PM | 6:20 PM | 11:20 AM | 2:20 PM | 3:20 AM (Monday) |
Results
Street Fighter V
Main Event
1. RZR|INFILTRATION (Nash)
2. Tokido (Ryu)
3. GGP|Kazunoko (Cammy)
4. RB|Bonchan (Ryu)
5. FA|BigBird (Ken)
5. EG|Momochi (Ken)
7. AVM|GamerBee (Necalli)
7. EG|JWong (Karin)
9. MCZ|Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
9. RZR|Xian (F.A.N.G)
9. Alioune (Chun-Li)
9. Keoma (Karin)
13. MD|Luffy (R. Mika)
13. YP|Valmaster (Necalli)
13. RB|Snake Eyez (Zangief, Alex)
13. Secret|PoongKo (Cammy)
Open Qualifier
Bigbird and Valmaster qualify for the Red Bull Kumite main event.
1. FA|Bigbird (Ken)
2. YP|Valmaster (Necalli)
3. Akainu (Nash)
4. CCG|Humanbomb (Chun-Li)
5. Melty|Will2pac (Laura)
5. LLL|MBR (Ryu)
7. F2K|Popi (Cammy)
7. PPX (Ken)
9. Keftaroz (Ken)
9. Mordesai (Vega, Zangief)
9. PiccolosanKOF (M. Bison
9. CDV.MCZ|WhiteBl4ck (Ken)
13. Frionel KOF (Karin)
13. RAGE|Madjestik (Chun-Li)
13. Evans (Karin)
13. PB|Linkexelo
Source: Red Bull, other contributions by Tarnot
