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These are exactly the tournaments that postponed a balance update for TEKKEN 8. European TEKKEN Cup 3 and Mastercup Try Tokyo are spectacular to watch!
The competitive life in TEKKEN 8 is never on hold, even if we are within the gap between official World Tours. The game is featured at many esports events, and also, it has some dedicated leagues happening across the world.
Before the TEKKEN World Tour 2025 starts, pro competitors train their skills in the hot matches of European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals and Mastercup Try Tokyo. The events happen on one weekend and cover two regions, which traditionally are big for the game.
Before Season 2 kicks off with new DLC characters and balance adjustments, all TEKKEN 8 players have a chance to witness top-level matches — to learn from the best and just have fun.
TEKKEN 8 Patch 1.12 turned out to be only the start of the30th Anniversary Fight Passto let these two specific tournaments happen with no changes in meta. All the details of the European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals and Mastercup Try Tokyo are here.
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Where to watch the European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals?
The European TEKKEN Cup 3 series is an official TEKKEN 8 esports tournament, so you can watch the streams onBandai Namco Esports YouTubeandTEKKEN Twitchchannels. Also, the European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals stream is embedded below.
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Where to watch the Mastercup Try Tokyo?
It’s an official Japanese tournament, and the English stream is on theMajinobama Twitch channel.
What is European TEKKEN Cup 3? Tournament details
This TEKKEN 8 esports circuit started in October 2024. It consisted of quite a few Major and Dojo tournaments in a few European regions. The top players from each region advanced to the European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals event.
List of participants
These are the players who advanced to the European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals from their regions. Two more tournament participants have joined them after the Last Chance Qualifier.
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Results of European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals
Check out the results of the European TEKKEN Cup 3 Finals in this section. Here is the Group stage stream.
Final brackets
Once again, Kuma proved to be a mighty TEKKEN 8 character. Nino played the bear throughout the entire top 8 brackets of the European Cup 2025 Finals: and the player destroyed his opponents on the way to victory.
The losers brackets had some very intense matches. We could witness excellent fights with Clive Rosfield, the newest addition to the TEKKEN 8 roster.
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Mastercup Try Tokyo: The best TEKKEN 8 players in Japan and in the world
It’s a Japanese game, and some pretty good TEKKEN 8 players come from this country. We have a chance to witness their power and regional fighting features at the Mastercup Try Tokyo tournament.
In addition to the 1v1 tournament, there will be a 5v5 team event Mastercup.13. It happens on Feb. 22. Many world-level players participate in it, including theTWT 2024 winner, Rangchu. The team Saudi Champion MalGu won this tournament: MulGold, Mangja, Jeondding, JDCR, and EDGE. It was a victory of Korean players in the birth country of TEKKEN.
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The results of Mastercup Try Tokyo
It’s interesting to witness what TEKKEN 8 characters enter the battle stages at this event. This info and the Mastercup Try Tokyo results are in the table below.
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Right after these competitive events are over, we should discover details of TEKKEN 8 Season 2. It’s the main topic of a special TEKKEN Talk stream on Feb. 25. Maybe, there will be some info about the TWT 2025 schedule as well.
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