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Panda Cup Finale
Dates	Cancelled
Venue	TBD: Los Angeles Convention Center TBD: The Novo
Address/City	TBD: 1201 S Figueroa St TBD: 800 W Olympic Blvd a335 Los Angeles, California
Attendance	TBD
Entry fees	Registration: Admin Fee: $1 Entry fees: Last Chance Qualifier: $15 Side events: $0
Pot size(s)	$100,000
Results
winners	TBD1v1 TBD & TBD2v2
winners	TBD1v1 TBD & TBD2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Panda

ThePanda Cup Finale would have been theSuper Smash Bros. Melee andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate finale for thePanda Cup. It was planned to be held in Los Angeles, California on December 16th-18th, 2022, but was postponed on December 4th, and later confirmed to be cancelled on November 23rd, 2023.^[1][2] The 28 players of each game who qualified through the circuit would have participated in the tournament. ALast Chance Qualifier for each game was meant to be held the day before the finale (formerly planned for December 15th) with the Top 4 players qualifying,^[3] bringing the total to 32 players for each game. All finalists will have complimentary travel and housing for the event.^[4] The tournament was planned to have the ninth-largest singles pot for aMelee tournament and tied for the seventh-largest singles pot for anUltimate tournament at the formerly planned dates.

Several players dropped out of both the finale and the Last Chance Qualifier due to aPanda Cup boycott. Some of the players would have been going toScuffed World Tour hosted byLudwig on the same weekend instead. In addition, the tournament was going to not count forOrionRank 2022,^[5] and Panda Cup Finale and all future events hosted byPanda will be blacklisted fromΩRank.^[6]

Format[edit]

Originally, theLast Chance Qualifier would be played on December 15th the Los Angeles Convention Center. Phase 1 of the finale was to take place on December 16th-17th up until the Top 8, also at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Top 8 would be played to completion on December 18th at The Novo.

Players qualified[edit]

Melee[edit]

The following players qualified through offline tournaments in the circuit forMelee:

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were qualified but are not attending the finals.

The following players were invited by panelists forMelee:

Ultimate[edit]

The following players qualified through offline tournaments in the circuit forUltimate:

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were qualified but are not attending the finals.

The following players qualified through online finals in the circuit forUltimate:

• Heartland: Ravenking
• Mid-Atlantic USA: MPg
• Southeast USA: Jake
• South-Central USA: Deathspade*^[36]
• Southwest USA: Scend
• Mexico: Chag
• Northeast NA: Anarchy
• Northwest NA: Justice

The following players were invited by panelists forUltimate:

•  Kola
•  Zomba*^[37]

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(32 entrants)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]

(32 entrants)

Side events[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(TBD teams)

Super Smash Bros. Melee Mid Tier singles[edit]

(TBD entrants)

Super Smash Bros. Melee Random Stage With All Items On[edit]

(TBD entrants)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]

(TBD teams)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike[edit]

(TBD entrants)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Random Stage With All Items On[edit]

(TBD entrants)

Trivia[edit]

• The tournament was planned to be the firstMelee tournament with three of the Five Gods competing sinceGENESIS 7, almost three years prior. However, this will not happen as Hungrybox and Mango dropped out as part of thePanda Cup boycott.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Start.gg page^{(dead link)}
• Announcement
• Trailer

• 2022 tournaments
• Southern California tournaments

• Candidates for deletion