Tournament:Umebura SP 11
| Umebura SP 11 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | September 14th-15th, 2024 |
| Venue | Minato City Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center |
| Address/City | 1-20-20 Minami Kamata Ota,Tokyo  |
| Attendance | 1,023 |
| Results | |
 winners | Miya |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Umeki |
Umebura SP 11 was aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesupermajor held in Minato, Tokyo,Kantō, on September 14th-15th, 2024.
Tournament summary[edit]
Umebura SP 11 was the fourth P-tier of the2024.2 season. Just likethe last iteration in January, the tournament featured many of Japan's best players, including 68 of the 84 Japanese players ranked on theLumiRank 2024.1 top 150, with the only notable top Japanese player missing beingYaura, who was on a hiatus. BothMaister andMkLeo also came to the tournament, being the 2 main invaders.
The only two notable upsets over top players before top 256 wereBayonetta main and #223Imokenpi defeating 3-2 #34Yamanaction andPichu main and #215Kizuha defeating 3-2 #42Lax (both being Upset factor 5). Both finished at 193rd, with Yamanaction losing 0-3 to #95NaNo and Lax losing 1-3 toWolf main and #170Shori (UF 4).
In top 256, #17Lv.1 lost 2-3 to #112Crete (UF 5). Other notable upsets include #31Reno losing to #98Shion 2-3 (UF 4), #36Navy losing to #164Rearlet 0-3 (UF 4) and #37Nao losing to #421Lunia 2-3 (UF 7). In top 128, the number of upsets greatly increased. 3 top 16 seeds were notably upsets: #14Yoshidora lost 2-3 to #78Tsuna (UF 5), #12KEN lost 2-3 to #76Tameigo (UF 6) and #10Zackray lost 1-3 to #55Kome (UF 5). Additionally, #122Tsubotsubo knocked out of the tournament #26Umeki at 65th 0-3 (UF 4).
The number of upsets were at the highest in top 64. Lunia continued his breakout run by scoring the biggest upset of the tournament, eliminating #18Kameme at 33rd 3-1 as the 421th seed, for a upset factor 9, also defeating #60Huto 3-1 (UF 6). #8TamaPDaifuku losing to #40Raki 1-3 and #6Asimo losing to #27alice 1-3 (both upset factor 5) are the first top 8 seeds upsets. Lv.1, after being upset early, lost 0-3 to #65Omuatsu (UF 4), placing 49th, his worst result sinceKagaribi 10 one year ago, and #24Toriguri lost 0-3 to #51Gachipi (UF 3), finishing at 33rd. Both #16 Maister and #23Gackt were send to loser's early, as Maister lost 1-3 to #48Chicken and Gackt lost 0-3 to Kome (both UF 3).
After top 64, outside of #9Tea (losing to Raki 1-3 in winner's side and #39Akio in loser's, both UF 4, placing 13th), the upsets only concern top 8 seeds. Asimo was eliminated at 25th by #25Shirayuki 1-3 (UF 5), and TamaP at 17th by #15Akakikusu 0-3 (UF 2). #4Shuton lost 1-3 to #13Snow (UF 4) (the first time Snow defeated Shuton after losing to him 4 times before) and #7Doramigi 1-3 (UF 2) for 9th. Lastly, #5Raru didn't make into top 8 despite reach winner's quarters, finishing at 9th, as he lost to Snow 2-3 and Akakikusu (both UF 3). As such, only half of the top 8 seeds make into top 8, with Miya,acola, andHurt being the only three entering from the winner's side.
Conversely, this event was notable for beingMkLeo's best supermajor performance in months. After a close encounter with alice, choosing to play the entire set with justMeta Knight and performing a reverse-3 stock in the final game, MkLeo barely lost to Hurt right outside of top 8 but was able to defeat Akio in yet another game 5 set usingByleth in the final two games to enter top 8 from the loser's side, his first P-tier top 8 appearance since he wonGENESIS 9 in January 2023. He then decisively defeatedDoramigi in a game 5 set with Meta Knight before being reverse 3-0'd by acola. With his 5th-place finish and his wins over several top players, including a player who many considered as a contender for the top 10 at that time, MkLeo's performance marks his best performance at a major since he wonKing Con back in February. In addition, after losing to Kome, Zackray went on a 7-set loser's run, which includes eliminating Akakikusu and Hurt, before losing to acola to place 4th.
In top 8, acola fell into loser's bracket after losing to Snow 2-3 (UF 7). However, aside from going to game 5 against MkLeo, acola was easily able to enter Grand Finals, where he once again had to face Miya. acola surprised audiences by playing the match withPyra andMythra, but although he was able to reset the bracket 2-3, Miya ultimately defeated acola 3-1 at yet another P-tier; not only did Miya win back-to-back Japanese P-tiers, but this was also his fourth P-tier win in 2024, placing him as a contender to dethrone acola as the best player in Japan.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(1,023 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
