NorCal Regionals 2016
| 2016 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Street Fighter V |
| Location | Sacramento, California |
| Dates | March 25–27 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Infiltration |
| Runner-up | Tokido |
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NorCal Regionals 2016 (sometimes shortened as NCR 2016) was a Street Fighter V tournament that took place in Sacramento, California on March 25–27. Being one of the eleven Premier Events of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour, the winner of the tournament automatically qualified for the Capcom Cup in December 2016. As the 14th NorCal Regionals event, NCR 2016 featured a "Pool of Death", where players registering "at the door" rather than in advance were punished by being placed in the same pool with one another. The Pool of Death was won by Vietnamese player Marn, who was knocked out of the Top 8 by Tokido. The tournament was won by Infiltration, who dominated the competition throughout the finals.
As part of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour, the eventual winner of NorCal Regionals 2016 would be one of the 32 players to qualify for the 2016 Capcom Cup. The tournament, traditionally taking place on Easter weekend, took place a few days after Final Round 19 in Atlanta, Georgia. Falling on March 23–25, the tournament was the second major Street Fighter V tournament since its release a month earlier. Around 350 players registered to participate in the event, including various previous Capcom Cup and Evolution Championship Series champions.
NorCal Regionals 2016 was held in the Capital Plaza Inn in Sacramento, California, and had a prize pool of over $25,000 USD, $15,000 of which was sponsored by Capcom.
Prior to the start of the tournament, Capcom detailed a possible March update for Street Fighter V, featuring the inclusion of a new Challenge-mode, a rematch option, and Street Fighter character Alex. The update would also feature several balancing tweaks for characters and bug fixes. A week before NCR, Capcom took down the Street Fighter V servers for seven hours, possibly to prepare the game for the March update. Capcom announced shortly before the tournament that the update would be brought about on the 28th (the day after NCR), while Alex wouldn't be included until the 30th.
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