Capcom Pro Tour 2017

The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour followed several months after the "Season 2" update of Street Fighter V and started off with Final Round 20 on March 10.

"[2] In the months following the Season 2 update, the Street Fighter V metagame evolved strongly and characters such as Guile, Urien, Balrog, Laura, and Zangief rose in tier lists, despite not having been as viable in the 2016 Tour.

The qualification system of previous Capcom Pro Tours had been deemed confusing by fans, especially when more than one player wins several Premier Events.

[6][7] Of the 32 players who qualified for the 2017 Capcom Cup, 30 did so through garnering points by consistently placing highly in Pro Tour tournaments.

NuckleDu was still incentivised to compete in the Pro Tour because his seed in the Capcom Cup depended on his leaderboard placement.

[5] The Capcom Pro Tour kicked off on February 17, 2017, in an event that saw various professional Street Fighter players compete in show matches.

This event took place in Folsom Street, San Francisco and featured show matches such as Filipino Champ vs Daigo Umehara, Justin Wong vs Snake Eyez, and a rematch between Capcom Cup 2016 finalists NuckleDu and Ricki Ortiz.

The second Premier Event and first European tournament of the 2017 Pro Tour, "Ultimate Fighting Arena", was held in the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris on April 8–9.

[15][16] The Premier Event held on April 28–30 – DreamHack Austin – was also won by Punk, beating Kun Xian Ho in the finals.

[17] Reporting on DreamHack Austin, Damian Alonzo of ESPN noted that the character Ibuki was rising in prominence among professional Street Fighter players.

[22][23] Later that month, on August 25–28, Daigo Umehara won the Hong Kong Esports Festival; this constituted his first win in a Premier Event in nearly a year.