The Fight Card has begun to fill in with 19 of the 24 World Warriors!

Last month, it was announced that ELEAGUE would be holding a second Street Fighter V Invitational tournament — this time with Arcade Edition under Season 3.5. The event will feature 24 of the game’s top competitors from all across the globe, fighting for $250,000 across four Groups, to be broadcast on both Twitch and TBS beginning on Friday, June 1st. The action kicks off with Group A at 3:00 PM ET (Noon PT), at twitch.tv/ELEAGUETV, before moving over to a live TBS broadcast at 11:00 PM ET (8:00 PM PT.)

Additionally, the winner of the upcoming reality show ELEAGUE The Challenger: Street Fighter V (featuring LowTierGod, GRAPHT|gllty, Commander Jesse, Sherry Jenix, HZRDS|RobTV, SB|JB and BigBossDayasha) will earn one of the 24 coveted spots in the Invitational. Recently, many of the competitors have been revealing their invitations to the event on Twitter. The 19 [UPDATE: now 20 – Editor] currently-known players (at time of writing) include:

Echo Fox|Justin Wong

Echo Fox|Punk [2017 ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational Champion]

NVD|Phenom

Mouz|Problem X

Twitch.Hx.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara

801 Strider

Echo Fox|Momochi

RISE|MenaRD

Echo Fox|Tokido

F3|Brolynho

CYG BST|PR Balrog

Fudoh|Haitani

iDom

Fudoh|Fujimura (formerly Yukadon)

Filipino Champ

CO|Dogura

ARES.RB|Luffy

CYG BST|Fuudo

RB|Snake Eyez

UPDATED: NuckleDu

You can see the full series of announcement tweets below. Keep your browser locked to Shoryuken, as we’ll continue to update this story as more names are revealed.

Wanted to let you know I’ll be participating in the @ELEAGUETV Street Fighter Invitational! ^_^ Time to bring out all the Waifus to win this thing! #ELEAGUESFV pic.twitter.com/Rry20SYD6T — Echo Fox Justin Wong (@JWonggg) April 12, 2018

Proud to announce I’m back for @ELEAGUETV going for gold again guys let’s do it #ELEAGUESFV pic.twitter.com/B3pIFnL898 — Punk (@PunkDaGod) April 12, 2018

I'm excited to announce that I have been invited to @ELEAGUETV Street Fighter V invitational for the second time. Hopefully this year I won't drop a 110k$ combo again 🙃. #ELEAGUESFV pic.twitter.com/TW3n4lPwwp — Arman Hanjani (@NVD_Phenom) April 12, 2018

I'm so proud and honoured to announce i will have my first experience @ELEAGUETV there will be Psycho power and Vroom vroom, so excited. #ELEAGUESFV pic.twitter.com/x1WUsFnNIk — Benjamin (@MrProblemX) April 12, 2018

I’m happy to announce that I will be participating in the #ELEAGUESFV invitational! Thank you so much for the opportunity @ELEAGUETV , we will finally be able to spread the gospel of #Foosies on national TV 🙂 pic.twitter.com/JKHns6dlIT — Gustavo Romero (@801_Gustavo) April 12, 2018

Hi everyone!

I've been invited to participate on @ELEAGUETV Street Fighter invitational to play along some of the best players in the world! #ELEAGUESFV

Wishing good luck to everyone that's participating. LET'S WIN THIS TIME!!! pic.twitter.com/HLaJ4xo2cq — Eduardo Perez (@PRBalrog) April 12, 2018

I will join in @ELEAGUETV . Thank you for the invitation. I believe in myself!!

今年のEリーグに招待して頂きました。

ありがとうございます。#ELEAGUESFV pic.twitter.com/zXXuUKOM4E — Fudoh|Haitani (@hai090) April 13, 2018

Just wanted to say thank you to @ELEAGUETV for inviting me to participate in their invitational. #ELEAGUESFV. Wish me Luck! pic.twitter.com/8CRkcy18Em — iDom_Ny (@iDomNYC) April 12, 2018

I’m happy that I can announce this. I will participate in @ELEAGUETV . I got this!! Eリーグに招待していただきました！

初Eリーグ、頑張ります#ELEAGUESFV pic.twitter.com/qezOaJ7ZLR — Fudoh|藤村(Fujimura) (@fujimura333) April 13, 2018

Really happy to announce that ill be competing at @ELEAGUETV

So excited for this wish me luck everyone!! #ELEAGUESFV

Time to get this Akuma ready bruh!! pic.twitter.com/YibOSyl5gm — FChamp Ryan Ramirez (@fchampryan) April 13, 2018

We are proud to announce that Dogura @maneater_dgr has been invited to compete in the @ELEAGUETV ELEAGUE STREET FIGHTER V INVITATIONAL! Thank you for the invitation! #ELEAGUESFV #CYCLOPS pic.twitter.com/Nsa7yFAIjo — CYCLOPS_ENG (@CYCLOPS_ENG) April 13, 2018

Got selected for ELEAGUE SFV ! I'm very happy 🙂 Let's go R.Mika !! And my best friend Nadeshiko as well 😍 pic.twitter.com/w1BowCvj66 — Luffy (@Louffy086) April 13, 2018

アメリカの#ELEAGUESFV にも参加決定！6月から熱そうだな。

Joining ELEAGUE again this year! Looks like June will be a hot one. @ELEAGUETV pic.twitter.com/JphK3g2og3 — ふ～ど (@TheFuudo) April 13, 2018

UPDATE: NuckleDu also confirmed.

I am super DUper honored and excited to announce that I will be competing at the @ELEAGUETV invitational! pic.twitter.com/zAT4jjTL5l — Du Dang (@NuckleDuDang) April 17, 2018

What do you think of this current lineup, and who would you like to see fill the remaining slots? Give us your picks and predictions in the comments below.

Sources: JWonggg (Twitter); PunkDaGod (Twitter); NVD_Phenom (Twitter); MrProblemX (Twitter); daigothebeast (Twitter); 801_Gustavo (Twitter); momochi212 (Twitter); _MenaRD_ (Twitter); tokidoki77 (Twitter); F3.brolynho (Facebook); PR_Balrog (Twitter); hai090 (Twitter); iDomNYC (Twitter); fujimura333 (Twitter); CYCLOPS_ENG (Twitter); maneater_dgr (Twitter); Louffy886 (Twitter); TheFuudo (Twitter); Snake_Eyez_ (Twitter); NuckleDu (Twitter)

