Tekken 8 Tournament

Turn up the heat and face your biggest rivals yet in Smash! 2024 Tekken 8 Tournament! Test your lightning-quick reflexes and bring your a-game as you take down your opponents with incredible combos, unleashing devastating moves in the most spectacular edition of Tekken yet!! Do you have what it takes to fight all the way to the top of the leaderboard and reign supreme? Join us and show us what you’re made of!

Terms & Conditions

Who Can Participate

  1. You can register from 10:00 AM onwards each morning at the OzHadou Arena! A new tournament will run each day! Registrations will remain open up to 15 mins before the tournament start time, unless maximum participants (32) are reached prior. There is no online registration for this event, any participants after the 32 max cap will be put in reserve.
  2. Arrive for your allocated round at the OzHadou Arena before the Tournament starts so you don’t miss out!
  3. Make your way through the rounds, and stay within the Arena area if you advance to the next match. You will be instructed by OzHadou staff on where to go if you progress to the finals. Note that the Gaming Stage will host some but not all final rounds of OzHadou tournaments.
  4. Remember, anyone registered that is not present when the tournament is scheduled to start will have their place filled by those on the wait-list that are present, on a first-come-first-served basis.

How to Participate

  1. Register on-the-day from 10:00 AM (AEST) at the OzHadou Arena. Note that on-the-day registration will close 15 minutes before each tournament starts.
    (Please note that registrations will be capped at 32 participants, any after that will be put in reserve).
  2. Arrive for your allocated round at the OzHadou Arena before the Tournament starts so you don’t miss out!
  3. Make your way through the rounds, and stay within the Arena area if you advance to the next match. You will be instructed by OzHadou staff on where to go if you progress to the finals. Note that the Gaming Stage will host some but not all final rounds of OzHadou tournaments.

    Remember, anyone registered that is not present when the tournament is scheduled to start will have their place filled by those on the wait-list that are present, on a first-come-first-served basis.

General Rules

  • Default match settings will be used.
  • Winners will be determined by:
  • Elimination - Best-of-3 games (Bo3)
  • Finals - Best-of-5 games (Bo5)
  • Tournaments are a single elimination bracket format, capped at 32 seeds
  • Controllers will be provided, but players may bring their own PS5 compatible controllers (Hardware-level turbo and macros are not allowed. Controllers must have SOCD cleaning)
  • Players can only enter one tournament per game over the entire weekend at the OzHadou Arena during SMASH! This means you can only participate in one Guilty Gear, one Street Fighter, and one Tekken tournament
  • Players must be present at the start of the tournament rounds otherwise their position will be filled by those on the wait-list on a first-come-first-served basis
  • System running the competition will be a PS5 running the PS5 version of Tekken 8
  • Any decisions made by the judges are final and will not be subjected to dispute

Match Schedule

Saturday 12th July 2025: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Sunday 13th July 2025: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Prizes

To be announced soon!

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