Another event has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. Capcom announced that, in the interest of ensuring everyone remains healthy and safe, it will not hold the Capcom Cup 2020 as planned. It will prepare an online-only event instead of holding the Street Fighter League Finals on February 19, 2021 and Capcom Pro Tour Finals on February 20-21, 2021 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana.
Here’s Capcom’s full statement from Twitter. Initially, when it announced the February 2021 dates for the Capcom Cup 2020, it went over precautions like vigorous COVID-19 testing and social distancing efforts. This also comes after the Capcom Pro Tour itself had to go online starting in June 2020.
Due to the rising cases of COVID-19 worldwide, we have unfortunately made the decision to cancel Capcom Cup and the Street Fighter League World Championship scheduled for February 19th through February 21st. While we strongly believe that we could have executed a great event with limited risk to players, staff and crew, we have reevaluated as the situation has evolved and the state of this global pandemic has heightened.
In its place, we will be producing an online-only Season Final so that we are still able to highlight the best players from this season. All players who won an online premier will be invited to participate in the final and we are in the process of reaching out to all eligible players to secure their participation. Details on the revised format will be available on CapcomProTour.com in the next few weeks.
We’d like to thank the fans, players and FGC for supporting Capcom Pro Tour through a challenging season. The community deserves a platform to celebrate their persistence in a challenging year, so our goal is to deliver that on February 20th and 21st across the Capcom Fighters network.
In case you missed it, this is the video for the event Capcom shared in December 2020.
Capcom has not revealed dates or plans for the new Capcom Cup 2020.
