Sumobar Tournament 21

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## SBT 21 champion: Desolate (Lava)

Desolate won the eight-player final by becoming the first player to win two matches. Six matches were needed; five different players won before Desolate secured the title.

Match wins: Desolate 2; Gazelle, DGM, Sanity and Wolf 1 each; Hallu, Prestige and Olive 0. Players tied on wins are not assigned a series tiebreak placing.

| Final match | Winner | Winning score |

| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Gazelle | 1,998 |

| 2 | Desolate (Lava) | 1,593 |

| 3 | DGM | 2,062 |

| 4 | Sanity | 1,762 |

| 5 | Wolf | 1,785 |

| 6 | Desolate (Lava) | 1,728 |

The opening match was interrupted and resumed with restored scores. Its two server records count as one match win. The final bracket below shows the deciding match’s scores, not cumulative series scores.

### All six final match scores

| Player | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 | Match 6 | Wins |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Desolate (Lava) | 692 | 1593 | 1328 | 902 | 415 | 1728 | 2 |

| Gazelle | 1998 | 1153 | 879 | 1548 | 743 | 918 | 1 |

| DGM | 881 | 1050 | 2062 | 1590 | 1138 | 1548 | 1 |

| Sanity | 1101 | 1501 | 1632 | 1762 | 1437 | 1167 | 1 |

| Wolf | 1751 | 1539 | 1564 | 1424 | 1785 | 1389 | 1 |

| Olive | 462 | 887 | 563 | 894 | 1769 | 1020 | 0 |

| Hallu | 1041 | 817 | 663 | 393 | 1040 | 521 | 0 |

| Prestige | 1176 | 562 | 637 | 695 | 937 | 883 | 0 |

Wolf edged Olive 1,785–1,769 in match five. Desolate took the deciding match with 1,728, ahead of DGM’s 1,548. DGM and Gazelle left just before the final scoreboard; their deciding-match scores were recovered from the round logs.

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The twenty-first Sumo Bar Tournament arrives on Saturday, September 26. One zone, eight players, four qualifying matches, and nowhere to hide.

• Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 17:00 UTC (18:00 BST).
• Register with a linked in-game Global ID on this page or run `!signup sbt` in Discord.
• Set your preferred tournament region with `!prefer uk` or `!prefer ny|sf|mtl` before signing up in Discord.
• Questions and updates: The Grid #tourneys or the official SBT wiki.

Tournament format

• Players compete individually in Sumobar zones.
• The qualifying stage consists of 4 round-robin matches.
• Qualifying matches are played to 1500 points. Placement points are normalized for the number of players in each zone.
• The top 16 players by total placement points advance to two semifinals.
• Each semifinal is played over 18 rounds; the top 4 from each semifinal advance.
• The eight-player final is played over 18 rounds. The highest final score wins SBT 21.

Attendance and identity

• Sign up with the Global ID you will use in-game.
• Be in your assigned server and ready before the published opening time.
• Missing players may be replaced and the bracket may be regenerated before play begins.

Servers and assignments

• Select your preferred server through your RCL registration or Discord region preference.
• Regional preferences are considered but cannot be guaranteed in every round.
• Exact zones, connect addresses, backup servers, and approximate round times appear here after the bracket is published.

Conduct

• Tournament moderators may silence, suspend, kick, or ban anyone disrupting the event.
• Be competitive, be ready, and have fun.