This year there are going to be 2 last-chance-qualifiers in Japan, one for foreign teams only, details were posted by John Choi yesterday:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=3997334&postcount=6
Jack
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Vega_Red, thx for the info. Updated first post!
Also, Nitto, Joe & Tokido came thru yesterday 
I’m keen to find out about the juicy gossip at TGA as well! 
I think all of Europe has just one Qual.
There will be definitely no qualifier in Germany ! I don’t know about UK, but I think it’s only France this year.
I was just wondering where the qualifier would actually go to since with only one euro-qualifier, we’d only have 31 spots confirmed. :wonder:
However, with the inclusion of another last-chance qualifier, I’m quite interested to see that players like Victoly/5Star can now qualify with a little more ease.
Jack
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Team EC came thru over the weekend!
Congratulations to Fubarduck (CH), KOfiend (YA), Mopreme (KE)! 
J.D
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So Mopreme will just never stay with one character right 
Gonna be pwned at SBO in no time esp Fubar and KOfiend:bluu:
Just looked through last SBO vid with KOfiend, Justin and Mop…One nippon Chun=the end of all hopes
Jack
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??(NE), ???(OR), ??(MA)
Pino, Thanatos and Moutei came thru~
5 more Japanese teams left.
Wow! Another freak tier team:) Wish Kuroda or TM to come! Are there any vids of these quals?
Awesome, I mentioned them earlier, so I’m glad they got a spot.
With 5 spots left, I’m expecting nothing but big names coming through near the end here. No ryu’s, hugo’s, or Q’s so far… I recall the BM team having that exact trio with Ruu, YSB, and TM. I’d love to see them make it. I wonder if Ushi will qualify again; he was definitely one of the stronger uriens out there last year.
No doubt! Just a yun destroyer!!!
w00t another makoto, but where is j?!
rooting for Raoh (Raoh(CH), Mester(YU), Kashi(KE)) team and YSB(YSB(HU), TM(Q), Ruu(RY)!!!) team to classify \o/
Qro
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Ushi this ushi? [media=youtube]yajB0a9G7F8[/media]
LOL
god i hope TM gets in and then wins lol…
Cuz everyone knows if a Q and Hugo won sbo their wouldent be as many YCK players 
Just some minor info, but Mester’s team this year is apparently Raoh/Mester/Match. I think.
I haven’t clicked that link but I’m pretty sure that’s when Sugi beasted him, isn’t it? Everyone gets beasted on from time to time. That doesn’t mean they suck, or that the idea of them qualifying for SBO is laughable.
Europe was given two spots for the first time last year. But they switched it back to one again :sad: