Dawood Sikandar: best international finish in TEKKEN 8

At the event

EVO FRANCE 2026 (TEKKEN 8 (PS5)) took place on 2026-10-09 in Nice, FR, with 975 entrants.

Dawood Sikandar entered as seed 23 and finished 4th. Seed 23 projects to a 17th-place finish, so the result was 5 placement tiers better than seeding.

Sets on record

1. ROUND 3, Winners Quarter-Final: won 2-0 against ULSAN (seed 7), an upset factor of 3.
2. TOP 24, Winners Quarter-Final: lost 0-2 against Farzeen (seed 2).
3. TOP 8, Losers Round 1: won 3-2 against Hafiz Tanveer (seed 25).
4. TOP 8, Losers Quarter-Final: won 3-1 against Rangchu (seed 4), an upset factor of 5.
5. TOP 8, Losers Semi-Final: lost 1-3 against ULSAN (seed 7).

Record in these sets: 3 wins and 2 losses. The highest-seeded opponent beaten was Rangchu (seed 4).

Why this matters

Of 19 offline TEKKEN 8 events outside Pakistan on record for Dawood Sikandar, this is the highest placement. In total we hold 47 TEKKEN 8 events for Dawood Sikandar.