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| DÁRIO PELIXO - CHAMPION |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 4th, 6th - 7th
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Tournaments Won:
| 7th
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Times Reached Stage 3:
| One
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Times Reached Stage 2:
| Three
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Overall Rank:
| 5th
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Current Rank:
| 3rd
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Dário Pelixo become the latest name on the list of men who have won the Portuguese Mega Drive Tournaments - conviningly overcoming the awesome Alberto Campos in the Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition final. For the rest of the competition, Dário teetered upon the brink of elimination. After finishing third in Stage One he was forced to beat Ricardo Faria and Francisco Espandinha to qualify to Stage Two and, once there, finished level on points with Fátima Campos and needed to beat her on Ms. Pac-Man in order to reach the semi-finals.
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| ALBERTO CAMPOS - FINALIST |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st - 7th
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Tournaments Won:
| 5th
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Times Reached Stage 3:
| Five
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Times Reached Stage 2:
| Seven
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Overall Rank:
| 3rd
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Current Rank:
| 1st
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Alberto Campos lost out on his second tournament title with defeat to Dário Pelixo in the Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition final. He is one of the most rounded of all participants having reached Stage Two in all tournaments and Stage Three from the Third Tournament onwards. Alberto Campos won the Fifth Mega Drive Tournament when he beat Jorge Esteves in the World Cup Italia '90 final.
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| FILIPE SEMIÃO - SEMI-FINALIST |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st - 5th, 7th
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Tournaments Won:
| 4th
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Times Reached Stage 3:
| Four
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Times Reached Stage 2:
| Six
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Overall Rank:
| 4th
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Current Rank:
| 5th
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Filipe Semião returned to the tournaments after missing out on the Sixth. Despite a very strong performance in the Second Stage of the Seventh Tournament, winning the league by a massive five-points, he came undone on NHL '96 against Alberto Campos who beat him 9-3. Filipe Semião had previously won the Fourth Tournament, beating Orlando Silva on Super Street Fighter 2. He and Alberto Campos, both players of a similar quality, often find themselves drawn head-to-head with Alberto having a slightly better win record.
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| RICARDO FARIA - SEMI-FINALIST |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 4th, 7th
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Tournaments Won:
| -
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Times Reached Stage 3:
| One
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Times Reached Stage 2:
| Two
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Overall Rank:
| 11th
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Current Rank:
| 8th
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Ricardo Faria has not been seen in tournament circles since his impressive performance at the Fourth Tournament when he made it all the way to the Stage Two playoffs. This time Ricardo went one better and qualified to the semi-finals. Against Dário Pelixo, on NHL '96, he had victory in his sights, winning 4-3 when, in the final moments of gameplay, Dário snatched two more goals and won the tie.
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| FÁTIMA CAMPOS - STAGE TWO, 7 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 10th
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Current Rank:
| 4th
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The Seventh Tournament seemed somewhat anomolous with the highly-regarded Fátima Campos failing to make it into Stage Three of the competition. She came very close, but lost out against eventual winner, Dário Pelixo, in a tie breaker game of Ms. Pac Man, after the two finished level on points in the Second Stage group. Fátima is arguably the greatest player never to have reached a tournament final.
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| DAVID MAGUEIJO - STAGE TWO, 6 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 10th
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Current Rank:
| 4th
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The winner of the Sixth Tournament, David Magueijo, gave a convincing account of himself as he attempted to defend his title. Topping his Stage One group, David failed to keep the pace of Ricardo Faria and Alberto Campos in the Second Phase and finished four-points behind the qualifiers.
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| ARSÉNIO FERRAZ - STAGE TWO, 2 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 20th
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Current Rank:
| 15th
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Fans favourite Arsénio Ferraz did himself proud in Stage One of the Seventh Tournament by scoring seventeen points and finishing level with Alberto Campos. Sadly Arsénio was unable to emulate his performance against the tougher competition in Stage Two, but the worldwide audience hopes it will only be a matter of time before their champion makes it into Stage Three.
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| NUNO FOLHADELA - STAGE TWO, 2 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 5th - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 11th
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Current Rank:
| 18th
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Nuno Folhadela made it to Stage Two for the third successive tournament. Finishing bottom of a difficult group which also featured Alberto Campos, Ricard Faria and David Magueijo and only scoring points on Mega Bomberman. He qualified in the tight Group 1B, finishing second with eleven-points.
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| JOÃO PIRES - STAGE ONE, 9 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 6th - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 34th
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Current Rank:
| 19th
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Eliminated in the Stage One playoffs on Micro Machines '96. João has yet to reach Stage Two of the Tournament.
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| FERDINAND MENÉNDEZ - STAGE ONE, 9 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 6th - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 8th
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Current Rank:
| 7th
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Ferdinand Menéndez reached the final of the Sixth Tournament but was unable to repeat this fete and was knocked out early on.
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| FRANCISCO ESPADINHA - STAGE ONE, 9 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 5th - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 27th
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Current Rank:
| 17th
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After finishing level on points with João Pires, Francisco was beaten in a tie-breaker game of Ms. Pac-Man.
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| ORLANDO SILVA - STAGE ONE, 7 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 12th
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Current Rank:
| 12th
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Orlando Silva used to be quite a prominent name in the early tournaments, however, hasn't reached Stage Three since the Fourth Tournament.
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| AIDA CAMPOS - STAGE ONE, 5 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 41st
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Current Rank:
| 22nd
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Aida Campos returned for the first time since the Fourth Tournament. She finished five-points behind the play-off place.
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| HUGO VIEIRA - STAGE ONE, 4 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 5th - 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 17th
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Current Rank:
| 10th
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Hugo Vieira was drawn in the difficult Group 1C and finished bottom of the table. Previous tournaments have seen him reach Stage Two twice.
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| MARIA HELENA - STAGE ONE, 0 POINTS |
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Tournaments Entered:
| 1st, 7th
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Overall Rank:
| 25th
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Current Rank:
| 29th
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Maria Helena had previously appeared in the First Tournament where she reached Stage Two. This time she finished bottom of Group 1A with no points.
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