Tekken 7 rankings: Changes are afoot.

Mxolisi Lukhele (Amplified Rebellion) squaring up to Gawie Fick (Fakkel School).

MSSA's 2017 Fezile Dabi Regional Championships for the Tekken 7 esports title, played on PS4, delivered the biggest shock of the day.

The clear favourite, Gawie Fick (Fakkel School), was beaten by both Mpho Ntsala (Fakkel School) and Mxolisi Lukhele (Amplified Rebellion).

Mxolisi Lukhele then went on to take the championships.The esport title "Mortal Kombat X" was played on PS4 at MSSA's 2017 Fezile Dabi Regional Championships which was hosted by JCS Academy on 1 July 2017.

The results produced by the gamers has materially affected the current rankings.

For a start, Joost Loftus has been able to leap-frog into being ranked as the top player in South Africa. 

Beon Bronkhorst, too has moved upwards significantly from being ranked as South Africa's 23rd best player after MSSA's 14th Free State Championships  to be ranked as South Africa's 3rd best player after the Fezile Dabi Regional Championships.

Another player rapidly rising up the rankings is Bronwyn Williams. Bronwyn started the Fezile Dabi

Championship as an unranked player, and at the end of play, Bronwyn, not only won the womens' division, but is now also ranked in 24th place overall.

The full rankings are:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Gawie Fick	17	Fakkel School	364
2	Mxolisi Lukhele	17	Amplified Rebellion	226.1
3	Mpho Ntsala	17	Fakkel School	202.3
4	Nadine Swart	17	HTS Witbank	196.8
5	Leoné Loftus	17	Fakkel School	184.2
6	Pieter Lourens	17	BNKR	179.8
7	Joost Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	172.2
8	Sune van de Merwe	17	HTS Witbank	161.6
9	Phoenix Janse van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School	161.4
10	Doreen Els	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	157.4
11	Connor Chaplin	17	Northcliff High School	155.8
12	Morizané Boyes	17	BNKR	153.6
13	Armand Botha	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	151
14	Beon Bronkhorst	17	JCS Academy	146.8
15	Jan Hendrik Van Aswegen	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	146.8
16	Christopher Fenton	17	JCS Academy	144.7
17	Ronin Brookes	17	Sasolburg High School	140
18	Luan Joubert	17	BNKR	136.7
19	Dewald Gerber	17	HTS Witbank	136.4
20	Tshepo Matitwane	17	Fakkel School	135.9
21	Mark Morobane	17	Curro Klerksdorp	133.6
22	Leighton Howells	17	Cambridge High School	132.4
23	Waldo Joubert	17	BNKR	132.4
24	Jacques Rossouw	17	Fakkel School	132.2
25	Paulosi Makhuba	17	Fakkel School	132.1
26	Hugo Venter	17	Fakkel School	129.9
27	Pheello Maphumane	17	Fakkel School	127.9
28	Alasdair Donaldson	17	Knights Mind Sports Club	127.3
29	Kaitlyn Creighton	17	Master of Mind Sports	124.5
30	Rynhardt Engelbrecht	17	Fakkel School	122.8
31	Ryan Gathita	17	Curro Klerksdorp	122.1
32	Ayanda Kumalo	16	Fakkel School	121.5
33	Rion Nelson	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	117.9
34	Bruce Burke	17	JCS Academy	116
35	Tertius Nel	17	HTS Witbank	115.9
36	Duncan Correira	17	JCS Academy	115.6
37	Ruan Hoffman	17	JCS Academy	115.6
38	Austin Lee	17	Northcliff High School	115
39	Robyn Gertzen	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	114.8
40	Armand Eicker	15	HTS Witbank	114.4
41	Baber Abbas	16	Knights Mind Sports Club	114.4
42	Filipe Baptista	15	HTS Witbank	114.4
43	Filipe Batista	15	HTS Witbank	114.4
44	Gregory Haripersad	16	Maritzburg College	114.4
45	L J Muir	15	All Stars	114.4
46	Likhaya Mattwane	15	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
47	Martin van Niekerk	15	HTS Witbank	114.4
48	Matthew van der Merwe	16	Fakkel School	114.4
49	Mellie Nienaber	16	Fakkel School	114.4
50	Michael Masikeng	16	Fakkel School	114.4
51	Ruan Visagie	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	114.4
52	Shaun Coetzee	16	Fakkel School	114.4
53	Sylveyan Strydom	15	BNKR	114.4
54	Thabiso Pheto	15	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
55	Thapelo Phahlamohlaka	15	HTS Witbank	114.4
56	Tumelo Sesinyi	15	Curro Klerksdorp	114.4
57	Aidan Chaplin	17	Northcliff High School	114.1
58	Joel van Wyk	16	Merchiston Prep.	113.7
59	Eric Chijokwe	15	Curro Klerksdorp	113
60	Khanyisa Sibanda	17	JCS Academy	111
61	Andrea Bosch	15	Fairmont High School	110
62	Rudi Taute	15	All Stars	110
63	Merice Ferreira	17	JCS Academy	109.9
64	Victor Gathita	15	Curro Klerksdorp	109.7
65	James Griffiths	17	HTS Witbank	109.5
66	Herman Pretorius	15	HTS Witbank	109.3
67	George Griffiths	17	HTS Witbank	108.9
68	Mpumi Madeou	17	Curro Klerksdorp	106.1
69	Angelique Taljaard	17	Fakkel School	104.8
70	Leonard Loftus	16	Masters of Mind Sports	104.5
71	William Kruger	16	Fakkel School	104.5
72	Wynand Janse van Rensburg	17	JCS Academy	104.5
73	Andre van Vollenstee	16	HTS Witbank	104.4
74	Franco Janse van Rensburg	17	Masters of Mind Sports	104
75	Tyrique de Bruin	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	104
76	Xavier Ferreira	17	JCS Academy	101.3
77	Kristen Cockeran	17	Fakkel School	100.3
78	Eben Coetzer	15	HTS Witbank	100
79	Logan Ortmen	16	Northcliff High School	100
80	Khahliso Malape	16	Fakkel School	99.8
81	Iignatius Hinda	15	Curro Klerksdorp	99.3
82	Louis Nel	15	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	99.3
83	Owen Lotter	16	Affies Sasolburg	99.3
84	Cale Barry	17	Uplands College	98.8
85	Dana Coleman	15	BNKR	96.9
86	Alwyn van Wyk	16	Maritzburg College	95
87	Berginkgosi Lukhele	17	Amplified Rebellion	95
88	Elize Crouse	15	Fairmont High School	95
89	Twane Martins	15	BNKR	95
90	Cois Furstenberg	15	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	93.7
91	Phengo Madzivhandila	16	Masters of Mind Sports	90.3
92	Gomolemo Mokoena	15	Curro Klerksdorp	85.8

Other rankings are:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '17
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools League of Legends