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FGC Tabletop Tournament Scraper - start.gg & Liquipedia

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FGC Tabletop Tournament Scraper - start.gg & Liquipedia

Aggregate fighting game (FGC), Smash, and tabletop tournament results from start.gg and Liquipedia. Returns tournament name, game/format, dates, country, prize pool, entrant count, placement, player handle, and winnings — ideal for sponsorship scouting, community analytics, and tournament-organiser benchmarking.

What does it do?

This actor pulls structured tournament data from two sources:

  • start.gg — Uses the GraphQL API to fetch tournament listings and top standings for any videogame. Requires a free API token from start.gg/admin/profile/developer. Supports SF6, Tekken 8, Tekken 7, Smash Ultimate, Melee, KoF XV, Guilty Gear: Strive, and more.
  • Liquipedia — Uses the MediaWiki API (no token required) on the fighters and smash sub-wikis. Parses tournament infoboxes to extract metadata including name, organizer, prize pool, participant count, city, and country.

tabletop.tools is listed as a future source but is currently Cloudflare-protected without JavaScript and is gracefully skipped with a warning.

Use cases

  • Sponsorship scouting — track prize pools, entrant counts, and top players across the FGC circuit
  • Community analytics — monitor event activity by game, region, or organizer over time
  • Tournament-organiser benchmarking — compare your event's participation and prize pool against comparable events
  • Player tracking — follow a handle's tournament results and placements across games

Input

Parameter Type Required Description
sources string[] No Data sources: startgg, liquipedia. Defaults to ["liquipedia"].
games string[] No Game slugs (see table below). Defaults to ["sf6", "tekken8"].
dateFrom string No Filter start on or after (YYYY-MM-DD).
dateTo string No Filter start on or before (YYYY-MM-DD).
onlineOnly boolean No Only return online events. Defaults to false.
startggApiToken string For startgg source Free token from start.gg/admin/profile/developer.
maxItems integer No Maximum records to return. Defaults to 200.

Output

{
  "source": "liquipedia",
  "tournament_id": "61129",
  "tournament_name": "NorCal Knockout: Round Two",
  "game_or_format": "sf6",
  "start_date": "2026-05-16",
  "city": "Redding, CA",
  "country": "United States",
  "is_online": false,
  "prize_pool_usd": 2110,
  "participant_count": 111,
  "placement": null,
  "player_handle": null,
  "sponsor": "Redding FGC",
  "source_url": "https://liquipedia.net/fighters/NorCal_Knockout%2F2026%2FSF6"
}

When using the startgg source with a valid API token, records also include placement, player_handle, country_player, and team_name.

Getting a start.gg API token

  1. Sign in at start.gg
  2. Go to Settings → Developer → API Token
  3. Create a new token (free, no credit card required)
  4. Paste it into the startggApiToken field

Supported games

Slug Game start.gg Liquipedia
sf6 Street Fighter 6 Yes Yes
sf5 Street Fighter V No Yes
tekken8 Tekken 8 Yes Yes
tekken7 Tekken 7 Yes Yes
melee Super Smash Bros. Melee Yes Yes
ultimate Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Yes Yes
kof KoF XV Yes Yes
guilty_gear Guilty Gear: Strive Yes Yes

Rate limits

  • start.gg: 1,000 requests/minute (free tier). This actor uses conservative pagination.
  • Liquipedia: Fair-use policy (~30 s/req max). This actor uses a 1.5-second delay between page fetches, well within documented limits.
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