International Spyro Grand Prix 3

International Spyro Grand Prix 3 (aka ISGP3) is the third mainline ISGP tournament and is the first to take place after ISGP2 back in 2020. Like the first two, ISGP3 will be a Spyro the Dragon theme tournament and is hosted by CrystalFissure and Nintendogen64.

Progress
▼ Sign ups opened on [March 24, 2022] and closed on April 8, 2022.
 * ► CrystalFissure and Nintendogen64 hosted a livestream on the ISGP channel on April 8, 2022 and revealed the 32 competitors who had made it into the tournament.

▼ Round 1 officially commenced upon the premiere of Season 2 of the International Spyro Grand Podcast on April 16, 2022.

Special Rules
This section notes any special rules that apply specifically to this tournament that are different from the ones defined in the General Rules.

Tournament progression
Like ISGP2, there are two (2) group stages planned for ISGP3:


 * In Round 1, competitors will be placed into four (4) Groups of eight (8), with the top four advancing to the next Round.
 * In Round 2, competitors will be placed into four (4) Groups, this time of four (4). In Round 2 however, the top two will advance to the Semi-Finals.
 * In the Semi-Finals, it will be composed of four (4) 1v1 matches.
 * The winners of each will advanced to the Grand Final and will face off in a four-way match to determine the winner of ISGP3.

Match length
Matches need to be a reasonable length or will result in a draw and needs to be resolved. This only applies from the match starting to when a winner is declared.


 * For Round 1, match length should be between 10 to 60 minutes.
 * Match length for future rounds will be announced at a future date.

Match Points
During the Group Stages, players competed to win matches and earn points in their group. Similar to ISGP1, the following points were awarded:


 * Win - 2 points
 * Draw - 1 point
 * Lose - 0 points

Accepted Games
Despite ISGP3 being a Spyro the Dragon tournament, exceptions were made for the specific games that are allowed to be run. These games were as follows:


 * Spyro the Dragon [NTSC-U/PAL]
 * Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage/Gateway to Glimmer [NTSC-U/PAL]
 * Spyro: Year of the Dragon [NTSC-U/PAL]
 * Spyro the Dragon [NTSC-J]
 * Spyro x Sparx: Tondemo Tours [NTSC-J]
 * Spyro the Dragon June Prototype [NTSC-U]
 * Spyro the Dragon July Prototype [NTSC-U]
 * Spyro 2 August Prototype [NTSC-U]