Tournament:EVO: Difference between revisions

| ssbuwinner                = {{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}} (2019)

| player(s) with most wins  = {{Sm|Mango|USA}} (Melee 2013 and 2014)<br>{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (Melee 2015 and 2017)

| website                  = http://evo.shoryuken.com

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The '''Evolution Championship Series''', or simply '''EVO''', is a fighting game [[tournament]] series held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament, first held in 1996 as '''Battle by the Bay''', is organized and directed by Tom "inkblot" Cannon and Tony "Ponder" Cannon, (and formerly Joey "{{Sm|Mr. Wizard}}" Cuellar), founders of fighting game website Shoryuken.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evo.shoryuken.com/f-a-q/ |title= Evolution Championship Series F.A.Q. |publisher=Evolution Championship Series official website |accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> EVO is widely recognized as the premier event for fighting games and the largest fighting game tournament in the world. As of [[EVO 2019]], the tournament series holds the record for [[List of largest Smash tournaments|the largest Smash tournament to date]], with 3,522 players entering ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

==History==

{{main|EVO 2015|EVO 2016|EVO 2017|EVO 2018}}

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EVO 2015 went on to break another record for the largest Smash tournament, with both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' nearing 2,000 entrants. Despite concerns that featuring two ''Smash'' games on the lineup would result on a large player overlap, less than 16% of the total numbers of entrants registered for both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref> At EVO 2016, both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' broke their records for their largest tournaments, each of them breaking 2,000 entrants for the first time, and having over 4,000 unique players across both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evo2016.j.layershift.co.uk/match/statsPlayer |title= Player game stats |publisher= Bavo Bruylandt (aka acku80/bavobbr) |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> EVO 2016 still holds the record for the largest tournament for both of their games, and the ''Smash 4'' tournament held the record for the largest Smash tournament overall for three years until EVO 2019 beat it. While ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' at EVO 2017 and 2018 did not have the largest tournament of the year, they are still among the top ten largest tournaments for each game.

{{main|EVO 2019}}

==Champions==

==={{GameIcon|Melee}} ''Melee'' Winners {{GameIcon|Melee}}===

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| [[EVO 2015|2015]] || Adam Lindgren || {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} || {{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} || {{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

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| [[EVO 2017|2017]] || Adam Lindgren || {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} || {{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Mango|USA}} || {{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

==={{GameIcon|Brawl}} ''Brawl'' Winners {{GameIcon|Brawl}}===

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==={{GameIcon|SSB4-U}} ''Smash 4'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}===

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==={{GameIcon|SSBU}} ''Ultimate'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSBU}}===

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| [[EVO Japan 2020|Japan 2020]] || Shuto Moriya|| {{Sm|Shuton|Japan}}|| {{Head|Olimar|g=SSBU|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Kome|Japan}} || {{Head|Shulk|g=SSBU|s=16px}}

===''Project M'' Winners <small>(side event)</small>===

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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_Championship_Series |title=Evolution Championship Series |publisher=Wikimedia |accessdate=2016-05-08}}</ref>

**{{Sm|Ally}} of Canada winning ''Smash 4'' at EVO 2016.

**{{Sm|MkLeo}} of Mexico winning ''Ultimate'' at EVO 2019.

==External links==

{{EVO}}