Editing Tournament:Battle Arena Melbourne

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{{Infobox Tournament Series
| name                      = Battle Arena Melbourne
| founded                   = 2009
| region                    = Australia
| format                    = Double elimination
| ssb64winner               = {{Sm|Pete|Australia}} (7)<br>{{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn|Canada}} (9)<br>{{Sm|Quincy|Australia}} (10, 12)<br>{{Sm|Dino|Australia}} (11)
| ssbmwinner                = {{Sm|Kas|Australia}} (1)<br>{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} (2)<br>{{Sm|Mang0|USA}} (3, 7)<br>{{Sm|SD|Australia}} (5)<br>{{Sm|Dekar|Australia}} (6)<br>{{Sm|Sephiroth Nick|Australia}} (8)<br>{{Sm|Spud|New Zealand}} (9, 11)<br>{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (10)<br>{{Sm|Sock|Australia}} (12)
| ssbbwinner                = {{Sm|Corpsecreate|Australia}} (1)<br>{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} (2)<br>{{Sm|Attila|Australia}} (3)<br>{{Sm|Tibs|Australia}} (5)<br>{{Sm|Shaya|Australia}} (6)<br>{{Sm|BIGBOSS|Australia}} (9)
| pmwinner                  = {{Sm|Zxv|Australia}} (4)<br>{{Sm|SD|Australia}} (6)<br>{{Sm|Lucky|USA}} (7)<br>{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}} (9, 10, 11)
| p+winner                  = {{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}  (12, 13, 14)
| ssb4uwinner               = {{Sm|Villyness|Australia}} (7)<br>{{Sm|Mr.R|Netherlands}} (8)<br>{{Sm|Extra|Australia}} (9, 10)
| ssbuwinner                = {{Sm|Mr. L|Australia}} (11)<br>{{Sm|Jdizzle|Australia}} (12)<br>{{Sm|Dura|Australia}} (13)<br>{{Sm|Kinaji|Australia}} (14)
| website                   = http://couchwarriors.org/wp/bam9/
}}
'''Battle Arena Melbourne''' (short: '''BAM''') is an annual fighting game tournament series, held in Melbourne. Each entry has featured a ''Melee'' tournament (before {{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 13}}) and each entry in the ''Smash Bros.'' series has appeared at least once. The series is the largest tournament series in Australia, not only attracting players from all around the continent, but also has occasionally featured international top players, most notably at {{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 7}} and {{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 8}}. International players who have gone on to win an event include {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Mang0}}, {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Lucky}}, {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}} and {{Sm|Mr.R}}.

==Champions==
==={{GameIcon|Melee}} ''Melee'' Winners {{GameIcon|Melee}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event!!Year!!Winner!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)!!Third!!Character(s)
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 1]] || 2009 ||{{Sm|Kas|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|CAOTIC|Australia}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Accelerate |Australia}}||
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 2]] || 2010 ||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|CAOTIC|Australia}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Kas|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 3]] || 2011 ||{{Sm|Mang0|USA}}|| ||{{Sm|Zxv|Australia}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Dekar|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 4]] || 2012 ||{{Sm|SD|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Dekar|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Syke|Australia}}||
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 5]] || 2013 ||{{Sm|SD|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Dekar|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Toshi|Australia}}||
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 6]] || 2014 ||{{Sm|Dekar|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|SD|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Redact|Australia}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]] || 2015 ||{{Sm|Mang0|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Lucky|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 8]] || 2016 ||{{Sm|Sepiroth Nick|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Spud|New Zealand}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|SD|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 9]] || 2017 ||{{Sm|Spud|New Zealand}}|| {{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Sora|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Zxv|Australia}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 10]] || 2018 ||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|ChuDat|USA}}||{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Spud|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 11}}||2019||{{Sm|Spud|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Professor Pro|UK}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Sora|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 12}}||2022||{{Sm|Sock|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|GnomeDome|Australia}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Muscat|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|}

==={{GameIcon|Brawl}} ''Brawl'' Winners {{GameIcon|Brawl}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event!!Year!!Winner!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)!!Third!!Character(s)
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 1]] || 2009 ||{{Sm|Corpsecreate|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Tibs|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Amaterasu|Australia}}||
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 2]] || 2010 ||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Hall|USA}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Tedeth|Australia}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 3]] || 2011 ||{{Sm|Attila|Australia}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Tibs|Australia}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|earl|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 4]] || 2012 ||{{Sm|Earl|Australia|p=Australia}}||  ||{{Sm|Ted|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Tibs|Australia}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 5]] || 2013 ||{{Sm|Tibs|Australia}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Attila|Australia}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Splice|Australia}}||{{Head|Olimar|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 6]] || 2014 ||{{Sm|Shaya|Australia}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Tin Man|Australia}}||{{Head|Olimar|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Attila|Australia}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 9]] || 2017 ||{{Sm|BIGBOSS|Australia}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Zxv|Australia}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Ghost|Australia}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}
|}

==={{GameIcon|pm}}{{GameIcon|p+}} ''Project M/Project+'' Winners {{GameIcon|pm}}{{GameIcon|p+}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event!!Year!!Winner!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)!!Third!!Character(s)
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 4]] || 2012 ||{{Sm|Zxv|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Ted|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Ricky|Australia|p=Australia}}||
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 6]] || 2014 ||{{Sm|SD|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Splice|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Haikal|Australia}}||
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]] || 2015 ||{{Sm|Lucky|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBB|s=16px|l=Fox (PM)}}||{{Sm|Mang0|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Falco (PM)}}||{{Sm|Chillin|USA}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Wolf (PM)}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 9]] || 2017 ||{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ness (PM)}}||{{Sm|Sora|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Fox (PM)}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Donkey Kong (PM)}}||{{Sm|Luxingo|Australia}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Sheik (PM)}}{{Head|Zelda|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Zelda (PM)}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 10]] || 2018 ||{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}|||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ness (PM)}}||{{Sm|Sora|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Fox (PM)}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Donkey Kong (PM)}}||{{Sm|Tyler|p=Australia|Australia}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Snake (PM)}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 11}}||2019||{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ness (PM)}}||{{Sm|Star|Australia}}||{{Head|Ike|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ike (PM)}}||{{Sm|Professor Pro|UK}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Snake (PM)}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 12}}||2022||{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ness (PM)}}||{{Sm|Star|Australia}}||{{Head|Knuckles|g=P+|s=16px}}{{Head|Ike|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ike (PM)}}{{Head|Link|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Link (PM)}}||{{Sm|Tyler|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Wolf (PM)}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 13}}||2023||{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ness (PM)}}{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Jigglypuff (PM)}}||{{Sm|Tyler|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Zero Suit Samus (PM)}}||{{Sm|Nido|Australia}}||{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= R.O.B. (PM)}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 14}}||2024||{{Sm|Ryzuul|Australia}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Ness (PM)}}||{{Sm|Tyler|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBB|s=16px|l= Zero Suit Samus (PM)}}||{{Sm|Luma|Australia|p=Australia}}||{{Head|Knuckles|g=P+|s=16px}}
|}

==={{GameIcon|SSB}} ''Smash 64'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSB}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event!!Year!!Winner!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)!!Third!!Character(s)
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]] || 2015 ||{{Sm|Pete|Australia}}||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Mitch|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Nathan|Australia}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=16px}}{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 9]] || 2017 ||{{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn|Canada}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSB|s=16px}}{{Head|Luigi|g=SSB|s=16px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Pete|Australia}}||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Quincy|Australia}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 10]] || 2018 ||{{Sm|Quincy|Australia}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Mitch|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Pete|Australia}}||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSB|s=16px}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 11}}||2019||{{Sm|Dino|Australia}}||{{head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=16px}}{{head|Yoshi|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Dame Tamago|Japan}}||{{head|Yoshi|g=SSB|s=16px}}{{head|Jigglypuff|g=SSB|s=16px}}{{head|Mario|g=SSB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Quincy|Australia}}||{{head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=16px}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 12}}||2022||{{Sm|Quincy|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Dino|Australia}}|| ||{{Sm|Indefa|Australia}}||
|}

==={{GameIcon|SSB4-U}} ''Smash 4'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event!!Year!!Winner!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)!!Third!!Character(s)
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]] || 2015 ||{{Sm|Villyness|Australia}}||{{Head|Villager|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Ness|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Atyeo|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|BIGBOSS|Australia}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Pit|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 8]] || 2016 ||{{Sm|Mr.R|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Abadango|Japan}}||{{Head|Mewtwo|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|9B|Japan}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 9]] || 2017 ||{{Sm|Extra|Australia}}||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Ghost|Australia}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Luco|Australia}}||{{Head|Lucas|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Ness|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|-
| [[Battle Arena Melbourne 10]] || 2018 ||{{Sm|Extra|Australia}}||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Ghost|Australia}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSB4|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Tru4|Australia}}||{{Head|Shulk|g=SSB4|s=16px}}
|}

==={{GameIcon|SSBU}} ''Ultimate'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSBU}}===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event!!Year!!Winner!!Character(s)!!Runner-up!!Character(s)!!Third!!Character(s)
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 11}}||2019||{{Sm|Mr. L|Australia}}||{{Head|King K. Rool|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Extra|Australia}}||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Luco|Australia}}||{{Head|Ness|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 12}}||2022||{{Sm|Jdizzle|Australia|}}||{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Extra|Australia}}||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|RaZe|Australia}}||{{Head|Link|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 13}}||2023||{{Sm|Dura|Australia}}||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Samus|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|RaZe|Australia}}||{{Head|Link|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Jix|Australia}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 14}}||2024||{{Sm|Kinaji|Australia}}||{{Head|Shulk|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Snake|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Jdizzle|Australia}}||{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Zac|Australia}}||{{Head|Kazuya|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|}

==External links==
*[http://couchwarriors.org/wp/battle-arena-melbourne-results-archive/ Results Page]
*[https://smashboards.com/threads/vic-major-bam2012-sep-29-30-links-to-results-at-top-of-op-best-since-rocky.325136/ Results for BAM 4]

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