Editing Tournament:Battle of the Five Gods

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{{Infobox Tournament
|name= Battle of the Five Gods
|image= BattleOfTheFiveGodsLogo.png
|dates= March 17th-19th, 2016
|venue= Austin Convention Center
|address= 500 E Cesar Chavez St
|city= Austin, Texas {{Flag|USA}}
|attendance= 20
|entryfees= &mdash;
|pot= ''Melee'' singles: $25,000
|ssbmwinner= {{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}
|director= SXSW Gaming
}}
'''Battle of the Five Gods''' was an invitational ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' tournament held in Austin, Texas from March 17th to 19th, 2016, as part of the SXSW Gaming Expo festival. At the time, the tournament had the [[List of largest Smash tournaments#By prize payout|highest single-player payout in ''Smash'']], with $13,000 awarded to {{Sm|Hungrybox}} for winning the tournament. 

The name of the tournament references the five "[[God]]s" attending, namely {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|PPMD}}.

==Format==
The tournament featured a mixed format, with two qualificatory round-robin group stages and a final Top 8 double elimination bracket. The 20 players were first divided in five round-robin groups. The first placing player of each group was sent directly to the Top 8 bracket, while the second placing players were sent to another round-robin group. The top 3 players from this second group would be sent to the final three spots on the Top 8 bracket.

After the group Top 8 bracket was set, matches were played on a double elimination format. All matches are best 3 out of 5.

[[File:5GodsFormat.png|480px|frameless|Battle of Five Gods format, displayed on the tournament website.]]

==Results==
(20 entrants)<br>
[https://smash.gg/tournament/battle-of-the-five-gods/brackets/11929/16879 Pools]<br/>
[https://smash.gg/tournament/battle-of-the-five-gods/brackets/11929/16880/56902 Playoffs]<br/>
[https://smash.gg/tournament/battle-of-the-five-gods/brackets/11929/16883/56905 Top 8 bracket]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|1st||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$13,000
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$5,000
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}|||$3,000
|-
|4th||{{Sm|Wobbles|USA}}||{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$1,500
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Samus|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$750
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Westballz|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$750
|-
|7th||{{Sm|Silent Wolf|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$500
|-
|7th||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||$500
|-
|9th||{{Sm|MacD|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|10th||{{Sm|PPMD|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|11th||{{Sm|SFAT|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|11th||{{Sm|Shroomed|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|11th||{{Sm|PewPewU|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|11th||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|11th||{{Sm|DruggedFox|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|16th||{{Sm|S2J|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|16th||{{Sm|HugS|USA}}||{{Head|Samus|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|16th||{{Sm|Lucky|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|16th||{{Sm|Ice|Germany}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|16th||{{Sm|Nintendude|USA}}||{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|}

==Trivia==
*This was the first tournament since [[Apex 2010]] that Hungrybox won with all 5 Gods attending.
*This was notably {{Sm|PPMD}}'s worst placing since [[Pound 4]], where he got 9th place.
*With Armada's retirement from ''Melee'' singles, this is the last tournament to ever feature all 5 Gods in the same bracket.

==External links==
*[https://smash.gg/tournament/battle-of-the-five-gods/details smash.gg page]

[[Category:Texas tournaments]]
[[Category:2016 tournaments]]
[[Category:National tournaments]]
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