Editing Tournament:Black Empowerment Melee Invitational

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{{Infobox Tournament
| name        = Black Empowerment Melee Invitational
| image       = BEMI.png
| dates       = February 4th-7th, 2021
| attendance  = 32
| pot         = 
| ssbmwinner = {{Sm|TheRealThing|USA}}
| organizer = {{Sm|YungWaff}}
}}
'''Black Empowerment Melee Invitational''' was an online ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' invitational tournament that was held from February 4th-7th, 2021. Special modes from the [[Team Akaneia]] mod were featured as side events. The event featured an all Black line up of players and aims to raise funds towards Black-centric charities. The event raised $8,269 through stream donations alone.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RollbackRumble/status/1358588275435343872 Stream donation total]</ref>

==Players invited==
===Pool A1===
*{{Sm|Axe|USA}}
*{{Sm|Bab Activated|USA}}
*{{Sm|Phil|USA}}
*{{Sm|Salt|USA}}
*{{Sm|Samsora|USA}}
*{{Sm|SK92|USA}}
*{{Sm|Sunnyknight|USA}}
*{{Sm|WiLD|USA}}

===Pool A2===
*{{Sm|CeeLew|USA}}
*{{Sm|Darrell|USA}}
*{{Sm|Figment|USA}}
*{{Sm|Ryan Ford|USA}}
*{{Sm|Shroomed|USA}}
*{{Sm|Sneak|USA}}
*{{Sm|Vavez|USA}}
*{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}

===Pool A3===
*{{Sm|2saint|USA}}
*{{Sm|Alan|USA}}
*{{Sm|Coolkid|USA}}
*{{Sm|Foonz|USA}}
*{{Sm|Justus|USA}}
*{{Sm|Larry Lurr|USA}}
*{{Sm|Omni|USA}}
*{{Sm|TheRealThing|USA}}

===Pool A4===
*{{Sm|billybopeep|USA}}
*{{Sm|GranmasGotGame|USA}}
*{{Sm|IB|USA}}
*{{Sm|Kels|USA}}
*{{Sm|King Momo|USA}}
*{{Sm|LXIX|Canada}}
*{{Sm|MoG|USA}}
*{{Sm|Wes|USA}}

==Results==
{{results|list full results for invitational}}
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' singles===
(32 entrants)<br>
[https://smash.gg/tournament/black-empowerment-melee-invitational/event/melee-singles-top-cut-2/brackets/907667/1448013 Top 8 Bracket]
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|1st||{{Sm|TheRealThing|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|2saint|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|billybopeep|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|4th||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|5th||{{Sm|MoG|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Shroomed|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|7th||{{Sm|Ryan Ford|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|7th||{{Sm|Justus|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|9th||{{Sm|Bab Activated|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|9th||{{Sm|Vavez|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|9th||{{Sm|Salt|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|9th||{{Sm|Phil|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|13th||{{Sm|King Momo|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|13th||{{Sm|GranmasGotGame|USA}}||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|13th||{{Sm|Alan|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|13th||{{Sm|CeeLew|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|}

===Side events===
====Volleyball singles====
(7 entrants)<br>
[https://smash.gg/tournament/black-empowerment-melee-invitational/event/volleyball/brackets/907000/1447124 Bracket]
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|1st||{{Sm|Salt|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|CeeLew|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|IB|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|}

====Wolf singles====
(8 entrants)<br>
[https://smash.gg/tournament/black-empowerment-melee-invitational/event/wolf/brackets/907001/1447125 Bracket]
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|1st||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||||
|-
|2nd||{{Sm|YungWaff|USA}}||||
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|IB|USA}}||||
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|Phil|USA}}||||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://smash.gg/tournament/black-empowerment-melee-invitational/details smash.gg page]
*[https://twitter.com/RollbackRumble/status/1350320571112820737 Announcement]

[[Category:2021 tournaments]]
[[Category:North American tournaments]]
[[Category:Charity events]]
[[Category:Online tournaments (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Invitationals (SSBM)]]
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