Editing Tournament:EVO

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| ssbmwinner                = {{Sm|Ken|USA}} (2007)<br>{{Sm|Mango|USA}} (2013, 2014)<br>{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (2015, 2017)<br>{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} (2016) <br>{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}} (2018)

| ssbbwinner                = {{Sm|CPU|USA}} (2008)<!--DO NOT ADD MEW2KING. Brawl was a side event in 2009.-->

| ssb4uwinner              = {{Sm|ZeRo|Chile}} (2015)<br>{{Sm|Ally|Canada}} (2016)<br>{{Sm|Salem|USA}} (2017)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (2018)

| 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)

Although Smash wasn't added to EVO's official game lineup until 2007, interest in adding the game to the roster started in early 2004, when Tom Cannon, one of EVO's founders, started a discussion for the game's inclusion in the Shoryuken.com forums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/4310/the-ssbm-update-modes-and-items |title= THE SSBM UPDATE: MODES AND ITEMS |publisher=Shoryuken.com forums |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref> Three years later, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' was officially announced as part of the EVO Circuit and [[EVO World 2007]] finals, in Las Vegas, being the [[List of largest Smash tournaments#By_year|largest Smash tournament of 2007]], with 270 players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-in-2007-year-in-review.143600/ |title= Smash in 2007: Year in Review |publisher=Smashboards forums |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref> It was also the largest ''Melee'' tournament until {{Trn|GENESIS}} two years later.

With ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' release date set to March 2008, the EVO staff decided to feature ''Brawl'' as an official game instead of ''Melee'', choosing to support the newer game in the series. The tournament ended up gathering 110 players and was widely criticized for its ruleset, having many items turned on, including the [[Smash Ball]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/43535/evo-final-rules-for-brawl |title=EVO FINAL RULES FOR BRAWL |publisher=Shoryuken.com forums |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/my-thoughts-on-evo2k8.188504/ |title=My thoughts on EVO2k8 |publisher=Smashboards forums |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref> In 2009, ''Brawl'' wasn't featured as an official game at [[EVO 2009]], but a notable side tournament was organized, with support from the EVO staff in partnership with All is Brawl team (now Nintendo Dojo), gathering 128 players and using the accepted standard ruleset with items off.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=5675 |title=Evo 2k9 Brawl |publisher=NintendoDojo.com |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/evo-2009-brawl-singles-and-doubles-july-17th-19th-las-vegas-nv.229075/ |title=EVO 2009: Brawl Singles and Doubles |publisher=Smashboards forums |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref>

Following EVO 2009, no ''Smash'' was featured at EVO again until [[EVO 2013]], when a campaign to choose the 8th game on the official lineup was announced. Through a donation drive for breast cancer research, the game community that donated the most money to the drive would have their game featured as an official game at EVO 2013. With intense support from the ''Smash'' community and a coordinated final push from the [[Melee It On Me]] crew, ''Melee'' eventually won the 8th spot after more than $94,000 were raised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shoryuken.com/2013/01/08/evo-2013-details-game-lineup-get-your-game-to-evo-and-road-to-evo-events/ |title=Evo 2013 Details! Game Lineup, Get Your Game to Evo, and Road to Evo Events |publisher=Shoryuken.com |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shoryuken.com/2013/02/01/fighting-game-fans-raise-over-225000-for-breast-cancer-research-smash-wins/ |title=Fighting Game Fans Raise over $225,000 for Breast Cancer Research. Smash Wins! |publisher=Shoryuken.com |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/feb/01/super-smash-bros-melee-unoficial-winner-evolution-2013-donation-drive/ |title=Super Smash Bros. Melee official winner of the Evolution 2013 donation drive |publisher=Eventhubs.com |accessdate=2015-08-09}}</ref>  

Just three days before EVO 2013, on July 9th, the organization received notification from Nintendo's legal department informing that EVO would not be allowed to live stream the ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' tournament, while also trying to shut down the tournament entirely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/11/4513294/nintendo-were-trying-to-shut-down-evo-not-just-super-smash-bros-melee |title=Nintendo wanted to shut down Super Smash Bros. Melee Evo event, not just stream |publisher=Polygon.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/evo-2013-stream-cance-is-back.338406/ |title=Evo 2013 Stream Cance--IS BACK |publisher=Smashboards forums |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> After a widespread backlash from the community, through social media and official channels, the decision to impede the live stream ''Melee'' was retracted, allowing EVO to follow its original schedule for all games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-of-america-allow-super-smash-bros-melee-to-be-streamed-at-evo-2013-2#share |title=Allow Super Smash Bros. Melee to be streamed at EVO 2013 |publisher=Changw.org |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shoryuken.com/2013/07/09/changes-to-evo-2013-smash-schedule/ |title=Update: Smash is Back!! Changes to Evo 2013 Smash Schedule |publisher=Shoryuken.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> With 709 players, EVO 2013 went on to be the largest ''Smash'' tournament of 2013, breaking the record for largest ''Smash'' tournament to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jul/01/evo-2013-confirmed-largest-super-smash-bros-tournament-date-nearly-700-participants/ |title=EVO 2013 confirmed as largest Super Smash Bros. tournament to date, nearly 700 participants |publisher=Eventhubs.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> It also had twice the players as the previous largest ''Melee'' tournament, {{Trn|Pound 4}}.

The following year, ''Melee'' was already been considered in for EVO 2014, but after the official lineup announcement, the staff informed that ''Melee'''s status at the tournament was currently uncertain, with an official statement from Nintendo saying "''While we are engaged in preliminary discussions with Evo about their upcoming event in July, the potential role of any Nintendo software at this event is undetermined at this time''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shoryuken.com/2014/02/06/evo-2014-lineup-revealed/ |title=Evo 2014 Lineup Revealed! Ultra Street Fighter IV, Killer Instinct, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, and More |publisher=Shoryuken.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> The game wasn't officially added to the lineup until March, when an agreement was reached with the event staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shoryuken.com/2014/03/12/super-smash-bros-melee-joins-the-evo-2014-roster/|title=Super Smash Bros. Melee Joins the Evo 2014 Roster! |publisher=Shoryuken.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> Nintendo was then added as one of EVO 2014 sponsors and eventually displayed a video message from Nintendo of America president and CEO, Reggie Fils-Aimé, at the tournament stage right before Top 8, congratulating all competitors and continuous support for the ''Smash'' series, while also promoting the upcoming ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwobfEp1bPc |title=Reggie's speech to the smash community at Evo 2014 |publisher=YouTube.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> EVO 2014 established a new record for tournament attendance, with 970 players, becoming the largest smash tournament of 2014 and the largest overall at the time, until [[Apex 2015]].

===2015-2018: ''Smash 4'' along with ''Melee''===

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

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With {{forwiiu}} released at the end of 2014, speculation started to arise whether or not EVO would feature both ''Melee'' and the new game, or favors the new game in the franchise, as in 2008 with ''Brawl'''s release. But on January 20th, 2015, {{Sm|Mr. Wizard}} confirmed that both ''Melee'' and the newly released ''Smash 4'' would be featured on the lineup, citing the noted "continued interest in ''Melee''" with [[Apex 2015]] record numbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjiscOndons&feature=youtu.be&t=35m51s |title=Evolution 2015 Games Reveal |publisher=Twitch |accessdate=2016-05-04}}</ref>

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.

===2019: ''Ultimate''===

 

==Champions==

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

| [[EVO 2007|2007]] || Ken Hoang || {{Sm|Ken|USA}} || {{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || {{Sm|HugS|USA}} || {{Head|Samus|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

| [[EVO 2013|2013]] || Joseph Marquez || {{Sm|Mango|USA}} || {{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Wobbles|USA}} || {{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

| [[EVO 2014|2014]] || Joseph Marquez || {{Sm|Mango|USA}} || {{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} || {{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

| [[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}}

| [[EVO 2016|2016]] || Juan Debiedma || {{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} || {{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} || {{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}<!--Armada only won sets with Peach at this tournament; please refrain from adding his Fox.-->

| [[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}}

| [[EVO 2018|2018]] || William Hjelte || {{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}} || {{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}} ||  {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} || {{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

| [[EVO 2008|2008]] || Asim Mehta || {{Sm|CPU|USA}} || {{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBB|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Ken|USA}} || {{Head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

| [[EVO 2015|2015]] || Gonzalo Barrios || {{Sm|ZeRo|Chile}} || {{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Mr. R|Netherlands}} || {{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

| [[EVO 2016|2016]] || Elliot Carroza-Oyarce || {{Sm|Ally|Canada}} || {{Head|Mario|g=SSB4|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Kameme|Japan}} || {{Head|Mega Man|g=SSB4|s=16px}}

 

 

| [[EVO 2018|2018]] || Tyler Graves || {{sm|Fuzz|USA}}||{{Head|Mewtwo|g=PM|s=16px|l=Mewtwo (PM)}} || {{sm|Nyx|Chile}}||{{PMHead|Mr. Game & Watch|s=16px}}

**{{Sm|ZeRo}} of Chile winning ''Smash 4'' at EVO 2015.

***Interestingly, the day after ZeRo's victory, the ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' event was won by a Chilean player named Nicolas "KaneBlueRiver" Gonzalez. This gave Chile their first two EVO titles in the same year; however, since ZeRo's victory came before KBR's victory, he holds the title of first Chilean EVO winner.

**{{Sm|Armada}} of Sweden winning ''Melee'' at EVO 2015.

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

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

*[[Ken]]'s [[Shippu Jinraikyaku]] [[Final Smash]] references [https://liquipedia.net/fighters/Evolution_Championship_Series/2004 EVO 2004]'s ''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5peqApgUA loser's finals] between {{s|wikipedia|Daigo Umehara}} and {{s|wikipedia|Justin Wong}}. Daigo parried every hit of Justin's [https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Hoyokusen Hoyokusen] then won the match with Shippu Jinraikyaku, which famously became known as "{{s|wikipedia|Evo Moment 37}}." Ken's Shippu Jinraikyaku references the parrying pose from ''Street Fighter III'' when activating the move, as well as having a lightning bolt effect at the beginning of the move from ''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike''. In Ken's reveal trailer, he parried Little Mac's attack then followed up with Shippu Jinraikyaku.

 

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