Editing Tournament:Epita Smash Arena

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{{Infobox Tournament
|name=Epita Smash Arena
|image=
|dates=April 7th-8th, 2007
|venue=EPITA
|address=66 rue Guy Moquet
|city=Villejuif, France {{Flag|France}}
|attendance=90+
|ssbmwinner= {{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands}} <small>1v1</small> <br> {{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands}} & {{Sm|JD|France}} <small>2v2</small>
|director={{Sm|Poilon}}
|staffgroup1=Assisted by
|staffgroup2=Housing
|staff1=[[SSBUP]]
|staff2=Parisian players/venue
}}
The '''Epita Smash Arena''' was a tournament presented in April 2007 in France by [[Poilon]] and the [[SSBUP]], held within the Epita school.

==Events and rules==

ESA featured 2 main Smash tournaments:

* Saturday: Singles 
* Sunday: Doubles

A [[crew battle]] pitting France against the Netherlands was also held.

==Rules==
===Singles===
*No items.
*4 stocks.
*Stages allowed: Final Destination, Dream Land 64, Pokémon Stadium, Yoshi's Story, and Fountain of Dreams. 
*Pools were best of 3.
*Results of pools determined the seeding of the bracket.
*Double Elimination Bracket was best of 3 for the beginning of the bracket.
*The rest of the bracket was best of 5.
*Finals were best of 7.
*Double blind pick was possible for the first match of a set.
*The stage for the first match of a set was random between Final Destination, Dream Land 64, and Pokémon Stadium.
*After the first match, loser picks the stage, then winner picks character, then loser picks character.
*Stalling was completely forbidden.

===Doubles===
*No items.
*4 stocks.
*Stages allowed : Final Destination, Dream Land 64, Pokémon Stadium, and Yoshi's Story. No other stage is allowed.
*Double Elimination Bracket was best of 3 for the beginning of the bracket.
*The rest of the bracket was best of 5.
*The stage for the first match of a set was random between Final Destination, Dream Land 64, and Pokémon Stadium.
*After the first match, losers pick the stage, then winners pick characters, then losers pick characters.
*Life stealing was allowed.
*Team attack was ON.

==Results==

Sadly, the exact results were lost, as well as the bracket. The only info remaining is the following ranking.

===Singles===
1: {{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
2: {{Sm|ClemJ|France|c1=Falco|g=SSBM}} <br>
3: {{Sm|Faab|Netherlands|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
4: {{Sm|Nnja|Netherlands|c1=Falco|g=SSBM}} <br>
5: {{Sm|Doraki|France|c1=Fox|g=SSBM}} <br>
5: {{Sm|Poilon|France|c1=Jigglypuff|g=SSBM}} <br>
7: {{Sm|Makenshi|France|c1=Marth|g=SSBM}} <br>
7: {{Sm|JD|France|c1=Falco|g=SSBM}} <br>
9: {{Sm|NGCXX|Netherlands|c1=Fox|c2=Peach|g=SSBM}} <br>
9: {{Sm|Intart|France|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
9: {{Sm|Agony|France|c1=Falco|g=SSBM}} <br>
9: {{Sm|Aska|France|c1=Marth|g=SSBM}} <br>
13: {{Sm|Zgetto|Netherlands|c1=Fox|g=SSBM}} <br>
13: {{Sm|Koh|France}} <br>
13: {{Sm|niam|France|c1=Link|g=SSBM}} <br>
13: {{Sm|Ryuker|Netherlands|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
17: {{Sm|Adam|Netherlands|c1=Falco|c2=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
17: {{Sm|Seb33300|France|c1=Captain Falcon|g=SSBM}} <br>
17: {{Sm|CC|France|c1=Ice Climbers|g=SSBM}} <br>
17: {{Sm|Vargas|France}} <br>
17: {{Sm|Kurisu|France|c1=Peach|g=SSBM}} <br>
17: {{Sm|Darkluigi|France}} <br>
17: {{Sm|Savior|Netherlands|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
17: {{Sm|CM|France}} <br>
25: Gabz <br>
25: {{Sm|Baxon|France|c1=Falco|g=SSBM}} <br>
25: {{Sm|Infernum|France}} <br>
25: {{Sm|pq3000|France}} <br>
25: {{Sm|Qlex|France|c1=Ganondorf|g=SSBM}} <br>
25: {{Sm|Marc|Netherlands|c1=Peach|c2=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
25: {{Sm|4ever|France}} <br>
25: {{Sm|Shadow|Netherlands}} <br>
33: {{Sm|Leon|France|c1=Roy|g=SSBM}} <br>
33: {{Sm|Slhoka|France|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM}} <br>
33: Venom <br>
33: {{Sm|Vincs|France}} <br>
33: Puma <br>
33: Zoto <br>
33: Quentin <br>
33: Waxon <br>
33: Drako <br>
33: {{Sm|bGin|France}} <br>
33: SETTLERMAN6 <br>
33: {{Sm|Gorn|France|c1=Marth|g=SSBM}} <br>
33: {{Sm|sat|France}} <br>
33: Nardine <br>
33: {{Sm|Lguy|France|c1=Falco|g=SSBM}} <br>
33: {{Sm|bossofsmash|France}}

==Reception==

ESA was well-received by most [[smasher]]s who attending the event, due to its excellent organization compared to previous tournaments; some players even consider ESA as the best European [[tournament]] in competitive ''Melee'' history. This extreme popularity caused its sequel, [[Epita Smash Arena 2]], to receive 231 entrants, making it the largest ''Melee'' tournament ever hosted in Europe. Reception to this tournament, however, was not as positive as the initial installment. Three more "sequels" to the event were later hosted, though none attained the number of entrants as ESA or its immediate successor.

[[Category:European tournaments]]
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