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'''Evolution 2007''', officially '''EVO World 2007''', or simply '''EVO 2007''' was the 6th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on August 24th-26th, 2007, at the {{s|wikipedia|Green Valley Ranch}}. It was the final tournament of the [[EVO 2007 circuit]], which consisted of [[EVO South]], [[EVO North]], [[EVO West]], and [[EVO East]]. The top 8 finishers for each of the previous events were automatically qualified for the bracket round at EVO World.<ref>http://smashboards.com/threads/evo-east-the-east-coast-championships-may-25-27-2007-all-information-updated.100616/#post-2301847</ref> It was the largest [[Melee]] tournament before the international release of [[Brawl]] with 270 players in attendance. | '''Evolution 2007''', officially '''EVO World 2007''', or simply '''EVO 2007''' was the 6th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on August 24th-26th, 2007, at the {{s|wikipedia|Green Valley Ranch}}. It was the final tournament of the [[EVO 2007 circuit]], which consisted of [[EVO South]], [[EVO North]], [[EVO West]], and [[EVO East]]. The top 8 finishers for each of the previous events were automatically qualified for the bracket round at EVO World.<ref>http://smashboards.com/threads/evo-east-the-east-coast-championships-may-25-27-2007-all-information-updated.100616/#post-2301847</ref> It was the largest [[Melee]] tournament before the international release of [[Brawl]] with 270 players in attendance. | ||
==Tournament Summary== | ==Tournament Summary== | ||
Some notable upsets occured at this tournament. {{Sm|Mango}} who at the time | Some notable upsets occured at this tournament. {{Sm|Mango}} who at the time was a [[SSBM|Jigglypuff]] [[main]] on the come up beat {{Sm|Mew2King}} in pools, then considered to be the best player in the world. Mew2King then lost to {{Sm|Chillin}} in the losers top 8 qualifier to finish at a underwhelming 9th place. Mango continued his run by upsetting {{Sm|Ken}} in winners-semis. He then lost to {{Sm|HugS}} in winners finals and Ken in a losers finals rematch to finish at 3rd place. Ken after getting upset by Mango made a losers run beating {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|PC Chris}}, Mango, and HugS in 2 sets of grand finals to win the tournament. After the tournament many analysts wrote off Mangos win against Mew2King and 3rd place finish as a fluke until his win at [[Pound 3]]. | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||