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| region                    = California, United States
| region                    = California, United States
| format                    = Double elimination
| format                    = Double elimination
| ssbmwinner                = {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)<br>{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} (5, 7, 9)<br>{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} (6)<br>{{Sm|Axe|USA}} (8)<br>{{Sm|Zain|USA}} (10 Online)<br>{{Sm|Mango|USA}} (11)<br>{{Sm|iBDW|USA}} (12, 13)
| ssbmwinner                = {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)<br>{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}} (5, 7, 9)<br>{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} (6)<br>{{Sm|Axe|USA}} (8)<br>{{Sm|Zain|USA}} (10 Online)<br>{{Sm|Mango|USA}} (11, 14)<br>{{Sm|iBDW|USA}} (12, 13)
| ssbuwinner                = {{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}} (1, 2)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (3)<br>{{Sm|Sparg0|Mexico}} (4)
| ssbuwinner                = {{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}} (1, 2)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (3)<br>{{Sm|Sparg0|Mexico}} (4)<br>{{Sm|ProtoBanham|Japan}} (5)<br>{{Sm|acola|Japan}} (6)
| player(s) with most wins  = {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (''Melee'' 1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)
| player(s) with most wins  = {{Sm|Armada|Sweden}} (4 events)
|director                  = {{Team|Beyond the Summit}}
|organizer                  = {{Team|Beyond the Summit}}
}}
}}
The '''Smash Summit''' series, starting with [[Tournament:Smash Summit (tournament)|Smash Summit]] in 2015, is a series of national-level [[invitational]]s focusing on ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Summit tournaments span several days, with singles and doubles on the final days. The first days feature various side events focusing on its main Smash game as well as other games, in addition to other activities such as Mafia, all of which is streamed on Beyond the Summit's Twitch channel.
The '''Smash Summit''' series, often referred to in the ''Smash'' community as just '''Summit''', was a series of major [[invitational]]s focusing on ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' that was held between 2015 and 2023. Summit tournaments span several days, with singles and doubles on the final days. The first days feature various side events focusing on its main Smash game as well as other games, in addition to other activities such as Mafia, all of which is streamed on Beyond the Summit's Twitch channel. The series featured a total of 20 Summit events, 14 for ''Melee'' and 6 for ''Ultimate''.


17 Summits have taken place so far (13 for ''Melee'' and 4 for ''Ultimate''). {{Trn|Smash Summit 14}} and {{Trn|Smash Summit 15}} are planned for ''Melee'' on November 3rd-6th, 2022<ref name="Smash Summit 14">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BTSsmash/status/1512460633941323776|title=Smash Summit 14 and Smash Ultimate Summit 5 announced}}</ref> and June 2023 respectively.<ref name="Smash Summit 15">{{cite web|url=https://www.start.gg/tournament/mainstage-2022/details|title=Smash Summit 15 and Smash Ultimate Summit 6 announced}}</ref> {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 5}} and {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}} are planned for ''Ultimate'' on September 15th-18th, 2022<ref name="Smash Summit 14"/> and March 2023 respectively.<ref name="Smash Summit 15"/> Although a crossover Summit between the two games was planned for 2020, it was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|COVID-19 pandemic]] and the idea was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BTSsmash/status/1299421498034262030|title=BTS on the remaining Summits}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/o7wj8q/were_bts_organizers_of_smash_summit_11_ama/h31inlc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|title=BTS confirmation that Crossover Summit is no longer possible}}</ref>
The Smash Summit series became the premier invitational series for both ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate'', as it often featured the best players of each game. As such, the series repeatedly reached major and supermajor levels for both games and were highly anticipated events. Following the series' conclusion, many other invitational events have copied their format.


==Format and scheduling==
==Background==
Typically, 16 different players are selected to participate in each Smash Summit. 8 to 10 players are automatically invited based on their placement in preceding major tournaments, or based on power rankings such as [[SSBMRank]]. The other competitors qualify through either a voting phase or through qualifiers. In the former, fans can buy merchandise or donate cash, which grants them the opportunity to cast votes for certain players; the money then contributes to the event's prize payout. At the end of each voting deadline, two players are eliminated, while starting from the third voting round, two players are invited; this repeats until all vote-ins have been selected. Although the invitation process remained roughly the same, there has been irregularities such as in {{Trn|Smash Summit 10 Online}}, where the majority of players qualified through qualifiers.  
The Summit series began in 2014 with the ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dota 2}}'' invitational [https://liquipedia.net/dota2/The_Summit/1 The Summit]. However, the first ''Smash'' event wouldn't take place until the namesake {{Trn|Smash Summit}} from November 5th-8th, 2015. Since then, two Summit events were held every year with the exception of the series' final few years, where there were three held in 2021 (2 ''Melee'' and 1 ''Ultimate'') and four held in 2022 (2 ''Melee'' and 2 ''Ultimate''). In addition, two Summit events were also planned but were later cancelled: a crossover Summit between ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate'' was planned for 2020, but was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|COVID-19 pandemic]] and later scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BTSsmash/status/1299421498034262030|title=BTS on the remaining Summits}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/o7wj8q/were_bts_organizers_of_smash_summit_11_ama/h31inlc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|title=BTS confirmation that Crossover Summit is no longer possible}}</ref>, while Smash Summit 15 was planned for ''Melee'' in June 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.start.gg/tournament/mainstage-2022/details|title=Smash Summit 15 and Smash Ultimate Summit 6 announced}}</ref> but was cancelled after Beyond the Summit decided to shut down following {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSX8YPz-HFJmt1TWhtNwiM0YawmUCiywuw9yK0GZFjRxhFkki1_tVfmkAv80l_kMjpz_OU15YzkR8Dn/pub|title=On the Future of Beyond the Summit}}</ref>
 
Smash Summit tournaments typically ran over four days, from Thursday through Sunday. The first day is often referred to as a "Media Day", as it is mostly dedicated to filming comedic skits with the invited players, which are aired throughout the event, as well as lighter side events. Pool play and side events are scheduled for Friday and Saturday while the final singles bracket is played out on Sunday. Side events include doubles brackets, commentator brackets, secondary/low-tier brackets, [[Squad Strike]], unique rulesets (such as the "swag bracket", where fans vote for the "most entertaining" player to advance to the next round), and non-''Smash''-related events such as ''Mario Party''; party games, such as Mafia; and athletic competitions.


Smash Summit presents itself as a unique opportunity for fans to watch the players interact with each other on a personal level. The competitors are invited to commentate other sets and give interviews after each set. Each Summit has its own theme and art design, often based around a real-life event or holiday occurring at a similar time.
Smash Summit presents itself as a unique opportunity for fans to watch the players interact with each other on a personal level. The competitors are invited to commentate other sets and give interviews after each set. Each Summit has its own theme and art design, often based around a real-life event or holiday occurring at a similar time.


Smash Summit tournaments typically run over four days, from Thursday through Sunday. The first day is often referred to as a "Media Day", as it is mostly dedicated to filming comedic skits with the invited players, which are aired throughout the event, as well as lighter side events. Pool play is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, along with doubles, side brackets, and non-''Smash''-related events. The final singles bracket is played out on Sunday.
===Attendees===
Typically, 16 different players are selected to participate in each Smash Summit. 8 to 10 players are automatically invited based on their placement in preceding major tournaments, or based on power rankings such as [[SSBMRank]]. The other competitors qualify through either a voting phase or through qualifiers, the latter first introduced for {{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}. In the former, fans can buy merchandise or donate cash, which grants them the opportunity to cast votes for certain players; the money then contributes to the event's prize payout. At the end of each voting deadline, two players are eliminated, while starting from the third voting round, two players are invited; this repeats until all vote-ins have been selected. Although the invitation process remained roughly the same, there has been irregularities such as in {{Trn|Smash Summit 10 Online}}, where the majority of players qualified through qualifiers.  


Smash Summit has used multiple tournament formats, but pool play generally consists of either a swiss or round-robin format. The players are then usually seeded into winners' or losers' for the final bracket based on their performance. The final bracket is a typical double-elimination bracket, with the winner being crowned on Sunday evening.
===Format===
 
The format for Smash Summit events has changed over time. Initially, the event was a simple double-elimination event. The group phase was first introduced in {{Trn|Smash Summit Spring 2017}}, beginning as a swiss bracket where all eliminated players beginning on the loser's side of the final bracket. The [[Tournament:Smash Summit 5|following Summit event]] briefly switched to a the four-pool round robin format for the group phase, where the bottom two players of each round robin began on the loser's side of the final bracket, before future Summit events returned to the swiss bracket up until {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 2}}, which reintroduced the round robin format. Although {{Trn|Smash Summit 9}} briefly returned to the swiss format, the Summit series stuck with the round robin format from {{Trn|Smash Summit 10 Online}} onward. Finally, the gauntlet stage was introduced in {{Trn|Smash Summit 11}}, where all players who did not win their round robin pools faced off against each other in a new set of single-elimination brackets, and all players who lost began the final bracket on the loser's side. The first match of each gauntlet phase is between a player who was third in their round robin and a player who was fourth, and the winner of that set faces off against a player who was second.
Side brackets include doubles brackets, commentator brackets, secondary/low-tier brackets, [[Squad Strike]], and unique rulesets (such as the "swag bracket", where fans vote for the "most entertaining" player to advance to the next round). Non-''Smash'' events include other video games, such as ''Mario Party''; party games, such as Mafia; and athletic competitions.


==Champions==
==Champions==
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|2017||{{Trn|Smash Summit Spring 2017}}||Adam Lindgren||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2017||{{Trn|Smash Summit Spring 2017}}||Adam Lindgren||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2017||{{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}||Juan Manuel Debiedma||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2017||{{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}||Juan Manuel DeBiedma||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2018||{{Trn|Smash Summit 6}}||Jason Zimmerman||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2018||{{Trn|Smash Summit 6}}||Jason Zimmerman||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2018||{{Trn|Smash Summit 7}}||Juan Manuel Debiedma||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2018||{{Trn|Smash Summit 7}}||Juan Manuel DeBiedma||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2019||{{Trn|Smash Summit 8}}||Jeffrey Williamson||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Wizzrobe|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2019||{{Trn|Smash Summit 8}}||Jeffrey Williamson||{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Wizzrobe|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2020||{{Trn|Smash Summit 9}}||Juan Manuel Debiedma||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2020||{{Trn|Smash Summit 9}}||Juan Manuel DeBiedma||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2020||{{Trn|Smash Summit 10 Online}}||Zain Naghmi||{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2020||{{Trn|Smash Summit 10 Online}}||Zain Naghmi||{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2022||{{Trn|Smash Summit 13}}||Cody Schwab||{{Sm|iBDW|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2022||{{Trn|Smash Summit 13}}||Cody Schwab||{{Sm|iBDW|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2022||{{Trn|Smash Summit 14}}||TBD||TBD||||||
|2022||{{Trn|Smash Summit 14}}||Joseph Manuel Marquez||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|iBDW|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2019||{{Trn|Smash Summit 8}}||Joseph Marquez||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||Johnny Kim||{{Sm|S2J|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
|2019||{{Trn|Smash Summit 8}}||Joseph Marquez||{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||Johnny Kim||{{Sm|S2J|USA}}||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2022||{{Trn|Smash Summit 14}}||Justin McGrath||{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||James Ma||{{Sm|Duck|USA}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Joshman|Australia}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}
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|2022||{{trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}}||Edgar Valdez||{{Sm|Sparg0|Mexico}}||{{head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|2022||{{trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}}||Edgar Valdez||{{Sm|Sparg0|Mexico}}||{{head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
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|2022||{{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 5}}||TBD||TBD||||||
|2022||{{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 5}}||Naoto Tsuji||{{Sm|ProtoBanham|Japan}}||{{head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Min Min|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
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|2023||{{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}}||Mashita Hayato||{{Sm|acola|Japan}}||{{head|Steve|g=SSBU|s=20px}}|||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Sephiroth|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
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!Tag!!Appearances
!Tag!!Appearances
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|{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||13
|{{Sm|Mango|USA}}||14
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|{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||12
|{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||13
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|{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||12
|{{Sm|Plup|USA}}||13
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|{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||11
|{{Sm|Axe|USA}}||12
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|{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||10
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|{{Sm|SFAT|USA}}||10
|{{Sm|SFAT|USA}}||10
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|{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||9
|{{Sm|Wizzrobe|USA}}||9
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|{{Sm|Wizzrobe|USA}}||8
|{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||9
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|{{Sm|Zain|USA}}||8
|{{Sm|aMSa|Japan}}||8
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|{{Sm|aMSa|Japan}}||7
|{{Sm|iBDW|USA}}||7
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|{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||7
|{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||7
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|{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||6
|{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||6
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|{{Sm|iBDW|USA}}||6
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|{{Sm|Shroomed|USA}}||6
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|{{Sm|Ginger|USA}}||4
|{{Sm|Ginger|USA}}||4
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|{{Sm|KoDoRiN|USA}}||3
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|{{Sm|Lucky|USA}}||3
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|{{Sm|Ice|Germany}}||2
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|{{Sm|Jmook|USA}}||2
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|{{Sm|Joshman|Australia}}||2
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|{{Sm|moky|Canada}}||2
|{{Sm|moky|Canada}}||2
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|{{Sm|Sora|p=Australia|Australia}}||2
|{{Sm|Pipsqueak|Sweden}}||2
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|{{Sm|Spark|USA}}||2
|{{Sm|Spark|USA}}||2
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!Tag!!Appearances
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|{{Sm|Dabuz|USA}}||4
|{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||6
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|{{Sm|Dabuz|USA}}||5
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|{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||5
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|{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||4
|{{Sm|Glutonny|France}}||4
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|{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||3
|{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||4
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|{{Sm|Sparg0|Mexico}}||4
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|{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}||4
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|{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}}||3
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|{{Sm|Maister|Mexico}}||3
|{{Sm|Maister|Mexico}}||3
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|{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||3
|{{Sm|ProtoBanham|Japan}}||3
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|{{Sm|VoiD|USA}}||3
|{{Sm|Riddles|Canada}}||3
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|{{Sm|Zackray|Japan}}||3
|{{Sm|Zackray|Japan}}||3
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|{{Sm|Aaron|USA|p=Florida}}||2
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|{{Sm|acola|Japan}}||2
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|{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||2
|{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||2
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|{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}}||2
|{{Sm|Kola|USA}}||2
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|{{Sm|Glutonny|France}}||2
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|{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||2
|{{Sm|Leffen|Sweden}}||2
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|{{Sm|Marss|USA}}||2
|{{Sm|Marss|USA}}||2
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|{{Sm|MuteAce|USA}}||2
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|{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}||2
|{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}||2
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|{{Sm|Samsora|USA}}||2
|{{Sm|Samsora|USA}}||2
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|{{Sm|Tea|Japan}}||2
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*{{Sm|Mango}} and {{Sm|Plup}} have played against each other at every Smash Summit for ''Melee'', with the exception of {{Trn|Smash Summit 6}}, {{Trn|Smash Summit 12}}, and {{Trn|Smash Summit 13}}.
*{{Sm|Mango}} and {{Sm|Plup}} played against each other at every Smash Summit for ''Melee'', with the exception of {{Trn|Smash Summit 6}}, {{Trn|Smash Summit 12}}, {{Trn|Smash Summit 13}}, and {{Trn|Smash Summit 14}}.
*{{Sm|Hungrybox}} and {{Sm|aMSa}} have played at every in-person Smash Summit for ''Melee'' starting with {{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}, with the exception of {{Trn|Smash Summit 13}}.
*{{Sm|Hungrybox}} and {{Sm|aMSa}} played at every in-person Smash Summit for ''Melee'' where both were in attendance (starting with {{Trn|Smash Summit 5}}), with the exception of Smash Summit 14.
**Hungrybox has won every time they've played at odd-numbered Summits, whereas the reverse is true for aMSa at even-numbered Summits.  
**Hungrybox won every time he played at odd-numbered Summits, whereas the reverse was true for aMSa at even-numbered Summits.  
*{{Sm|Dabuz}} has played against {{Sm|MkLeo}} and {{Sm|Zackray}} at every Smash Summit for ''Ultimate'', with the exception of {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 2}} and {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}}, respectively.
*Mango and Hungrybox played against each other at every odd-numbered Smash Summit for ''Melee'' starting with {{Trn|Smash Summit 7}}.
*Only six players - {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Leffen}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, Mango, Plup, and {{Sm|ESAM}} - have attended a Smash Summit for both ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate''.
*Only seven players - {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Leffen}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, Mango, Plup, {{Sm|ESAM}}, and Hungrybox - have attended a Smash Summit for both ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate''.
*The winner of each offline Smash Summit has been invited to the following Summit with the exception of {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 3}}, where the winner {{Sm|Tweek}} qualified for {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}} at {{Trn|Mainstage 2021}} before anyone was invited.
*The winner of each offline Smash Summit were invited to the following Summit with the exception of {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 3}}, where the winner {{Sm|Tweek}} qualified for {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}} at {{Trn|Mainstage 2021}} before anyone was invited.
*{{SSBU|Olimar}} is the only character with a main in every Smash Ultimate Summit, being played by {{Sm|Dabuz}} each time.
*Tweek and {{Sm|Sparg0}} are the only players to place both last and first in a given game's Smash Summit (both for ''Ultimate''):
**Dabuz has also played {{SSBU|Rosalina & Luma}} in every Smash Ultimate Summit, though he didn't main her until after the first {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit}}.
**Tweek is the only player to place last at a Summit that would go on to win a Summit, placing 13th at {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 2}} before winning {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 3}}.
*{{Sm|Tweek}} is the only person to place both last and first in a given game's Smash Summit, placing 13th at {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 2}} before winning {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 3}}.
**Sparg0 is the only player to win a Summit that would go on to place last at another Summit, winning {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 4}} before placing 13th at {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 6}}.
*Dabuz placed 9th at every Summit he attended aside from Smash Ultimate Summit.
*Although {{Sm|SluG}} never competed in a Smash Summit, he qualified for the cancelled Smash Summit 15 at Mainstage 2022.
*Mango is the only player to compete in every ''Melee'' Smash Summit, and {{Sm|MkLeo}} is the only player to compete in every ''Ultimate'' Smash Summit.
*{{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut}} and Plup are the only players to make multiple Grand Finals appearances without winning a Smash Summit.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 16:17, November 9, 2024

Smash Summit
Info
Founded 2015
Region California, United States
Format Double elimination
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada (1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)
USA Hungrybox (5, 7, 9)
USA Mew2King (6)
USA Axe (8)
USA Zain (10 Online)
USA Mango (11, 14)
USA iBDW (12, 13)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo (1, 2)
USA Tweek (3)
Mexico Sparg0 (4)
Japan ProtoBanham (5)
Japan acola (6)
Most successful player(s) Sweden Armada (4 events)
Staff
Organizer(s) Beyond the Summit

The Smash Summit series, often referred to in the Smash community as just Summit, was a series of major invitationals focusing on Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that was held between 2015 and 2023. Summit tournaments span several days, with singles and doubles on the final days. The first days feature various side events focusing on its main Smash game as well as other games, in addition to other activities such as Mafia, all of which is streamed on Beyond the Summit's Twitch channel. The series featured a total of 20 Summit events, 14 for Melee and 6 for Ultimate.

The Smash Summit series became the premier invitational series for both Melee and Ultimate, as it often featured the best players of each game. As such, the series repeatedly reached major and supermajor levels for both games and were highly anticipated events. Following the series' conclusion, many other invitational events have copied their format.

BackgroundEdit

The Summit series began in 2014 with the Dota 2 invitational The Summit. However, the first Smash event wouldn't take place until the namesake Smash Summit from November 5th-8th, 2015. Since then, two Summit events were held every year with the exception of the series' final few years, where there were three held in 2021 (2 Melee and 1 Ultimate) and four held in 2022 (2 Melee and 2 Ultimate). In addition, two Summit events were also planned but were later cancelled: a crossover Summit between Melee and Ultimate was planned for 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later scrapped.[1][2], while Smash Summit 15 was planned for Melee in June 2023,[3] but was cancelled after Beyond the Summit decided to shut down following Smash Ultimate Summit 6.[4]

Smash Summit tournaments typically ran over four days, from Thursday through Sunday. The first day is often referred to as a "Media Day", as it is mostly dedicated to filming comedic skits with the invited players, which are aired throughout the event, as well as lighter side events. Pool play and side events are scheduled for Friday and Saturday while the final singles bracket is played out on Sunday. Side events include doubles brackets, commentator brackets, secondary/low-tier brackets, Squad Strike, unique rulesets (such as the "swag bracket", where fans vote for the "most entertaining" player to advance to the next round), and non-Smash-related events such as Mario Party; party games, such as Mafia; and athletic competitions.

Smash Summit presents itself as a unique opportunity for fans to watch the players interact with each other on a personal level. The competitors are invited to commentate other sets and give interviews after each set. Each Summit has its own theme and art design, often based around a real-life event or holiday occurring at a similar time.

AttendeesEdit

Typically, 16 different players are selected to participate in each Smash Summit. 8 to 10 players are automatically invited based on their placement in preceding major tournaments, or based on power rankings such as SSBMRank. The other competitors qualify through either a voting phase or through qualifiers, the latter first introduced for Smash Summit 5. In the former, fans can buy merchandise or donate cash, which grants them the opportunity to cast votes for certain players; the money then contributes to the event's prize payout. At the end of each voting deadline, two players are eliminated, while starting from the third voting round, two players are invited; this repeats until all vote-ins have been selected. Although the invitation process remained roughly the same, there has been irregularities such as in Smash Summit 10 Online, where the majority of players qualified through qualifiers.

FormatEdit

The format for Smash Summit events has changed over time. Initially, the event was a simple double-elimination event. The group phase was first introduced in Smash Summit Spring 2017, beginning as a swiss bracket where all eliminated players beginning on the loser's side of the final bracket. The following Summit event briefly switched to a the four-pool round robin format for the group phase, where the bottom two players of each round robin began on the loser's side of the final bracket, before future Summit events returned to the swiss bracket up until Smash Ultimate Summit 2, which reintroduced the round robin format. Although Smash Summit 9 briefly returned to the swiss format, the Summit series stuck with the round robin format from Smash Summit 10 Online onward. Finally, the gauntlet stage was introduced in Smash Summit 11, where all players who did not win their round robin pools faced off against each other in a new set of single-elimination brackets, and all players who lost began the final bracket on the loser's side. The first match of each gauntlet phase is between a player who was third in their round robin and a player who was fourth, and the winner of that set faces off against a player who was second.

ChampionsEdit

Melee singles winnersEdit

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 Smash Summit Adam Lindgren   Armada      Mango  
2016 Smash Summit 2 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Hungrybox  
2016 Smash Summit 3 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Hungrybox  
2017 Smash Summit Spring 2017 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Hungrybox  
2017 Smash Summit 5 Juan Manuel DeBiedma   Hungrybox     Armada   
2018 Smash Summit 6 Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King      Armada   
2018 Smash Summit 7 Juan Manuel DeBiedma   Hungrybox     Leffen  
2019 Smash Summit 8 Jeffrey Williamson   Axe     Wizzrobe  
2020 Smash Summit 9 Juan Manuel DeBiedma   Hungrybox     Plup   
2020 Smash Summit 10 Online Zain Naghmi   Zain     Mango  
2021 Smash Summit 11 Joseph Manuel Marquez   Mango      Zain  
2021 Smash Summit 12 Cody Schwab   iBDW     Mango   
2022 Smash Summit 13 Cody Schwab   iBDW     Plup   
2022 Smash Summit 14 Joseph Manuel Marquez   Mango      iBDW  

Melee Doubles WinnersEdit

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 Smash Summit Kevin Toy   PewPewU   Zachary Cordoni   SFAT     Armada      Mew2King   
2016 Smash Summit 2 Adam Lindgren   Armada    Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     Hungrybox     Plup  
2016 Smash Summit 3 Adam Lindgren   Armada   Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     SFAT     PewPewU   
2017 Smash Summit Spring 2017 Adam Lindgren   Armada    Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     Leffen     Ice  
2017 Smash Summit 5 Adam Lindgren   Armada    William Hjelte   Leffen     Mew2King     Plup  
2018 Smash Summit 6 Adam Lindgren   Armada    William Hjelte   Leffen     SFAT     Mango  
2018 Smash Summit 7 Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King   Justin McGrath   Plup     Hungrybox     Bananas  
2019 Smash Summit 8 Joseph Marquez   Mango   Johnny Kim   S2J     Plup     Zain  
2022 Smash Summit 14 Justin McGrath   Plup   James Ma   Duck     Hungrybox     Joshman  

Ultimate singles winnersEdit

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2019 Smash Ultimate Summit Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo       Dabuz   
2019 Smash Ultimate Summit 2 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo      Samsora   
2021 Smash Ultimate Summit 3 Gavin Dempsey   Tweek      MkLeo    
2022 Smash Ultimate Summit 4 Edgar Valdez   Sparg0      Light  
2022 Smash Ultimate Summit 5 Naoto Tsuji   ProtoBanham      Light  
2023 Smash Ultimate Summit 6 Mashita Hayato   acola     Tweek   

Players with multiple appearancesEdit

MeleeEdit

Tag Appearances
  Mango 14
  Hungrybox 13
  Plup 13
  Axe 12
  Leffen 10
  SFAT 10
  Wizzrobe 9
  Zain 9
  aMSa 8
  iBDW 7
  Mew2King 7
  n0ne 7
  S2J 7
  Armada 6
  Shroomed 6
  PewPewU 5
  Westballz 5
  Ginger 4
  KoDoRiN 4
  Lucky 3
  Magi 3
  2saint 2
  Duck 2
  Hax 2
  HugS 2
  Ice 2
  Jmook 2
  Joshman 2
  moky 2
  Pipsqueak 2
  Spark 2
  Swedish Delight 2

UltimateEdit

Tag Appearances
  MkLeo 6
  Dabuz 5
  Tweek 5
  Glutonny 4
  Light 4
  Sparg0 4
  VoiD 4
  Cosmos 3
  Maister 3
  ProtoBanham 3
  Riddles 3
  Zackray 3
  Aaron 2
  acola 2
  Armada 2
  Kola 2
  Leffen 2
  Marss 2
  MuteAce 2
  Nairo 2
  Samsora 2
  Tea 2

TriviaEdit

  • Mango and Plup played against each other at every Smash Summit for Melee, with the exception of Smash Summit 6, Smash Summit 12, Smash Summit 13, and Smash Summit 14.
  • Hungrybox and aMSa played at every in-person Smash Summit for Melee where both were in attendance (starting with Smash Summit 5), with the exception of Smash Summit 14.
    • Hungrybox won every time he played at odd-numbered Summits, whereas the reverse was true for aMSa at even-numbered Summits.
  • Mango and Hungrybox played against each other at every odd-numbered Smash Summit for Melee starting with Smash Summit 7.
  • Only seven players - Armada, Leffen, Mew2King, Mango, Plup, ESAM, and Hungrybox - have attended a Smash Summit for both Melee and Ultimate.
  • The winner of each offline Smash Summit were invited to the following Summit with the exception of Smash Ultimate Summit 3, where the winner Tweek qualified for Smash Ultimate Summit 4 at Mainstage 2021 before anyone was invited.
  • Tweek and Sparg0 are the only players to place both last and first in a given game's Smash Summit (both for Ultimate):
  • Dabuz placed 9th at every Summit he attended aside from Smash Ultimate Summit.
  • Although SluG never competed in a Smash Summit, he qualified for the cancelled Smash Summit 15 at Mainstage 2022.
  • Mango is the only player to compete in every Melee Smash Summit, and MkLeo is the only player to compete in every Ultimate Smash Summit.
  • Light and Plup are the only players to make multiple Grand Finals appearances without winning a Smash Summit.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ BTS on the remaining Summits.
  2. ^ BTS confirmation that Crossover Summit is no longer possible.
  3. ^ Smash Summit 15 and Smash Ultimate Summit 6 announced.
  4. ^ On the Future of Beyond the Summit.


Smash Summit
Melee Summits Smash Summit · Smash Summit 2 · Smash Summit 3 · Smash Summit Spring 2017 · Smash Summit 5 · Smash Summit 6 · Smash Summit 7 · Smash Summit 8 · Smash Summit 9 · Smash Summit 10 Online · Smash Summit 11 · Smash Summit 12 · Smash Summit 13 · Smash Summit 14
Ultimate Summits Smash Ultimate Summit · Smash Ultimate Summit 2 · Smash Ultimate Summit 3 · Smash Ultimate Summit 4 · Smash Ultimate Summit 5 · Smash Ultimate Summit 6

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