Tournament:Smash World Tour 2021 Championships

Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
Dates	December 17th-19th, 2021
Venue	Hilton Orlando
Address/City	6001 Destination Parkway Orlando, Florida
Attendance	718
Results
winners	Plup 1v1  Jflex &  2saint 2v2
winners	MkLeo 1v1  Justice &  Mystery Sol 2v2

The Smash World Tour 2021 Championships was the Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate finale for Smash World Tour 2021, and was held in Orlando, Florida from December 17th-19th, 2021. The 32 players of each game who qualified through the Regional Finals participated in the tournament. A Last Chance Qualifier for each game was held on December 17th with the top 8 players qualifying, bringing the total to 40 players for each game. Qualified players could not enter side events, and side events were not streamed.

Format

There was a round robin Group Stage and a final double elimination Championship Bracket for each game. The 40 players were divided in eight round robin groups, with each one including a player from the Last Chance Qualifier. The first placing player of each group was sent winners' side of the Championship Bracket, while the second and third placing player of each group was sent losers' side of the Championship Bracket. The Top 24 played in the Championship Bracket in a double elimination format. All sets were best of 5, in both the Group Stage and Championship Bracket.

The Last Chance Qualifier on December 17th was played up until top 8, with the top 8 not being played out. Four sets in group were played on December 17th during Phase 1 of the Last Chance Qualifier: Seed #1 vs. #3, #1 vs. #4, #2 vs. #3, and #2 vs. #4. The remaining six sets (Seed #1 vs. #2, Seed #3 vs. #4, and the Last Chance Qualifier player's four sets) were played on December 18th. Winners' Quarters, Losers' Round 1, and Losers' Round 2 of the Championship Bracket were played on December 18th. The Championship Bracket was played to completion on December 19th, starting with Winners' Semis and Losers' top 12.

In the event of a two-way tie in a Group Stage round robin, the tie was to be broken by the head-to-head of game wins between the players. In a three-way tie, the following tiebreakers were applied, in the following order:

1. Game win percentage in the Group Stage defined as total games won divided by total games played.
2. If still tied, the tied players would play another Round Robin with best of 1 matches. If still tied, this step would be repeated until the tie was resolved.

Melee Group Stage

Group	Seed #1	Seed #2	Seed #3	Seed #4	LCQ Player
Group A	Wizzrobe	Frenzy	Aura	HP	Mew2King
Group B	Plup	Aklo	Ice	Shippu	Ginger
Group C	aMSa	Kalamazhu	Gahtzu	Far!	Jmook
Group D	Hungrybox	Fiction	Nicki	Sock	Luigi Ka-Master
Group E	SFAT	Professor Pro	Zamu	Inngenn	Magi
Group F	KoDoRiN	lloD	Jah Ridin'	JCAM	Panda
Group G	Polish	Pipsqueak	Spark	Chape	Colbol
Group H	Trif	Faceroll	Sora	Ben	Axe

Ultimate Group Stage

Group	Seed #1	Seed #2	Seed #3	Seed #4	LCQ Player
Group A	MkLeo	Peli	Myran	Jdizzle	Anathema
Group B	Sparg0	Scend	Lea	Tomberry	Marss
Group C	ProtoBanham	MVD	Wrath	XIFL	MuteAce
Group D	Kola	Shuton	moxi	Sintro	Kobe
Group E	Maister	Riddles	Tarik	Br1 AV	Zomba
Group F	Glutonny	KEN	BassMage	Capitancito	Tilde
Group G	Dabuz	Sonix	SKITTLES!!	alice	Chag
Group H	Tweek	sisqui	Cloudy	Kiyarash	Cosmos

Players qualified

Melee

The following players qualified through the circuit for Melee:

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were invited but did not attend the regional final.

NA West  Plup  SFAT  Faceroll  Fiction  KoDoRiN  S2J*  Kalamazhu  Medz* NA East  Zain*  iBDW*  Polish  Hungrybox  lloD  Wizzrobe  Gahtzu  Aklo

Central America  JCAM  Far! South America  Chape**  HP**

Europe  Leffen*  Trif  Pipsqueak  Professor Pro  Ice  Frenzy  Jah Ridin'  Nicki East Asia  aMSa  deft*  Inngenn

Oceania  Sora** Last Chance Qualifier  Panda  Colbol  Magi  Axe  Jmook  Ginger  Luigi Ka-Master  Mew2King

The following players replaced those that did not attend:

• NA West:  Aura,  Spark. With no one from SWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals available, Spark was selected because he was considered for the tournament, but was unable to compete at the time.
• NA East:  Zamu,  Ben.
• Europe:  Sock. With no European players available, Smash World Tour elected to give Oceania more representation by giving the spot to Sock.
• East Asia:  Shippu.

** Invited due to the regional final being cancelled.

Ultimate

The following players qualified through the circuit for Ultimate:

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were invited but did not attend the regional final.

NA West  MVD  Scend  moxi  SKITTLES!!  BassMage  Kiyarash NA East  Kola  Riddles  Dabuz  Tweek  Myran  Wrath

Central America  MkLeo  Maister  Sonix  Cloudy  Yei*  Sparg0 South America  Br1 AV

Europe  Glutonny  sisqui  Tarik  Sintro  Peli  Tomberry East Asia  ProtoBanham  Shuton  KEN  Lea  alice  XIFL***

Oceania  Jdizzle** Last Chance Qualifier  Zomba  Tilde  Chag  Kobe  Marss  Cosmos  MuteAce  Anathema

The following player replaced Yei:

• Central America:  Capitancito.

** Invited due to the regional final being cancelled.
*** Invited due to the eight Southeast Asian players being unable to attend the regional final.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(40 entrants)
Championship Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Plup
2nd	Wizzrobe
3rd	Polish
4th	Trif
5th	aMSa
5th	Hungrybox
7th	Faceroll
7th	Pipsqueak
9th	Magi
9th	Aklo
9th	lloD
9th	Frenzy
13th	Jmook
13th	Ice
13th	Colbol
13th	KoDoRiN
17th	Professor Pro
17th	Sora
17th	Nicki
17th	Panda
17th	Mew2King
17th	Kalamazhu
17th	Fiction
17th	SFAT
25th	Axe
25th	Chape
25th	Jah Ridin'
25th	Zamu
25th	Sock
25th	Gahtzu
25th	Ginger
25th	Aura
33rd	Spark
33rd	Ben
33rd	JCAM
33rd	Inngenn
33rd	Ka-Master
33rd	Far!
33rd	Shippu
33rd	HP

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(40 entrants)
Championship Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo
2nd	Cosmos
3rd	Sparg0
4th	Zomba
5th	Dabuz
5th	Kola
7th	ProtoBanham
7th	KEN
9th	Sonix
9th	MuteAce
9th	Shuton
9th	sisqui
13th	Maister
13th	Glutonny
13th	Scend
13th	Riddles
17th	Tweek
17th	Marss
17th	Anathema
17th	BassMage
17th	moxi
17th	SKITTLES!!
17th	MVD
17th	Myran
25th	Chag
25th	Cloudy
25th	Tarik
25th	Capitancito
25th	Kobe
25th	Wrath
25th	Lea
25th	Jdizzle
33rd	alice
33rd	Kiyarash
33rd	Tilde
33rd	Br1 AV
33rd	Sintro
33rd	XIFL
33rd	Tomberry
33rd	Peli

Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(60 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Jflex		2saint
2nd	DSJ		Fizzwiggle
3rd	Redd		Drephen
4th	Wevans		119j
5th	Preeminent		Joey Donuts
5th	Komodo		Kuya
7th	Yeti		Zidane
7th	Chem		Krudo
9th	Mekk		NoFluxes
9th	Excel_Zero		Kata
9th	MOF		Dybloons
9th	Alextrer		Sandbag
13th	Axis		Akir
13th	SandBag		Captain G
13th	Lad		OC Mike the Franchise
13th	envy		DonB

Super Smash Bros. Melee Mid Tier singles

(143 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kuya
2nd	Akir
3rd	bambi
4th	prof
5th	codeman
5th	Drephen
7th	Sandbag
7th	TheSWOOPER
9th	Mati
9th	Preeminent
9th	DJoy
9th	Voo
13th	Excel_Zero
13th	JRad
13th	Mekk
13th	werewolfwill
17th	Guppy
17th	m0ppu
17th	Shamunt
17th	Captain G
17th	AVA_YANOS
17th	Jflex
17th	Slow
17th	Lily
25th	Proobie44
25th	Gaster
25th	Travy
25th	Pulch
25th	Gingerham
25th	SandBag
25th	Justice
25th	eesawa

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(78 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Justice		Mystery Sol
2nd	Juanpi		Mystearica
3rd	Viri		BionicLettuce
4th	Vinny G		Synergy
5th	Goblin		Lui$
5th	Dimento		Melee
7th	CPU		Dominator
7th	Jahzz0		Blaze
9th	Gary		Fortunato
9th	ChocoTaco		Radda
9th	B3nan		Goober
9th	Ross		Tachyon
13th	My Dad		RiotLettuce
13th	BigToad32		BeastModePaul
13th	Magic		Pillow
13th	Ryo		WonderBread

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike

(249 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lui$
2nd	Vendetta
3rd	Tyranks
4th	ESAM
5th	Skitz
5th	Goober
7th	BeastModePaul
7th	8BitMan
9th	Synergy
9th	Jahzz0
9th	Raven
9th	ChocoTaco
13th	Nito
13th	Justice
13th	Poltergust
13th	Enki
17th	Gswizy
17th	Lito
17th	Melee
17th	Doc
17th*	morrocoYo
17th	jjcat00
17th	Jeff
17th	The6Master
25th	Gidy
25th	Blaze
25th	Galick
25th	Dath
25th	CPU
25th	Yellow
25th	Pillow
25th	Uncivil ninja
33rd	U
33rd	BionicLettuce
33rd	RedShirt
33rd	Dominator
33rd	Mr.bugsy
33rd	Sunspark
33rd	merf
33rd	Mind Cow
33rd	Kage
33rd	clean
33rd	B3nan
33rd	jBoneX
33rd	zespeon
33rd	Daiyan
33rd	Saltlord
33rd	Pellonian

*DQ'd in Losers

Controversy

Melee

The losers side of the Melee bracket was discovered to be incorrectly decided. Despite the discrepancy being discovered long before the sets would have started, the bracket was not changed.

An incident similar to the one that happened in Ultimate occurred in Melee on December 18th. In Professor Pro's first game against Ice, he noticed the knockback on Ice's Reflector was strange. He stopped the game to check the in-game rules and found it was set to a launch rate of 0.9, preventing it from affecting any more games. It was confirmed that the previous set on the same setup (Polish vs. Nicki) had a launch rate of 1.0, meaning no other sets were affected.

Ultimate

Following the end of the ProtoBanham vs Sonix set, it was discovered that every set in Losers Top 12 up until then was played with Underdog Boost enabled, as well as Sonix vs. Maister the day prior. The tournament continued without any sets being replayed, due to the rules only allowing a game to be replayed if petitioned immediately afterwards. Many players and spectators were frustrated by the mistake and the outcome, believing that the competitive integrity of the tournament had been ruined; this was further emphasized by the tournament being the conclusion to Smash World Tour 2021, which had a $150,000 prize pool. Criticism was aimed at the tournament organizers for failing to check the ruleset before top 12 began, however, it was revealed that the ruleset had been verified before top 12 began, causing speculation that the rule change was made during top 12 by either a player in bracket or a tournament organizer. In a statement, Smash World Tour said they would be contacting the affected players (Maister, sisqui, Shuton, MuteAce, and Sonix), and the tournament would continue as scheduled.

External links

• Smash.gg page
• Announcement