Tournament:Smash Masters League

Smash Masters League
Info
Founded	2018
Region	Worldwide
Format	Double elimination
Most successful player(s)	Hungrybox (Melee Full Bloom 4, Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition, and Get On My Level 2018)
Website(s)	https://start.gg/league/smash-masters-league

Smash Masters League, or SML, was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U circuit of tournaments held throughout 2018 worldwide in counties like the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Germany, China, and more. It was a partnership between ESA Smash and eSports Arena in an effort to make the first Super Smash Bros. global circuit. It was announced on February 11th, 2018, and is the spiritual successor to the 2GGC series of tournaments. On October 4th, 2018, ESA Smash announced that they were halting Smash Masters League due to "unforseeable circumstances"

Format

Smash Masters League hosted tournaments for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U around the world. It hosted tournaments around the world in countries like the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Germany, China, and more. Players competed for points to qualify for the finale, Smash Worlds, where the top 32 players in each game would have played for a $50,000 prize pool for each game. (Smash 4 was subject to change to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.) ESA Smash-partnered local events also earned points towards the leaderboard.

Four categories of tournaments were in Smash Masters League: eSports Arena events, national tournaments, regional tournaments, and local tournaments. Playing at ESA events, national tournaments, and regional tournaments had opportunities to earn leaderboard points. ESA events offer the most points, and the winners of them auto-qualify for Smash Worlds. Local communities made Top 8 rankings, though they did not count for points. Instead, a double-elimination final between the top 8 players near the end of the year would qualify for regional tournament-level points. At the end of the year, the top 32 players with the most points in each game would have competed at Smash Worlds to be crowned champion of the world.

List of tournaments

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

Event	Date	Tier	Attendance
Full Bloom 4	March 24th, 2018	ESA	354
Respawn 6	March 31st, 2018	National	95
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	April 7th, 2018	ESA	182
Flatiron 3	April 21st, 2018	Regional	316
Super Smash Sundays 64	April 29th, 2018	Regional	133
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th, 2018	ESA	449
Battle Arena Melbourne 10	May 18th, 2018	National	182
Smash 'N' Splash 4	June 1st, 2018	ESA	924
Smash Factor 7	July 20th, 2018	National	114
Cascade 2	July 28th, 2018	National	122
REV Major 2018	September 15th, 2018	National	10

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

Event	Date	Tier	Attendance
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	March 24th, 2018	ESA	154
Respawn 6	March 31st, 2018	National	105
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	April 7th, 2018	ESA	154
Flatiron 3	April 21st, 2018	Regional	91
Port Priority 3	May 5th, 2018	Regional	208
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th, 2018	ESA	446
Battle Arena Melbourne 10	May 18th, 2018	National	187
Smash 'N' Splash 4	June 1st, 2018	ESA	527
Smash Factor 7	July 20th, 2018	National	308
Cascade 2	July 28th, 2018	National	72
REV Major 2018	September 15th, 2018	National	29

Champions

Melee Winners

Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Tag	Character(s)
Full Bloom 4	Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox		Joseph Marquez	Mango
Respawn 6	Daniel Rodriguez	ChuDat		Mustafa Akcakaya	Ice
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox		Justin McGrath	Plup
Flatiron 3	William Hjelte	Leffen		Jeffrey Williamson	Axe
Super Smash Sundays 64	Weston Dennis	Westballz		Joey Aldama	Lucky
Get On My Level 2018	Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox		Justin McGrath	Plup
Smash 'N' Splash 4	Adam Lindgren	Armada		Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox
Smash Factor 7	Adam Lindgren	Armada		Edgard Sheleby	n0ne
Cascade 2	Zaid Ali	Spark		Kyle Zhu	Kalamazhu
REV Major 2018	Andres Rojas	Xardov		—	yat

Smash 4 Winners

Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Tag	Character(s)
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	Nairoby Quezada	Nairo		Leonardo Perez	MkLeo
Respawn 6	William Belaid	Glutonny		Ufuk Fidan	cyve
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	Leonardo Perez	MkLeo		Jason Bates	ANTi
Flatiron 3	Eric Lew	ESAM		Jestise Negron	MVD
Port Priority 3	Samuel Buzby	Dabuz		Jason Bates	ANTi
Get On My Level 2018	Leonardo Perez	MkLeo		Nairoby Quezada	Nairo
Smash 'N' Splash 4	James Makekau-Tyson	VoiD		Saleem Young	Salem
Smash Factor 7	Jason Bates	ANTi		Edgard Sheleby	Larry Lurr
Cascade 2	Calib Byers	Konga		Kenton-Orion Sink	KOSSismoss
REV Major 2018	Kendrick Cheah	PSI Force		Luke Garcia	Regerets

Point standings

Point system

Global leaderboard

Placement	ESA Events	Nationals	Regionals
1st	200*	100	50
2nd	120	60	30
3rd	80	40	20
4th	60	30	15
5th	40	20	10
7th	30	15	7
9th	20	10	4
13th	15	7	2
17th	10	4
25th	7	2
33rd	4
49th	2

• *Winning ESA events auto-qualifies for Smash Worlds. However, 2nd place at ESA events does not qualify for Smash Worlds if the winner is already auto-qualified.

Local leaderboards

Placement	Locals
1st	25
2nd	15
3rd	10
4th	7
5th	4
7th	2

• Local leaderboards are unique to individual regions.
• Each local has its own local leaderboard, where points cannot transfer to the global leaderboard or other local leaderboards.
• Near the end of the year, the top 8 players on the local leaderboard will play in a final. This is an invitational where points will be added to the global leaderboard at a regional level. If any of the top 8 cannot attend, the next available players will take their place.
• Tiebreakers are up to ESA's discretion.

Super Smash Bros. Melee standings

Rank	Player	Points
1st	Hungrybox*	720
2nd	Armada*	400
3rd	Plup	240
4th	Leffen	210
5th	ChuDat	167
6th	Mango	150
6th	Westballz	150
8th	Wizzrobe	140
9th	SFAT	137
10th	n0ne	125
11th	Mew2King	120
12th	Spark	119
13th	Axe	117
14th	Zain	107
15th	Kalamazhu	92
16th	S2J	90
17th	Shroomed	80
18th	Lucky	76
19th	Ice	75
20th	aMSa	70
21st	PewPewU	65
22nd	Duck	60
22nd	Swedish Delight	60
24th	HugS	59
25th	La Luna	52
26th	Crush	45
27th	Ka-Master	42
28th	lloD	41
28th	MikeHaze	41
30th	Overtriforce	40
30th	Spud	40
30th	Nintendude	40

• *Auto-qualifying from winning an ESA event
• Only the Top 32 will play in Smash Worlds.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U standings

Rank	Player	Points
1st	MkLeo*	600
2nd	Nairo*	320
3rd	ANTi	270
4th	VoiD*	220
5th	Konga	174
6th	Mistake	170
7th	Salem	140
8th	Dabuz	130
9th	Larry Lurr	120
10th	Glutonny	115
11th	falln	110
12th	Fatality	107
13th	Extra	100
14th	Captain L	94
15th	komorikiri	80
16th	Tweek	70
17th	ESAM	65
18th	Cosmos	60
18th	cyve	60
18th	Ghost	60
18th	Light	60
18th	KOSSismoss	60
23rd	Elegant	55
24th	Xzax	50
25th	Schligger	40
25th	DSS	40
25th	Legit	40
25th	MVD	40
25th	Tru4	40
25th	Lima	40
25th	Jon Awesome	40
32nd	Ally	37
32nd	CaptainZack	37
32nd	LetsTickle	37

• *Auto-qualifying from winning an ESA event
• Only the Top 32 will play in Smash Worlds.

External links

• ESA Smash's Twitter account
• start.gg page