Tournament:GENESIS (series)

GENESIS
Info
Founded	2009
Region	United States
Format	Double elimination
winners	SuPeRbOoMfAn (2011 and 2018)  wario (2016)  Alvin (2017)  kysk (2019)  Shihman (2020, 2022)  Dankey Kang (2023)
winners	Mango (2009)  Armada (2011, 2016, 2017)  Plup (2018)  Hungrybox (2019)  Zain (2020, 2022)  Jmook (2023)  Cody Schwab (2024)
winners	Ally (2009)  Mew2King (2011)
winners	Kage (2011)
winners	ZeRo (2016)  MkLeo (2017 and 2018)
winners	MkLeo (2019, 2022, 2023)  Marss (2020)  Zomba (2024)
Most successful player(s)	MkLeo (5)
Staff
Organizer(s)	Boback, DBR
Website(s)	http://www.genesisgaming.gg/

GENESIS is tournament series held annually in Northern California, primarily organized by Boback and members of the DBR crew. The tournament series began in 2009 and since 2016 has been the major Smash event near the beginning of the year or season (sans 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). It is widely regarded as one of the premier Smash tournament series, especially following Apex's decline, and one of the largest Smash-centric events each year alongside Super Smash Con, regularly boasting over 2,000 entrants.

List of tournaments

Event	Date	Attendance	Games
GENESIS	July 10th-12th, 2009	350+
GENESIS 2	July 15th-17th, 2011	300+
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	3,592
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	3,575
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	2,942
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	3,793
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	2,639
GENESIS 8	April 15th-17th, 2022	3,531
GENESIS 9	January 20th-22nd, 2023	2,407
GENESIS X	February 16th-18th, 2024	2,970

Champions

Smash 64 Winners

Year	Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2011	GENESIS 2	Daniel Hoyt	SuPeRbOoMfAn		Isai
2016	GENESIS 3		wario		SuPeRbOoMfAn
2017	GENESIS 4	Alvin Leon Hara	Alvin		SuPeRbOoMfAn
2018	GENESIS 5	Daniel Hoyt	SuPeRbOoMfAn		Alvin
2019	GENESIS 6		kysk		Josh Brody
2020	GENESIS 7	Andy Shih	Shihman		LETSGO
2022	GENESIS 8	Andy Shih	Shihman		Dr. Grin
2023	GENESIS 9		Dankey Kang		OJ
2024*	GENESIS X	Andy Shih	Shihman		Paco

* Smash 64 was a side event in 2024.

Melee Winners

Year	Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2009	GENESIS	Joseph Marquez	Mango		Armada
2011	GENESIS 2	Adam Lindgren	Armada		Mango
2016	GENESIS 3	Adam Lindgren	Armada		Mango
2017	GENESIS 4	Adam Lindgren	Armada		Mango
2018	GENESIS 5	Justin McGrath	Plup		Hungrybox
2019	GENESIS 6	Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox		Axe
2020	GENESIS 7	Zain Naghmi	Zain		Hungrybox
2022	GENESIS 8	Zain Naghmi	Zain		Jmook
2023	GENESIS 9	Jake Dirado	Jmook		iBDW
2024	GENESIS X	Cody Schwab	Cody Schwab		aMSa

Brawl Winners

Year	Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2009	GENESIS	Elliot Carroza-Oyarce	Ally		Mew2King
2011	GENESIS 2	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		Ally
2024*	GENESIS X	Hunter Rogers	Player-1		Fino

* Brawl was a side event in 2024.

Project M Winners

Year	Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2011	GENESIS 2	Roustane Benzeguir	Kage		JCaesar

Smash 4 Winners

Year	Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2016	GENESIS 3	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Dabuz
2017	GENESIS 4	Leonardo Lopez Perez	MkLeo		Ally
2018	GENESIS 5	Leonardo Lopez Perez	MkLeo		Mistake

Ultimate Winners

Year	Event	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2019	GENESIS 6	Leonardo Lopez Perez	MkLeo		VoiD
2020	GENESIS 7	Tyler Martins	Marss		MkLeo
2022	GENESIS 8	Leonardo Lopez Perez	MkLeo		Glutonny
2023	GENESIS 9	Leonardo Lopez Perez	MkLeo		MuteAce
2024	GENESIS X	Salvatore DeSena	Zomba		Sonix

External links

• Official website
• Twitter