Tournament:CEO 2023
| CEO 2023 | |
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| Dates | June 23rd-25th, 2023 |
| Venue | Daytona Beach Convention Center |
| Address/City | 101 N Atlantic Avenue Daytona Beach, Florida 
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| Attendance | 701 |
| Results | |
 winners
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derstuk
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 winners
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Plup 1v1 Plup & Oaty 2v2
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 winners
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Dabuz 1v1 MVD & Seibrik 2v2
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| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Alex Jebailey |
CEO 2023 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate superregional held in Daytona Beach, Florida, from June 23rd-25th, 2023. Smash 64 was held as an official side event.
Summary of events[edit]
Melee[edit]
Plup, despite being relatively inactive in the tournament scene, claimed victory in his native state of Florida, defeating Wizzrobe in winners' and grand finals; Plup won back-to-back CEO titles and became the second repeat Melee champion of CEO (after Hungrybox). Wizzrobe, another relatively inactive player, finished 2nd, upsetting #1 seed Jmook in winners' semis and defeating Hungrybox in losers' finals. Panda finished an impressive 4th place, upsetting Hungrybox 3-2 in winners' quarters.
Ultimate[edit]
The tournament's most notable upsets were #29 seed YoseFu over #4 seed MuteAce (upset factor 6) and #32 seed TM7_ZAP over #1 seed Riddles (upset factor 9). Despite the upset, Riddles made a long run in the Loser's bracket, defeating 8 players to face fellow Team Liquid player Dabuz in Grand Finals. Riddles took the first set 3-0, however Dabuz held Riddles off in the reset 3-1, taking his first national-level victory in Ultimate. Dabuz's victory was celebrated by many, as not only was Riddles a notable bracket demon for Dabuz, but he had finished second in many national-level and major events, results which became running jokes in the community.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]
(212 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Plup |
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| 2nd | Wizzrobe |
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| 3rd | Hungrybox |
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| 4th | Panda |
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| 5th | Jmook |
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| 5th | Voo |
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| 7th | Captain G |
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| 7th | Wevans |
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| 9th | MOF |
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| 9th | Akir |
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| 9th | Bbatts |
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| 9th | Stone |
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| 13th | Kuya |
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| 13th | Equilateral |
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| 13th | Gahtzu |
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| 13th | prof |
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| 17th | PeachPants |
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| 17th | Barraca |
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| 17th | Simmons |
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| 17th | Sneakywill |
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| 17th | Kero |
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| 17th | JChu |
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| 17th | CowCowCowCowCow |
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| 17th | ADMJ |
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| 25th | sinbad |
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| 25th | Yony |
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| 25th | Stockholm Syndrome |
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| 25th | Ober |
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| 25th | Franco |
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| 25th | Lad |
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| 25th | Oaty |
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| 25th | Sharkz |
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Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]
(39 teams)
Top 4 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Plup |
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Oaty |
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| 2nd | Wevans |
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119j[1] |
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| 3rd | Fearless |
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Gahtzu |
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| 4th | Crunch |
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Hungrybox |
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| 5th | Voo |
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MOF |
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| 5th | Kuya |
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Panda |
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| 7th | Kero |
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sinbad |
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| 7th | Mason |
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Stone |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(513 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Dabuz |
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| 2nd |  Riddles |
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| 3rd |  Yaura |
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| 4th | MVD |
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| 5th | ApolloKage |
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| 5th | Riku |
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| 7th | BeastModePaul |
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| 7th | ESAM |
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| 9th | Grape |
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| 9th | Jake[2] |
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| 9th | ChunkyKong |
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| 9th | YoseFu |
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| 13th | MuteAce |
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| 13th | TM7_ZAP |
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| 13th | Regalo |
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| 13th | Goblin |
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| 17th | Jahzz0 |
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| 17th | Kobe |
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| 17th | Senn |
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| 17th | omega |
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| 17th | Sean |
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| 17th | Aaron |
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| 17th | Grymlynn |
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| 17th | Toast |
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| 25th | Tachyon |
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| 25th | Dominator |
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| 25th | Jade |
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| 25th | BallsGrab |
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| 25th | TheMightyDialga |
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| 25th | Karu! |
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| 25th | Surehyper |
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| 25th | MPg |
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| 33rd | Hungrybox |
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| 33rd | Raptor |
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| 33rd | Sonido |
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| 33rd | Gswizy |
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| 33rd | AwDaSea |
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| 33rd | Pillow |
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| 33rd | Mercury |
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| 33rd | Ave~ |
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| 33rd | SoulArts |
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| 33rd | SlushieV2 |
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| 33rd | Psysilex |
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| 33rd | Luma |
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| 33rd | Donquavious |
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| 33rd | Fatality |
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| 33rd | Phuzix |
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| 33rd | Goober |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]
(85 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | MVD |
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Seibrik |
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| 2nd | Kobe |
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MuteAce |
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| 3rd | WonderBread |
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Tachyon |
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| 4th | BallsGrab |
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jBoneX |
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| 5th | MPg |
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ApolloKage |
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| 5th | Jiggs |
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Regalo |
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| 7th | Gswizy |
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AwDaSea |
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| 7th | Scytheu |
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Neptune Shiranui |
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| 9th | GENV |
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PikPocket |
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| 9th | Kazuma |
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Pillow |
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| 9th | Sean |
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My Dad |
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| 9th | BlasterMaster |
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| 13th | Cowhunter |
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Donquavious |
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| 13th | badgerz |
Ventura |
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| 13th | Soto |
Gatsby |
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| 13th | Sonido |
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Fatality |
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Side events[edit]
Super Smash Bros. singles[edit]
(15 entrants)
Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | derstuk |
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| 2nd | Fil |
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| 3rd | Slappypoopy |
Trivia[edit]
- This tournament marks the first time Hungrybox and Crunch have teamed together in Melee doubles in five years, following Crunch's general hiatus from competition. The duo last teamed at Smash 'N' Splash 4 in June 2018.
- Outside of Smash Bros., smashers Riddles and Jahzz0 placed 25th and 33rd respectively out of 1,082 players in Street Fighter 6.
- L4st, who normally commentates and coaches for Ultimate, commentated a portion of Top 32 for Melee singles.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
| CEO | |
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| Main series | 2010 · 2011 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 |
| Dreamland | 2017 · 2020 |
| Other events | CEO Winterfest 2014 · CEO 2014 Prologue · Smash the Record · CEO Prologue 2016 |
