The Smash World Tour 2020 is a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament circuit organized by the teams behind VGBootCamp and Super Smash Con. The circuit started on March 13th, 2020, and has a cut-off date on November 22nd, 2020. Tournaments will be held all over the world, with the finals being held in the United States from December 17th-20th, 2020. There will be a combined pot total of over $250,000.
Scores are calculated based off of placements, with higher tiered events offering more points for a wider range of placements. The following factors into the final score:
Top 3 Platinum results
Top 3 Gold results
Top 6 Silver results
The top 31 players then move on to the finals, with a Last Chance qualifier for the last slot.
The coronavirus disease at time of the start of the tour caused a global pandemic where large gatherings and travel were discouraged. As a result, Smash World Tour released a statement[1] on March 12, 2020 detailing their measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
There would be no Platinum or Gold tier events in March and April 2020.
CEO Dreamland 2020 was going to be a Gold tier event marking the start of the tour. While it wasn't canceled, its tour points were removed.
HFLAN Melee Edition 2020 was going to be the first Platinum tier event, but it was postponed to Fall 2020.
Pound 2020 was canceled. It was going to be the first Platinum tier event for Ultimate and the second for Melee.
The tournament would later be replaced by Pound Online.
Silver events would continue as normal. However, it was recommended for sick people to stay home.
Several events canceled or postponed independent of Smash World Tour's rulings.
Missed point opportunities were planned to be made up later.
On April 1, 2020, Smash World Tour released an update statement.[2]
The delay on all Smash World Tour events was extended to June 1, 2020. Smash World Tour said this would likely not be the last delay.
Get On My Level 2020, Battle Arena Melbourne 12, and MomoCon 2020 were exploring new dates.
Get On My Level 2020 was postponed indefinitely. It was a Platinum tier event prior to postponement. As of the March 12 statement it would be the first Platinum tier event for Melee and the second for Ultimate.
Battle Arena Melbourne 12 was postponed to the second half of 2020, and was a Platinum tier event prior to postponement.
MomoCon 2020 was canceled. It was a Gold tier event prior to postponement.
The organizers for Umebura Japan Major 2020 had not made a decision at the time, and it would not count towards Smash World Tour. The tournament was later canceled.
Missed point opportunities were still being planned to be made up later.
Don't Stomp On Me
KBit 2020
Battle of BC 4
Fête 2020
Smash Factor 9
HFLAN Melee Edition 2020
Battle Arena Melbourne 12
TBA Event
Smash Odyssey: Ghent 2
DUST 2 - RUSH B
Smash Mashing 2020
Team Salty Fish International Tournament 2
Rock N' Roll
Masters
Bob-omb Battlefield 2020
Phoenix Revengeance
TBA Event