Tournament:EVO
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The Evolution Championship Series, or simply EVO, is an annual fighting game tournament series held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament, first held in 1996 as Battle by the Bay, is organized and directed by Tom "inkblot" Cannon, Tony "Ponder" Cannon and Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, founders of fighting game website Shoryuken.com[1]. It's known as the largest fighting game tournament in the world and currently holds the record for largest Smash Bros tournament ever, for both Melee and Smash 4, with over 1500 confirmed entrants each.[2].
As of EVO 2015 event expected to be held on July 17-19th, 2015, a total of three Smash games have been featured as official games on their lineup, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
2007
In 2007, five different EVO events were held, each featuring Melee as a game.
Results
EVO South
Date: March 10th-11th
Location: Austin, Texas
128 Participants
1. Wobbles 
($700)
2. Caveman 
($200)
3. DoH 
($100)
4. Xzalla 
EVO East
Date: May 25th-27th
Location: Stamford, Connecticut
Bracket
64 Participants
1. Mew2King ($448)
2. PC Chris 
($128)
3. Cactuar ($64)
4. Cort
5. Forward
5. ChuDat
7. Inui
7. Dav3
EVO North
Date: June 22nd-24th
Location: Northbrook, Illinois
43 Participants
1. Drephen ($301)
2. Viperboy ($86)
3. Mathos ($43)
4. Eddie
5. dmac
5. Kels
7. James Sparrow
7. Brightside
EVO West
Date: July 27th-29th
Location: San Diego, California
128 Participants
1. Mew2King ($896)
2. PC Chris ($256)
3. ChuDat ($128)
4. Edrees
5. Mr. Ganondorf
5. HugS 
7. Roy
7. Mango 
EVO World
EVO World 2007 was the largest Melee tournament prior to Brawl's release, with 270 entrants.
2008
EVO 2008 was the first EVO to feature Brawl as a game, replacing Melee. Over 110 players attended the tournament. CPU's R.O.B. defeated Ken's Marth in grand finals to win the tournament. The tournament was widely criticized for having many items turned on, including the Smash Ball.
2009
EVO 2009 once again featured Brawl as a game, and unlike EVO 2008, used a ruleset with items turned off.
2013
Melee was featured as a game at EVO 2013 after a six-year absence. This is the second largest Melee tournament to date, with 709 entrants, and held the record for over a year, with over twice the amount of players that attended Pound 4, the previous record holder.
2014
Melee was once again featured as a game at EVO 2014. This was the largest Melee tournament to date, with 970 entrants, surpassing the record set at EVO 2013. The event was later surpassed by Apex 2015 with 1,037 entrants.
2015
EVO 2015 will feature both Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
External links
References
- ^ Evolution Championship Series F.A.Q.. Evolution Championship Series official website. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
- ^ Both Smash games at #evo2015 have passed the 1500 player mark.. Evolution Championship Series official twitter account. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
| EVO | |
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| World Championships | EVO World 2007 · EVO 2008 · EVO 2009 · EVO 2013 · EVO 2014 · EVO 2015 · EVO 2016 · EVO 2017 · EVO 2018 · EVO 2019 |
| EVO 2007 circuit | EVO South · EVO East · EVO North · EVO West |
| EVO Japan | EVO Japan 2018 · EVO Japan 2020 |
