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|organizer = Tom "Inkblot" Cannon<ref name="USGamer History"/><ref name="Kotaku History"/><ref name="FAQ">http://evo.shoryuken.com/f-a-q/</ref><ref name="giantbomb overview">http://www.giantbomb.com/evo-championship-series/3015-7054/</ref>, Tony "Ponder" Cannon,<ref name="USGamer History"/><ref name="Kotaku History"/><ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="giantbomb overview"/> Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar,<ref name="Kotaku History"/><ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="giantbomb overview"/> Vik Steyaert,<ref name="Kotaku History"/> Seth Killian<ref name="Kotaku History"/><ref name="giantbomb overview"/>

The '''Evolution Championship Series''' is an annual esports event that focuses exclusively on fighting games. In fighting game communities it is commonly referred to as "EVO" or just "Evo". The tournament uses the double elimination format.<ref name="format">http://evo.shoryuken.com/tournament-format/</ref> The tournament is well known, considered to be one of the most (if not the most) important tournaments in competitive ''[[Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'' and typically contestants will travel from all over the world to participate.

The tournament started as "Battle by the Bay", a 40-man<ref name="Kotaku History"/> ''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'' and ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'' tournament in [[1996]] in California<ref name="USGamer History"/>, eventually moving to its recurring venue in Las Vegas. The event changed its name to Evo in 2002. Over time, the tournament grew, recording over one thousand participants in 2009.

==Relationship with the overall tournament season==

Starting in 2011 the tournament has allocated seeding points to those who place highly in other selected major tournaments around the world. These tournaments are then considered part of the "Road to EVO". At EVO, the group stages are arranged so that players with high seeding points that season do not meet each other until later in the tournament.<ref name="giantbomb overview"/> The organizers also endeavor to prevent people from the same vicinity from facing each other early in the tournament<ref name="Official Registration">http://evo.shoryuken.com/tournament-rules/#registration</ref>

EVO is also a "premier tournament" in the [[Capcom Pro Tour]], and the winner, like the winner of all other premier tournaments, is guaranteed a place in the [[Capcom Cup Finals]].<ref name="CapcomProTour">http://capcomprotour.com/schedule/</ref>

==Results==

Note: only results related to the ''Street Fighter'' series are recorded here.

==='''B3: Battle by the Bay'''===

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Dave Finnie

==='''B4 Championships'''===

==='''B5 Championships'''===

==='''EVO 2002'''===

==='''EVO 2003'''===

|[[M. Bison]]/[[Dhalsim]]

==='''EVO 2004'''===

==='''EVO 2005'''===

==='''EVO 2006'''===

==='''EVO 2007'''===

==='''EVO 2008'''===

==='''EVO 2009'''===

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Takashi Hakushi

|}

==='''EVO 2010'''===

Date: July 9-11, [[2010]]<br />

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter IV]]'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|The Beast

|[[Ryu]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Ricky Ortiz]]

|Hel-o Kit-e

|[[Rufus]]/[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seon-woo Lee]]

|Infiltration

|[[Akuma]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Mike Ross]]

|Mike Ross

|[[E. Honda]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Bruce Hsiang]]

|GamerBee

|[[Adon]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[vance Wu]]

|Vangief

|[[Zangief]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Henry Cen

|

|[[E. Honda]]/[[Dhalsim]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Shane Cummings

|Shizza

|[[Chun-Li]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix]]'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Darryl Lewis]]

|Snake Eyez

|[[Zangief]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|DGV

|[[Ryu]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Jason Nguyen]]

|AfroLegends

|[[Balrog]]/[[Ryu]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|The Beast

|[[Balrog]]/[[Dee Jay]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|Tokido

|[[Vega]]/[[E. Honda]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Jason Cole]]

|AfroCole

|[[Dhalsim]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Alex Valle]]

|CaliPower

|[[Ryu]]/[[Sagat]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|RyRy

|[[Ryu]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter IV]]'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|France}} Marie-Laure Norindr

|Kayane

|[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|BurnYourBra

|[[Ken]]/[[Gouken]]/[[Rose]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|United States}} Phuong Le

|YellowGal

|[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Lina Yu

|

|[[Blanka]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]] Side Tournament - 30 Players'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|United States}} Damien Dailidenas

|Damdai

|[[O. Ken]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|United States}} Biran Su

|Ganelon

|[[Vega]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|United States}} Julien Beasley

|Zass

|[[M. Bison]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Alex

|GamerTron

|[[Balrog]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Canada}} Louis Paquin

|Thelo

|[[E. Honda]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|krost

|[[O. Ken]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Nicholas Inabnit

|NKI

|[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|Marsgatti

|[[Guile]]

|}

==='''EVO 2011'''===

Date: July 29-31, [[2011]]<br />

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Keita Ai]]

|Fuudo

|[[Fei Long]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Abdullatif Alhmili]]

|Latif

|[[C. Viper]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Chung-gon Lee]]

|POONGKO

|[[Seth]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|The Beast

|[[Yun]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Yosuke Ito]]

|Kindevu

|[[Yun]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|Tokido

|[[Akuma]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Joshua Philpot]]

|Wolfkrone

|[[C. Viper]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Peter Susini]]

|FlashMetroid

|[[Zangief]]/[[C. Viper]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]] High Rollers Casino Cup - 40 Players'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|The Beast

|[[Balrog]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|United States}} Damien Dailidenas

|Damdai

|[[O. Hawk]]/[[O. Ken]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|Tokido

|[[Vega]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Alex Valle]]

|CaliPower

|[[Ryu]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Bob Painter

|kuroppi

|[[E. Honda]]/[[Zangief]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|DGV

|[[Ryu]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Jason Cole]]

|AfroCole

|[[Dhalsim]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Arturo Sanchez]]

|Sabin

|[[Dhalsim]]

|}

==='''EVO 2012'''===

Date: July 6-8, [[2012]]<br />

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]] (ver. 2012)'''''<ref name="SRK 2012 Results">http://shoryuken.com/2012/07/06/evo-2012-is-now-streaming-live/</ref></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seon-woo Lee]]

|WW.MCZ|Infiltration

|[[Akuma]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Bruce Hsiang]]

|AVerMedia|Gamerbee

|[[Adon]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Eduardo Perez]]

|VPR|PR Balrog

|[[Balrog]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|China}} [[Zhuojun Zeng]]

|eLivePro.Qanba|XiaoHai

|[[Cammy]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|MCZ|Daigo Umehara

|[[Ryu]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Jonny Cheng]]

|Human Bomb

|[[Sakura]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Kevin Landon]]

|BT|Dieminion

|[[Guile]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Chung-gon Lee]]

|H|Poongko

|[[Seth]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=5 |<center>'''''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]] 2v2 Teams'''''<ref name="SRK 2012 Results"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:150px;"| Team Name

! style="width:150px;"| Players

! style="width:150px;"| Aliases

! style="width:150px;"| Characters

|-

|1st

|Western Wolves

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seon-woo Lee]]<br />{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Ryan Ahn]]

|WW.MCZ Infiltration<br />WW.MCZ Laugh

|[[Rolento]]<br />[[Ryu]]

|-

|2nd

|FGTV

|]{{flagicon|United States}} [[Ricky Ortiz]]<br />{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Eduardo Perez]]

|CVPR|EG Ricky Ortiz<br />PR Balrog

|[[Rufus]]<br />[[Ryu]]

|-

|3rd

|Mad Catz/Razer

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Keita Ai]]<br />{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|RZR|Fuudo<br />MCZ|Tokido

|[[Ryu]]<br />[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|4th

|Complexity Cross Counter

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Peter Rosas]]<br />{{flagicon|United States}} [[Mike Ross]]

|coL.CC|Combofiend<br />Mike Ross

|[[Julia]]<br />[[Marduk]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]] Tournament of Legends'''''<ref name="SRK 2012 Results"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|MAO

|[[Vega]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|Kusumondo

|[[E. Honda]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Jason Nguyen]]

|AfroLegends

|[[Dee Jay]]/[[Balrog]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|MCZ|Daigo Umehara

|[[Balrog]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|MCZ|Tokido

|[[Vega]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Damien Dailidenas

|Damdai

|[[O. Ryu]]/[[O. T. Hawk]]/[[O. Ken]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Unknown

|marsgatti

|[[Guile]]

|-

|7th

|Unknown

|RizOne

|[[M. Bison]]

|}

==='''EVO 2013'''===

Date: July 12-14, [[2013]]<br />

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]] (ver. 2012)'''''<ref name="SRK 2013 Results">http://shoryuken.com/2013/07/14/evo-2013-the-largest-fighting-game-tournament-in-the-world-streaming-live-from-las-vegas/</ref></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Kun Xian Ho]]

|DM.MCZ|Xian

|[[Gen]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|MCZ|Tokido

|[[Akuma]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seon-woo Lee]]

|WW.MCZ|Infiltration

|[[Akuma]]/[[Hakan]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Eduardo Perez]]

|EG|PR Balrog

|[[Balrog]]/[[Fei Long]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Naoto Sako]]

|EAM HORI|sako

|[[Evil Ryu]]/[[Ibuki]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tatsuya Haitani]]

|Haitani

|[[Makoto]]/[[Rufus]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Daigo Umehara]]

|MCZ|Daigo Umehara

|[[Ryu]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Bruce Hsiang]]

|AVM|GamerBee

|[[Adon]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]] (ver. 2013)'''''<ref name="SRK 2013 Results"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Characters

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seon-woo Lee]]

|WW.MCZ|Infiltration

|[[Jin]]+[[Alisa]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Justin Wong]]

|EG|Justin Wong

|[[Hwoarang]]+[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Joe Egami]]

|MOV

|[[Law]]+[[Cammy]]/[[Law]]+[[Nina]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Alex Valle]]

|LU|Alex Valle

|[[Yoshimitsu]]+[[Lars]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} Anthony Millare

|TZA

|[[Chun-Li]]+[[Law]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Chung-gon Lee]]

|CafeId|Poongko

|[[Nina]]+[[Kazuya]]/[[Ryu]]+[[Kazuya]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} David-Paul Mattock

|KS|Jibbo

|[[Sagat]]+[[Jin]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Kouhei Tamura

|Esuta

|[[Law]]+[[King]]/[[Law]]+[[Bob]]

|}

==='''EVO 2014'''===

Date: July 11-13, [[2014]]<br />

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Ultra Street Fighter IV]]'''''<ref name="SRK 2014 Results">http://shoryuken.com/2014/07/13/evo-2014-day-1-streaming-live-the-largest-fighting-game-tournament-in-the-world/</ref></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olivier Hay]]

|MD|Luffy

|[[Rose]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Masato Takahashi]]

|Bonchan

|[[Sagat]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Keita Ai]]

|RZR|Fuudo

|[[Fei Long]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Darryl Lewis]]

|RG|Snake Eyez

|[[Zangief]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Ghim Kee Eng]]

|RZR|Gackt

|[[Fei Long]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Ricky Ortiz]]

|EG|Ricky Ortiz

|[[Rufus]]/[[Rolento]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Yusuke Momochi]]

|EG|Momochi

|[[Ken]]/[[Juri]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Naoto Sako]]

|HORI|sako

|[[Elena]]/[[Evil Ryu]]/[[Gen]]/[[Ibuki]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=5 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]] X-Mania USA'''''<ref name="SRK 2014 Results"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:150px;"| Team Name

! style="width:150px;"| Players

! style="width:150px;"| Aliases

! style="width:150px;"| Characters

|-

|1st

|Team M3

|Unknown<br />Unknown<br />Unknown

|Mattsun<br />MAO<br />TMF

|[[Ken]]<br />[[Vega]]<br />[[Zangief]]

|-

|2nd

|Team Japan 2

|Unknown<br />Unknown<br />Unknown

|Noguchi<br />Hanashi<br />Kurahashi

|[[Vega]]<br />[[Fei Long]]<br />[[Ryu]]

|-

|3rd

|Team Special Forces

|[[Jason Nguyen]]<br />Unknown<br />Damien Dailidenas

|AfroLegends<br />Ganelon<br />Damdai

|[[Balrog]]<br />[[Vega]]<br />[[O. Ryu]]

|-

|4th

|Team OGSF

|[[Alex Valle]]<br />[[John Choi]]<br />[[Mike Watson]]

|LU|Alex Valle<br />ChoiBoy<br />Watts

|[[Ryu]]<br />[[O. Sagat]]<br />[[Balrog]]

|-

|5th

|Team Legal

|Unknown<br />Unknown<br />Unknown

|RoTb|MonGoloRoboKop<br />Digital Infamy<br />Moocus

|[[Cammy]]<br />[[Balrog]]<br />[[O. T. Hawk]]

|-

|5th

|Team Japan 1

|[[Daigo Umehara]]<br />[[Shinya Ohnuki]]<br />[[Hajime Taniguchi]]

|MCZ|Umehara<br />Nuki<br />MCZ|TOKIDO

|[Balrog]]<br />[[Chun-Li]]<br />[[Vega]]

|-

|7th

|Team Triple OG

|Unknown<br />Unknown<br />Unknown

|ultracombo<br />Shotosallday<br />DNGR S PAPERCUT

|[[O. Sagat]]<br />[[O. Ken]]<br />[[O. T. Hawk]]

|-

|7th

|Team Europe

|Unknown<br />Unknown<br />Unknown

|ISIMORN<br />ORF<br />Balcork

|[[Vega]]<br />[[Ryu]]<br />[[Fei Long]]

|}

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Super Street Fighter II Turbo]] Tournament of Legends II'''''<ref name="SRK 2014 Results"/></center>

|-

! style="width:50px;"| Place

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:150px;"| Alias

! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)

|-

|1st

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|MAO

|[[Vega]]

|-

|2nd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shinya Ohnuki]]

|Nuki

|[[Chun-Li]]

|-

|3rd

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|Kurahashi

|[[O. Ken]]/[[Ryu]]

|-

|4th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|Mattsun

|[[Ken]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|Noguchi

|[[Vega]]/[[O. Sagat]]

|-

|5th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Jason Nguyen]]

|AfroLegends

|[[Balrog]]/[[Dee Jay]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Unknown

|Hanashi

|[[Fei Long]]/[[Dee Jay]]/[[E. Honda]]

|-

|7th

|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Alex Valle]]

|LU|Alex Valle

|[[O. Sagat]]

== External Links ==

*[http://evo.shoryuken.com Official site]

*[[Wikipedia:Evolution Championship Series|Wikipedia article]]