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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.^[4] The tournament is well known, considered to be one of the most (if not the most) important tournaments in competitive 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^[2] Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter Alpha 2 tournament in 1996 in California^[1], 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.

Results

(Only results related to the Street Fighter series are recorded here)

B3: Battle by the Bay

Date: July 20, 1996
Location: Sunnyvale, California

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Graham Wolfe		Unknown
2nd	Jason Nelson	xrolento	Unknown
3rd	Mike Watson	Watts	Unknown
4th	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Unknown
5th	Alex Wolfe		Unknown
5th	Firas		Unknown
7th	Jason Cole	AfroCole	Unknown
7th	Dave Finnie		Unknown

Street Fighter Alpha 2 ^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Ken/Ryu/Sagat
2nd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	Ken
3rd	Jason Nelson	xrolento	Charlie/Ken/Sagat
4th	Jeff Schaefer		Akuma/Ken
5th	Tony Ngo		Ryu
5th	Richard Koven		Chun-Li
7th	Julien Beasley	Zass	Sodom
7th	Thao Duong		Ken

B4 Championships

Date: July 15-16, 2000
Location: Pomona, California

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Mike Watson	Watts	Balrog/M.Bison/Ryu
2nd	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Ryu/O. Sagat
3rd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	Ryu/O. Sagat
4th	Jason de Heras	Shirts	O. Dhalsim
5th	Jason Cole	AfroCole	O. Sagat/Dhalsim
5th	Jason Nelson	xrolento	Balrog/M.Bison

Street Fighter Alpha 2^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Unknown
2nd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	Unknown
3rd	Thao Duong		Unknown
4th	Jason Wilson	DreamTR	Unknown

Street Fighter Alpha 3^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	John Choi	ChoiBoy	V-Sakura
2nd	Alex Valle	CaliPower	V-Akuma/V-Sakura/X-Rolento
3rd	Thao Duong		A-Charlie/X-Dhalsim
4th	Eddie Lee		V-Karin/V-Sodom/V-Vega
5th	Mike Watson	Watts	V-Akuma
5th	Jason Cole	AfroCole	A-Balrog/V-Dhalsim

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Chun-Li/Ryu
2nd	Hsien Chang		Akuma/Yang
3rd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	Ryu
4th	Eddie Lee		Chun-Li/Ibuki
5th	Mike Watson	Watts	Chun-Li
5th	Martin Vega		Urien/Sean
7th	Mike D	Mike D	Ibuki
7th	Jason Wilson	DreamTR	Elena

B5 Championships

Date: August, 2001
Location: Folsom, California

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Jason Cole	AfroCole	Dhalsim
2nd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	O. Sagat/Ryu
3rd	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Ryu
4th	Mike Watson	Watts	Ryu/Balrog/Vega
5th	Jason Nelson	xrolento	M. Bison/Dhalsim
5th	Jason Gonzales	Apoc	Vega/Balrog
7th	Bob Painter	kuroppi	E. Honda
7th	Graham Wolfe		Balrog/Vega

Street Fighter Alpha 3 ^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Ryo Yoshida	BAS	V-Akuma/V-Cody
2nd	Tomo Taguchi	Chikyuu	V-Rolento/V-Sodom/V-R. Mika
3rd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	V-Sakura
4th	Mike Watson	Watts	V-Akuma
5th	Alex Valle	CaliPower	V-Akuma
5th	Unknown	White	V-Sakura
7th	Kuni Funada		A-Zangief/V-Sodom
7th	Ricky Ortiz	Hel-o Kit-e	V-Sakura

Evo 2002

Date: August 10-11, 2002
Location: Los Angeles, California

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Jason Cole	AfroCole	Dhalsim
2nd	Shinya Ohnuki	Nuki	Chun-Li
3rd	Jason de Heras	Shirts	O. Dhalsim
4th	Jason Gonzales	Apoc	Vega
5th	John Choi	ChoiBoy	O. Sagat
5th	Tatsuya Makino	Mester	Vega
7th	Jason Nelson	xrolento	M. Bison
7th	Jesse Cardenas	Jumpsuit Jesse	Ken/Fei Long

Evo 2003

Date: August 8-10, 2003
Location: Pomona, California

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Daigo Umehara	The Beast	Ryu
2nd	Shinya Ohnuki	Nuki	Chun-Li
3rd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	O. Sagat
4th	Mike Watson	Watts	Balrog/Ryu
5th	Jason Cole	AfroCole	Dhalsim
5th	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Ryu
7th	David Spence		Dhalsim
7th	David Sirlin	Sirlin	Unknown

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Kenji Obata	KO	Yun
2nd	Daigo Umehara	The Beast	Ken
3rd	Keisuke Imai	KSK	Alex
4th	Tetsuya Inoue	Ino	Yun/Makoto
5th	Ricky Ortiz	Hel-o Kit-e	Chun-Li
5th	Hsien Chang		Ken
7th	Shinya Ohnuki	Nuki	Chun-Li
7th	Mark Royogski	Mopreme	Ken/Chun-Li

Evo 2004

Date: July 29-August 1, 2004
Location: Pomona, California

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Daigo Umehara	The Beast	O. Sagat/Ryu/Balrog
2nd	John Choi	ChoiBoy	O. Sagat/Guile
3rd	Kuni Funada		Zangief
4th	Justin Wong	JWonggg	O. Sagat/Chun-Li
5th	Wes Truelson		Ken/Balrog
5th	Alex Valle	CaliPower	Ryu/O. Sagat
7th	Jesse Howard		Ryu
7th	Seth Killian	s-kill	Unknown

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Kenji Obata	KO	Yun
2nd	Daigo Umehara	The Beast	Ken
3rd	Justin Wong	JWonggg	Chun-Li
4th	Toru Hashimoto	Raoh	Chun-Li
5th	Keisuke Imai	KSK	Alex
5th	Katsuhisa Ohta	Kokujin	Dudley
7th	Hsien Chang		Ken
7th	Mike Watson	Watts	Ken

Evo 2005

Date: August 12-14, 2005
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Super Street Fighter II Turbo^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Unknown	Gian	Dhalsim
2nd	Shinya Ohnuki	Nuki	Chun-Li
3rd	Hajime Taniguchi	Tokido	Chun-Li
4th	Phil Burnell	DSP	Dee Jay Vega
5th	Campbell Tran	Buktooth	Chun-Li
5th	Nicholas Inabnit	NKI	Chun-Li
7th	Peter Hinh	illshill	E. Honda
7th	Jason Cole	AfroCole	Dhalsim

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike^[5]
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Shinya Ohnuki	Nuki	Chun-Li
2nd	Justin Wong	JWonggg	Chun-Li
3rd	Yoshihiko Togawa	Nitto	Yun
4th	Tatsuya Makino	Mester	Yun
5th	Ricky Ortiz	Hel-o Kit-e	Chun-Li/Ken
5th	Katsuhisa Ohta	Kokujin	Dudley
7th	Joe Egami	MOV	Chun-Li
7th	Ryota Fukumoto	RF	Chun-Li

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike USA vs Japan 5v5^[5]
Team Japan	Team USA
Shinya Ohnuki	Mike Watson
Katsuhisa Ohta	Justin Wong
Yoshihiko Togawa	Hsien Chang
Tatsuya Makino	Sextaro
Joe Egami	Ricky Ortiz
Winner: Team Japan

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 http://www.usgamer.net/articles/a-fight-for-the-agesthe-history-of-evo
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 http://kotaku.com/5054856/fighting-to-play-the-history-of-the-longest-lived-fighting-game-tournament-in-the-world
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 http://evo.shoryuken.com/f-a-q/
↑ http://evo.shoryuken.com/tournament-format/
↑ ^5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 ^5.11 ^5.12 ^5.13 ^5.14 ^5.15 kuroppi.com - EVOLUTION CHAMPIONSHIP Results. Retrieved on 2014-07-14.

[USGamer_History-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 http://www.usgamer.net/articles/a-fight-for-the-agesthe-history-of-evo

[Kotaku_History-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 http://kotaku.com/5054856/fighting-to-play-the-history-of-the-longest-lived-fighting-game-tournament-in-the-world

[FAQ-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 http://evo.shoryuken.com/f-a-q/

[format-4] ttp://evo.shoryuken.com/tournament-format/

[kuroppi-5] 5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 ^5.11 ^5.12 ^5.13 ^5.14 ^5.15 kuroppi.com - EVOLUTION CHAMPIONSHIP Results. Retrieved on 2014-07-14.

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+Date: August 12-14, [[2005]]<br />
+Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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+|-
+! style="width:50px;"| Place
+! style="width:180px;"| Player
+! style="width:150px;"| Alias
+! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)
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+|Gian
+|[[Dhalsim]]
+|-
+|2nd
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shinya Ohnuki]]
+|Nuki
+|[[Chun-Li]]
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+|3rd
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hajime Taniguchi]]
+|Tokido
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|-
+|4th
+|{{flagicon|United States}} Phil Burnell
+|DSP
+|[[Dee Jay]][[Vega]]
+|-
+|5th
+|{{flagicon|United States}} Campbell Tran
+|Buktooth
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|-
+|5th
+|{{flagicon|United States}} Nicholas Inabnit
+|NKI
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|-
+|7th
+|{{flagicon|United States}} Peter Hinh
+|illshill
+|[[E. Honda]]
+|-
+|7th
+|{{flagicon|United States}}[[Jason Cole]]
+|AfroCole
+|[[Dhalsim]]
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+!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]]'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>
+|-
+! style="width:50px;"| Place
+! style="width:180px;"| Player
+! style="width:150px;"| Alias
+! style="width:300px;"| Character(s)
+|-
+|1st
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shinya Ohnuki]]
+|Nuki
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|-
+|2nd
+|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Justin Wong]]
+|JWonggg
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|-
+|3rd
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} Yoshihiko Togawa
+|Nitto
+|[[Yun]]
+|-
+|4th
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} Tatsuya Makino
+|Mester
+|[[Yun]]
+|-
+|5th
+|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Ricky Ortiz]]
+|Hel-o Kit-e
+|[[Chun-Li]]/[[Ken]]
+|-
+|5th
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Katsuhisa Ohta]]
+|Kokujin
+|[[Dudley]]
+|-
+|7th
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} Joe Egami
+|MOV
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|-
+|7th
+|{{flagicon|Japan}} Ryota Fukumoto
+|RF
+|[[Chun-Li]]
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+!colspan=4 |<center>'''''[[Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]] USA vs Japan 5v5'''''<ref name="kuroppi"/></center>
+|-
+! style="width:180px;"| Team Japan
+! style="width:180px;"| Team USA
+|-
+|[[Shinya Ohnuki]]
+|[[Mike Watson]]
+|-
+|[[Katsuhisa Ohta]]
+|[[Justin Wong]]
+|-
+|Yoshihiko Togawa
+|[[Hsien Chang]]
+|-
+|Tatsuya Makino
+|Sextaro
+|-
+|Joe Egami
+|[[Ricky Ortiz]]
+|-
+! colspan=2 |Winner: Team Japan
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