Tournament:Apex 2022

Apex 2022
Dates	November 18th-20th, 2022
Venue	Meadowlands Exposition Center
Address/City	355 Plaza Drive Secaucus, New Jersey
Attendance	1,087
Results
winners	KD3 1v1  Lowww &  HAMMERHEART 2v2
winners	aMSa 1v1  iBDW &  Jmook 2v2
winners	Cody
winners	reflection
winners	Miya 1v1  Zomba &  Tilde 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	VGBootCamp

Apex 2022 was a Super Smash Bros. tournament that features every game in the series. It is the 8th tournament in the Apex series and the first tournament in the series since Apex 2016 six years earlier.

Although previous Apex tournament organizers have discussed about a new iteration of Apex, nothing came out of it until March 2020, where it was announced that Apex would return on November 20th-22nd, be run by VGBootCamp, and be a Gold-tier stop on the Smash World Tour 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the tournament, and it was pushed back to 2022, where it became a Gold-tier stop and final main event on the Smash World Tour 2022. Additional events included the return of the Salty Suite, as well as a Multiversus event.

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(59 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	KD3
2nd	Lowww
3rd	Josh Brody
4th	HAMMERHEART
5th	JPX
5th	baby caweb
7th	B33F
7th	Raychu
9th	epad10
9th	Hotline
9th	KrisKringle
9th	Waxy:Joe
13th	NewbTube
13th	Wolf
13th	K Ruel
13th	Fireblaster

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(22 teams)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lowww		HAMMERHEART
2nd	Stevie G		KD3
3rd	baby caweb		epad10
4th	Darkhorse		Josh Brody
5th	TTFU-antwon420		KrisKringle
5th	MasterHandJob		Razz
7th	Hotline		The Yid
7th	NewbTube		B33F

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(461 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	aMSa
2nd	Zain
3rd	Hungrybox
4th	iBDW
5th	Aklo
5th	Axe
7th	Jmook
7th	moky
9th	Rishi
9th	Spark
9th	Ginger
9th	Zuppy
13th	n0ne
13th	Jflex
13th	Westballz
13th	TheSWOOPER
17th	Drephen
17th	Franz
17th	Bbatts
17th	Kalvar
17th	bobby big ballz
17th	2saint
17th	Zamu
17th	Sirmeris
25th	Fishbait
25th	DrLobster
25th	Just Jason
25th	Louis
25th	404Cray
25th	Chem
25th	Kevin Maples
25th	Lunar Dusk
33rd	Mot$
33rd	Pig
33rd	Tempo
33rd	Ben
33rd	Amida
33rd	Logan
33rd	Freezus
33rd	JoJo
33rd	Tommy
33rd	Wally
33rd	Error
33rd	Smokey Bluntz
33rd	Poonslayer7
33rd	Dawson
33rd	Young Neil
33rd	HOBORG

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(72 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	iBDW		Jmook
2nd	aMSa		Axe
3rd	moky		n0ne
4th	Spark		Polish
5th	Lunar Dusk		Dawson
5th	Jflex		Zuppy
7th	DrLobster		Brad
7th	Mot$		Zamu
9th	Jank		Asylum
9th	SmightyFine		Fishbait
9th	Foxy Grandpa		Aklo
9th	Poonslayer7		Pig
13th	Franz		Stavino
13th	TheAsianOne		Artan
13th	Walby		Skrad
13th	Kalvar		vortex

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles

(54 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Cody
2nd	Hoenn
3rd	686M
4th	Zenan
5th	Poyo
5th	Arch
7th	Kyoz
7th	Max Power
9th	SmightyFine
9th	Rood
9th	Pelca
9th	NUT
13th	A.M.
13th	Molto
13th	Bobakanoosh
13th	Scizor

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(58 entrants)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	reflection
2nd	Joshathan Gamer
3rd	Scizor
4th	Scot
5th	Zomba
5th	MeGa
7th	Sobriquet Sola
7th	SPT
9th	Frozen
9th	Billy Schilly
9th	H0LT
9th	Bucketfullabiscuits
13th	EO
13th	Player 4
13th	Mr. Giant Lion Turtle
13th	SaltyFun

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(607 entrants)
Top 48 Bracket
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Miya
2nd	Jakal
3rd	MPg
4th	Dabuz
5th	Quandale Dinglelingleton
5th	Syrup
7th	LeoN
7th	Gackt
9th	Ling
9th	Zomba
9th	Tilde
9th	GuyGuy
13th	Squidplumber
13th	John Numbers
13th	Lima
13th	MeGa
17th	Frozen
17th	Suarez
17th	WhyDo
17th	Pink Fresh
17th	Mr.Zercon
17th	Quinn
17th	Geist
17th	Rivers*
25th	Pelca
25th	Yoda Cage
25th	Beast
25th	IcyMist
25th	Axiom XL
25th	Tony Pajamas
25th	Peanut
25th	Mr. E
33rd	Jules
33rd	Sumgai
33rd	Haven
33rd	Makken
33rd	Vivi
33rd	Peco
33rd	Zie
33rd	Derpager
33rd	Sinji
33rd	Z minus
33rd	Steffen
33rd	yonni
33rd	Kenoca
33rd	Samuel
33rd	Hungrybox
33rd	Deltaforce
49th	ram
49th	Haze
49th	Joshathan Gamer
49th	ChunkyKong
49th	Dovidio
49th	Cee
49th	WebbJP
49th	fawn
49th	Sho
49th	Stocktaker69
49th	Onii-chan
49th	G-XTREME
49th	Gatsby
49th	Justinbyleth
49th	BONK!
49th	BeatyBean

*DQ'd in losers

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(74 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Zomba		Tilde
2nd	Exciled		LeoN
3rd	PkChris		Suarez
4th	Beast		Yellow
5th	Noku		Gatsby
5th	BacoN		Quinn
7th	Kiwi		Pelca
7th	Onii-chan		Blank
9th	Karflo		MPg
9th	IcyMist		sammm
9th	Nimbus		Bruho
9th	Ranger		Jukain
13th	Pharaoh		Steffen
13th	FROOT		Geist
13th	mrbeecroft		Jules
13th	cub		Syrup

Side events

Squad Strike

(144 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
Top 4 Bracket

Place	Name	Characters	Earnings
1st	Axiom XL
2nd	WhyDo
3rd	IcyMist
4th	Sinji
5th	Colorondo8
5th	fawn
7th	PkChris
7th	Kiwi

Salty Suite

There were four Salty Suite matches: Zamu vs. bobby big ballz, Rishi vs. Junebug 3v3 mid-tier ironman, Zain vs. moky reverse mains, and Hungrybox vs. iBDW. All sets are first to 5 (except for the 3v3), and players could not pick the last stage they have won on during a set.

Hungrybox brought a number of props to use for his match: a carton of mango juice (which Hungrybox and then iBDW consumed), mangoes, a can of salt (which Hungrybox spread onto the stage floor), candy (which Hungrybox consumed), and a party popper (which Hungrybox pulled out mid-game then fired following the last game). iBDW slammed a folding chair into the stage following his victory. Hungrybox did the same, except it slid off the stage and near the crowd, leading to GimR subsequently confiscating the chair.

Winner	Character(s)	Loser	Character(s)	Score	Prize
Zamu		bobby big ballz		5-2
Rishi		Junebug		3-2
moky		Zain		5-4	Loser tweets on stage
iBDW		Hungrybox		5-2

Trivia

• This tournament marks the first time Axe has defeated Zain in the post-quarantine era of Melee singles, doing so with a 3-0.
• This is the first Brawl tournament 686M has lost since Super Smash Con 2019, which was three years prior.
• WarriorKnight's final placement of 49th in Melee singles marks the best placement of a Bowser player at a post-Slippi Melee major.
• aMSa's victory in Melee singles with Yoshi (which followed his win at The Big House 10 over a month prior) gave him the distinction of being the only Melee mid-tier player to win a major tournament more than once.
• This tournament marks Miya's first time competing overseas, ultimately culminating in his victory in Ultimate singles.
• Both Melee and Ultimate singles were won by a player from Japan (aMSa and Miya, respectively).
• Apex 2022 ended the longest gap between two major Smash Bros. tournaments at the time, 7 year and 9 months after Apex 2015.
  • This record was broken by Sumabato SP Ultimate, with a gap of 9 years.

External links

• Start.gg page
• Announcement trailer
• Trailer 1
• Trailer 2