Tournament:CEO 2026

This page documents information about a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

CEO 2026
Dates	August 14th-16th, 2026
Venue	Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando
Address/City	9939 Universal Boulevard Orlando, Florida
Attendance	576
Results
winners	Hungrybox 1v1  Preeminent &  Hungrybox 2v2
winners	TBD 1v1  BeastModePaul &  Epic_Gabriel 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Alex Jebailey

CEO 2026 is an ongoing fighting game tournament featuring Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It takes place in Orlando, Florida from August 14th-16th, 2026. It is the first CEO since CEO 2022 to host a major-level Smash event, with the Melee singles event being a major despite Zain and Joshman dropping out.

Tournament summary

Super Smash Bros. Melee

This event ended Cody Schwab's 5-tournament winning streak, starting with Québecup 2025. Cody handily defeated almost every player in his path, but lost to Hungrybox in a game 5 set during Winners Finals. After that, he promptly defeated Wizzrobe for a spot in Grand Finals. Hungrybox, the CEO 2025 champion, was on a similarly dominant path, only dropping games to Kola, JChu, and Cody. Ultimately, the stage was set for a tense Grand Finals, as despite Cody's large lifetime set count over Hungrybox, Hungrybox was one of two players to take a set off of Cody during the SSBMRank Summer 2026 season. Cody was ultimately able to reset the bracket in another game 5 set, and the Reset similarly went to game 5, making for a 15-game encounter. The two were neck and neck in the final game, but an unfortunate controller malfunction on Cody's end halted all of his momentum. After Cody flubbed a stock, Hungrybox would up-throw rest to close out the bracket, winning his first major of 2026.

Outside of this, this was a breakout event for Paladin, who defeated MOF and Gahtzu to make it to top 8. He was promptly defeated by Preeminent for 7th place. After Kola's best Melee tournament performance at Get On My Level 2026 two weeks prior, he had a strong showing this tournament at 13th place with a win on prof.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(246 entrants)
Top 48 Brackets
Top 16 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Hungrybox
2nd	Cody Schwab
3rd	Wizzrobe
4th	Axe
5th	Krudo
5th	Preeminent
7th	Paladin
7th	JChu
9th	MOF
9th	Panda
9th	Wevans
9th	Gahtzu
13th	Akir
13th	OG Kid
13th	Kola
13th	Grab
17th	King Momo
17th	SDeems
17th	prof
17th	Sethibuns
17th	Dawson
17th	Franco
17th	ADMJ
17th	Komodo
25th	Schmang
25th	Cappuccino
25th	kdog
25th	fknsilver
25th	CLM Punk
25th	Spooky
25th	Zachhhh
25th	I'm Michael BTW

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(39 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Preeminent		Hungrybox
2nd	Cody Schwab		spencie
3rd	Panda		Krudo
4th	Wevans		119J
5th	Matteo		prof
5th	Puppy		Voo
7th	sinbad		ADMJ
7th	RJ		SDeems

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(324 entrants)
Top 64 Brackets
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kola
2nd	BeastModePaul
3rd	TM7_ZAP
4th	Karu!
5th	ZSOS
5th	Kobe
7th	Surehyper
7th	Newo
9th	Myran
9th	Nicko
9th	SoulArts
9th	Dominator
13th	ChocoTaco
13th	chpstks
13th	HENRY LUMA
13th	Psysilex
17th	Riku
17th	Flare
17th	CuzzoBluffin
17th	Wolfpro
17th	Navé
17th	Z
17th	D0g3
17th	Colorondo8
25th	Ranger
25th	Koski
25th	Lade
25th	pango
25th	Gianic
25th	Dr. Iggy
25th	Manzana
25th	Laserbud
33rd	Epic Gabriel
33rd	GuyGuy
33rd	Sticccy
33rd	Phuzix*
33rd	Koloax
33rd	Yufine
33rd	Nathan
33rd	Amnesty
33rd	Magic
33rd	Bhand
33rd	BluThunder
33rd	Benji
33rd	Chuckfug
33rd	Dingodile
33rd	FRauDFiSH
33rd	Deimos

*DQ in Winners

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles

(52 teams)
Top 12 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	BeastModePaul		Epic_Gabriel
2nd	Sticccy		McFunny
3rd	Ebag		JayEm
4th	pango		MomHunter9009
5th	lobster22		xXx_w3bf!$h1ngpr0_xXx
5th	Myran		Uncivil ninja
7th	Kobe		Phuzix
7th	Dingodile		Benji

External links

• Start.gg page