Editing Tournament:EVO

| region                    = United States

| format                    = Double elimination

| ssbbwinner                = {{Sm|CPU|USA}} (2008)<!--DO NOT ADD MEW2KING. Brawl was a side event in 2009.-->

| ssb4uwinner              = {{Sm|ZeRo|Chile}} (2015)<br>{{Sm|Ally|Canada}} (2016)<br>{{Sm|Salem|USA}} (2017)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (2018)

===2013-14: ''Melee'' return and record numbers===

{{Main|EVO 2013|EVO 2014}}

Just three days before EVO 2013, on July 9th, the organization received notification from Nintendo's legal department informing that EVO would not be allowed to live stream the ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' tournament, while also trying to shut down the tournament entirely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/11/4513294/nintendo-were-trying-to-shut-down-evo-not-just-super-smash-bros-melee |title=Nintendo wanted to shut down Super Smash Bros. Melee Evo event, not just stream |publisher=Polygon.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/evo-2013-stream-cance-is-back.338406/ |title=Evo 2013 Stream Cance--IS BACK |publisher=Smashboards forums |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> After a widespread backlash from the community, through social media and official channels, the decision to impede the live stream ''Melee'' was retracted, allowing EVO to follow its original schedule for all games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-of-america-allow-super-smash-bros-melee-to-be-streamed-at-evo-2013-2#share |title=Allow Super Smash Bros. Melee to be streamed at EVO 2013 |publisher=Changw.org |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shoryuken.com/2013/07/09/changes-to-evo-2013-smash-schedule/ |title=Update: Smash is Back!! Changes to Evo 2013 Smash Schedule |publisher=Shoryuken.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> With 709 players, EVO 2013 went on to be the largest ''Smash'' tournament of 2013, breaking the record for largest ''Smash'' tournament to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jul/01/evo-2013-confirmed-largest-super-smash-bros-tournament-date-nearly-700-participants/ |title=EVO 2013 confirmed as largest Super Smash Bros. tournament to date, nearly 700 participants |publisher=Eventhubs.com |accessdate=2015-08-10}}</ref> It also had twice the players as the previous largest ''Melee'' tournament, {{Trn|Pound 4}}.

===2015-2018: ''Smash 4'' along with ''Melee''===

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EVO 2015 went on to break another record for the largest Smash tournament, with both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' nearing 2,000 entrants. Despite concerns that featuring two ''Smash'' games on the lineup would result on a large player overlap, less than 16% of the total numbers of entrants registered for both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref> At EVO 2016, both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' broke their records for their largest tournaments, each of them breaking 2,000 entrants for the first time, and having over 4,000 unique players across both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evo2016.j.layershift.co.uk/match/statsPlayer |title= Player game stats |publisher= Bavo Bruylandt (aka acku80/bavobbr) |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> EVO 2016 remains the largest tournament for ''Smash 4'' and was the largest tournament for ''Melee'' for nearly nine years. In addition, the ''Smash 4'' tournament held the record for the largest Smash tournament overall for three years until EVO 2019 surpassed it. While ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' at EVO 2017 and 2018 did not have the largest tournament of the year, they are still among the top ten largest tournaments for each game.

==={{GameIcon|Melee}} ''Melee'' Winners {{GameIcon|Melee}}===

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==={{GameIcon|Brawl}} ''Brawl'' Winners {{GameIcon|Brawl}}===

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

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==={{GameIcon|SSB4-U}} ''Smash 4'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}===

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

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==={{GameIcon|SSBU}} ''Ultimate'' Winners {{GameIcon|SSBU}}===

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

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| [[EVO 2019|2019]] || Leonardo Lopez Perez || {{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}} || {{Head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} || {{Head|Pokémon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=16px}}

| [[EVO Japan 2020|Japan 2020]] || Shuto Moriya|| {{Sm|Shuton|Japan}}|| {{Head|Olimar|g=SSBU|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Kome|Japan}} || {{Head|Shulk|g=SSBU|s=16px}}

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===''Project M'' Winners <small>(side event)</small>===

! Year !! Player !! Tag !! Character(s) !! Runner-up !! Character(s)

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| [[EVO 2016|2016]] || Jonathan Sosa || {{Sm|Sosa|USA}} || {{PMHead|Wario|s=16px}} || {{Sm|Junebug|USA}} || {{PMHead|Diddy Kong|s=16px}}{{PMHead|Ike|s=16px}}

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**{{Sm|MkLeo}} of Mexico winning ''Ultimate'' at EVO 2019.

*{{Sm|Leffen}} won ''Melee'' at EVO 2018 and ''{{iw|Wikipedia|Guilty Gear Strive}}'' at [https://www.start.gg/tournament/evo-2023/details EVO 2023], becoming the first player to win both platform and traditional fighting game titles at official EVO events.

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