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Tournament:CEO

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Community Effort Orlando Series
The official logo for CEO 2015
Info
Founded 2010
Region United States
Format Double elimination
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada (2014)
Sweden Leffen (2015)
USA Hungrybox (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
PM Icon.png winners Chile ZeRo (2014)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo (2015, 2017)
USA ANTi (2016)
Mexico MkLeo (2018)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo (2019)
Most successful player(s) USA Hungrybox (Melee 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019)
Website(s) http://ceogaming.org/

The Community Effort Orlando series, or simply CEO, is an ongoing fighting game tournament series typically held annually in Orlando, Florida. CEO is widely recognized as one of the premier events for fighting games. The event is hosted and organized by Alex Jebailey and CEO Gaming. The series has held events for Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Project M, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

History

The tournament series began in 2010, with Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl as side events. The two games would be dropped after CEO 2011, but Melee would later return alongside Project M on the official game lineup at CEO 2014. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would later be introduced at CEO 2015, replacing Project M on the official lineup. For CEO 2019, for Wii U was replaced with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

List of tournaments

Event Date Attendance Games
CEO 2010* June 5th-6th, 2010 80+ Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. Brawl
CEO 2011* June 10th-12th, 2011 60+ Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. Brawl
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 262+ Super Smash Bros. MeleeProject M
CEO 2015* June 26th-28th, 2015 512+ Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. for Wii UProject M
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 1,488 Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 866 Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 1,091 Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 1,493 Super Smash Bros. MeleeSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Prior to CEO 2014, all Smash games were side events. In addition, Project M was a side event at CEO 2015.

Champions

Super Smash Bros. Melee Melee Winners Super Smash Bros. Melee

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2010 CEO 2010* Juan Debiedma USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Colbol FoxHeadSSBM.png
2011 CEO 2011* Juan Debiedma USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Linguini GanondorfHeadSSBM.png
2014 CEO 2014 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada PeachHeadSSBM.pngYoungLinkHeadSSBM.png USA Mango FoxHeadSSBM.png
2015 CEO 2015 William Hjelte Sweden Leffen FoxHeadSSBM.png Sweden Armada PeachHeadSSBM.pngFoxHeadSSBM.png
2016 CEO 2016 Juan Debiedma USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Mew2King SheikHeadSSBM.pngMarthHeadSSBM.png
2017 CEO 2017 Juan Debiedma USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Plup SheikHeadSSBM.pngFoxHeadSSBM.png
2018 CEO 2018 Juan Debiedma USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Plup SheikHeadSSBM.pngFoxHeadSSBM.png
2018 CEO 2019 Juan Debiedma USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Wizzrobe CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png

* Melee was a side event in 2010 and 2011.

Project MProject M WinnersProject M

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2014 CEO 2014 Gonzalo Barrios Chile ZeRo PitHeadSSBB.pngFoxHeadSSBB.png USA Wizzrobe SonicHeadSSBB.png
2015 CEO 2015* Forrest Griffin USA MrLz MrGame&WatchHeadSSBB.png USA Jfyst SonicHeadSSBB.png

* Project M was a side event in 2015.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Smash 4 Winners Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 CEO 2015 Gonzalo Barrios Chile ZeRo Sheik's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. USA Nairo Zero Suit Samus's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Dark Pit's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
2016 CEO 2016 Jason Bates USA ANTi Mario's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CloudHeadSSB4-U.pngMeta Knight's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.Zero Suit Samus's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. USA Zinoto Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
2017 CEO 2017 Gonzalo Barrios Chile ZeRo Diddy Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Mexico MKLeo Marth's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CloudHeadSSB4-U.pngMeta Knight's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.CorrinHeadSSB4-U.png
2018 CEO 2018 Leonardo Lopez Perez Mexico MkLeo CloudHeadSSB4-U.pngMarth's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngLucina's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. USA Tweek BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngCloudHeadSSB4-U.pngDonkey Kong's stock icon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Ultimate Winners Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2019 CEO 2019 Leonardo Lopez Perez Mexico MkLeo JokerHeadSSBU.png USA Marss ZeroSuitSamusHeadSSBU.png

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Brawl Winners Super Smash Bros. Brawl (side event)

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2010 CEO 2010* Akilade Akiwumi
Daniel Rodriguez

USA RedHalberd
USA ChuDat
USA HRNUT
USA Mero
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2011 CEO 2011 Akilade Akiwumi USA RedHalberd MetaKnightHeadSSBB.pngFalcoHeadSSBB.png USA Xaltis FalcoHeadSSBB.pngMetaKnightHeadSSBB.png

* The top 4 players decided to split.

Trivia

  • ESAM notably won Divekick at CEO 2014, having won a belt which is not for Smash Bros.

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