User:Jeremybox/Evolution Championship Series

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The Evolution Championship Series (Evo for short) is the largest competitive Fighting Game competition held in the United States each year. The event has been running yearly since 2002. The 2009 Tournament was held at the Rio hotel and casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. July 17-19.

The rules of this competition[1] are commonly accepted as a neutral standard for other fighting game tournaments.[2]


A record 24,000 simultaneous viewers of the live stream was observed during the final day of Evo 2009.

EVO Moments[edit]

Evo is also known for it's 'evo moments', when something remarkable happens in a match, and becomes legendary.

Years, Games, and Winners[edit]

Event Date City Venue Events/Winners
EVOLUTION 2009 July 17-19, 2009 Las Vegas The Rio
Evo 2009 Results[3]
  • Street Fighter IV

1) Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 2) Justin Wong (Rufus, Balrog, Abel) 3) Ed Ma (Akuma, Zangief) 4) Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly (Akuma, Cammy) 5) Long “ShadyK” Tran (Akuma) 5) Eduardo “Vvv scrub” Perez-frangie (Balrog, E.Honda) 7) Takashi “Dan from Japan” Hukushi (Ryu) 7) Ricky Ortiz (Rufus)

  • SSF2T HD Remix

1) Hung “Afro Legends” Nguyen (Balrog, Dee Jay) 2) John Choi (Ryu) 3) Damien “Damdai” Dailidenas (Ken, Zangief) 4) Graham Wolfe (Balrog) 5) David Sirlin (Fei Long, Cammy, M.Bison) 5) Louis “Thelo” Paquin (E.Honda) 7) Alex “CaliPower” Valle (Ryu) 7) Alex “Sin” Salguero (Dhalsim)

  • Marvel vs Capcom 2

1) Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly 2) Justin Wong 3) Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza 4) Bill “Deus” Wellman 5) Marc “Madbooface” Ansay 5) SooMighty (Magneto/Storm/Psylocke) 7) Jay “Ytwojay” Son (Magneto/Storm/Psylocke) 7) Erik “SmoothViper” Arroyo

  • SF3 3rd Strike 2-on-2 Teams

1) Justin Wong (Chun Li) and Issei Suzuki (Yun) 2) Jimmy “Emphynaps” Tran (Urien) and Rommel (Yang) 3) Mark “Mopreme” Rogoyski (Ryu) and Ryan “Fubarduck” Harvey (Chun Li) 4) Alex “CaliPower” Valle (Ken) and J.R. Rodriguez (Akuma) 5) Lee Cephas (Dudley) and Starboy (Ken) 5) Amir (Chun Li) and Thomas (Ibuki) 7) Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont (Makoto) and Sanchez (Alex) 7) Hsien Chang (Yun) and Ricky Ortiz (Chun Li)

  • Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus

1) Latif (Eddie) 2) Marn (Eddie, Jam) 3) FlashMetroid (May) 4) Hellmonkey (Baiken) 5) Elvenshadow (Faust) 5) Senkei (Faust) 7) Wuku (Testament) 7) Joe Higashi (Chipp)

  • Soul Calibur 4

1) malek (Ivy) 2) KDZaster (Cassandra, Astaroth) 3) thugish_pond (Amy, Hilde) 4) Ceirnian (Hilde) 5) Omega (Zasalamel, Nightmare) 5) RTD (Hilde) 7) AlphaMale (Voldo) 7) Dreamkiller (Amy)

  • Street Fighter IV Regional Team Exhibition

1) Team East Coast 2) Team Wildcard 3) Team Southwest 3) Team SoCal 5) Team Midwest 5) Team Northwest 5) Team Norcal 5) Team Southeast

EVOLUTION 2008 July ??, 2008 Las Vegas Tropicana
Evo 2008 Results
EVOLUTION 2007 ??, 2007 ?? ??
Evo 2007 Results
EVOLUTION 2006 ??, 2006 ?? ??
Evo 2006 Results
EVOLUTION 2005 ??, 2005 ?? ??
Evo 2005 Results
EVOLUTION 2004 ??, 2004 ?? ??
Evo 2004 Results
EVOLUTION 2003 ??, 2003 ?? ??
Evo 2003 Results
EVOLUTION 2002 ??, 2002 ?? ??
Evo 2002 Results

External links[edit]

evo homepage

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evolution Championship Series. "Tournament Rules". evo2k.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. ^ Vanhove, Kyle (2009-07-10). "Street Fighter Tournament in the Empire Mall this Saturday". Examiner.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  3. ^ Evo2k. "Evolution 2009 Winners". evo2k.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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