2022 Evolution Championship Series

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Tournament information
Location	Las Vegas, United States
Dates	August 5, 2022–August 7, 2022
Venue(s)	Mandalay Bay
Final positions
Champions	GGS: Claire "UMISHO" Harrison SFVAE: Masaki Kawano T7: Jae-min "Knee" Bae KOFXV: Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng DBFZ: Marwan "Wawa" Berthe GBVS: "Gamera" MK11U: Matías "Scorpionprocs" Martínez MBTL: Jing SG2E: Dominique "SonicFox" McLean
Tournament statistics
Attendance	~7,500

The 2022 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2022 or EVO 2022) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 5 to 7, 2022 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, as well as the newly released Melty Blood: Type Lumina, Granblue Fantasy Versus and The King of Fighters XV. It also marks the first time that Skullgirls was a main event game 10 years after its release.^[1] This is the first tournament held in-person since 2019. This is the first tournament sponsored under the co-sponsors Sony Corporation and Pokimane-led RTS.

Venue

EVO 2022 was, once again, hosted at the Mandalay Bay resort. The Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosted the first two days of the event, while Michelob Ultra Arena hosted the final day for the fifth consecutive tournament.

Games

The lineup was announced in March 2022 to have 9 games. Returning from last year are Tekken 7 and Dragon Ball FighterZ. Street Fighter V and Mortal Kombat 11 returned as updates Street Fighter V: Championship Edition and Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate respectively. New additions are Guilty Gear Strive, KOF XV (replacing KOF XIV), Granblue Fantasy Versus, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, and Skullgirls 2nd Encore. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was confirmed not to return to the tournament before the official reveal, marking the first time a Smash game was not in the main lineup since EVO 2012.^[2]

Participants

7,445 participants were at Evo 2022.

Broadcast

As usual, the tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch, broadcast across multiple different streams.

Reveals

A surprise teaser for an undisclosed Tekken project was showcased during Tekken 7's tournament. It would later be formally announced as Tekken 8 during Sony's State of Play presentation on September 13, 2022.^[3][4]

Results

Guilty Gear Strive
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Claire Harrison	UMISHO	Happy Chaos
2nd	Molham Qazili	Slash	May
3rd	William Hjelte	Leffen	Zato-1
4th	Julian Harris	Hotashi	Nagoriyuki
5th	Justin Campbell	PepperySplash	Zato-1
5th	Jaewon Kim	Daru	I-No
7th	unknown	Bean	Chipp
7th	Matthew Tulloch	TempestNYC	Leo

Street Fighter V: Championship Edition
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Masaki Kawano	Kawano	Kolin
2nd	Derek Ruffin	iDom	Laura, Poison
3rd	Tsunehiro Kanamori	gachikun	Rashid
4th	Hajime Taniguchi	Tokido	Urien, Luke
5th	Daigo Umehara	Daigo	Guile
5th	Li-Wei Lin	Oil King	Rashid, Seth
7th	David Edwards	JustAKid	Juri
7th	Nathan Massol	Mister Crimson	Dhalsim

Tekken 7
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Jae-Min Bae	Knee	Feng
2nd	Imran Khan	Khan	Geese
3rd	Arslan Siddique	Arslan Ash	Zafina
4th	Sang-hyun Jeon	Jeondding	Julia, Eddy Gordo
5th	Oh Dae-il	Meo-IL	Geese
5th	Vincent Homan	Super Akouma	Akuma
7th	Jeong Hyeon-ho	Rangchu	Julia, Panda
7th	unknown	PINYA	Master Raven

The King of Fighters XV
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Chia-Chen Tseng	ZJZ	Kula/Krohnen/B. Jenet
2nd	Lin Chiahung	E.T.	Kula/B. Jenet/Krohnen
3rd	Chen Sui Yang	Xiaohey	Benimaru/Rock Howard/Kyo Kusanagi
4th	Myung Gu Kang	Lacid	Meitenkun/Shermie/Ash
5th	Ruben Partida	PAKO	Chizuru/Luong/Elisabeth
5th	Akihito Sawada	Score	Yashiro/Chizuru/B.Jenet
7th	Julio Gomez	Seis mx	Kula/Chizuru/Krohnen
7th	unknown	mok	Kurki/B. Jenet/Krohnen

Dragon Ball FighterZ
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Marwan Berthe	Wawa	Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Adult Gohan
2nd	Shamar H.	Nitro	Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Goku (SSGSS)/Android 21
3rd	unknown	Yasha	Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Android 18
4th	Mohamed Sobti	Kayne	Gogeta (SS4)/Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Tien
5th	Eric Bonilla	LegendaryyPred	Teen Gohan/Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Android 21
5th	Shoji Sho	Fenritti	Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Android 21 (Lab Coat)
7th	Joan Namay Millones	Shanks	Perfect Cell/Vegeta (Super Saiyan)/Janemba
7th	Brandon Wanders	Zane	Zamasu (Fused)/Android 21 (Lab Coat)/Beerus

Granblue Fantasy Versus
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	unknown	Gamera	Djeeta, Vira
2nd	unknown	Tororo	Percival
3rd	unknown	Tako	Belial
4th	unknown	Ren	Charlotta, Avatar Belial, Seox
5th	unknown	Kamiki C	Beelzebub
5th	Mikel Aramburu	Dragoi	Belial
7th	Jeff P.	Zombmu	Cagliostro
7th	Oscar Jaimes	Shinku	Vira

Mortal Kombat 11
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Matías Martínez	Scorpionprocs	Fujin, Kabal, Kung Lao, Liu Kang
2nd	Curtis McCall	Rewind	Kano, Kotal Khan, Liu Kang
3rd	Nicolás Martínez	Nicholas	Kabal/Fujin, Kung Lao
4th	Denom Jones	A F0xy Grampa	RoboCop, Nightwolf, Kitana
5th	Elhaan Rashid	Han Rashid	Fujin
5th	Dominique McLean	SonicFox	RoboCop, Joker, Cassie Cage, Shang Tsung
7th	Bruno Henrique Sousa	KillerXinok	Spawn
7th	Joey Cortez	KingGambler	Sub-Zero

Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	unknown	Jing	Hisui
2nd	Damian Fullbright	Masoma	Vlov
3rd	unknown	Kiri	Noel
4th	Jose Ballestero	ScrawtVermillion	Mario
5th	unknown	uncle_akkey	Shiki
5th	unknown	ul	Shiki
7th	Eli Zhu	Safe	Vlov
7th	unknown	Lunar	Dead Apostle Noel

Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Dominique McLean	SonicFox	Ms. Fortune/Annie/Robo-Fortune
2nd	Jon Coello	dekillsage	Filia/Big Band/Annie
3rd	unknown	penpen	Ms. Fortune/Big Band/Annie, Ms. Fortune/Robo-Fortune/Annie
4th	Daniel Normandia	Cloud	Valentine/Cerebella/Double
5th	Jeremiah Beaty	WingZero	Filia
5th	Josue Nunez	LazyBakeOven	Ms. Fortune/Eliza
7th	unknown	Stuff	Painwheel/Robo-Fortune/Cerebella
7th	unknown	Dudeguy M.B.	Beowulf

External links

• Official website

References