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. 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. 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.
Results
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
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Masaki Kawano KawanoKolin 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
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
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
Place Player Alias Character(s) 1st Marwan Berthe Wawa Gogeta (SSGSS)/Vegito (SSGSS)/Adult Gohan2nd 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
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
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
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
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
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