Evo 2016

2016 Evolution Championship Series

Tournament information
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Dates	July 15–17, 2016
Tournament format(s)	Double elimination
Venue(s)	Las Vegas Convention Center; Mandalay Bay Events Center
Final positions
Champions	SFV: Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee SSBM: Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma GGXrdR: Masahiro "Machaboo" Tominaga UMvC3: Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez MKXL: Dominique "SonicFox" McLean KI: Darnell "Sleep" Waller PT: Hisharu "Tonosama" Abe SSB4: Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce T7:FR: Jin-woo "Saint" Choi
Tournament statistics
Attendance	15,000
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The 2016 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2016 or EVO 2016) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas on July 15–17. Being hosted on the twentieth anniversary of the Evolution Championship Series,^[1] the event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Pokkén Tournament. Participation reached record-breaking numbers, with over 5,000 people registering for the Street Fighter competition alone. 2016 was the first time the Evo Grand Finals were held in an arena and were broadcast by ESPN2 in addition to Twitch.

The Street Fighter V competition was won by Infiltration, winning over $50,000 USD, with second place going to Fuudo. Hungrybox won the Super Smash Bros. Melee competition for the first time, defeating previous champion Armada with a one-stock difference. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was won by Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce for the first time.