# Evo 2022

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

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: Champion 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |