Top 5 Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournaments in The World

Updated:

15 Jul 2019

Here Are The Best Smash Ultimate Tournaments

Video game tournaments in the past few years have blown up in popularity, allowing players to compete on a global scale for a sizeable amount of money.

All of the biggest tournaments will have players from all around the world, with people watching live in the arena or on stream from home.

Here are five of the biggest tournaments that include Smash Bros. Ultimate in the world and their prize pool, in no particular order.

5. CEO

Video games right by the beach: best of both worlds

Held in Daytona Beach, Florida, CEO is a wrestling spectacle! The main stage is held on a full sized wrestling ring, with players entering like a wrestler too. Not only are pro eSport players there: many wrestlers makeare making guest appearances in the event as well, such aslike Cody Rhodes.

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - $15,000 prize pool (2018)
Tekken 7 - $8,560 prize pool(2018)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - $11,640 prize pool (2019)
Dragon Ball Fighterz - $11,630 prize pool (2018)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Singles - $6,790 prize pool (2018)

CEO trailer

4. Evo

Hey! Down in front!

One of the United States biggest fighting game tournaments, held in the same city wherecity as some of where the biggest boxing matches occurred, Las Vegas, Nevada. Stands for Evolution Championship Series, EVO is one of the longest-running tournaments in the world. In 2019, Smash Ultimate will be held there for its first year since the game has been released.

Dragon Ball Fighterz - $25,790 prize pool (2018)
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - $84,990 prize pool (2018)
Tekken 7 - $15,470 prize pool (2018)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - $13,580 prize pool (2018)
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle - $11,810 prize pool (2018)

EVO trailer

3. Smash 'N' Splash

No splashing is allowed in the gaming area

A tournament focusing solely on the Super Smash Bros. franchise, with over 3,000 competitors competing for the number one spot. Held in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, Smash ‘N’ Splash celebrates everything Smash related, and also has all kinds of other events outside of competing as well.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles - $16,000 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Doubles - $6,320 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles - $13,380 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles - $4,380 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Project M Singles - $5,262 prize pool (2019)

Smash 'N' Splash trailer

2. Get On My Level

They know whats up in the North

One of Canada’s biggest Smash tournaments held in Toronto, Ontario, and on its sixth year as of 2019. 2019 was a big year for GOML, as it was the first year to include many other fighting games in it’s events, such as Dragon Ball Fighterz and Street Fighter V. This year was also the first time the event featured a 24 hour venue, so attendees can play friendly matches, or even just hang out playing other video gamesdoing nothing, all night!

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles - $9,435 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Doubles - $2,302 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles - $4,678 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles - $891 prize pool (2019)
Super Smash Bros. 64 - $282 prize pool (2019)

Get On My Level trailer

1. Umebura Japan Major

How do you say "good game' in Japanese?

Held in Tokyo, Japan, Umebura is a fun event where pro players from the US can take on players from Japan face to face on their home turf. Though 2019 was its first year to get over 1000 attendees, Umebura is only going to grow from here, gaining popularity in the world.

Unfortunately numbers for the prize pool are not revealed, due to restrictions with Japan’s gambling laws also including eSports, preventing players from earning huge sums of prize money.