Evo 2026

2026 Evolution Championship Series

Evolution Championship Series logo
Tournament information
Location	Las Vegas, United States
Dates	June 26, 2026–June 28, 2026
Venue	Las Vegas Convention Center
Participants	5,774
Purse	US$500,000[1]
Final positions
Champions	SF6: Saul Leonardo "MenaRD" Mena II T8: Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique GGS: "RedDitto" 2XKO: "Hikari" GBVS:R: Matthieu "Kojicoco" Fardet FF:COTW: Xiao Hai IVS: "Akuri" ROA2: Justin "Plup" McGrath BBCF: "Fukku" UNI2: "BigBlack" VF5REVO: "GentlemanThief" VSAV: "Kaji"

Evo 2026, officially the 2026 Evolution Championship Series, was a fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from June 26 to 28, 2026. The event took place at the West Exhibition Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.^[1] It was part of the Evolution Championship Series, an annual open-bracket esports event focused on fighting games.

The main lineup consisted of twelve tournaments: Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear -Strive-, 2XKO, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Invincible VS, Rivals of Aether II, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes], Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage and Vampire Savior.^[1] The event had 5,774 unique competitors registered for at least one tournament.^[2]

Venue

Evo 2026 was held from June 26 to 28, 2026, at the West Exhibition Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Top-eight finals for six featured titles were held in an arena inside the same hall.^[1] The event included tournament play, publisher and developer booths, vendor areas, an arcade, artist displays, cosplay programming and publisher panels.^[1]

Games

The official Evo 2026 rules listed the following twelve main tournament games:^[1] Vampire Savior, a 1997 fighting game by Capcom, was included in the main lineup as an arcade title.^[3]

Broadcast

Evo 2026 competitions were streamed live on Twitch and YouTube.^[4]

Announcements

During Evo 2026, fighting game publishers announced characters, downloadable content and other updates for titles. These included the Samurai Outriders team for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Kenshiro for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, The Path of the Warrior: Art of Fighting 3R, Lux and Samira for 2XKO, season-one downloadable content for Invincible VS, Bob for Tekken 8, Robo-Ky for Guilty Gear -Strive- and downloadable content plans for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game.^[5] Other announcements concerned BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Rivals of Aether II, Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] and Virtua Fighter Crossroads.^[6]

Results

The following tables list the top-eight placements for the main tournaments.^[4][7] MenaRD won the Street Fighter 6 tournament, becoming the first player to win back-to-back Street Fighter 6 championships at Evo.^[8][9] Arslan Ash won the Tekken 8 tournament, defeating Rangchu in the final. The win was his eighth Evo title and his fourth consecutive Tekken tournament win at Evo.^[10][11]

Street Fighter 6
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Saul Leonardo Mena II	MenaRD	Blanka, M. Bison
2nd	unknown	Shigematsu	Blanka
3rd	Kilyan Faucheux	Kilzyou	Juri, Mai
4th	Jaime Bustos	Craime	M. Bison, Ryu
5th	Ryo Nozaki	Dogura	Elena
5th	unknown	Tantanmen	Jamie
7th	Lenny Almanzar	CrossoverRD	Sagat
7th	Kuang Zhen	Zhen	Dee Jay, Sagat, M. Bison

Tekken 8
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Arslan Siddique	Arslan Ash	Kunimitsu, Nina
2nd	Hyunho Jung	Rangchu	Fahkumram
3rd	Yoon Sun-woong	LowHigh	Bryan
4th	Sanghyeon Jeon	JeonDDing	Eddy
5th	Oh Dae-il	Meo-IL	Jack-8
5th	Qasim Meer	Qasim Meer	Azucena, Zafina
7th	Daichi Nakayama	Nobi	Lars, Steve
7th	Jarrad Gooden	Ninjakilla_212	Law

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Zeng Zhuojun	Xiaohai	Mr. Karate, Billy
2nd	Kenta Ichihara	mi2ha4	Rock
3rd	Shoji Sho	Fenritti	Mr. Karate
4th	Daniel Fuentes Garcia	Dany "El Maza"	Billy
5th	Akihito Sawada	SCORE	Mr. Karate, Andy
5th	Konstantinos Lamprou	K-TOP	Mr. Karate
7th	Abu Omar	AbuOmar	Kim Dong Hwan
7th	Chia-chen Tseng	ZJZ	Mr. Karate, Gato

Guilty Gear Strive
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	unknown	RedDitto	Ramlethal
2nd	Ismaila Gueye	Verix	Nagoriyuki
3rd	unknown	NitroNY	Leo
4th	Andre Covington	Cheryo	Goldlewis
5th	unknown	Kshuewhatdamoo	Johnny
5th	Kermit Alexander	Kermit	Baiken
7th	Kojiro Tsuchiya	Jiro	Anji
7th	unknown	T Y	Slayer, Giovanna

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Matthieu Koji Fardet	Kojicoco	Beatrix
2nd	unknown	Shio	Lowain
3rd	unknown	Miraias	Eustace, Seox
4th	Kyran Reives	Monarch	Metera
5th	Alvin Jackson	BlueSkyGuyBSG	Vaseraga
5th	unknown	ZanDori	Cagliostro
7th	unknown	Paid Actor	Vira
7th	unknown	Insurgent	Eustace

2XKO
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Jo'siah Miller	Hikari	Akali, Ahri
2nd	Dominique McLean / Lenwood Arnold	SonicFox / INZEM	Ahri, Jinx / Teemo, Thresh
3rd	Steve Carbajal	Supernoon	Teemo, Ekko
4th	Shunsuke Abe	poka	Akali, Ahri
5th	unknown / unknown	Toshi / Haru	Jinx / Thresh
5th	unknown	bleed	Ekko, Illaoi
7th	Hasni Rivallin	Noka	Ekko, Vi
7th	unknown	Globo	Teemo, Yasuo

Invincible VS
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	unknown	akuri__	Omni-Man, Robot, Rex Splode
2nd	Drew Stakelum	Zippy	Invincible, Omni-Man, Rex Splode
3rd	Timothy Horvath	BoyManGuyPalBudBroBae	Invincible, Omni-Man, Rex Splode
4th	Dylan G.	Dylnyan	Bulletproof, Omni-Man, Rex Splode
5th	unknown	ROW1	Robot, Omni-Man, Rex Splode
5th	unknown	Cold	Ella Mental, Rex Splode, Monster Girl
7th	Josh Jodoin	NerdJosh	Bulletproof, Rex Splode, Robot
7th	Trinity C.	Claysculpture	Bulletproof, Omni-Man, Atom Eve

Rivals of Aether II
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Justin McGrath	Plup	Orcane, La Reina
2nd	Alex Strobel	CakeAssault	Fleet, Forsburn
3rd	Nick Stango	Stango	Loxodont
4th	William Batista	Bbatts	Fleet
5th	unknown	Sophilo	Zetterburn
5th	Tarun Chemiti	Beastly	Zetterburn
7th	Stephen Myers	Sandstorm	Galvan
7th	Ryan Schrier	Yoda Cage	Absa

BlazBlue: Central Fiction
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	unknown	Fukku	Bang, Susanoo
2nd	Shoji Sho	Fenritti	Jin
3rd	Ryane Jimenez	xcaliburbladez	Carl
4th	unknown	Rascal	Bullet
5th	unknown	Makki	Rachel
5th	unknown	Masa	Mai
7th	unknown	chiri	Carl
7th	Kyran Reives	Monarch	Es, Lambda-11

Under Night In-Birth II
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Izayah Davis	BigBlack	Byakuya
2nd	Randy C.	knotts	Wagner, Seth
3rd	unknown	Pierre	Tsurugi
4th	Filip Koperwas	2GB Combo	Carmine
5th	unknown	NegaReaper	Tsurugi
5th	Michael Hernandez	PREMIUM STROKES	Phonon, Ogre
7th	unknown	Rio Jin-Mori	Hyde
7th	unknown	mobu murabito	Merkava

Vampire Savior
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	unknown	Kaji	Lilith
2nd	unknown	nakanishi	Bishamon
3rd	unknown	Atsuta	Hsien-Ko
4th	unknown	Decameron	Lord Raptor
5th	unknown	kosyo	B. B. Hood, Hsien-Ko, Q-Bee
5th	unknown	Sakamoto	Q-Bee
7th	unknown	orecom	Sasquatch
7th	unknown	DD	Sasquatch

Virtua Fighter 5
Place	Player	Alias	Character(s)
1st	Avery Carey	GentlemanThief	Jean Kujo, Akira Yuki
2nd	unknown	Gakusei Sarah	Kage-Maru, Sarah Bryant, Jacky Bryant
3rd	Randi S.	Tricky	Eileen
4th	Yohan Yon	VFNumbers	Lei-Fei
5th	Branden Cole	KNR	Akira Yuki
5th	unknown	Crazydrunk	Shun Di
7th	Connor McBride	Limy	Lei-Fei
7th	unknown	GenesisFrenzy	Aoi Umenokoji

References

External links

• Official website