Everything to know about Evo 2024: Games, schedule, streams, and results

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) breaks records in 2024: in terms of the number of participants and the level of esports competition.

As a fighting games event, Evo has a few layers — and all of them are super exciting. It is a high-stakes competition, with the top-tier qualifiers for the main games. It is a platform for big announcements, from new characters to new games. And it's a celebration of the community, where thousands gather to play and have fun, and millions share the vibe online. Evo is absolutely special for the fighting games community (FGC)! And Evo 2024 confirms and strengthens this reputation.

Everything about Evo 2024 is here: various technical details and some info on what to expect from the event and the tournaments. Results of Evo 2024 have been added to the dedicated section.

Where to watch Evo 2024

The official Evo Events channel on YouTube has all the Evo 2024 streams and also VODs of top 6 final parts and individual matches.

Evo 2024 results

The results of the main Evo 2024 tournaments are in this section.

Dragon Ball FighterZ

INZEM fell to the losers brackets after the winners semi-final vs Zane. He then defeated the same opponent to proceed to the grand final.

Hikari, the DBFZ Evo 2023 champion and the DBFZ World Tour 2023-24 winner, defeated Lucar in the semi and Zane in the final. But INZEM turned out to be a tough opponent.

INZEM reset the bracket and then won the tournament. INZEM is the DBFZ Evo 2023 champion congratulations! This victory is a big step towards the goal INZEM mentions in his interview for esports.gg.

Placement
Player
DBFZ World Tour points earned
1INZEM600
2Hikari400
3NGNL Esports | Zane300
4Kali Mac200
5-6Alekovich150
5-6Lucar150
7-8Cloud805100
7-8rock_mf100

The King of Fighters XV

Xiaohai proved that The King of Fighter XV is still the main game for him (even if he reaches top placements in Street Fighter 6 too). In the KOF XV Evo 2024 tournament, the player defeated three mighty opponents: SCORE, Tamago, and E.T.

Xiaohai is The King of Fighters XV Evo 2024 champion. He got an invite to the SNK World Championship 2024.

KOF XV top 6 brackets (image via start.gg)
KOF XV top 6 brackets (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
1Qanba | Xiaohai
2BrookX Gear | E.T.
3Tamago
4Tengu X Crew | ViolentKain
5-6Clan Del Mal | KoferoHonesto
5-6Amaterasu | SCORE
7-8Shinwa Promotion | mok
7-8Lacid

Mortal Kombat 1

SonicFox had two confident victories in the top 6 part of the MK1 Evo 2024 tournament and one super tough. First, the legendary player defeated MKJavierMK in the semi and Zeeus in the final. 

Nicolas fell to the losers after the semi-final and eventually proceeded to the grand final. After three first games, he reached the match point situation, but SonicFox did not let the opponent reset the bracket. They won two games and the match.

SonicFox is the MK1 Evo 2024 champion. It’s the 7th such title for them.

MK1 Evo 2024 top 6 brackets (image via start.gg)
MK1 Evo 2024 top 6 brackets (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
1SonicFox
2TopSieteGames | Nicolas
3TopSieteGames | Zeeus
4TheMightyUnjust
5-6Team Panther | MKJavierMK
5-6REZ Esports | Dyloch
7-8Pittsburgh Knights | Pittsburgh Knights
7-8Konqueror249

Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes]

Senaru defeated Oushuu-Hittou in the winners semi-final and then Mo.Sin in the final.The grand final against Mo.Sin was more difficult for Senaru. He won two first games, but then the opponent attempted a reverse sweep and was close to it. In the decisive game, Senaru won the match and the whole UNI2 Evo 2024 tournament.

Placement
Player
UNI2 character
1SenaruEltnum
2Mo.SinKuon
3NotesCarmine
4Boston Blue Beat | DefiantLondrekia
5-6Oushuu-HittouSeth
5-6MarioWagner
7-8MawaruHilda
7-8BigBlackByakuya

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

MOV and Issei played in the winners final and MOV got a clear victory. Issei had a close match vs Chi-Rithy and proceeded to the grand final too. The player even reset the bracket in match 1. Then, MOV recovered and won the tournament.

SFIII top 6 brackets (image via start.gg)
SFIII top 6 brackets (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
Street Fighter III character
1MOVChun-Li, Elena, Ken
2IsseiYun
3Chi-RithyChun-Li
4Pro Gamers World | HayaoHugo
5-6FrankieBFGKen
5-6ResolveUrien
7-8NiaBanHMakoto
7-8ShirokuroChun-Li

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Aarondamac defeated Vermillion in the semi-final and faced Tororo from Japan in the winners final. That was a close fight, and Aarondamac proceeded to the GBVSR Evo 2024 grand final.

Tororo had a tough match vs Kojicoco. The opponent was close to closing the series, but his own mistake did not let Kojicoco succeed (a drop of a seemingly easy combo in a crucial moment).

In the decisive match, Aarondamac performed a reverse sweep and won the tournament.

Aarondamac is the Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Evo 2024 champion. Congratulations!

GBVS Rising top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
GBVS Rising top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)

Guilty Gear Strive

Nitro fell to the losers brackets after the winners final against tatuma. But he defeated RedDitto in the losers final and still proceeded to the grand final.

The American player reset the bracket with a clear 3:0, and then Nitro won a super close grand final reset.

Nitro is the Guilty Gear Strive Evo 2024 champion. Congratulations!

This victory is a remarkable transition of the player from DBFZ to GGST.

Guilty Gear Strive top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
Guilty Gear Strive top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
Guilty Gear Strive character
AWT points earned
1FlyQuest | NitroJack-O’, GiovannaInvite to the AWT 2024 Finals
2tatumaSol Badguy100
3RedDittoRamlethal45
4Paragon | ZandoAsuka20
5-6OoeyGooeyChewySnickerAnji12
5-6JackHappy Chaos12
7-8TSM | LeffenHappy Chaos8
7-8SOLO Esport | VerixNagoriyuki8

TEKKEN 8

Two Pakistani players defeated their opponents in the semi-finals and reached the winners final of the TEKKEN 8 tournament at Evo 2024: ATIF and Arslan Ash. Then, they faced each other twice, and Arslan Ash won twice.

ATIF, the winner of CEO 2024, gave a great fight — especially in the grand final. But in the last game, he couldn’t reset the brackets.

Arslan Ash is the TEKKEN 8 Evo 2024 champion. Congratulations!

It’s the fifth Evo title for the player. Arslan Ash is the first Evo Champion for TEKKEN 8.

TEKKEN 8 top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
TEKKEN 8 top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
TEKKEN 8 character
TWT points earned
1Red Bull | Arslan AshNina800
2Team Falcons | ATIFDragunov, Feng560
3YAMASA | NobiDragunov400
4KWANGDONG FREECS | ULSANDragunov, Reina300
5-6Dragons Esports | RaefJin220
5-6ZETA DIVISION | KEISUKEKazuya220
7-8Karmine Corp | JDCRDragunov180
7-8KWANGDONG FREECS | CBMJin180

Street Fighter 6

The main fight of the SF6 Evo 2024 tournament was between Punk and Big Bird. First, they faced each other in the winners final, and Punk won 3:0.

In the losers brackets, Big Bird defeated EndingWalker to play vs Punk again, in the grand final. He won the first match, but then Punk recovered and adapted — to win in a very close grand final reset.

Punk is the Street Fighter 6 Evo 2024 champion. Congratulations!

Street Fighter 6 top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
Street Fighter 6 top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
SF6 character
1FlyQuest | PunkCammy, Akuma
2NASR | Big BirdRashid
3MOUZ | EndingWalkerEd
4Shinobism Gaming | MomochiEd
5-6Saishunkan Sol Kumamoto | NemoM.Bison, Blanka, JP
5-6Geekay Esports | ZhenDee Jay
7-8NASR | AngryBirdKen
7-8ROHTO | TokidoKen

Main and community games at Evo 2024

Traditionally, the main program of Evo is limited to a few of the most popular titles and one legacy game. At the same time, there are many other fighting games tournaments happening at the venue as the Community Showcase lineup. 

The main games of Evo 2024 are the following.

  • TEKKEN 8, a World Tour Master+ event
  • Street Fighter 6, a Capcom Pro Tour Premier qualifier
  • Guilty Gear Strive, an Arc World Tour Platinum
  • Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, an AWT Platinum
  • Under Night In-Birth II (UNI2), an AWT Platinum
  • The King of Fighters XV, an SNK World Championship qualifier
  • Mortal Kombat 1
  • Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, a legacy tournament

The Evo 2024 Community Showcase tournaments highlight 18 fighting games.

  • Dragon Ball FighterZ, a DBFZ World Tour Power Plus event
  • DNF Duel
  • Soulcalibur VI
  • Melty Blood: Type Lumina
  • Killer Instinct
  • Skullgirls 2nd Encore
  • Samurai Shodown (2019)
  • BlazBlue: Central Fiction and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
  • Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
  • Capcom vs SNK 2
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Ultra Street Fighter IV, and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
  • Vampire Savior
Evo 2024 Community Showcase (image via Evo)
Evo 2024 Community Showcase (image via Evo)

Evo 2024 schedule

The fighting games esports event Evo 2024 continues from July 19 to July 21. In the table below, you’ll find the schedule for primary games — the final top 6 brackets.

Tournament
Date
PT start time
ET start time
The King of Fighters XVSaturday, July 2010 a.m.1 p.m.
Mortal Kombat 1Saturday, July 201 p.m.4 p.m.
UNI2Saturday, July 204 p.m.7 p.m.
Street Fighter III: 3rd StrikeSaturday, July 20 7 p.m.10 p.m.
Granblue Fantasy Versus: RisingSunday, July 2110 a.m.1 p.m.
Guilty Gear StriveSunday, July 211 p.m.4 p.m.
TEKKEN 8Sunday, July 214 p.m.7 p.m.
Street Fighter 6Sunday, July 217 p.m.10 p.m.

The full Evo 2024 schedule is in the image below.

Evo 2024 Stream Schedule (image via Evo)
Evo 2024 Stream Schedule (image via Evo)

Not-to-miss Evo 2024 tournaments 

Some of the tournaments at Evo 2024 deserve special attention.

  • TEKKEN 8 has a unique Master+ Event of the TEKKEN World Tour 2024. The winner earns 800 standing points. To compare, the winner of the Master event at The MIXUP 2024, double, got 560 points.
  • Street Fighter 6 starts a series of offline qualifiers of the Capcom Pro Tour 2024. The event is of the Premier tier, and the Evo SF6 winner gets a direct invite to the Capcom Cup 11.
  • The Arc World Tour 2024 features only a few Platinum Events for Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, and UNI2. The top players earn many standing points, and the winners get direct invites to the AWT Global Finals 2024.
  • The King of Fighters XV winner qualifies for the SNK World Championship 2025. It's a unique opportunity, as these invites are available only for winners of top events, like Evo and Combo Breaker 2024.
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ has been revived for the DBFZ World Tour 202425. The Evo 2024 tournament is of the highest tier, Power Plus. The winner earns 600 standing points. A Power event winner, like INZEM at CEO 2024, gets 400 points.

Reveals and announcements 

In addition to the primary fun of esports tournaments, Evo 2024 is a great platform for game developers to showcase their products. Sure, it is rather impossible to predict all the announcements and reveals, but we can list new characters and games we are looking forward to seeing at the event.

  • 2XKO: Braum is playable at Evo 2024, and it's interesting to hear the community feedback on this LoL champion in the fighting environment.
  • TEKKEN 8: Lidia joins the playable roster a day after Evo 2024. We can expect a reveal of the next TEKKEN 8 DLC character.
  • Street Fighter 6: the developers may show a gameplay trailer for the next character, Terry Bogard.
  • Guilty Gear Strive: there was a promise of Season 4 after the release of Slayer, but no info on who the next GGST character was revealed yet. We should get a trailer.
  • Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact will be released in 2024, and we got info on new characters recently. The developers may share the release date.
  • Dragon Ball Sparking Zero may show a new trailer — maybe with the reveal date too.
  • Mortal Kombat 1: the developers teased some reveals for Comic Con, but it would be weird not to have an MK1 announcement at Evo 2024, like the announcement of the Final Kombat 2024-2025.
  • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is a highly anticipated game, and SNK should reveal more details on it during Evo 2024.

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