Smash World Tour 2021 Championships
Dates	December 17th-19th, 2021
Venue	Hilton Orlando
Address/City	6001 Destination Parkway Orlando, Florida
Attendance	718
Pot size(s)	$150,000
Results
winners	Plup1v1  Jflex & 2saint2v2
winners	MkLeo1v1  Justice & Mystery Sol2v2

TheSmash World Tour 2021 Championships was theSuper Smash Bros. Melee andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate finale forSmash World Tour 2021, and was held in Orlando, Florida from December 17th-19th, 2021. The 32 players of each game who qualified through the Regional Finals participated in the tournament. ALast Chance Qualifier for each game was held on December 17th with the top 8 players qualifying,^[1] bringing the total to 40 players for each game. The tournament had the third-largest singles pot for aMelee tournament and the second-largest singles pot for anUltimate tournament. Qualified players could not enter side events, and side events were not streamed.^[2]

Format[edit]

There was a round-robin Group Stage and a final double-elimination Championship Bracket for each game. The 40 players were divided into eight round-robin groups, with each one including a player from theLast Chance Qualifier. The first placing player of each group was sent to the winners' side of the Championship Bracket, while the second and third placing player of each group was sent the losers' side of the Championship Bracket. The Top 24 was played in the Championship Bracket in a double-elimination format. All sets were best of 5, in both the Group Stage and Championship Bracket.

The Last Chance Qualifier on December 17th was played up until the top 8, with the top 8 not being played out.^[3] Four sets in group were played on December 17th during Phase 1 of the Last Chance Qualifier: Seed #1 vs. #3, #1 vs. #4, #2 vs. #3, and #2 vs. #4. The remaining six sets (Seed #1 vs. #2, Seed #3 vs. #4, and the Last Chance Qualifier player's four sets) were played on December 18th. Winners' Quarters, Losers' Round 1, and Losers' Round 2 of the Championship Bracket were played on December 18th. The Championship Bracket was played to completion on December 19th, starting with Winners' Semis and Losers' top 12.

In the event of a two-way tie in a Group Stage round-robin, the tie was to be broken by the head-to-head of game wins between the players. In a three-way tie, the following tiebreakers were applied, in the following order:^[4]

1. Game win percentage in the Group Stage is defined as total games won divided by total games played.
2. If still tied, the tied players would play another Round Robin with a best of 1 match. If still tied, this step would be repeated until the tie was resolved.

Melee Group Stage[edit]

Group	Seed #1	Seed #2	Seed #3	Seed #4	LCQ Player
Group A	Wizzrobe	Frenzy	Aura	HP	Mew2King
Group B	Plup	Aklo	Ice	Shippu	Ginger
Group C	aMSa	Kalamazhu	Gahtzu	Far!	Jmook
Group D	Hungrybox	Fiction	Nicki	Sock	Luigi Ka-Master
Group E	SFAT	Professor Pro	Zamu	Inngenn	Magi
Group F	KoDoRiN	lloD	Jah Ridin'	JCAM	Panda
Group G	Polish	Pipsqueak	Spark	Chape	Colbol
Group H	Trif	Faceroll	Sora	Ben	Axe

Ultimate Group Stage[edit]

Group	Seed #1	Seed #2	Seed #3	Seed #4	LCQ Player
Group A	MkLeo	Peli	Myran	Jdizzle	Anathema
Group B	Sparg0	Scend	Lea	Tomberry	Marss
Group C	ProtoBanham	MVD	Wrath	XIFL	MuteAce
Group D	Kola	Shuton	moxi	Sintro	Kobe
Group E	Maister	Riddles	Tarik	Br1 AV	Zomba
Group F	Glutonny	KEN	BassMage	Capitancito	Tilde
Group G	Dabuz	Sonix	SKITTLES!!	alice	Chag
Group H	Tweek	sisqui	Cloudy	Kiyarash	Cosmos

Players qualified[edit]

Melee[edit]

The following players qualified through the circuit forMelee:

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were invited but did not attend the regional final.

The following players replaced those that did not attend:

• NA West: Aura, Spark. With no one fromSWT: NA West Melee Regional Finals available, Spark was selected because he was considered for the tournament, but was unable to compete at the time.
• NA East: Zamu, Ben.
• Europe: Sock. With no European players available, Smash World Tour elected to give Oceania more representation by giving the spot to Sock.
• East Asia: Shippu.

** Invited due to the regional final being cancelled.

Ultimate[edit]

The following players qualified through the circuit forUltimate:

Players denoted with an asterisk (*) were invited but did not attend the regional final.

The following player replaced Yei:

• Central America: Capitancito.

** Invited due to the regional final being cancelled.
*** Invited due to the eight Southeast Asian players being unable to attend the regional final.

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(40 entrants)
Championship Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Plup		$20,000
2nd	Wizzrobe		$13,000
3rd	Polish		$8,000
4th	Trif		$4,000
5th	aMSa		$2,000
5th	Hungrybox		$2,000
7th	Faceroll		$1,000
7th	Pipsqueak		$1,000
9th	Magi		$1,000
9th	Aklo		$1,000
9th	lloD		$1,000
9th	Frenzy		$1,000
13th	Jmook		$1,000
13th	Ice		$1,000
13th	Colbol		$1,000
13th	KoDoRiN		$1,000
17th	Professor Pro		$1,000
17th	Sora		$1,000
17th	Nicki		$1,000
17th	Panda		$1,000
17th	Mew2King		$1,000
17th	Kalamazhu		$1,000
17th	Fiction		$1,000
17th	SFAT		$1,000
25th	Axe		$500
25th	Chape		$500
25th	Jah Ridin'		$500
25th	Zamu		$500
25th	Sock		$500
25th	Gahtzu		$500
25th	Ginger		$500
25th	Aura		$500
33rd	Spark		$500
33rd	Ben		$500
33rd	JCAM		$500
33rd	Inngenn		$500
33rd	Ka-Master		$500
33rd	Far!		$500
33rd	Shippu		$500
33rd	HP		$500

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]

(40 entrants)
Championship Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	MkLeo		$20,000
2nd	Cosmos		$13,000
3rd	Sparg0		$8,000
4th	Zomba		$4,000
5th	Dabuz		$2,000
5th	Kola		$2,000
7th	ProtoBanham		$1,000
7th	KEN		$1,000
9th	Sonix		$1,000
9th	MuteAce		$1,000
9th	Shuton		$1,000
9th	sisqui		$1,000
13th	Maister		$1,000
13th	Glutonny		$1,000
13th	Scend		$1,000
13th	Riddles		$1,000
17th	Tweek		$1,000
17th	Marss		$1,000
17th	Anathema		$1,000
17th	BassMage		$1,000
17th	moxi		$1,000
17th	SKITTLES!!		$1,000
17th	MVD		$1,000
17th	Myran		$1,000
25th	Chag		$500
25th	Cloudy		$500
25th	Tarik		$500
25th	Capitancito		$500
25th	Kobe		$500
25th	Wrath		$500
25th	Lea		$500
25th	Jdizzle		$500
33rd	alice		$500
33rd	Kiyarash		$500
33rd	Tilde		$500
33rd	Br1 AV		$500
33rd	Sintro		$500
33rd	XIFL		$500
33rd	Tomberry		$500
33rd	Peli		$500

Side events[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(60 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Jflex		2saint
2nd	DSJ		Fizz
3rd	Redd		Drephen
4th	Wevans		119j
5th	Preeminent		Joey Donuts
5th	Komodo		Kuya
7th	Yeti		Zidane
7th	Chem		Krudo
9th	Mekk		NoFluxes
9th	Excel_Zero		Kata
9th	MOF		Dybloons
9th	Alextrer		Sandbag
13th	Axis		Akir
13th	SandBag		Captain G
13th	Lad		OC Mike the Franchise
13th	envy		DonB

Super Smash Bros. Melee Mid Tier singles[edit]

(143 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Kuya
2nd	Akir
3rd	bambi
4th	prof
5th	codeman
5th	Drephen
7th	Sandbag
7th	TheSWOOPER
9th	Mati
9th	Preeminent
9th	DJoy
9th	Voo
13th	Excel_Zero
13th	JRad
13th	Mekk
13th	werewolfwill
17th	Guppy
17th	m0ppu
17th	Shamunt
17th	Captain G
17th	AVA_YANOS
17th	Jflex
17th	Slow
17th	Lily
25th	Proobie44
25th	Gaster
25th	Travy
25th	Pulch
25th	Gingerham
25th	SandBag
25th	Justice
25th	eesawa

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]

(78 teams)
Top 32 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Justice		Mystery Sol
2nd	Juanpi		Mystearica
3rd	Viri		BionicLettuce
4th	Vinny G		Synergy
5th	Goblin		Lui$
5th	Dimento		Melee
7th	CPU		Dominator
7th	Jahzz0		Blaze
9th	Gary		Fortunato
9th	ChocoTaco		Radda
9th	B3nan		Goober
9th	Ross		Tachyon
13th	My Dad		RiotLettuce
13th	BigToad32		BeastModePaul
13th	Magic		Pillow
13th	Ryo		WonderBread

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike[edit]

(249 entrants)
Top 64 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Lui$
2nd	Vendetta[5]
3rd	Tyranks
4th	ESAM
5th	Skitz
5th	Goober
7th	BeastModePaul
7th	8BitMan
9th	Synergy
9th	Jahzz0
9th	Raven
9th	ChocoTaco
13th	Nito
13th	Justice
13th	Poltergust
13th	Enki
17th	Gswizy
17th	Lito
17th	Melee
17th	Doc
17th*	morrocoYo
17th	jjcat00
17th	Jeff
17th	The6Master
25th	Gidy
25th	Blaze
25th	Galick
25th	Dath
25th	CPU
25th	Yellow
25th	Pillow
25th	Uncivil ninja
33rd	U
33rd	BionicLettuce
33rd	RedShirt
33rd	Dominator
33rd	Mr.bugsy
33rd	Sunspark
33rd	merf
33rd	Mind Cow
33rd	Kage
33rd	clean
33rd	B3nan
33rd	jBoneX
33rd	zespeon
33rd	Daiyan
33rd	Saltlord
33rd	Pellonian

*DQ'd in Losers

Controversy[edit]

Melee[edit]

The losers side of theMelee bracket was discovered to be incorrectly decided.^[6] Despite the discrepancy being discovered long before the sets would have started, the bracket was not changed.

An incident similar to the one that happened inUltimate occurred inMelee on December 18th. InProfessor Pro's first game againstIce, he noticed the knockback on Ice'sReflector was strange. He stopped the game to check the in-gamerules and found it was set to alaunch rate of 0.9, preventing it from affecting any more games. It was confirmed that the previous set on the same setup (Polish vs.Nicki) had a launch rate of 1.0, meaning no other sets were affected.^[7]

Ultimate[edit]

Following the end of theProtoBanham vsSonix set, it was discovered that every set in Losers Top 12 up until then was played withUnderdog Boost enabled,^[8][9] as well as Sonix vs.Maister the day prior.^[10][11] The tournament continued without any sets being replayed, due to the rules only allowing a game to be replayed if petitioned immediately afterwards. Many players and spectators were frustrated by the mistake and the outcome, believing that the competitive integrity of the tournament had been ruined; this was further emphasized by the tournament being the conclusion toSmash World Tour 2021, which had a $150,000 prize pool. Criticism was aimed at thetournament organizers for failing to check the ruleset before top 12 began, however, it was revealed that the ruleset had been verified before top 12 began,^[12] causing speculation that the rule change was made during top 12 by either a player in bracket or a tournament organizer. Before the set with Maister vs Sonix, someone audibly changing the ruleset can be heard.^[13] It is unknown whether this was done accidentally or intentionally, or by who. In a statement, Smash World Tour said they would be contacting the affected players (Maister,sisqui,Shuton,MuteAce, and Sonix), and the tournament would continue as scheduled.^[14]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Start.gg page
• Announcement

• 2021 tournaments
• Major tournaments (SSBM)
• Supermajor tournaments (SSBU)
• Florida tournaments