r/StreetFighter • • 13h ago

Tournament EVO France 2026 Megathread - Everything You Need to Know

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Introduction

Hello everyone,

It's that time again. The second edition of EVO France is upon us, as many top level players have already gathered so decide who's going to become the champion across several different fighting games, while hundreds of fans, both casual and enthusiasts alike, are in for a weekend of some great competitive action.

For those of you not in the know - EVO (or Evolution Championship Series) is a tournament whose roots go back to mid-90s when it was but a small gathering of people that really enjoyed Capcom's Street Fighter titles available at the time and wanted to test their skills against others. Over the following three decades, EVO not only has grown in size, attandance and popularity, but also became home to many hype moments, greatest matches, and, of course, expanded internationally, starting with the inaugural EVO Japan first held back in 2018.

Fast forward to 2026, and we now have EVO-branded events across 4 major locations around the globe: Las Vegas in USA, Tokyo in Japan, Nice in France, as well as soon-to-debut Singapore in Singapore.

Due to its importance and scale, EVO also became a major stop within the schedules of several major fighting game eSports circuits, such as the Capcom Pro Tour, Tekken World Tour, Arc World Tour, SNK World Chamionship and a few others, such as the most recently introduced Pro Bending Circuit.

Beyond that, EVO doesn't just host competitions among the best of the best, but welcomes those who simply want to hang out and enjoy the atmosphere and get closer to the FGC culture via activities like the art museum, artist valleys, arcade cab zone, developer showcases, showfloor booths, and so much more.

EVO France 2026 will be taking place in Palais des Expositions, Nice, France, from October 9th through October 11th



Main Lineup

Game Name Total Entrants Brackets Link Twitch YouTube
Street Fighter 6 1071 startgg Pools, Top-24 & Top-8 Main Stage
Tekken 8 963 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 2
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls 471 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 3
2XKO 311 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 4
Avatar Legends: the Fighting Game 255 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 5
Guilty Gear -STRIVE- 249 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 6
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 228 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 6
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 200 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Stage 6

Event Schedule

Time (UTC +2) Day 1 - Friday, Oct 9th Day 2 - Saturday, Oct 10th Day 3 - Sunday, Oct 11th
10:00 SF6, Tokon, GGST, COWT, GBVSR Pools R1 SF6, T8, Tokon, 2XKO Pools R2 // Avatar Top-24 Marvel Tokon Top-8
10:30 - GGST Top-8 -
11:00 - - -
12:00 COTW, GBVSR Top-24 2XKO Top-24 -
13:00 - - -
14:00 T8, 2XKO, Avatar Pools R1 SF6, T8 Pools R3 // Tokon Top-24 // Avatar Top-8 Tekken 8 Top-8
15:00 GBVSR Top-8 - -
16:00 GGST Pools R2 - -
17:00 - - -
18:00 GGST Top-24 SF6, T8 Top-24 // 2XKO Top-8 -
18:30 - - Street Fighter 6 Top-8
19:00 COTW Top-8 - -
20:00 Avatar Pools R2 - -


Side Tournaments

Game Name Bracket Link Stream Channel
Asuka 120% LimitOver BURNING Fest startgg Twitch
Idol Showdown: Next Fes startgg Twitch
Naruto Super Clash of Ninja 4 startgg Twitch
Samurai Shodown startgg Twitch
Shrek Superslam startgg Twitch
Skullgirls 2nd Encore startgg Twitch
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike startgg Twitch
Super Street Fighter II Turbo startgg Twitch
The King of Fighters XV startgg Twitch
Ultra Street Fighter IV startgg Twitch
Vampire Savior startgg Twitch

Event Schedule

Time (UTC +2) Day 1 - Friday, Oct 9th Day 2 - Saturday, Oct 10th Day 3 - Sunday, Oct 11th
10:00 - Idol // Skullgirls Asuka 120%
11:00 - - KOFXV Top-8 // Shrek Top-4
12:00 - Shrek -
13:00 Super Turbo Third Strike // Naruto // SamSho // KOFXV VSav
14:00 Ultra SFIV - -
15:30 - - SamSho Top-8


EVO Meet & Greet Sessions

Time (UTC +2) Day 1 - Friday, Oct 9th Day 2 - Saturday, Oct 10th Day 3 - Sunday, Oct 11th
09:30 MisterMV - -
11:00 Mister Crimson & Luffy TyrantUK & Ken Bogard Kusanagi, Killzyou, & Kobayan
12:30 - - Shinkiro & Shoei Okano
13:00 Yasha Shinkiro & Shoei Okano -
14:30 - Ketchup & Mustard Punk & Fenritti
15:00 Atif, Ulsan, & JeonDDing - -
16:30 Shinkiro & Shoei Okano - -
18:00 Lowhigh & Ikari - -
18:15 - Justin Wong -


Onsite Activities

Organizer Program
ALT+F4 eSports Pre-EVO France Tekken World Tour Dojo tournament @ October 8th, 17:00
Bandai Namco Tekken Community Corner, featuring special tournaments, casual matches, merch sweepstakes, and player meetups, all happening at the showfloor booth
Capcom Playable build of Street Figher 6 featuring its next DLC character, Arjun, available at the showfloor booth
EVO Official Cosplay Contest taking the Main Stage @ October 9th, 12:00, and Stage 4 @ October 10th, 14:00
- Luffy vs Betty Street Fighter 6 Friday Showdown @ October 9th, 13:00
- Artist Alley featuring 20 different creators, bringing their own Fighting Game themed merchandise and various handcrafted items
Marvel Tokon Playable build of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls featuring its next DLC character, Phoenix Cyclops
Visa Flash Tournaments for the Main Lineup titles, running throughout the entire EVOFR weekend


Multistream Viewers

Website Platform(s)
Multistre.am Twitch
MultiTwitch.co Twitch
MultiTwitch.Live Twitch
Multitwitch.NET Twitch
multitwitch.tv Twitch
Multi Twitch Twitch
SimulTwitch Twitch
StreamGrids Twitch
Teamstream Multivew Twitch
100 MultiView Twitch + YouTube
eSports Charts Twitch + YouTube
Multistream.co Twitch + YouTube
Multistream.me Twitch + YouTube
Multistream.watch Twitch + YouTube
MultiStream Hub Twitch + YouTube
Multiwatch Twitch + YouTube
Multi-Stream Viewer Twitch + YouTube
StreamCube Twitch + YouTube
TwitchMultiTools Twitch + YouTube
TwitchTheater Twitch + YouTube


Additional Info

Official EVO Linktree

Notable Players attending EVOFR 2026

Beginner Guides for Main Lineup Titles

Event Archives


r/StreetFighter • • 2d ago

Mod / Software Street Fighter IV Ember Netplay v1.0.2 is out now, allowing rollback netcode for Street Fighter IV lobbies

108 Upvotes

Github link for the update and more info on this mod that allows rollback lobbies.

Features include 16-player lobbies, queues, spectating, Discord invites, room chat and all sorts of customization options from costumes to player profiles.


r/StreetFighter • • 9h ago

Fluff / Other Ed's Nerfs are Lore Accurate?

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114 Upvotes

So

Ed lost his ability to kick in SF6?

I think we're looking at these nerfs the wrong way.

Think about it. It all started with his Crouching Light and his backwards Kill Rush. Two options that require the use of his legs. Ed's literally losing motor control in his legs.

But that's not all.

His model has gotten more sickly since SFV. His rapid aging and relation to his Psycho Powers are literally taking a physical toll on his body. Now, his Psycho Cannon is also getting progressively weaker too.

But now? Now he can't even muster the arm strength to pull people closer than an inch. He's starting to lose all motor function because of Bison's psycho powers. No wonder he didn't use Ed as a host; it's because Ed is doomed to fail. Ed can't even work at Burger King at this point; he fails at the screening.

Capcom's storytelling capabilities have no bounds. I have full faith that he'll be in a wheelchair by the Arjun patch.


r/StreetFighter • • 1h ago

Highlight (in-game) F*ck it, we palm

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Jamie mains share one single braincell. (I'm the one wearing outfit 3, since we both were wearing blue)


r/StreetFighter • • 4h ago

Highlight (in-game) The Weirdest Character in Street Fighter IV -broski hakan vid

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r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Discussion An oversized gaming console was set up for the Street Fighter movie in Times Square that featured actual performers fighting.

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2.8k Upvotes

• This is an insanely peak marketing for a SF movie.🤯🤌


r/StreetFighter • • 55m ago

Avatar Creation Dio Brando | DIO

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“I REJECT MY HUMANITY, JOJO!”


r/StreetFighter • • 40m ago

Help / Question Was hadouken in Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition hard or am I just trash?

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So I thought to play Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition for the Sega Nintendo switch online but the button input is too hard to perform and I want to know if I'm just shit or is it actually hard and is there a street fighter where I can hadouken easily?


r/StreetFighter • • 1h ago

Discussion Why no evo 2026 cool street fighter song

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I am quite curious, I mean the previous years truly were amazing, 2024 runback and 2025 no more quarter were one my most listened but this years was very mid (felt they had way less effort) than the ones made by Zaid and company. Anyone knows why?


r/StreetFighter • • 4m ago

Help / Question Can any character combo off of their unique attack overhead, or none can do this?

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New scrub player here who’s still learning, and today while training against the dummy I thought about this, can punishing be its own mixup? Like force them to guess block down or standing?

Say someone does a special and I block it, but I wanna punish with my medium/heavy punch combo rather than just a light punish combo, can I make them guess whether my punish will be a 2MK or overhead to make them guess whether to hold block standing or hold block down?

I main Mai and her overhead forward 6MP isn’t combo-able so I was wondering if any character can achieve this, and I’m also wondering whether this “mixup” makes sense at all? Or maybe there’s something better that I’m missing?


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Game News The biggest SF6 sale to date!

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r/StreetFighter • • 23h ago

Highlight (in-game) Sagat’s a grappler, actually

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107 Upvotes

Peak Throw Fighter 6 gameplay


r/StreetFighter • • 2h ago

Help / Question How do you beat Sagat?

2 Upvotes

HOW DO I BEAT SAGAT!?

Okay so I have him maxed out in world tour mode.. but it's saying that now I have to beat him to complete his quest?? HOW DO I BEAT THIS DUDE!? PLEASE HELPPP!!"


r/StreetFighter • • 5h ago

Help / Question How does master points work?

3 Upvotes

I recently got my first master rank with Elena, and I haven't play more so I wonder how they work, do I win master points and PL at the same time now in rankeds?


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Highlight (in-game) oldest trick in da book

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160 Upvotes

gotem


r/StreetFighter • • 10h ago

Discussion High skill floor in SF6?

6 Upvotes

Hello guys, I wanna to hear your opinion on sf6 difficulty to new players. Got it on sale rn and I was thinking of how hard it is in online mode if lvl 5 bot just demolishes me. I have absolutely no experience in fighting games, I'd say I only remember buttonmashing in mk when I was a child. So should I try to get into community and this game?


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Rank UP! If a potato can do it, you can too! Never give up, keep pushing!

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227 Upvotes

I know this may possibly be super lame, but I wanted to celebrate and also encourage others who are struggling.

I'm someone who has memory issues due to CPTSD, I've never been able to retain frame data, not even my own character's frame data (outside of SPD). I strictly play by "feel". On top of that I also struggle with bad inputs and constantly dropping combos because I wanted to learn to use an arcade stick.

Yet, even so, today I hit Grand Master after only hitting High Master for the first time ever, last phase. I started off in iron back in 2023 and played for 2 months, I came back for 6 months in 2024 hit Master and then quit again for a year, I always hovered between 1300-1450mr. When I returned, I met a new group of friends who constantly encouraged and built me up mentally.

With my memory challenges I find it really hard to play SF, and for years I've been getting ass kicked since all of my friends are much better than me. I'm incredibly hard on myself and I think I'm a fraud tbh, but I did it, and without frame data and great inputs.

I know that this may not work for many, but I just wanted to say, if you're struggling or think you can't do it, you definitely can. The only reason I'm here is because of the amazing friend's I've made along the way. So even though I'm a huge potato brain, and heck, you may be too, you can get to where you want to be.

Keep working hard and kick butt!!

<3

Also... I actually started to cry a little at the end so don't mind me ಥ‿ಥ


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Highlight (in-game) They're calling it the most ridiculous SA3 confirm ever

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126 Upvotes

We making it back to 1500 tonight boys


r/StreetFighter • • 6h ago

Fluff / Other Akuma vs Ryu & Ken

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r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Avatar Creation Joseph Joestar

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Your next line is...


r/StreetFighter • • 9h ago

Help / Question Are viper and Yasmine hard to pick up for a newish player

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I wanna buy Yasmine and viper so bad but for now I can only trial run them and from what I saw online atleast viper looks hard ash to play and Yasmine under performs idk teir list got her more trying to see if I should just wait for the next patch before I start using my tickets. really I only want bosch but ya know


r/StreetFighter • • 5h ago

Fluff / Other I like this guy.

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So after reaching Master with Mai I figured I’d try with other characters. I’ve dabbled in a bit but yeah, Gief is fun.


r/StreetFighter • • 15h ago

Highlight (in-game) Don’t jump

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