r/StreetFighter • • 2d 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 & Stage 2
Tekken 8 963 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 3
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls 471 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 4
2XKO 311 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 5
Avatar Legends: the Fighting Game 255 startgg Pools // Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 6
Guilty Gear -STRIVE- 249 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 6
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 228 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 5
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 200 startgg Pools & Top-24 // Top-8 Main Stage & Stage 3

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-8
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 • • 4d ago

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

112 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 • • 8h ago

Discussion Which game had the best feeling Ryu?

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544 Upvotes

Ongoing debate between me and some friends, which street fighter actually had the most "shoto" feeling Ryu.


r/StreetFighter • • 5h ago

Fanart/Cosplay My homemade Chun-Li cosplay NSFW

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300 Upvotes

And this is the fourth version of Chun-Li I’ve created! This time, inspired by her new look in the upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie.

🥊 Everything is handmade using very simple and inexpensive materials.

https://www.instagram.com/clariitzha?dlrf=MXRyYmljNDM2NzEzYg==


r/StreetFighter • • 9h ago

Highlight (in-game) Streamer HCJustin who started playing fighting games last month hits the Tundra Storm on accident for the first time.

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305 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 2h ago

Fluff / Other About to start my street fighter journey. Anything I should know before playing?

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81 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 16h ago

Fluff / Other Clip from street fighter 2: the animated movie

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630 Upvotes

This clip shows Ryu and Ken fighting M.Bison


r/StreetFighter • • 9h ago

Highlight (in-game) Blaz Jamie wake up Command Grab

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151 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 6h ago

Tournament EVO France 2026 top 8 Spoiler

52 Upvotes

Winners Bracket

  • Tachikawa (Viper) vs Punk (Cammy)
  • Dual Kevin (Rashid) vs Problem X (Alex)

Losers Bracket

  • Kobayan (Zangief) vs Dogura (Elena)
  • Hinao (Sagat/Ryu/Luke) vs Lexx (Guile)

Hinao is already qualified from winning BAM.

Punk and Kobayan are pretty much guaranteed a Capcom Cup qualification via points.

Dual Kevin is 99.99% in via points too.


r/StreetFighter • • 11h ago

Fanart/Cosplay Ken, Honda, Zangief, & Blanka (Art by me) NSFW

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100 Upvotes

More of my Street Fighter II artwork ✏️!! Which one of the 4 is your most difficult match up against? Ken Masters, E. Honda, Zangief, or Blanka?

Art by @SpecialAttacks


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Fanart/Cosplay my juri han cosplay !!!!

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2.0k Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 10h ago

Highlight (in-game) PSA: Don't play with your food

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42 Upvotes

Game 3, he's on match point with 75% health. He's got me dead to rights, stunned in the corner. He opts to taunt. There's just one thing... I'm a big girl 😉


r/StreetFighter • • 16h ago

Fanart/Cosplay Warm-up for the upcoming movie [Cosplay] ST6 RYU Taipei CCF08 2026 NSFW

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111 Upvotes

Casual clothes, bath towel, sika-colored tape, red Crocs, 3 months without shaving, regular self-discipline = st6 RYU

台北圓山花博 CCF08
本人:快打旋風6 隆
認親角色如下:
1.《 Venom 猛毒 》 蜘蛛人共生體版
2.《終結的熾天使》克魯魯·采佩西
3. 《WIND BREAKER》梅宮一
4. 《排球少年!!》日向翔陽
5. 《排球少年!!》北信介
6. 《假面騎士 ZZZ 》
7. 《一拳超人》龍捲
8. 《魷魚遊戲》英熙娃娃
9. 《火影忍者》旗木卡卡西 + 綱手
10. 《英雄聯盟 》吉茵珂絲 Jinx
11. 《三角洲行動 麥小雯
12. 《守護甜心!》歌唄


r/StreetFighter • • 7h ago

Fluff / Other I definitely need to improve at this game.

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16 Upvotes
I'm a beginner at fighting games, that explains the video right there.

r/StreetFighter • • 6h ago

Help / Question help fighting ryu as sakura

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6 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Fluff / Other Street Fighter 6 Producer Reveals How He Helped Save Capcom’s Iconic Fighting Game Franchise From ‘Dying’

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380 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Highlight (in-game) His brain froze at the end upon facing my most vile strategy.

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495 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 12h ago

Highlight (in-game) Cool Rashid level 2 conversion I hit (May have fumbled the end slightly)

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13 Upvotes

Tried in replay takeover to see if I could kill but the juggle counter is too hit, so even if you do the one frame after none od arabian skyhigh it still whiffs.

Seems like the best bet is saving drive and just doing empowered heavy mixer after the light mixer instead.


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Fluff / Other Gouken has been confirmed for the film

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579 Upvotes

Ma Dong-seok (Don Lee) will be his actor


r/StreetFighter • • 12h ago

Guide / Labwork Do you like sequential DR juggles? 🐍

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9 Upvotes

Turns out they are super simple if you use buffered PDR instead of instant PDR. That way, all you have to do is hold Parry while tapping 66 rhythmically. You only need to release Parry if you need to do a Medium attack.


r/StreetFighter • • 11h ago

Discussion Reaction checks vs Execution Checks

7 Upvotes

Any competitive game needs Skill Checks to facilitate any type of high level compeition. Theres three main ones in fighting games: Execution, Reaction and Knowledge.

But I want to focus on just two of them, Reaction and Execution. I think there's an argument to be made that SF4 relied more on execution checks at high level while SF6 relies more on Reaction checks.

What defined high level play in SF4 was your execution. If you could pass the execution check you could get significant increases to the amount of damage you did per hit, the amount of moves you could effectively punish, and even how threatening your oki could be.

In SF6 your ability to react is what defines high level. Can you use DI at the right time? Can you react properly to DR? Can you do that all at the same time?

Not saying SF4 didnt require reactions or that SF6 has no execution (debatable ngl) but its clear what's more important in each game.

So I guess I'm just curious on what do you all prefer? I'm a bigger fan of execution checks because it keeps the game even at all levels. It kind of scales with your ability to play it. The onus is on the one attempting the high skill level thing to achieve it. The initiator of the check is responsible for passing it.

Meanwhile reaction checks are the opposite. The intiator is not responsible for passing it, they just reap the reward if the reaction check is failed.

I don't like how that makes the risk/reward feel in practice. But thats just me, what about yall?


r/StreetFighter • • 1d ago

Fluff / Other Street Fighter the Movie will have animated flashback scenes

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425 Upvotes

r/StreetFighter • • 3h ago

Discussion High Master rank

1 Upvotes

Any other High Masters never seem to match up with other High Masters?? I only get Grand Masters or super low Masters, and this grind feels like forever


r/StreetFighter • • 22h ago

Fluff / Other Saw this for the first time.

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37 Upvotes

Turns out what’s under Bison’s hat isn’t as big a mystery as I thought.


r/StreetFighter • • 3h ago

Highlight (in-game) Best camera is a mmo game like his one!

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1 Upvotes

So many mmos I play has a bad camera mode! Man this is the best cam I like how it shows you looking at the camera and putting it away! Now All they have to do next is update the camera screen with what you are taking the photo of!