Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Super Street Fighter II Turbo was, in our opinion, the most entertaining finals session of the event. While Daigo's insane super-building Balrog and John Choi's projectile-dominating O-Sagat provided a lot of intense confrontations all the way up to the grand finale, it was Kuni's Zangief mastery that made him a crowd favorite from Round 1. Justin Wong also proved that you didn't have to be 25 or older to understand Super Turbo's unique old-school flavor by fighting his way to a respectable fourth-place finish.

1st: Daigo Umehara
2nd: John Choi
3rd: Kuni
4th: Justin Wong
5th: Alex Valle
5th: Wes Truelson
6th: Jesse Howard
6th: Seth Killian

Finals Video

Game 1 Match 3: Alex Valle (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (Balrog)

Footage from Evo2K4 finals

High-level Balrog players have always been a tough obstacle to get past in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but what do you do when that Balrog player also happens to be Daigo Umehara? In this third Match of Game 1, Alex Valle's Sagat is doing what he can to keep Balrog on the opposite side of the screen, but, in the end, it's Balrog's fireball immune super that once again claims another Sagat player.

Finals Breakdown

All games were the best two out of three Matches, except for the grand finale, which was the best three out of five. Each Match was set for the best two out of three rounds.

Game 1

Match 1: Alex Valle (Ryu) vs. Daigo Umehara (Ryu) Winner: Daigo Umehara

Match 2: Alex Valle (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (Ryu) Winner: Alex Valle

Match 3: Alex Valle (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (Balrog) Winner: Daigo Umehara

Game 2

Match 1: Wes Truelson (Ken) vs. John Choi (Guile) Winner: Wes Truelson

Match 2: Wes Truelson (Ken) vs. John Choi (O-Sagat) Winner: John Choi

Match 3: Wes Truelson (Ken) vs. John Choi (O-Sagat) Winner: John Choi

Game 3

Match 1: Justin Wong (O-Sagat) vs. Jesse Howard (Ryu) Winner: Jesse Howard

Match 2: Justin Wong (O-Sagat) vs. Jesse Howard (Ryu) Winner: Justin Wong

Match 3: Justin Wong (O-Sagat) vs. Jesse Howard (Ryu) Winner: Justin Wong

Game 4

Match 1: Seth Killian (E.Honda) vs. Kuni (Zangief) Winner: Kuni

Match 2: Seth Killian (E.Honda) vs. Kuni (Zangief) Winner: Kuni

Game 5

Match 1: Daigo Umehara (Balrog) vs. John Choi (O-Sagat) Winner: Daigo Umehara

Match 2: Daigo Umehara (Balrog) vs. John Choi (O-Sagat) Winner: John Choi

Match 3: Daigo Umehara (Balrog) vs. John Choi (O-Sagat) Winner: Daigo Umehara

Game 6

Match 1: Alex Valle (O-Sagat) vs. Kuni (Zangief) Winner: Kuni

Match 2: Alex Valle (O-Sagat) vs. Kuni (Zangief) Winner: Kuni

Game 7

Match 1: Wes Truelson (Ken) vs. Justin Wong (O-Sagat) Winner: Justin Wong

Match 2: Wes Truelson (Balrog) vs. Justin Wong (O-Sagat) Winner: Justin Wong

Game 8

Match 1: Kuni (Zangief) vs. Justin Wong (O-Sagat) Winner: Kuni

Match 2: Kuni (Zangief) vs. Justin Wong (Chun-Li) Winner: Kuni

Game 9

Match 1: Kuni (Zangief) vs. John Choi (Guile) Winner: John Choi

Match 2: Kuni (Zangief) vs. John Choi (Guile) Winner: Kuni

Match 3: Kuni (Zangief) vs. John Choi (Guile) Winner: John Choi

Grand Finale

Match 1: John Choi (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (O-Sagat) Winner: Daigo Umehara

Match 2: John Choi (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (O-Sagat) Winner: John Choi

Match 3: John Choi (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (Ryu) Winner: John Choi

Match 4: John Choi (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (Balrog) Winner: Daigo Umehara

Match 5: John Choi (O-Sagat) vs. Daigo Umehara (Balrog) Winner: Daigo Umehara