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]]>The 2018 FIFA eWorld Cup broke all sorts of records, reaching over 29 million views online over three days. That marked a 400% increase from the previous edition, so expectations are high for this year.
The recent growth of the tournament is reflected in the prize money. The winner will again take home US $250,000, but the pool has increased from $400,000 last year to $500,000. That continues a steep upward trend in FIFA eWorld Cup prize money, as all events up until 2016 had a total fund of $26,000.
The format of the competition will mimic 2018, with 32 players (16 each for PlayStation and Xbox) split into four groups of eight based on their performance in the FIFA 19 Global Series Playoffs. After seven rounds of play, the top four players from each group will enter the round of 16, where the best-placed player from one group meets the lowest-placed player in another and the second-placed player meets the third-placed player from another group.
The FIFA eWorld Cup semi-finals will feature the best four players (two from each console), with the best player on each platform going through to the grand final. The last two will play a leg on each console and the aggregate score will determine the new FIFA world champion.
Besides pocketing half of the $500k prize pool, the winner will also score a trip to Milan for The Best FIFA Football Awards in September.
The 32 participants will be chosen based on the FIFA 19 Global Series Rankings, which will be confirmed on July 14 once the PS4 playoffs are completed. Still, there are some names that we can expect to see competing for glory.
The clear favourite to win the trophy is current world no.1 Donovan “TekKz” Hunt, who is dominating the rankings with 13,265 points. That is more than twice as much as defending world champion Mosaad “Msdossary” Aldossary, who holds second place with 6,194. Although TekKz is the standout, his 5-2 defeat to Tom “Rebel Stokes” Stokes at the Global Series Xbox playoffs in Hamburg showed that anything can happen on any given day.
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]]>16 eFootball teams will battle it out for a prize pool of $100,000, with two-time reigning champions, Br?ndby IF from Denmark, standing out again as one of the favorites to win the Cup.
Br?ndby IF is is the only ‘real’ team to ever win the FIFA eClub World Cup — they represent the real Danish football club.
In addition to the prize money, teams will earn valuable Global Series points that fuel the race to the FIFA eWorld Cup in July.
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The last FUT Champions Cup in January unveiled a new, relatively unknown winner called Darren Mike, who is also the youngest ever FUT Champion in the history of the game. Mike earned a massive 1500 points, which propelled him straight to number three in the rankings.
The forthcoming eWorld Cup may have more surprises in store.
From a massive qualifying pool of over 150 teams in the online qualifiers held in January 2019, it is obvious that the 15 that qualified are very good contestants for this Cup.
The qualified teams for the FIFA eClub World Cup 2019 are: AFC Ajax (Netherlands), AlNassr FC (Saudi Arabia), Br?ndby IF (Denmark), NoFuchsGiven eSports (England), Dijon Football C?te-d’Or (France), ECV eSports (Netherlands), FaZe Clan (USA), Futbolist (Turkey), Imperial (England), KiNG eSports (Germany), Manchester City eSports (England), Prime NINJA (Japan), Team Vitality (France), Tricked eSport (Denmark), VFL Bochum 1848 (Germany) and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (England).
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Manchester City eSports, boasting Kai Wollin, the 2017 FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Finalist, looks to be the team to beat in this tournament.
Br?ndby IF may be the defending champions, but their individual players’ performance in the current Global series has been disappointing.
Fredberg of Br?ndby IF’s is ranked 1,113 with only 52 points. Still, major cup runs can prove to be rejuvenating for all players involved, and with Br?ndby’s history of taking very good care of their ePlayers during the eClub World Cup (like hotel check-ins and personalized care) it will not be surprising if they again emerge victorious.
On the flipside though, Br?ndby IF going all the way is a tall order if the form of German team KiNG eSportsis anything to go by.
KiNG eSports feature FUT Champions Cup winner ‘Tekkz’, alongside the Argentinian ‘Nicolas99fc’, who participated in the Grand Final last year. Considering their individual performances thus far in the campaign, both players top the rankings in their respective consoles and are the clear favorites for this event.
‘Tekkz’ has been sensational, having won the FUT Champions Cup in December and then the PGL FIFA 19 Cup.
‘Nicolas99fc’ won the Gfinity Series tournament in January.
I will give KiNG eSports a 90% chance of winning the Championship in London this coming weekend.
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