- FIFA eClub World Cup to be hosted for the first time in Italy
- Clubs and teams from all over the planet will compete in Milan across 7-9 February
FIFA
and Electronic Arts (EA) today announced the location of the FIFA eClub
World Cup™, confirming that the world’s best 24 teams – who secured
their berths after five rounds of exciting online qualification matches –
will battle it out for the world title in Milan, Italy during 7-9
February.
The first champions of the new decade to be crowned by
FIFA will be determined following the conclusion of a qualification
process where 190 teams were narrowed down to 24.
For the first
time ever, the FIFA eClub World Cup – the pinnacle event of club
team-based competitive FIFA – will take place in Italy and see three
Italian teams competing among the 24 qualified sides in Milan.
Italian
sides Mkers, AS Roma and Team QLASH will battle it out against 21 other
outfits from all over the world, including organisations and clubs from
Mexico, Germany, England, Spain, France, Japan, USA and other
countries. All qualified teams can be found here.
The
event will also feature some of the world’s best players including
current Xbox and PlayStation world ranking leaders Donovan 'Tekkz' Hunt
(Fnatic) and Diego 'Crazy' Campagnani (Team QLASH), as well as 2017
World Champion Spencer 'Gorilla' Ealing (NEO).
While the event will feature some newcomers, a total of eight clubs have competed at the event before:
- Manchester City eSports (2017, 2019, 2020)
- FaZe Clan (2019, 2020)
- Olympique Lyonnais (2017, 2020)
- AS Roma (2017, 2020)
- Mkers (2018, 2020)
- Hashtag United (2018, 2020)
- FC Basel 1893 eSports (2018, 2020)
- Blue United eFC (2018, 2020)
Manchester
City equalled Brondby IF’s record for the most eClub World Cup
participations with their third qualification, having already competed
in 2017 and 2019.
“We are proud that over 190 teams from all over
the world took part in this season’s qualification and we are beyond
excited to find the world’s best team out of the top-class field of
participating teams. The introduction of team-based 2v2 matches showed a
new level of excitement and competitiveness at last year’s event and
will undoubtedly spark huge emotions at this year’s tournament as well,”
said Adrian Rölli, Head of eFootball at FIFA.
Please note following schedule for the FIFA eClub World Cup 2020: • 21 January: FIFA eClub World Cup Final Draw • 7 February: Round 1 – 3 Group Stages • 8 February: Round 4 – 5 Group Stages, Round of 16 • 9 February: Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Finals
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