Xinhua News Agency, Zurich, March 14th FIFA announced the list of 20 teams participating in the first e-sports National Cup on the 14th, among which the Chinese team is listed.
The national cup of e-sports is a new e-sports football event added by FIFA in 2019, and it is also an important stop in the series of FIFA e-sports events in 2019. According to the latest news from FIFA on 14th, the National Cup for e-sports will be held in London, England on April 13-14, with 20 teams from all over the world participating.
After a comprehensive and extensive evaluation by FIFA, the specific list of 20 participating teams was finally determined, including the United States, Denmark, and China, A group of e-sports powers including Sweden have also been on the list one after another.
“Because this competition has received unprecedented attention, we decided to expand the competition scale from 16 teams to 20 teams.” Volcker, head of FIFA e-sports, said, “the 20 strongest teams in the world will come together to present a passionate performance for the audience, and each team member will fight for national honor.”
The group match of this competition will consist of two parts: Individual competition (one-on-one) and team competition (two-on-two). The first two teams of each group of the four groups will advance to the elimination match. Volcker said: “The new two-to-two competition mode is an important innovation of FIFA e-sports league this season, which will add more drama and interest to this competition.”
It is reported that the total bonus of this event will reach 100000 dollars, and the players will have the opportunity to get up to 1500 points in the league.