FIFA Interactive World Cup
The FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) is an annual video game tournament organized by FIFA and its partner EA Sports . The virtual soccer world cup enables millions of soccer fans around the world to compete for the title of the best FIFA player . The FIWC holds the Guinness World Record as the largest online video game tournament in the world.
Mosaad Aldossary from Saudi Arabia is the reigning champion after triumphing in the 2018 FIWC Grand Final in London . Aldossary won $ 250,000 in prize money and a trip to The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018.
history
The first FIWC took place in Switzerland in 2004 and the tournament has grown significantly over the years. In 2010 the FIWC first appeared in the Guinness World Records - in 2013 the current record of 2.5 million participants was set.
Last season
On October 1, 2015, the FIWC 16 and thus the twelfth edition of the tournament started. For the first time in the history of the competition, participants played against each other on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 . With the integration of the new consoles, the number of participants increased significantly compared to previous years when the FIWC could only be played on the PlayStation 3 . 2.3 million players registered for the qualification for the Grand Final in New York City . On March 22, 2016, the Dane Mohamad Al-Bacha won the title at the Apollo Theater . He defeated England's Sean Allen by two late goals in a dramatic final.
Results
Medal table
Pl | country | gold | silver |
---|---|---|---|
1 | France | 2 | 2 |
England | 2 | 2 | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 |
4th | Spain | 2 | 0 |
Denmark | 2 | 0 | |
6th | Germany | 1 | 2 |
7th | United States | 1 | 1 |
8th | Brazil | 1 | 0 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | |
Portugal | 1 | 0 | |
11 | Mexico | 0 | 2 |
12 | Colombia | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | |
Austria | 0 | 1 | |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | |
Belgium | 0 | 1 |
Most successful participant
Pl | country | gold | silver |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruce "The Machine" Grannec | 2 | 1 |
2 | Alfonso "Herzex" Ramos | 2 | 0 |
3 | Mosaad "Msdossary" Aldossary | 1 | 1 |
format
Online qualification
Online qualification of the FIWC via PlayStation - and Xbox accessible network and can use the latest version of the game FIFA by EA Sports on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to be played. The qualification goes over several seasons, each of which lasts one month. Each season starts at 9:00 a.m. ( GMT ) on the first day of the month and ends at 8:59 a.m. (GMT) on the first day of the following month. The points are automatically deleted before the start of a new season. Since the FIWC 15, participants can only play a maximum of 90 games per season. With the FIWC 16, the duration of the qualification has been reduced from six seasons to just three - and with it the mode: The participants are now divided into four regions:
- Europe
- North and Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Africa , Asia and Oceania
Five players per console qualify each season: the four winners from each region and the runner-up from Europe.
Live tournaments
In addition to online qualification, players also have the chance to qualify for the Grand Final via a live tournament. In recent years these have been held in the host country of the Grand Finals as well as in various major cities in Europe.
Grand Final
In the final of the FIWC, 32 participants play for the title. The reigning champion has already been set. The players are divided into eight groups, the best 16 advance to the round of 16. The group stage as well as the eighth, quarter and semi-finals will only be played on one of the two consoles - the final will be decided in a two-way leg, with both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 being used.
The Grand Final is a multi-day event in which the draw and the competition are divided into a total of three days. The semi-finals and the final will be played in a big live show, with well-known commentators and famous guests from the real world of football.
World Ranking
In 2016, the FIFA Interactive World Cup World Ranking was introduced to classify the players in the final based on their previous results. The ranking takes into account both the results from the qualification and the successes in previous FIWC finals.
Virtual and real soccer
As an official FIFA tournament, the FIWC is closely linked to the real world of football. Most of the participants are interested in what is happening on the virtual lawn as well as in the real stadiums, and quite a few of them even play in football clubs themselves, such as FIWC 14 winner August Rosenmeier from Denmark . In the past, greats of world football were regularly seen at FIWC tournaments - including Ronaldo , Frank Lampard and David Villa . The FIWC winner will also meet the stars at The Best FIFA Football Awards.
The FIWC venues also often form a bridge to real football, as happened at FIWC 14 when the Grand Final took place in Rio de Janeiro - during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil . At that time, the participants were even allowed to watch the quarter-final match between France and Germany in the stadium.
Prize money
The FIWC winner will receive US $ 250,000 in prize money as well as a ticket to the FIFA Ballon d'Or in Zurich , where he will meet the greats of world football. Abdulaziz Alshehri, for example, the winner of FIWC 15, shook the hands of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi , among others .
The loser of the final will receive $ 50,000 in prize money.
transmission
The FIWC Grand Final will be streamed live on YouTube and Twitch . The FIWC 16 final was also televised for the first time. The show was shown in more than 100 countries, with Fox Sports 1 broadcasting live in the host country USA. As in previous years, the show in the Apollo Theater was hosted by Kay Murray. Former US footballer Alexi Lalas analyzed the events together with gaming expert Spencer Carmichael-Brown (Spencer FC). Leigh Smith and John Strong commented on the games. The trophy was presented by the former captain of the Spanish national team, David Villa .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guinness World Records: Watch live: Gamers battle out to win at record-breaking FIFA Interactive World Cup . Guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ↑ 'Msdossary' new FIFA eWorld Cup Champion . In: FIFA.com . Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ↑ Guinness World Records: Watch live: Gamers battle out to win at record-breaking FIFA Interactive World Cup . Guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ↑ The FIWC 2016 ranking explained ' ( English ) FIFA. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2019.