FIFA Interactive World Cup

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FIFA Interactive World Cup
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Sport FIFA (video game) eSports
Sponsor(s) FIFA

The FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) is an annual international competition of football video games held under the auspices of FIFA with partnership[1] from EA Sports and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. The first edition was held in 2004 in Switzerland. In 2014, over 1.9 million players competed. More than 5 million players have taken part since 2009 giving FIWC the recognition of the world's largest online gaming tournament by Guinness World Records.[2] The 2015 Grand final was held in Munich, Germany, from 17 to 19 May 2015.

Format

The tournament spans for three months. There are three seasons, each lasting one month. Each online season kicks off at 9:00 (GMT) on the first day of the respective month and finishes at 8:59 (GMT) on the first day of the next month. Points are automatically reset when a new online season kicks off (9 am GMT).[3]

Qualification

To qualify for the Grand Final, players need to participate in the online mode of the EA Sports FIFA video game only available on Sony's PlayStation consoles. The two best players in the league table, and the player with the best win loss ratio for each online season[4] are rewarded a place in the Grand Final. The defending champion and the champion from the host nation also compete in the Grand Final.

Starting from online season 2, in a single online season, players are allowed to play a maximum of 90 games. After 90 games, any additional points scored are not counted towards qualification for that online season.

Grand Final

The players are divided into four groups consisting of five players each. The top eight players of the Group Stage proceed to the Quarter Finals. The winners of the Quarter Finals reach the Semi Finals, and the winners of the Semis proceed to the Final.

Gameplay settings

The following Gameplay settings are used:[5]

  • Difficulty Level: World Class
  • Half Length: 5 minutes, 6 minutes for quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals
  • Injuries: On
  • Offsides: On
  • Time/Score display: On
  • Camera: Tele
  • Radar: 2D or 3D
  • Home Auto Switching: User Settings
  • Away Auto Switching: User Settings
  • Volume Settings: Default
  • Extra Time: extra time of two one (1) minute halves will be played in the event of a draw after regulation. Penalties will decide the winner if after extra time, the scores are level.
  • Custom formations, tactics and set pieces are available.
  • All teams are set equal with every player having an 85 rating.

Results

Year[6] Host[7] Winner Finalist Score
2004   Switzerland Brazil Thiago Carrico de Azevedo Serbia Matija Biljeskovic 2-1
2005  England England Chris Bullard Hungary Gabor Mokos 5-2
2006  Netherlands Netherlands Andries Smit Austria Wolfgang Meier 6-4
2008  Germany Spain Alfonso Ramos United States Michael Ribeiro 3-1
2009  Spain France Bruce Grannec Mexico Ruben Morales Zerecero 3-1
2010  Spain Serbia Nenad Stojkovic Germany Ayhan Altundag 2-1
2011 United States Los Angeles Portugal Francisco Cruz Colombia Javier Munoz 4-1
2012 United Arab Emirates Dubai Spain Alfonso Ramos France Bruce Grannec 1-0
2013 Spain Madrid France Bruce Grannec Mexico Andrei Torres Vivero 1-0
2014 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Denmark August Rosenmeier England David Bytheway 3-1
2015 Germany Munich Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Alshehri France Julien Dassonville 3-0
2016 United States New York City Denmark Mohamad Al-Bacha England Sean Allen 5-5 agg. (Al-Bacha wins on most away goals)

Broadcast

The FIWC Grand Final is streamed live on YouTube[8] and Twitch.[9]

Prize

For the 2015 season, the winner was awarded $20,000 and two tickets to the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala. The silver medalist received a $5,000 cash prize and the third-place finisher received $1,000.[10]

References

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External links

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