Fifa eWorld Cup 2019: How to watch live stream as eSports tournament kicks off
The Fifa eWorld Cup is nearly here, with 32 of the world's best players ready to fight for the chance to be crowned the world's best player of Fifa 19.
It will be the biggest ever edition of the eWorld Cup, with a prize pool of $500,000 (£410,000).
Tickets are still available on the Fifa eWorld Cup website, though spectators can only watch the action on the third and final day.
For those who want to watch from the comfort of their own home, Fifa has made it as easy as possible for fans to tune in to the eWorld Cup, with live streams across nearly every major platform.
The proceedings will also be broadcast in six languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
Some of the world's biggest broadcasters have also bought the rights to host the tournament, including BeIN in France and the Middle East, Sky Sports in the UK, and NBCU and Telemundo in the US.
Fans can also follow the build up and action through Fifa's various social media channels.
Fifa has published the full schedule for the eWorld Cup, with the first of the group stage matches kicking off at 10am on Friday.
Friday 2 August
Group stage A & C: 10:00-15.30
Group stage B & D: 15.30-20.30
Saturday 3 August
Group stage A & C: 11:00-13:30
Group stage B & D: 13:30-15:30
Round of 16 & quarter-finals: 15:30-19:30
Sunday 4 August
Doors open to public: 14:00-15:00
Semi-finals: 15:00-17:00
Final Showdown: 17:30-19:00
The Independent will be covering all of the action as it unfolds.
Msdossary is of course the favourite going into this weekend, as trying to make history by becoming the first ever player to win back-to-back world championships. But French Rafsou is not making it easy.
Goal! Rafsou scores. He's making it very difficult indeed for Msdossary. France's finest Fifa player uses France's finest football player Mbappé to score a lovely goal.
Worth remembering that, in the group stage, the match between this pair went very differently: Msdossary won 6-0. Something very profound appears to have changed since then...
