The tournament takes place over three days at the O2 in London, from 2-4 August, with 16 of the players on Playstation and 16 on Xbox. The best of each stream will meet in the final, for a two-legged match to decide the world champion.
Those taking part are the best of the best when it comes to Fifa, meaning any of the players has a legitimate chance of taking home the winner’s trophy.
Among the favourites are Donnovan ‘Tekkz’ Hunt, Nicolas ‘Nicolas99fc’ Villalba and Corentin ‘MaestroSquad’ Thuillier, though it is difficult to look past Mossad ‘MsDossary’ Aldossary.
The Saudi Arabian winner of the 2018 eWorld Cup is back in London this year to defend his crown in the hope of becoming the first player since the tournament began to win back-to-back world titles.
“I really want to go back and win it again this year because noone has done back-to-back world championships,” he said in an interview with Fifa earlier this year. “I’m looking forward to it.”
The 2018 winner of the Fifa eWorld Cup was MsDossary from Saudi Arabia (Fifa)
To do the double, MsDossary will need to beat fellow favourite Tekkz, who is currently ranked as the world’s number one Fifa player.
He has been picking up win after win in the months of qualifying rounds leading up to the finals, and is arguably the biggest threat to the reigning champion.
“Tekkz versus MsDossary has been building throughout the entire season about who is the best competitive Fifa player this year,” said Dan Gaskin, one of the commentators at the eWorld Cup.
“Are we going to see MsDossary pick up a second world title? He would join just two other players in doing so and would also add a new record by winning back-to-back titles – no-one else has done it.”
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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.
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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...
