FIFAe has introduced its season-ending FIFAe Finals will happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2025 and 2026.
The occasion will embrace the FIFAe World Cup that includes Rocket League and FIFAe World Cup that includes eFootball on cellular and console.
Going down from December tenth to nineteenth, 2025, the FIFAe Finals will host three occasions to find out the world champions throughout the ecosystem’s competitions. This 12 months’s eFootball tournaments will function an expanded variety of nations competing.
Konami, the developer of eFootball, has revealed that the console and cellular tournaments will contain open {qualifications} ‘lasting a number of months with native and regional activations.’
“The fan suggestions after final 12 months’s occasion was unbelievable and confirmed our imaginative and prescient to offer a house for soccer esports to a variety of various communities,” mentioned Christian Volk, Director of eFootball and Gaming at FIFA.
“Onboarding free-to-play titles and confirming the occasion for 2 seasons are vital steps on our journey to facilitate accessibility for nations and gamers world wide.”
Following the 2024 version of the FIFAe Finals, the Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) will proceed to behave because the presenting companion of the occasion. Internet hosting the occasion in Riyadh types a part of the Kingdom’s Imaginative and prescient 2030 mission, an initiative designed to enhance its financial, social, and cultural diversification.
2024’s occasion recorded spectacular viewing figures. In response to Esports Charts, the console eFootball occasion peaked at 422,245 viewers whereas the cellular match peaked at 77,222.
In the meantime, the Rocket League match recorded a peak of 276,319 viewers.
FIFAe Finals 2025 Format
The eFootball console and cellular tournaments will see the highest 11 nations from regional qualifiers and the host nation compete within the group stage, with eight advancing to a knockout stage to find out the winner.
FIFAe that includes Rocket League options 16 certified groups competing within the group stage, with the highest groups shifting on to a single-elimination bracket.
Notably, particulars for the prize swimming pools of all three tournaments haven’t been revealed.
