The Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018 continues – and the next destination is Manchester.
The city will host the FUT Champions Cup FIFA esports tournament from April 13th at 12pm to April 15th. It has a $200,000 prize pool overall, with the winner taking home $22,000 and the top 64 players taking home $1,000+ each.
Players will face-off in the three-day event at the Victoria Warehouse, with the top eight players on each console moving on to the FIFA 18 Global Series Playoffs later this year.
The tournament follows on from the previous FUT Champions Cup in Barcelona at the start of the year, which was won by 16-year-old UK FIFA player Donovan “DhTekKz” Hunt.
Since then, the UK hopeful has gained more than 50,000 followers on Twitter and has been snapped up by the F2 Freestylers brand and football skills channel on YouTube.
The FUT Champions Cup Manchester will see new players join the ranks and returning players looking for redemption – and a spot in the Global Series Playoffs. It even has its own little rap:
First ??, now ??. The #FUT Champions Cup Manchester is almost here. More details ➡https://t.co/rBSMmiy21n #FIFAeWorldCup pic.twitter.com/n2BTlFLGUt
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) April 9, 2018
DhTekKz and Barcelona runner-up Nicolás “Nicolas99fc” Villalba will return for another chance at glory this weekend, alongside many more of the biggest names in competitive FIFA, including Kurt “kurt0411” Fenech and the reigning FIFA Interactive World Cup champion, UK player Spencer “Unilad Gorilla” Ealing.
You can see more details on the tournament and some of the players to watch here.
A press release stated: “As Barcelona proved, the new tournament format is guaranteed to provide drama and entertainment between fan favourites, world champions, and underdogs as they rise to fame in one of the biggest competitive gaming events of the year.”
Matches will be streamed on the EA Sports Twitch and social media channels.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
