Fifa eWorld Cup 2019: How to watch live stream as eSports tournament kicks off
Final set to play across YouTube, Twitch and Fifa’s website
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Your support makes all the difference.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).
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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 three-day event can be watched on Fifa's own website, as well as Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube.
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.
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MoAuba wins the semi-final and is PS4 champion.
That must be one of the most thrilling games of Fifa ever. nicolas99fc coming back from being three goals down to bring it level, in the very last minute. A very anxious extra time. And then penalties that let MoAuba win back the match after throwing away the lead so spectacularly!
We've got half an hour's break now until the final, which kicks off at 5.30 local UK time.
The final will see PS4 champion MoAuba vs Xbox champion msdossary.
If MoAuba wins, it will be the culmination of an underdog story that saw him come back from behind in a thrilling semi-final. If msdossary wins, it will make him the first person ever to win two Fifa eWorld Cups back-to-back.
Remember that the final will be a little different to the semi-finals: since it is PS4 vs Xbox in this match, there'll be one leg on each console.
(On the live feed, we're getting treated to some previews of Fifa 20. You can watch the trailer they're talking about here, as well as finding out other details of what's coming to the new game.)
Here's the first live gameplay from Fifa 20.
(Got to say it looks pretty similar from here, though most of the new features are around set pieces and the controls, neither of which we've had much of a sense for in this reveal yet.)
Hard to know how different this Fifa is really when you're not playing with it and the features aren't being used very much... But it looks good!
Everything will be go again in 10 minutes, when the finals will get to kicking off!
It's 5.30pm local UK time and we'll be kicking off with the final any minute!
Something has gone wrong with the live streams, it seems, because Fifa started them again for the finals. So if you're watching along you might have been kicked off.
It's easy to get back on again, though. Click here for instructions on how to do so.
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