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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

Anthony Cuthbertson
Sunday 04 August 2019 11:00 BST
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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).

: See below or click here for live coverage of the tournament :

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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If you want to watch along live, here's how to do that.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:18

This match has very much calmed down in the last few minutes. (It couldn't be less calm than those thrilling first 20 or so.) We're now 40 minutes in and nobody has looked all that close to scoring.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:19

GOAL. 3-1 to MoAuba.

And just as I write that, MoAuba fires it home.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:19

​Half time. All looking very much in MoAuba's favour. But if the other semi-final had any lesson, it was not to read too much into a match this early on...

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:21

MoAuba still looking very strong here. Nicolas is trying – but not succeeding yet...

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:22

Nicolas keeps getting dangerously close to the box here. But MoAuba shuts him down every single time.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:23

It looked as if nicolas99fc had scored there (I'd begun writing the update about it) but actually it went wide. He's getting very close, but is being held back very ably by MoAuba here.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:25

GOAL. MoAuba scores again​. It's now 4-1 to the German.

From being 1-0 down almost immediately in this match, he has pulled it back so far that it's hard to see how Nicolas comes back to win here.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:25

MoAuba is absolutely not relaxing here. Keeps trying for yet another goal, apparently unsatisfied with his vast three goal cushion.

Nicolas is much more frenzied (though of course his icy exterior isn't showing it). He clearly knows he needs a goal. But he's not getting any closer to getting one...

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:27

Nicolas gets another go. But it just fizzles away, as ever.

Hard to believe that this is a console final that includes one of the top favourites to win the competition... Nicolas – usually the picture of cool, and still looking that way on his face – appears to be falling apart.

Andrew Griffin4 August 2019 16:29

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