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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Full time. 4-1.
At the end of the first leg, it's hard to imagine Nicolas turning this around – MoAuba is absolutely running rings around him. Of course, msdossary was in a similar (though less bad) position in the Xbox final. But there's a much bigger gap here, both in terms of the score and the gap between the quality of the two players.
MoAuba smashes the ball past Nicolas's goal. Could easily have been a fifth.
Nicolas is still looking very relaxed here, both in his manner and in his play. But now is probably not the time for relaxing, when you're three goals down and going into the second leg...
nicolas99fc scores.
1-0 in this leg and 4-2 on aggregate. Is now the time that favourite Nicolas turns this around?
Nicolas trying some very nice looking stuff here, and he's finally giving himself some opportunities. MoAuba isn't keeping him quite so locked up anymore, and it's possible to se where those chances come from.
MoAuba scores. 5-2 on aggregate.
That came very much out of the blue. Nicolas seemed to be finding his flow and MoAuba was letting him do it. But a goal came on the counter-attack and here we are.
Half time. 5-2 on aggregate.
MoAuba is just six short minutes from going through to the grand final.
It doesn't look, from those first three halves, like this could turn around. But Nicolas doesn't seem to have given up.
Goal. nicolas99fc scores. 5-3 on aggregate.
A very messy, ugly goal there – a load of confusion in front of the keeper leads to a goal for Nicolas.
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