2024 FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League explained

FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League
Year:2024
Dates:2024
Num Teams:16
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League is an upcoming Rocket League esports tournament organized by FIFA. It will be the first edition of the FIFAe World Cup that is played on Rocket League, with the FIFAe World Cup also holding a Football Manager tournament.

Format

Nations will send a team of three plus one alternate for the tournament.[1]

Background

Rocket League was announced as one of the two games to be played alongside Football Manager at the 2024 FIFAe World Cup in June 2024.[2] [3]

Teams

16 nations were selected by FIFA to compete in the tournament based on playerbase and previous performances; initially this was announced to be based on the number of representatives from each country in previous Rocket League Majors.[4] Each nation will be responsible for organizing their own qualifying tournaments for the competition, otherwise they can invite their own set of players.[5] The first three nations were announced on 9 August, with the rest being announced on 11, 13, 15 and 17 August.

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UPDATES on the FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League participating nations . FIFAe . 14 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Richman . Olivia . Rocket League Joins the FIFAe World Cup . Sports Illustrated . 14 August 2024.
  3. Web site: McCaskill . Steve . First post-EA FifaE World Cup will be powered by Rocket League . SportsPro Media . 14 August 2024.
  4. Web site: FIFA Will Feature Rocket League in 2024 Iteration of Its Esports Competition . IGN . 14 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Bolding . Jonathan . FIFA will host an actual Rocket League world cup complete with national teams . PC Gamer . 14 August 2024.