The groups for the FIFA eClub World Cup 2020 have been set – and there’s a plethora of UK talent taking part.
24 of the world’s best teams will battle it out in a 1v1 and 2v2 format in Milan from February 7th to 9th.
UK teams include Fnatic, Fierce Esports, Man City and Hashtag United, with players including Tekkz, Tass, Hashtag Harry, Ryan Pessoa and more (see those in bold below).
After a round robin group stage, teams will compete in the knockout phase to find out who will be crowned the official club team world champions of competitive FIFA.
A total of $100,000 and essential Global Series points on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2020 will be distributed amongst the 24 participating teams.
As part of FIFA’s initiative to involve clubs and organisations in order to further improve its competitions, the eClub draw took place at the home of FIFA in Zurich.
The qualified teams and players are as follows, with UK talent marked up in bold:
AS Roma
PS4: Damian ‘ Roma Damie’ Augustyniak (Poland)
Xbox One: Miguel ‘ Roma SpiderKong’ De Assis Bilhar (Brazil)
Blue United eFC
PS4: Sho ‘BLU Agu’ Nakashima (Japan)
Xbox One: Shota ‘BLU Tsakt’ Sato (Japan)
Borussia-E-Sports
PS4: Yannick ‘BMG_Jeffryy’ Reiners (Germany)
Xbox One: Richard ‘ BMG_Gaucho10’ Hormes (Germany)
Complexity Gaming
PS4: Joksan ‘Redona’ Redona Tello (USA)
Xbox One: Max Emilov ‘MaXe_VIP’ Popov (USA)
DUX Gaming
PS4: Jaime ‘gravesen_1’ Álvarez Martínez (Spain)
Xbox One: Diego Gaston ‘SownDragon74617’ Gonzalez (Argentina)
Ellevens
PS4: Ethan James ‘Ellevens EthxnH’ Higgins (UK)
Xbox One: Pedro Henrique ‘Ellevens Resende’ Resende Soares (Brazil)
FC Basel 1894 eSports
PS4: Gonzalo Nicolas ‘FCB NICOLAS99FC’ Villalba (Argentina)
Xbox One: Florian Fritz ‘FCB CodyDerFinisher’ Müller (Germany)
Gilette Infinity Esports
PS4: Gabriel ‘INF Wolf’ Cabrera (Colombia)
Xbox One: Javier ‘INF Janoz’ Munoz (Colombia)
Hashtag United
PS4: Harry-John ‘Hashtag Harry’ Hesketh (UK)
Xbox One: Alexander ‘Hashtag Shawrey’ Shaw (UK)
Nasr eSports
PS4: Ramy ‘Nasr_Ramy’ Abdelaal (Egypt)
Xbox One: Haroun ‘Nasr_Haroun’ Yassin (Austria)
Redemption eSports
PS4: Christian ‘ChristianSpiteri’ Spiteri (Malta)
Xbox One: Abdulaziz ‘MrDone’ Alshehri (Saudi Arabia)
Team FW AU
PS4: Mark ‘FUTWIZ Marko’ Brijeski (Australia)
Xbox: Jamie ‘FUTWIZ Jamie’ O’Doherty (Australia)
FaZe Clan
PS4: Tassal ‘FaZe_Tass’ Rushan (UK)
Xbox One: Amine ‘Mino7x’ Boughanmi (France)
Fierce Esports
PS4: Akima ‘Fully’ Byron (Jamaica)
Xbox One: Connor ‘Fierce Catt’ Keys (UK)
FK Austria Wien
PS4: David ‘Neubi’ Neubauer (Germany)
Xbox One: Marcel ‘Juno16x’ Holy (Austria)
Fnatic
PS4: Donovan ‘Fnatic Tekkz’ Hunt (UK)
Xbox One: Thomas ‘Fnatic Tom’ Leese (UK)
Manchester City eSports
PS4: Shaun ‘MCFC Shellzz’ Springette (Sweden)
Xbox One: Ryan ‘MCFC Ryan’ Pessoa (UK)
Mkers
PS4: Daniele ‘Prinsipe’ Paolucci (Italy)
Xbox One: Matteo ‘RiberaRibell’ Ribera (Italy)
Movistar Riders
PS4: Andoni ‘AndoniiPM’ Payo Martín (Spain)
Xbox One: Kilian ‘I5I Zidane 10’ Pita Ossorio (Spain)
NEO
PS4: Thomas ‘NEO STOKES’ Stokes (UK)
Xbox One: Spencer ‘NEO GORILLA’ Ealing (UK)
Nordavind DNB
PS4: Arkan ‘Nvd Arkoo’ Nevzut Resul (Norway)
Xbox One: Magnus ‘NVD_Hyperr’ Myhrhaug Kristiansen (Norway)
Olympique Lyonnais
PS4: Corentin ‘LDLC OL CVB’ Vicogne (France)
Xbox One: Marvyn ‘LDLC OL Aero’ Robert (France)
R288
PS4: Oliver ‘R288DonOli’ Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Xbox One: Alexander ‘R288mr_lillelys’ Laustrup (Denmark)
Team QLASH
PS4: Diego ‘QLASH Crazy’ Campagnani (Italy)
Xbox One: Ivan Todorov ‘QLASH DrNW’ Churov (Bulgaria)
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.
