The EA FIFA 21 Global Series will arrive on the BBC this weekend (February 20th to 21st).
The European Regional Qualifiers will be broadcast live on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online.
The competition is already well underway, pitting the top FIFA competitors from every corner of the world in an international tournament to vie for their share of the $3m prize pool.
Football and esports fans alike will be able to follow the European Regional Qualifiers on the BBC as top esports athletes, representing their favourite European football teams, clash against one another to secure a spot at the FIFAe World Cup.
This will be the third football esport tournament that the BBC has shown live after successful broadcasts of the ePremier League which featured star players such as Raheem Sterling, Trent Alexander-Arnold and James Maddison showing off their off-field gaming skills.
Full coverage of the EA FIFA 21 Global Series European Regional Qualifiers can be watched on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online starting from 5.15pm on Saturday February 20th and Sunday February 21st.
The schedule of the FIFA 21 European Regional Qualifiers and Playoffs is as follows:
- European Regional Qualifier 3: February 20th – 21st
- European Regional Qualifier 4: March 20th – 21st
- European Regional Qualifier 5: April 24th – 25th
- European Playoffs: TBC
The news comes after the BBC has broadcast a range of other esports tournaments and content recently, including an Excel Esports documentary, the League of Legends UKLC, Rocket League RLCS X and the CSGO Blast Premier Series.
The BBC has dabbled in esports in prior years too, including covering the League of Legends World Championship quarter finals at Wembley back in 2015.
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.
