The ePremier League 2022/23 tournament has today been announced by the Premier League and EA.
Returning for a fifth year, the competition gives Premier League and FIFA gamers a chance to win silverware for their favourite English football club.
Registration for this year’s tournament is open now to UK residents aged 16 and over. Players of all abilities will compete for a place in the Club Playoffs by participating in a series of online open qualification tournaments, played using crossplay, throughout November.
This season’s Grand Final will take place on March 25th and 26th at Here East in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where the two best players from all 20 Premier League clubs will compete to find out which club will be named ePremier League champions.
Players will once again be competing for a prize pool of £100,000, with the four competitors from the top two clubs earning spots in the FIFA 23 Global Series Playoffs and Play-Ins.
First place will win £30,000, second £15,000, and third-fourth £7,500 each. Fifth to eighth placed teams will win £5,000, while ninth to 16th placed sides will go home with £2,500 each.
The format of this season’s Grand Final will once again see each club’s representatives working collaboratively. Each club will be represented by two players who will take part in a series of 1 vs 1 matches against pairings from other clubs, with one player competing per console.
“It was a dream come true winning the 2021/22 ePremier League title alongside Damien. Defending the title will be a huge challenge, but one that I’m looking forward to!”
GoalPoacher, Norwich City
The 2022/23 ePremier League will be played on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Norwich City won the 2021/22 ePremier League, with their players Damien ‘Damie’ Augustyniak & Jack ‘GoalPoacher_’ Wignall (pictured, top) beating Brentford in this year’s final.
Jack ‘GoalPoacher_’ Wignall said: “It was a dream come true winning the 2021/22 ePremier League title, alongside Damien. We spent hours training across the course of the season, so it meant a lot that the hard work paid off– and it’s a memory that won’t leave me. Defending the title will be a huge challenge, but one that I’m looking forward to!”
Donovan ‘Tekkz’ Hunt, who was crowned the inaugural ePremier League Champion in 2019 and now plays for London-headquartered organisation Fnatic, added: “This is one of my favourite competitions in the FGS calendar as it gives me the chance to represent my club, Liverpool, on the global stage.
“Last year’s tournament was the most competitive yet, so I know it will be a difficult task to regain the title. I can’t wait to get going.”
Premier League Chief Commercial Officer, Will Brass, commented: “The tournament continues to go from strength-to-strength and is now a firmly established part of the Premier League calendar. In the last four years we have had some great matches, and great champions, and we look forward to seeing which club wins the ePremier League this season.”
Registered players will compete in a series of online qualification tournaments, with the best advancing to the Club Playoffs. Subsequently, each of the 20 Premier League clubs will narrow down the competitors and take forward two players, one per console, to represent them at the Grand Final.
Qualifiers will take place on Nov 1st and 2nd, 5th and 6th, 8th and 9th, with the qualifier playoff on Nov 15th and 16th, and the club playoff dates depending on each club.
To register and for more info, visit e.premierleague.com
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.
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