The FIFA eWorld Cup, formerly the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) and the FIFA eWorld Cup, is an esports tournament held by FIFA and its presenting partner EA Sports.[1] Each tournament has players competing in games of the latest incarnation of the FIFAassociation football video game series. The open qualifying format allows millions to compete in the initial online stages,[2] which has resulted in the FIWC being recognized as the largest online eSports game by Guinness World Records.[3][4]

FIFAe World Cup

Tournament information
Game	FIFA
Established	2004
Number of tournaments	15
Administrator(s)	FIFA
Format	Online
Website	www.fifa.com/fifaeworldcup/
Current champion
Mohammed Harkous (MoAuba)
Most recent tournament
2021 FIFAe World Cup

The most recent champion is Mohammed “MoAuba” Harkous from Germany. Harkous is the first PS4 player to win the trophy since 2015.[2]

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The inaugural FIWC took place in 2004 in Switzerland, over the years the tournament has grown significantly. In 2010, the FIWC first appeared in the Guinness World Records[3] – but it was not until 2013 that the competition saw the current record of more than 2.5 million players signing up.

On 1 October 2015, the FIWC 16 kicked off, marking the 12th edition of the tournament. For the first time in the history of the competition Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players competed against each other. With the integration of the new consoles the number of participants increased significantly, compared to previous years when the FIWC was only available on PlayStation 3. 2.3 million players attempted to qualify for the Grand Final in New York City. On 22 March 2016, Mohamad Al-Bacha from Denmark won the FIWC title in the Apollo Theater, beating Sean Allen from England in the final match.

In 2018, the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) was renamed to the FIFA eWorld Cup (FeWC). The 2018 Grand Finals was held between 2 August 2018 through 4 August 2018 in the O2 Arena in London, England. 32 finalists (16 on PlayStation 4 and 16 on Xbox One) competed in the group stage and round of 16 on 2 August 2018, with the second leg of the round of 16 and the quarterfinals taking place on 3 August 2018. The semi-finals and final took place on 4 August 2018.

In October 2020, the FIFA eWorld Cup was rebranded as the FIFAe World Cup as part of FIFA’s launch of its FIFAe esports tournament series.[5]

Year[6]	Dates	Host[7]	Winner (Gamer ID) [Console Bracket]	Finalist (Gamer ID) [Console Bracket]	Score
2004	19 December	Zurich	Thiago Carrico de Azevedo	Matija Biljeskovic	2–1
2005	19 December	London	Chris Bullard	Gábor Mokos	5–2
2006	9 December	Amsterdam	Andries Smit	Wolfgang Meier	6–4
2008	24 May	Berlin	Alfonso Ramos	Michael Ribeiro	3–1
2009	2 May	Barcelona	Bruce Grannec	Ruben Morales Zerecero	3–1
2010	1 May		Nenad Stojkovic	Ayhan Altundag	2–1
2011	7–9 June	Los Angeles	Francisco Cruz	Javier Munoz (Janoz)	4–1
2012	21–23 May	Dubai	Alfonso Ramos	Bruce Grannec	0–0 (4–3. Penalty shoot-out)
2013	6–8 May	Madrid	Bruce Grannec	Andrei Torres Vivero	1–0
2014	2–3 July	Rio de Janeiro	August Rosenmeier (Agge)	David Bytheway (Davebtw)	3–1
2015	17–19 May	Munich	Abdulaziz Alshehri (Mr D0ne) [PS4]	Julien Dassonville [Xbox One]	3–0
2016	20–22 March	New York City	Mohamad Al-Bacha (Bacha) [PS4][8]	Sean Allen (Dragonn) [Xbox One]	2–2, 3–3 (5–5 agg. Al-Bacha won on away goals)
2017	16–18 August	London	Spencer Ealing (Gorilla) [Xbox One]	Kai Wollin (Deto) [PS4]	3–3, 4–0 (7–3 agg.)
2018	2–3 August		Mosaad Al Dossary (MsDossary) [Xbox One]	Stefano Pinna (StefanoPinna) [PS4]	2–0, 2–0 (4–0 agg.)
2019	2–4 August		Mohammed Harkous (MoAuba) [PS4]	Mosaad Aldossary (Msdossary) [Xbox One]	1–1, 2–1 (3–2 agg.)
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

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