2024 FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 2024 |
Teams | 16 |
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
[edit]Nations will send a team of three plus one alternate for the tournament.[1]
Background
[edit]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
[edit]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.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Argentina | 1st | Debut |
Australia | 1st | Debut |
Belgium | 1st | Debut |
Brazil | 1st | Debut |
Chile | 1st | Debut |
England | 1st | Debut |
Germany | 1st | Debut |
France | 1st | Debut |
Morocco | 1st | Debut |
Netherlands | 1st | Debut |
Portugal | 1st | Debut |
Saudi Arabia | 1st | Debut |
Spain | 1st | Debut |
South Africa | 1st | Debut |
Turkey | 1st | Debut |
United States | 1st | Debut |
References
[edit]- ^ "UPDATES on the FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League participating nations". FIFAe. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Richman, Olivia. "Rocket League Joins the FIFAe World Cup". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ McCaskill, Steve. "First post-EA FifaE World Cup will be powered by Rocket League". SportsPro Media. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "FIFA Will Feature Rocket League in 2024 Iteration of Its Esports Competition". IGN. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Bolding, Jonathan. "FIFA will host an actual Rocket League world cup complete with national teams". PC Gamer. Retrieved 14 August 2024.