CAPE TOWN - VS Gaming announced that it has acquired the rights to host a FIFA eWorld Cup Qualifier in 2018 after signing an agreement with EA Sports on the 22 of March 2018.
The VS Gaming Cup is seen as the largest on the continent and the second largest gaming tournament in the world with over 1024 players competing.
According to VS Gaming spokesperson, Wanda Mkhize, this historic agreement means players can now test their skills and be given the chance to compete to represent South Africa at the Global Series playoffs later this year.
“EA SPORTS FIFA is one of the country’s top selling video games and with almost 7 million gamers around South Africa, we can safely say this is a more than an ideal partnership between VSGaming and EA SPORTS"
It most certainly escalates an already successful tournament to world status and gives local gamers the international exposure each of them dreams of,” said Mkhize.
The VS Gaming Cup is an accredited official EA SPORTS™ FIFA 18 Global Series qualifier as EA brings competitive FIFA to millions of fans around the world through the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series on The Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018 in August 2018.
The VS Gaming Cup will have 1, 024 registered competitors across both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms.
The event will be divided into eight pools per platform consisting of a maximum of 64 players per pool. The total number of contestants will be 512 per platform.
The total prize pool for this year is over R1,5 million with the winner on each platform receiving R400, 000. The breakdown is as follows:
XBOX WINNERS
PS4 WINNERS
PRIZE POOL
TOTAL
1st Place
1st Place
R400 000
R800 000
2nd Place
2nd Place
R150 000
R300 000
3rd Place
3rd Place
R75 000
R150 000
4st Place
4st Place
R30 000
R60 000
5th–8th Place
5th–8th Place
R15 000
R120 000
9th–16th Place
9th–16th Place
R5 000
R80 000