FIFAe World Cup
The FIFAe World Cup is FIFA’s global esports tournament. It started in 2004 as the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) and later became the FIFA eWorld Cup. For many years it used the latest FIFA football video games, letting millions of players compete online in a huge open qualifier. At one point, Guinness World Records called it the largest online esports event.
In 2023, FIFA and EA ended their licensing deal for the FIFA games, and EA launched its own circuit called the EA Sports FC Pro. Because of that change, the FIFAe World Cup leadership shifted to a broader format and added new games. The 2024 FIFAe World Cup features three titles: Rocket League (national teams), Football Manager (FIFAe World Cup featuring Football Manager), and eFootball (Konami). The event uses national teams and invites players through national associations and various qualifiers.
The championship has a history of big prize money. In 2018, the FIWC winner earned $250,000. The 2023 FIFAe World Cup winner on the FIFA game series earned $300,000. The 2024 Football Manager edition has a prize pool of $100,000. The competition’s trophy comes from London’s Thomas Lyte, standing about 50 cm tall and made of silver and gold.
Past formats often included online qualifiers, group stages, and knockout rounds, with the Grand Final decided on a live show. The finals are streamed on YouTube and Twitch, and in earlier years some grand finals were even shown on TV in the United States.
2024’s editions continue the tradition of national teams competing for glory, with the Rocket League version run by Team Falcons (Saudi Arabia) as the current Rocket League champion, and individual Football Manager players from Indonesia and Malaysia noted as the console and mobile champions, respectively. The eFootball portion continues the series’ move into Konami’s game.
In short, the FIFAe World Cup has evolved from a single FIFA game event into a multi-title global esports series that still crowns national teams as world champions each year.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 09:33 (CET).