Fifa eWorld Cup 2019: How to watch live stream as eSports tournament kicks off
Final set to play across YouTube, Twitch and Fifa’s website
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Your support makes all the difference.The Fifa eWorld Cup is nearly here, with 32 of the world's best players ready to fight for the chance to be crowned the world's best player of Fifa 19.
It will be the biggest ever edition of the eWorld Cup, with a prize pool of $500,000 (£410,000).
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Tickets are still available on the Fifa eWorld Cup website, though spectators can only watch the action on the third and final day.
For those who want to watch from the comfort of their own home, Fifa has made it as easy as possible for fans to tune in to the eWorld Cup, with live streams across nearly every major platform.
The three-day event can be watched on Fifa's own website, as well as Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube.
The proceedings will also be broadcast in six languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
Some of the world's biggest broadcasters have also bought the rights to host the tournament, including BeIN in France and the Middle East, Sky Sports in the UK, and NBCU and Telemundo in the US.
Fans can also follow the build up and action through Fifa's various social media channels.
Fifa has published the full schedule for the eWorld Cup, with the first of the group stage matches kicking off at 10am on Friday.
Friday 2 August
- Group stage A & C: 10:00-15.30
- Group stage B & D: 15.30-20.30
Saturday 3 August
- Group stage A & C: 11:00-13:30
- Group stage B & D: 13:30-15:30
- Round of 16 & quarter-finals: 15:30-19:30
Sunday 4 August
- Doors open to public: 14:00-15:00
- Semi-finals: 15:00-17:00
- Final Showdown: 17:30-19:00
The Independent will be covering all of the action as it unfolds.
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The match has slowed down a bit now, with a lot of pressure on both players.
End of first half. 1-1.
It's looking very close here. Nobody is the decisive winner of that half at all.
We have a pause here at 60'. Both players trying to find their way into the lead. Both failing, so far...
After a spicy first 25 minutes or so, this game has got very cagey. Both players are getting stuck in midfield and don't seem to know how to find their way through.
Quite a few mistakes coming from both of the players here, uncharacteristically...
Just a few minutes left in this game. Still nothing between them and still no sign that's going to change.
Full time in the first leg. 1-1.
What a thriller. MoAuba will be absolutely thrilled with what's happened there: the match was very, very close, but it was the German who had the most exciting moments, and he is playing on his unfamiliar console.
Still could very much go either way here.
Just a bit of a break here as Wilfried Zaha is interviewed. He says how impressed he is by the quality of the players (though seems mostly impressed that they can play so ably on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox – which as a Fifa-on-Xbox ultra, I can very much identify with).
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