Konami Digital Entertainment announces that the eFootball™ console game series has been officially selected as the competition titles for the Inter-Prefectural Esports Championship 2023 KAGOSHIMA, which will be held as part of the Culture Program at the Moyuru Kandou Kagoshima Kokutai and the Moyuru Kandou Kagoshima Taikai.
This year's eFootball™ series qualifying tournament will be held online from September to October to determine one representative from each prefecture. The representatives will then face off in an inter-prefectural tournament that will be held offline in Kagoshima in early November, with the seven qualifiers plus the Kagoshima representative competing for the championship.
In addition, a special website for the Japanese tournament was launched today.
eFootball™ Special Website:
https://e-football.konami.net/kokutai2023/
Information on how to participate and full tournament details will be announced on the special website as they become available.
Konami Digital Entertainment will continue to deliver the fun of esports to its customers through its esports initiatives.
About KONAMI's esports initiatives
The eFootball™ series of soccer games has been supported by many customers over the years since its birth in 1995 as the console title Winning Eleven. The eFootball™ series continues to gather attention as competition titles both in Japan and abroad, being featured in exhibition matches at the 18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang, the Culture Program at Inter-Prefectural Esports Championship 2022 TOCHIGI four consecutive times since Iki-iki Ibaraki Yume Kokutai 2019, and World eSports Championship 2022 hosted by the International eSports Federation (IeSF) three consecutive times since 2019. We are also expanding our efforts to combine esports and real sports by partnering with J.League (Public Interest Incorporated Association Japan Professional Soccer League) and co-hosting eFootball™ Championship Pro 2023, which features European clubs, and eJ.LEAGUE eFootball™ 2022 Season, which features all 40 J1 and J2 clubs.