Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (KONAMI) is excited to announce that the finalists for the eFootball™ division of the National Prefectural Competitive Esports Championship 2025 SHIGA, to be held on Saturday, November 22, and Sunday, November 23, have been decided.
The National Prefectural Competitive Esports Championship is a national esports tournament where prefectural representatives who have won their regional qualifiers will compete against each other and has been held annually in the host city of the National Sports Festival since 2019.KONAMI’s soccer game, eFootball™, has been featured as one of the competition titles since the inaugural year. This year, to allow more players to participate, the competition will be held across two platforms—mobile and home console.
The eFootball™ division finals will feature a total of ten players: eight representatives from Chiba, Tokyo, Shizuoka, and Kumamoto who advanced through the prefectural tournament (four rounds), and two representatives from Shiga—the host prefecture. The finals will be streamed on the official eFootball™ channel, so be sure to tune in.
Official eFootball™ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@official_eFootball
Continuing from last year, we will be holding a series of visitor participation events again. This year will feature a talk show with popular eFootball™ streamers Mess and Choburi, as well as a photo booth where you can take pictures as your favorite player . We're looking forward to seeing you at the venue!
Konami Digital Entertainment will continue to bring the fun and excitement of esports to fans everywhere through its esports initiatives.
Name: National Prefectural Esports Championship 2025 SHIGA
Date: November 22 (Sat) and 23 (Sun), 2025
Venue: Proseed Arena HIKONE (Hikone City Sports and Cultural Exchange Center)
Organizer: National Prefectural Competitive Esports Championship 2025 SHIGA Executive Committee
Special website for eFootball™ division: https://e-football.konami.net/kokuspo2025/
[About KONAMI’s esports initiatives]
The eFootball™ series of soccer games has been loved and supported by fans around the world since its launch in 1995 as the console Winning Eleven series. The eFootball™ series continues to attract attention as competition titles both in Japan and overseas, being featured in exhibition matches at the 18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang, the Inter-Prefectural Esports Championship held as part of the National Sports Festival Culture Program (for seven consecutive years starting in Ibaraki in 2019). In 2024, we signed a contract with FIFA to collaborate in esports and co-hosted the FIFAe World Cup 2024™, which used eFootball™ as the competition title and had more than 14 million players participating worldwide. We are also expanding our efforts to combine esports and real sports by holding the eFootball™ Championship 2024 Club Event with our European club partners and co-hosting eJ.League eFootball™ with the Japan Professional Football League (J.League), which featured all 40 J1 and J2 clubs.
[About eFootball™]
Since its debut in 1995 as Winning Eleven, eFootball™ has been loved by soccer fans around the world, boasting over 900 million units sold and downloaded. This year, 2025, marks the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed eFootball™ series. Users can enjoy a variety of content in eFootball™; In Dream Team Mode, they can build their own original team, choosing from players lighting up the scoreboards in real matches, superstars active in major leagues or legends who have made their mark in soccer history; in Co-op Mode, they can experience the thrill of competing online with their friends in 3-on-3 matches. In addition, eFootball™ has been used as a competition title in various esports tournaments both in Japan and abroad, spreading the joy of soccer digitally around the world.
eFootball™ official website: https://www.konami.com/efootball/ja/
Official X account: @we_konami