KONAMI AND EFOOTBALL.PRO ANNOUNCES LEAGUE FORMAT AND FIRST MATCH DATES
30.11.2018 10:00
The first-ever international esports league for professional football clubs, including FC Barcelona, will kick off on December 2nd, 2018
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today announced, in conjunction with eFootball.Pro, the first details on format and match dates for the eFootball.Pro League, which opens on December 2nd, 2018.
Played on KONAMI’s PES 2019, the eFootball.Pro League is the first global esports tournament designed exclusively for professional football clubs to determine the No.1 esports football team. Six clubs, including FC Barcelona, FC Schalke 04, AS Monaco, Celtic FC, Boavista FC, and FC Nantes will be participating in the inaugural competition.
The world’s top PES 2019 players, such as Italy’s Ettorito who won KONAMI’s official PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018 in July, have been signed by each club to represent them.
The Regular Season will have three matches per month starting this December through to April 2019, being played on Saturdays or Sundays, with the top three teams advancing to the Finals in Barcelona in May. The bottom three teams will then head to the Last Chance Group where the winner will go through to the Finals.
The matches for the regular season will take place at Highvideo Studios in Barcelona, in addition to locations near to club stadiums across Europe, such as Celtic Park in Glasgow and Stade Louis II in Monaco.
The first matches to be played on December 2nd, with streaming starting at 16:00 CET, are as follows:
FC Barcelona vs. Boavista FC
AS Monaco vs. FC Schalke 04
Celtic FC vs. FC Nantes
Please visit eFootball.Pro League’s official website for more information – https://efootball.pro/
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About eFootball.Pro
eFootball.Pro provides the digital public with the evolution of the traditional football social spectacle. Its goal is to professionalise the football esports industry by organising the first international esports competition with top football clubs only. The eFootball.Pro League has announced its 6 contestant teams: FC Barcelona, FC Schalke 04, AS Monaco, Celtic FC, Boavista FC and FC Nantes. The company appeared in 2016 and belongs to EMR (Esports Media Rights), an events and esports company, competitions promoter, creator of related content and broadcaster.
About Konami Group
Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.
About Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core business of Konami Group, is a leading international digital entertainment company that develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for globally acclaimed franchises such as the Metal Gear series, Pro Evolution Soccer, Castlevania, Silent Hill and Contra, as well as the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game series. www.konami.com/games/corporate/en