FIFAe World Cup feat. Rocket League announced at London Major

The inaugural FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League has just been announced. A surprise event trailer was shown during Championship Sunday's pre-show at the RLCS London Major.

Rocket League fans are hyped for the international competition many have dreamed about and requested for years.

Newer Rocket League fans may not be aware, but an international competition of this scale has been attempted before. Before the FIFAe World Cup feat. Rocket League, there was the Intel World Open.

The IWO, originally announced in 2019, was a global event officially supported by the International Olympic Committee. The tournament was intended as a never-before-seen country-based competition for both Rocket League and Street Fighter V.

Players would form teams with their fellow countrymen and compete in national qualifiers to determine who would represent their nation on the international stage. The Intel World Open's big finale was supposed to be a LAN event in Tokyo in the same area as the 2020 Summer Olympic venues boasting the majority of a $250,000 prize pool for each game.

Unfortunately, the IWO was postponed along with the 2020 Summer Olympics due to COVID, with the in-person portion of the esports competition eventually canceled outright. Instead, the best teams from each country played each other online to determine the best in each major region in 2021.

Now, it seems fans will get to cheer for their countries once again thanks to the FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League.

FIFAe's initial event announcement came in the form of a surprise video trailer broadcast during Day 4's pre-show at the RLCS London Major and posted on Twitter. Additional information is available in their official article.

16 nations will be invited by to participate in the FIFAe World Cup feat. Rocket League. Countries will be selected "based on the number of representatives from each country in previous Rocket League Majors." Once invited, each country's "participating member association" must host their own qualifiers to determine their nation's representatives.

More details, such as format, prize pool, and schedule, will be revealed by FIFAe at a later date.

In the meantime, prospective players can register via the FIFA.GG website for more information about qualification in their particular territory.

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