If you’re a FIFA fan, you’ll want to ensure you’re tuning into the 2020 FIFAe World Club Tournament, which will take place from February 24 – 28. This is one of the largest tournaments, not just for FIFA, but for all eSports. Highly competitive, the 42 competing teams have been whittled down from an initial group of more than 480 teams that competed in the qualifying rounds.

The Format

So how’s this tournament going to work? As we said above, more than 480 teams entered the qualifying rounds. Now, just 42 remain, all hoping to be crowned winners come February 28. By the end of play on that date, there’ll actually be six victors.

That’s because the tournament has been divided into six different zones: Oceania (Zone 1); Asia (Zone 2); Africa and Middle East (Zone 3); Europe (Zone 4); South America (Zone 5); and North America (Zone 6).

There are a different number of teams for each zone. There are fourteen teams in the European tournament and twelve in the South American tournament. The other zones all have four teams.

In the zones with four teams, all teams will play each other twice. The teams in the top two positions after the round-robin tournament format will advance to the finals, where they will play each other in a best of five match, winner takes all tournament.

In Europe, the fourteen teams will be divided into two groups of seven. In each group, the teams will play each other twice. The top four from each group will advance to the quarter-finals; those matches are best of three, as are the semi-finals. The two sides which make it to the final will play a best of five match.

In South America, there’ll be four groups of three clubs, who will play each other twice. Two clubs will advance to the knockout round. After that, it’s the quarter-finals and semi-finals, which will be a best of three match. The final will be a best of five.

Who’s Looking Good?

So who’s likely to come out on top? It’s hard to look past reigning champions Complexity Gaming, who, though they technically won last year’s tournament on penalties, never really looked like losing. But as anyone who follows esports will know, they won’t have things their own way. Manchester City eSports are the sole representation from England; in truth, they will be considered an outsider, to put it in betting glossary terms, but the name alone carries some weight.

They’ve got the best of the best of English talent, and given the riches of the club, you’d imagine that the prep of the players has been pretty sophisticated too. This will be their fourth trip to the finals, so perhaps this will be the time they finally make their mark?

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The Prize Money

Teams don’t enter these tournaments for the money; they do it because they want to prove themselves to be the best in the world, or at least the best on their continent. But there is a financial component, too. Back by cash-rich FIFA, there’s a lot of money on the table. In all, there’s more than $245,000 up for grabs, spread among the six different zones. The zones that have more teams command a higher proportion of the prize money.

At the top end is Zone 4 (Europe) — the winner will get $27,5000, with the runner-up receiving $12,500. Teams that reach at least the quarter-finals in Europe and South America can expect at least $4,000 in prize money. Only the winners and runners-up in the other zones will receive cash.

How To Watch

If you’d like to see the world’s best FIFA players battle it out, then you’re in luck —the event will be live-streamed on various FIFA online channels, including their Twitch channel. The only caveat is that you might have to stay up late to watch the finals of the continents that aren’t your own since the tournament is taking place online at local times.