LOS ÁNGELES, 21 de julio de 2025 – Konami Digital Entertainment (KONAMI) is pleased to announce that it will continue its partnership with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to promote the development of football esports worldwide through FIFAe competitions in 2025 and 2026. The two FIFAe World Cup™ featuring eFootball™ on mobile and on console will be held again this and next year and the number of participating nations is anticipated to increase with a worldwide open qualification process.
The FIFAe World Cup 2024™ featuring eFootball™ on mobile and coｎsole was held last December with more than 14 million players from around the world participating online in the lead up, representing 16 nations in the mobile edition and 18 nations in the console edition. The final competitions were streamed online to the entire world, and the number of max. concurrent viewers for the console edition reached over 400,000*1, the highest number for an esports event held on eFootball™.
In order to further expand the excitement of the global football community through esports, the “eFootball World Festival in Tokyo” event was held on Monday, July 21 and celebrated the 30th anniversary of the eFootball™ series. At the stage event, we announced the extension of the partnership agreement between FIFA and KONAMI for the development of esports including the FIFAe World Cup™ featuring eFootball™ in 2025 and 2026.
This year’s FIFAe World Cup 2025™ will expand the number of nations, and will hold new regional selection process to determine representatives from each continent, such as Asia and Europe. In addition, with the cooperation of FIFPRO, the number of clubs and players available for the finals will increase.
The FIFAe World Cup 2025™ featuring eFootball™ on mobile and console will be held in Saudi Arabia this December as part of the FIFAe Finals 2025. With the aim of continuing to make football esports even more accessible, the two FIFAe World Cup™ featuring eFootball™ on mobile and console will feature an open qualification period lasting several months with local and regional activations. This year’s qualification process will allow more FIFA Member Associations to compete for a place at the event, building the foundation for a truly global and sustainable ecosystem. Players can get more detailed information from the eFootball™ official website and FIFA.GG. In addition, with the cooperation of FIFPRO, the number of clubs and players available for the competition will increase.
eFootball™ Series 30th Anniversary Special Event：https://youtube.com/live/jXADFc15B14?feature=share
Konami Digital Entertainment is committed to deliver excitement and enthusiasm to even more football fans and the football community through its ongoing collaboration with FIFAe.
1 Total number of viewers on FIFAe official YouTube, etc.
<Images of the FIFAe World Cup 2024™ held in December last year>
