MUMBAI: LaLiga EA SPORTS FC makes its leap into the international arena with its Beat the Best tournaments, which open Tuesday for the first of two tournaments to be held in India, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt and Argentina.
Indian aspirants can register from Tuesday until the 20th to take part in the first tournament, to be held on the 21st and 22nd of this month. One day later, and until the 27th, registrations will be open for the second tournament, to be held on the 28th and 29th of December.
The winner of each tournament will pocket €500 and both will fight, during the month of January, to become the best amateur player in the country and enjoy a VIP experience during the LaLiga FC Pro finals to be held in Spain in April.
China will bring online experience to physical events
Shanghai will also have their own Beat the Best tournaments, to which face-to-face events will be added.
In the case of Shanghai, registration is now open for the EA SPORTS FC Online and EA SPORTS FC MOBILE tournaments, and from which 16 finalists will be selected to take part in the Beat the Best final. The top eight will qualify for the LALIGA EA SPORTS China Challenge, which will take place on 20 and 21 January in the Chinese city.
In line with the objectives set in previous seasons and driven by the strengthened alliance between LaLiga and EA SPORTS, the online tournaments aim to transfer the experience of a major official competition to the amateur scene.
In Spain, LaLiga FC Pro also presents new features, with a prize pool of more than €350,000 distributed among the different championships that make it up. On 11 November, Atlético de Madrid won the SuperCup, the first title of the season.
The Regular Season will be played over two weekends between February and March, during which the 38 participating clubs will be divided into eight groups to compete for access to the Cup and the Final in 1v1 matches. The 24 top-ranked clubs from the regular season will play for a place in the final of the LALIGA FC Pro Cup, which will be played in April. From there, the 16 clubs that will have earned a step closer to glory will advance to the LALIGA FC Pro Finals at the end of the month.
LaLiga FC Pro will continue to expand its presence with new and innovative content on its social networks on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch and YouTube, with the most interesting and entertaining content from the competition and the EA SPORTS FC Pro ecosystem.
