FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier becomes the most popular tournament in the history of virtual football

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The FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier took place in London from November 10 to 12, serving as the qualifying stage for the FC Pro 24 Open. The qualifier featured the world's best players representing various football clubs, ranging from Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund to Lorient and Inter Miami. Although the main event of FC Pro 24 Open will take place in February 2024, its qualifying stage has already become the most popular event in terms of peak viewership in the history of virtual football competitions.

The FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier featured 64 players. Among them were both invited participants and winners of regional qualifiers in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and other divisions. As a result, 16 players advanced to the main FC Pro 24 Open tournament, including Tekkz, Cowen, Umut, Vejrgang, and other stars of the football simulator. It is worth noting that Germany and the Netherlands will have the highest representation at the final tournament, with three players each. Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and Italy will have two representatives each.

FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier viewership results 

Overall, the matches of the FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier accumulated slightly over 2 million Hours Watched. The event reached 115.1K Average Viewers and 340K Peak Viewers. This became possible thanks to the distribution of gifts. Viewers who watched the tournament's broadcast on official EA SPORTS channels had the opportunity to receive player card packs in EAFC 24.

Interestingly, the Group Stage was covered only by community casters, and the official tournament broadcasts began from the Playoffs stage. In total, 109 channels covered the qualifier tournament. The most popular among them were the official EA Sports channels on Twitch and YouTube.

The FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier achieved the highest result in the history of football simulators by Peak Viewers on broadcasts. Previously, the Peak Viewers record was held by the FIFA 21 Challenge, which was watched by 328K people concurrently.

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The FC Pro 24 Open - Global Qualifier ranks alongside LEC Summer 2023 (343.5K PV), Call of Duty League 2023: Stage 3 Major (335.1K PV), IEM Dallas 2023 (323.1K PV), and Overwatch World Cup 2023 (318.7K PV).

The main stage of the FC Pro 24 Open will take place in London from November 27 to February 3. The tournament's prize pool will amount to $500K. In addition to the money prizes, the Top 3 participants will secure spots in the World Championship. You can follow the progress of the event on the coverage page.