Fifa eWorld Cup 2019: How to watch live stream as eSports tournament kicks off
Final set to play across YouTube, Twitch and Fifa’s website
The Fifa eWorld Cup is nearly here, with 32 of the world's best players ready to fight for the chance to be crowned the world's best player of Fifa 19.
It will be the biggest ever edition of the eWorld Cup, with a prize pool of $500,000 (£410,000).
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Tickets are still available on the Fifa eWorld Cup website, though spectators can only watch the action on the third and final day.
For those who want to watch from the comfort of their own home, Fifa has made it as easy as possible for fans to tune in to the eWorld Cup, with live streams across nearly every major platform.
The three-day event can be watched on Fifa's own website, as well as Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube.
The proceedings will also be broadcast in six languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
Some of the world's biggest broadcasters have also bought the rights to host the tournament, including BeIN in France and the Middle East, Sky Sports in the UK, and NBCU and Telemundo in the US.
Fans can also follow the build up and action through Fifa's various social media channels.
Fifa has published the full schedule for the eWorld Cup, with the first of the group stage matches kicking off at 10am on Friday.
Friday 2 August
- Group stage A & C: 10:00-15.30
- Group stage B & D: 15.30-20.30
Saturday 3 August
- Group stage A & C: 11:00-13:30
- Group stage B & D: 13:30-15:30
- Round of 16 & quarter-finals: 15:30-19:30
Sunday 4 August
- Doors open to public: 14:00-15:00
- Semi-finals: 15:00-17:00
- Final Showdown: 17:30-19:00
The Independent will be covering all of the action as it unfolds.
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Brief foray here for the rap battle competition, where four freestylers go head-to-head. They're alright! Though it's hard to convey rapping through the form of a live blog...
(Some technical problems here as Deekayy's microphone isn't working...)
So now we're into the PlayStation final.
It's MoAuba vs nicolas99fc.
They're both veterans. But neither of them have ever been to the final before.
Nicolas is probably the favourite. But this should be a good match.
Bit of a delay here as MoAuba goes to wash his hands because his controller is too sticky...
Nicolas won when these two played in the group stages. But as the previous semi-final showed, those group stages aren't a great guide to how the later matches might go...
Nicolas99fc scores!
Almost immediately, the Argentinian smashes it in. It's 1-0 already, and we're less than 10 minutes into the first leg.
MoAuba scores. 1-1.
Just four minutes later, without Nicolas touching the ball, MoAuba pulls it back.
MoAuba scores again! He's now 2-1 up.
This match looked like it was going to go the way that everyone had suggested: an easy win for nicolas99fc, easily the PlayStation favourite. But in the last few minutes everything has turned upside down, and MoAuba is now in control.