The European Cup in FIFA eSports, the FIFA 23 eChampions League, is coming to an end in FIFA 23. We review the road to the final. In addition, you can find out everything about the eChampions League Finals in FIFA 23 here: participants, prizes and last but not least the live streams so that you don't miss anything.
The FIFA 23 eChampions League is, as the name suggests, the eSports counterpart to the real UEFA Champions League. The PlayStation presented tournament features the biggest names in FIFA eSports and features some incredible matches.
FIFA 23 eChampions League Finals: These Are The Last 8
The Grand Final of the eChampions League takes place in early June 2023 in Istanbul – and will be played a few days before its bigger brother, the UEFA Champions League.
The best eight players will compete in a final Knockout Bracket to decide who is going to raise the trophy. The eChampions League Finals start with matches from the Upper Semifinals and Lower Bracket Round 5.
A total of 32 players took part in the Knockouts before. The following 8 players made it to the eUCL Finals in FIFA 23:
| Player | Club | Nationality |
| Emre Yilmaz | Team Gullit | Netherlands |
| Umut | RBLZ Gaming | Germany |
| HezerS | AC Monza Team eSports | Italy |
| Obrun2002 | exeed | Italy |
| Vejrgang | RBLZ Gaming | Denmark |
| KeturDylo | LDLC OL | France |
| Daniel7 | HSV eSports | Germany |
| Neat | DUX Gaming | Spain |
The two best players are also already guaranteed a spot in the playoffs for the FIFA eWorld Cup. Number three and four have to start in the Play-Ins first.
eChampions League Finals Livestreams For FIFA 23
You can watch the eChampions League Finals live onTwitch or YouTube !
And you can watch the road to the final again here – skip to ~3:27:00 to see a real highlight match between Anders Vejrgang and the current eCL Champion Nicolas Villalba:
FIFA 23 eChampions League: The Format
Whilst teams could qualify through their league standings and the UEFA Champions League Playoffs in the real Champions League, it works very differently in FIFA 23. EA Sports divided Europe into these four regions:
West: France, Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom
Iberia & Benelux: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Germany & Austria
Nordic & East: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
The top 256 players from each region could participate in the eChampions League Online Qualifiers. They earned this position in Division Rivals, by collecting a certain number of points in the Elite Division until the end of the first season in FUT 23 (November 11, 2022).
As mentioned, the 256 best players from each region got the chance to play the FIFA 23 eChampions League Online Qualifiers. These took place on November 26 and 27 and were played in the so-called Swiss System. Just so that not everybody has to play 255 matches, the players were paired up with another player from their region based on their current record. The best 16 players from each region then qualified for the FIFA 23 eChampions League Group Stages.On February 18 and 19, 2023 The FIFA 23 eCL Group Stage was played in London. The 64 qualified players were separated into two groups and regions once again. The earlier mentioned 32 participants then moved into the Knockouts.
A long road is coming towards its end. And the winners will take a lot of money with them...
FIFA 23 eChampions League: The Prize Pool
In total, EA Sports gives out prices of more than $280,000. Here is the full price list:
| PLACE | PRICE | NUMBER OF WINNERS | $ PER PLACE |
| 1 | $75,000 | 1 | $75,000 |
| 2 | $50,000 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 3 | $30,000 | 1 | $30,000 |
| 4 | $20,000 | 1 | $20,000 |
| 5-6 | $15,000 | 2 | $30,000 |
| 7-8 | $10,000 | 2 | $20,000 |
| 9-12 | $5,000 | 4 | $20,000 |
| 13-16 | $3,000 | 4 | $12,000 |
| 17-24 | $2,000 | 8 | $16,000 |
| 25-32 | $1,000 | 8 | $8,000 |
| – | – | TOTAL PRIZE POOL | $281,000 |
