eSports: France wins the first edition of the FIFA eNations Cup in London (ENG) on 14/04/2019

The FFF's French national eSports team has won the first edition of the FIFA eNations Cup, an eSports competition organised by the international body on the FIFA 19 video game, in London (ENG) on 14/04/2019. After eliminating Brazil in the quarter-finals and Portugal in the semi-finals, the French team, composed of Corentin "Maestro" Thuillier (6^th in the world, Team Vitality) and Lucas "DaXe" Cuillerier (5^th in the world, PSG Esports), won the final (2-1) versus Argentina (after defeating England in the quarter-finals, then Denmark in the semi-finals), despite the presence of Nicolas "Nicolas99FC" Villalba in the South American team, ranked as the best player in the world on Playstation 4 (Sony).

"Following a weekend of excitement, tension and drama that saw eFootball teams from 20 member associations and six confederations battle it out, France secured their place in eFootball history to become the first-ever FIFA eNations Cup champions, winning the $40,000 (€35,400 on 15/04/2019) top prize and 1,500 EA Sports FIFA 19 Global Series Points," said FIFA.

"The crowning of the…