esports: Olympique de Marseille and Team BDS join forces to participate in the LFP's eLigue 1

Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) has teamed up with the Swiss organisation Team BDS to form an esports team to participate in the 2022 edition of the LFP's eLigue 1, announced the club and Team BDS on 21/02/2022.

The sixth edition of the eLigue 1 will be played on the FIFA 22 (published by EA Sports) exclusively on the PS5 - video game console from PlayStation, official partner of the competition - from 01/03 to 04/06/2022. "For this new season, the eLigue 1 is structured and becomes a 100% professional championship. The competition will bring together the 10 Ligue 1 Uber Eats clubs most involved in esports, with their own esports structure and professional players under contract," said the LFP on 17/02/2022, which is allocating €50,000 to participating clubs in order to support them in esports.

Olympique de Marseille launched its first esports section on 23/11/2020 in partnership with Grizi Esport, an esports structure belonging to Antoine Griezmann (FRA) created on 20/01/2020 and which ceased its activities on 11/10/2021. Within the framework of this agreement, two…