eSports: Schalke 04 are organising a FIFA 17 tournament with nine other clubs with eSports sections

FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga) are organising a FIFA 17 tournament, on the PlayStation 4 game console, at the Veltins Arena (69,000 capacity), with the professional eSports sections of nine football clubs, on 25/03/2017. Paris Saint-Germain (France), Manchester City (England), Sporting Clube de Lisbon (Portugal), AFC Ajax (Netherlands), VfL Wolfsburg (Germany), Brondby IF (Denmark), Legia Warsaw (Poland), FC Twente (Netherlands), and FC St. Gallen (Switzerland) will participate in the tournament.

Each team will be represented by one of its eSports players. Tickets to the event are on sale and cost 5 euros. The tournament will be broadcast on Twitch (a digital channel exclusively dedicated to eSports, owned by Amazon).

"We are delighted to host the first Schalke 04 Esports-Cup at the Veltins Arena. Many clubs and well-known players have accepted our invitation, which has already stressed the importance of eSports. We are, in Germany, one of the pioneers in this area and we want to expand our involvement in the future," stated Moritz Beckers-Schwarz, the director in charge of FC Schalke…