Matías Bonanno, Yago Fawaz and Nicolás Villalba are part of the FIFA 22 Argentina national team. Photo: AFA Esports
After two years of absence due to the pandemic, the FIFA 22 Argentina national team will face the Playoffs this weekend towards the Video Game World Cup, known as FIFA eNations Cup 2022which will take place from 27 to 30 July in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Albiceleste team reached this previous instance of the tournament after obtaining the first place in the playoffs which took place in April. Another of those directly classified was Brazil. Meanwhile, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru had to play a separate match against Paraguay, Venezuela and Bolivia to reach this latest tournament, which will deliver the three available spots.
Among those classified are the Danes (being the organizing country), Sweden, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy on the European side; Australia, India and Japan on the Asia / Oceania side; Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on the Middle East / Africa side; and Mexico from Central / North America.
With the 24 teams defined, each selection will contribute 3 players which will face the matches in pairs 2 vs 2 on the Playstation 5 console, in Round Robin format (all against all), with direct elimination from the round of 32. The total jackpot for the event is 400 thousand dollars in prizes.
FIFA’s Argentina national team, player by player:
Nicolás Villalba, FIFA 22 eChampions League champion.
After completing a day of practice (training camp) with five nominees, the FIFA 22 Argentine squad chose based on performance Nicolás “Iceman” Villalba, Yago Fawaz and Matías Bonanno. While Valentín Mazzalupo and Carlos Cejas failed to overcome the request.
Nicola Villalba, who currently competes in Europe, participated in the first of four previous dates of the South American qualifiers. The GUILD Esports player arrives at an exceptional time after being crowned champion of the eChampions League and is one of the best in the world.
Matías Bonanno, a Team Heretics player, won the TOTS Cup tournament in London.
While, Mattia Bonanno He recently won the TOTS Cup in London with the Spanish team of Team Heretics in 2v2 format, where he won $ 100,000 and the ranking for the FIFAe Club World Cup which will be played in July in Denmark.
Iago Fawaz, player of KRÜ Esports, the team of Serio “Kun” Agüero, is another story of the FIFA scene in Argentina. Together with Nicolás Villalba, he was second in the world in the 2019 edition of the tournament.
Yago Fawaz plays FIFA 22 for Kun Agüero’s team, KRÜ Esports. Photo The German Garcia Adrasti.
With a past at Independiente and Aston Villa, the player has distinguished himself in Europe for being the only Argentine and American in the eChampions League 2021 and, in addition, get the ticket together with Valentin Mazzalupo for the World Cup FIFA Club World Cup for Clubswhich will also be held in Denmark, from 20 to 23 July.
What the competition will look like in the FIFA eNations Playoffs 2022
FIFA 22 action for the Argentine trio will start, first, in the group stage. There are five games per day and with a location defined by the server they connect to to play.
On Friday 17th there will be the first legs and on Saturday 18th the second legs. Argentina will start playing Peru and Chile as a guest, then they will play as a guest before Colombia, later they will be host against Brazil and will close the first day as a guest against Ecuador. The next day the locations will be reversed but the sequence of the games will be respected.
On Sunday 19, meanwhile, there will be the two semifinals and then the finals of the winners and losers (two games). The winning teams of each semi-final and the winner of the losing round (2nd Chance Final) will qualify for FeNC22.
The winner of the final will be crowned champion of the South American zone. In addition to the seats, $ 11,250 in prizes will be awarded.
The match schedule
Friday 17 June, 18:00 – Group stage (first leg):
• Round # 1: Peru vs. Argentina.
• Round # 2: Chile vs. Argentina.
• Round # 3: Argentina vs. Colombia.
• Round # 4: Brazil vs. Argentina.
• Round # 5: Argentina vs. Ecuador.
Saturday 18 June, 18:00 – Group stage (second leg):
• Round # 1: Argentina vs. Peru.
• Round # 2: Argentina vs. Kilos.
• Round # 3: Colombia vs. Argentina.
• Round # 4: Argentina vs. Brazil.
• Round # 5: Ecuador vs. Argentina.
Sunday 19 June, 19:00 – Semi-finals and final.
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