FIFA 08 World Cup hots up

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 November, 2007

Three finalists named.

Live qualifying events for the FIFA Interactive World Cup have taken place in Denmark, the Netherlands and Hungary this month as part of EA and FIFA's search to find out who is best at FIFA 08 on PS3 (I'd like to take this opportunity to rule myself out).

15-year-old Christian Lønhart from Bagsværd in Copenhagen and 17-year-old Hungarian Roland Császár won the first two events, while Dutchman Andries Smit is apparently up for his second Grand Final in a row after a "tense qualifying match" at the weekend in the Netherlands.

Apparently more than 10,000 people from 25 countries have been trying for top spot on the PlayStation Network leaderboard since the game's release in October, with qualifiers set to continue across Korea, Portugal and eventually over 20 locations worldwide in the next five months.

On 24th May 2008, 32 finalists will then head off to Berlin to compete for FIFA Interactive World Player 2008, with the winner even getting an invite to the FIFA World Player Gala 2008. We'd say that it'll be worth practising the special watch-nicking handshake and pickpocket skills in advance, but the cash prize of USD 20,000 will probably be enough to save the wallets and bling of the world's finest sportsmen (besides, better pickings seem to be had around Liverpool on European Cup nights, judging by the red-tops).

You can find out more about getting involved at the official website, but do remember that this year's tournament is PS3-only due, presumably, to a money hat that even Sepp Blatter could fit his head into.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • JYM60 #1 4 years ago

    I'm quite good but you have to play too much to get a high rank.

  • Vice.Destroyer #2 4 years ago

    Could Chad Warden have had a word with Sepp Blatter?

  • Deucalion #3 4 years ago

    "15-year-old Christian Lønhart from Bagsværd in Copenhagen"

    Surely you mean "from Bagsværd in Denmark". Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.

  • Vice.Destroyer #4 4 years ago

    @Deucalion - Whoa, a sarcastic poster with a superiority complex. Let's just assume that the guys that write these articles are actually a little smart and assume that, for the most part, the readers are on the same level. I mean, if there is anybody here that reads Eurogamer and does not know in which country Copenhagen is (or doesn't know how to use Google to find out), I forbid you from posting on this site. Ever again.

    (Sorry, but after reading the Mass Effect thread and the unbelievable abuse Kristan was getting, I've decided to stick up for the guys from one of my favourite sites. Call me a forum vigilante)
    Edited by 1 at 26/11/07 @ 13:59

  • Arwin #5 4 years ago

    Could call you a Vice.Apologist ... ;)

  • Deucalion #6 4 years ago

    @ Vice

    I'm not being sarcastic, I'm only pointing out a small error in the text. If the writer is as smart as you think he is, he will correct the error, if only just to please a Danish reader (me) ;o)