June 10, 2011 David Bryant
That was a terrible headline pun, moving on. Francisco Cruz is the new FIWC Champion after a thrilling final in Los Angeles. After a stunning semi-final win against favourite Mark Azzi, Cruz went on to beat Javier Munoz in the final to net the cool 20,000USD grand prize and a ticket to the next Ballon [...]
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May 5, 2011 David Bryant
The UK FIWC Live Final was a couple of weeks ago now up in Liverpool and the only thing missing really since then has been a swish, funky camera angle video showing us coverage of the event. That is until now… As most of you will know Adam Winster was victorious beating Rob Brewster 2-1 [...]
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April 19, 2011 David Bryant
For British FIFA gamers tonight is the big one the FIWC UK Grand Final in Liverpool. Where we’ll find out who will be winging their way to Los Angeles to represent the UK in the FIWC World Finals and the chance to win a cool $20,000. Ohhhhhhhhhh… There are some big names on this list tonight including last years champion Rob [...]
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April 1, 2011 David Bryant
Rumours about the location of the FIWC World Finals have been rife for a few weeks now but finally we have confirmation that Los Angeles is the chosen Grand Final venue. It’s also important to remember that you still have time to qualify for FIWC’s show piece event should you wish to. You can qualify by [...]
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March 20, 2011 David Bryant
There’s been some contradicting reports of late regarding the date of the live FIWC UK Grand Final to be held in Liverpool which was originally pencilled in for the 11th of April. Sony however claimed that was never the case even though that date has been shown on the FIWC website for a long time now, confused? [...]
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March 3, 2011 David Bryant
After two very successful FIWC live qualifiers in Edinburgh and Manchester the registration for the third and final event in London is now open. The event will be held at Gamerbase Trocadero with the competition including a group stage and then the excitement of knock-out FIFA to determine the London FIWC champion. The winner will be invited to [...]
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January 21, 2011 Tom Mills
Sony have announced that they will be holding two rounds of FIWC Pre-Qualification events at their upcoming Playstation Access events in London and Glasgow. The Playstation Access events are a way to get an early look at upcoming Playstation titles, with competitions and prizes thrown in, including tickets to the Champions League final. Registration for [...]
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January 19, 2011 Tom Mills
Congratulations are in order for Sweetpatch.tv who have been chosen to host the FIWC UK Live Online Pre-Qualifiers this year. They are running 6 tournaments between now and the FIWC Final in April. Each tournament will consist of 64 players and will run across the following dates: Tournament 1 – 24/01/11 – 30/01/11 Tournament 2 [...]
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January 14, 2011 David Bryant
The FIWC is now officially the largest gaming tournament in the world with over 775,000 people taking part in last years event and it was down to FIFA chief Sepp Blatter and last years winner Nenad Stojkovic to welcome the hugely successful FIWC in to the record books. With numbers of FIWC competitors already up [...]
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January 8, 2011 David Bryant
Today the FIWC pre-qualifier events roll in to a rather snowy Edinburgh. The big day kicks of at 10:30am with the group stages and then its on to the ultra competitive elimination rounds in the afternoon. You can follow the event LIVE by visiting the link below. FIWC UK: Edinburgh Pre-qualifier Coverage Good to luck to all [...]
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