The third FIFA 19 Global Series major, the FUT Champions Cup January, is set to kick off in Bucharest from January 25 to 27. The event will gather 64 of the top FUT Champions Verified players in the world as the search for the newest FUT Champions Cup champion begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will have the opportunity to watch some of the best FIFA 19 \nplayers in the planet. After becoming FUT Champions Verified by reaching\n 27 or more wins in the Weekend League, these group of elite players \nbattled each other in a online qualifier tournament to earn a seat in \nthis tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be the best, they have to beat the best and that is what these FIFA pros are set to do in Bucharest.\u00a0Competitors will be eyeing the\u00a01,500 Global Series Points to be awarded to the winner on each console which will help them climb the\u00a0FIFA 19 Global Series Rankings. Additionally, player will be competing for a piece of the $200,000 prize pool, including a $50,000 top prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the creation of the FUT Champions Cup back in the FIFA 18 \nGlobal Series there have been 4 of these tournaments: Barcelona and \nManchester during last competitive season and the November and December \nCups this year. However, only 2 pros have lifted the FUT Champions Cup \ntrophy, F2Teekz and MSDossary. Each of the pros have traded wins with \nMsDossary winning more recently in London last month. Will this be the \ntournament where we see a new FUT Champions Cup champion rise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A world class team will bring you all the action of the FUT Champions Cup January.\u00a0Spencer\u00a0\u201cSpencer FC\u201d Owen\u00a0and\u00a0Jimmy Conrad\u00a0will return to lead our broadcast team from Bucharest. Joining them to call all of the action live will be\u00a0Richard Buckley,\u00a0Brandon Smith, Mark Hatcher and Dan Gaskin. The broadcast team will be rounded up by\u00a0Rachel Stringer, Kyle Walker, and FIFA professional competitors\u00a0Mike LaBelle\u00a0and\u00a0Ivan\u00a0\u201cBoras Legend\u201d Lapanje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Catch all the FUT Champions Cup January action from Bucharest on the\u00a0EA SPORTS Twitch Channel <\/a>and YouTube Channel<\/a> starting on Friday, January 25 at 12:00\u00a0p.m. CET. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on their placement in the tournament, players will earn Global Series Points, which will help them climb the\u00a0FIFA 19 Global Series Rankings.\u00a0The top 16 competitors on each platform’s rankings at the end of the competitive season will earn a spot to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The point allocation of each platform for the the FUT Champions Cup Januart presented by PS4 will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Placement – Points<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st – 1,500 <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2nd – 850<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3rd – 4th – 625<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5th – 8th – 450<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9th – 16th – 275<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17th – 32nd – 150<\/p>\n\n\n\n 33th – 64th – 0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n A total of $200,000 USD in cash prizes\u00a0will be awarded at the FUT Champions Cup January presented by PS4,\u00a0including $50,000 USD\u00a0for the winner.\u00a0See below for details on the total prizing breakdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finish – Prize money USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st – $50,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2nd – $30,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3rd – 4th – $15,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5th – 8th – $7,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9th – 16th – $3,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17th – 32nd – $1,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n 33th – 64th – $500 <\/p>\n\n\n\n The tournament will follow the same Swiss-style format as the FUT Champions Cup November, however, for those who are new to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t miss any of the FIFA 19 Global Series FUT Champions Cup January\u00a0presented by PS4. The tournament kicks off in Bucharest on Friday, January 25 at 12:00 p.m. CET.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n FIFA 19<\/strong> is available from September 28, 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch. Keep on following us also through our social Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> for other news and information.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The third FIFA 19 Global Series major, the FUT Champions Cup January, is set to kick off in Bucharest from January 25 to 27. The event will gather 64 of the top FUT Champions Verified players in the world as the search for the newest FUT Champions Cup champion begins. Why Should I Watch? You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[75,25,26,27,28],"class_list":["post-4360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ultimate-team","tag-esports","tag-fifa-19","tag-fut","tag-fut-19","tag-ultimate-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fifaultimateteam.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Event Point Allocation\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
What are the cash prizes?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
What is the Tournament Format?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n