The FIFA “Stay and Play Cup” is a is a knockout charity tournament held by EA Sports involving 20 of the most famous and historic clubs in Europe. In where real-life soccer players, each representing their European club teams.
EA Sports through FIFA 20, has been one of the video games publishers delivering messages to players to stay safe, stay at home, with this message: #STAYANDPLAY – “Stay home, Play together”. Now, some of the top football clubs in the world are letting their players show how they’re practicing what they preach while still getting to compete.
In addition, EA Sports will be donating US$1 million to the charity, while providing tournament viewers other ways to support the campaign.
Teams
This a list of the teams per country participating on the FIFA “Stay and Play Cup” tournament.
- England: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur
- France: Olympique Lyonnais, Marseille, PSG
- Germany: Dortmund
- Spain: Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, Valencia
- Portugal: Porto
- Italy: AS Roma
- Netherlands: Ajax, PSV Eindhoven
- Sweden: AIK, Djurgården
- Finland: HJK Helsinki
- Denmark: FC Copenhagen, Brondby
Players
Here you have a list of the real-life players who will participate defending their teams:
- AIK: Nabil Bahoui
- Ajax: Sergiño Dest
- Atletico Madrid: Joao Felix
- Brondby: Jesper Lindström
- Chelsea: Cesar Azpilicueta
- Dortmund: Achraf Hakimi
- Djurgården: Jesper Karlström
- FC Copenhagen: Mo Daramy
- HJK Helsinki: Nikolai Alho
- Liverpool: Trent Alexander Arnold
- Lyon: Bruno Guimaraes
- Manchester City: Phil Foden
- Marseille: Saîf Khaoui
- Porto: Fabio Silva
- PSG: Juan Bernat
- PSV Eindhoven: Mohamed Ihattaren
- Real Madrid: Vinicius Jr
- Roma: Justin Kluivert
- Tottenham Hotspur: Serge Aurier
- Valencia: Manu Vallejo
Format
The tournament format follows the single-elimination best-of-one (BO1). After this phase, it will move to a playoffs (BO1) from the quarterfinals until the finals.
Each match will be a one leg 1v1 match with 85-rated squads (which means every player on the game has the same rate), with the winner advancing to the next round and the loser being knocked out of the tournament. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, games will be decided by extra time and penalties.
Schedule
TheEA Sports FIFA “Stay and Play Cup” starts on April 15th at 9am PT/5pm UK/6pm CEST and will take place over five days, culminating in the final on April 19th.
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Wednesday 15th April
- 18:00 CEST (Match 1): Marseille vs Brondby
- 18:45 CEST (Match 2): Valencia vs Djugarden
- 19:30 CEST (Match 3): PSV Eindhoven vs AIK
- 20:15 CEST (Match 4): FC Copenhagen vs HJK Helsinki
Thursday 16th April
- 18:00 CEST (Match 5): Chelsea vs winner match 1
- 18:45 CEST (Match 6): PSG vs Roma
- 19:30 CEST (Match 7): Dortmund vs winner match 2
- 20:15 CEST (Match 8): Real Madrid vs Liverpool
Friday 17th April
- 18:00 CEST (Match 9): Manchester City vs winner match 3
- 18:45 CEST (Match 10): Atletico Madrid vs O.Lyon
- 19:30 CEST (Match 11): Ajax vs winner match 4
- 20:15 CEST (Match 12): Tottenham Spurs vs Porto
Saturday 18th April
- 18:00 CEST (Match 13): winner match 5 vs winner match 6
- 18:45 CEST (Match 14): winner match 7 vs winner match 8
- 19:30 CEST (Match 15): winner match 9 vs winner match 10
- 20:15 CEST (Match 16): winner match 11 vs winner match 12
Sunday 18th April
- 19:00 CEST (Semifinal 1): winner match 13 vs winner match 14
- 19:45 CEST (Semifinal 2): winner match 15 vs winner match 16
- 20:30 CEST (GRAND FINAL): winner SF1 vs winner SF2
Stream
You can also watch fifa stay and play cup live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
