The 2024 FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League, part of the 18th FIFAe World Cup, was a Rocket Leagueesports tournament organized by FIFA. It was the first edition of the FIFAe World Cup played on Rocket League, with the FIFAe World Cup also holding eFootball (Mobile and Console) and Football Manager tournaments. The tournament was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 5 to 8 December 2024. As the host country, Saudi Arabia won the tournament, defeating France 4-1 in the final.
Between 2004 and 2023, the FIFAe World Cup (previously the FIFA Interactive World Cup and FIFA eWorld Cup) was held on the then-latest edition of the FIFA series, which was developed by EA Sports and featured the FIFA licence. However, in 2022 FIFA announced that they would no longer renew their licence with EA, marking FIFA 23 as the last game in the thirty-year long series and the 2023 FIFAe World Cup the last to feature a FIFA game.[2] EA would develop their own competitive circuit for their football series known as EA Sports FC (using the partnered tournaments they already developed with existing football leagues), which was known as EA Sports FC Pro, or FC Pro for short.
After EA and FIFA parted ways, it was unclear if the FIFAe World Cup would continue with another football video game. On 23 June 2024, FIFA announced that the series would continue, initially with a Rocket League tournament, with Football Manager also added on 26 June.[3][4][5]eFootball (long seen as a rival to FIFA as Pro Evolution Soccer) would be added on 10 October.[6] Both the Rocket League and eFootball(Mobile and Console) tournaments were played together, as the Football Manager tournament was held separately in late August and early September of that year. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the host on 25 November 2024.[7]
Format
Nations will send a team of three plus one alternate for the tournament.[8] The participating nations may opt for a qualification process or internally select the team that will represent their country. The teams are split into two groups of eight and compete in single round robin matchups. The top four teams per group advance to a knockout stage, where the world champions will be crowned.[9]
Teams
16 nations were selected by FIFA to compete in the tournament based on playerbase and previous performances; initially this was announced to be based on the number of representatives from each country in previous Rocket League Majors.[10] Each nation will be responsible for organizing their own qualifying tournaments for the competition, otherwise they can invite their own set of players.[11] The first three nations were announced on 9 August, with the rest being announced on 11, 13, 15 and 17 August.
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Saudi Arabia 
France 
Brazil 
Morocco 
