Consist of a professional league created by konami under a franchise format held in Barcelona, Spain by some of the best European football clubs as FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester United F.C., Arsenal F.C, among others, who signed PES players, becoming professionals to represent them in this competition, initially competing with a 3v3 team competition structure offline and it was supposed to be the successor of the PESLeague series. Players who have recently done great results in the eFootball.Open competitions are more likely to be contracted by a professional club to represent them.
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The first edition of this ambitious esports project, is played with Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, and will feature the esports section of 6 participating clubs such as FC Barcelona, Schalke 04, AS Monaco, Celtic FC, FC Nantes, Boavista, in a Coop 2vs2 format, with a regular league + playoff structure.
On a championship day, two matches are played in each of the confrontations. Points are awarded for each match (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). A club can therefore earn up to six points on a single matchday.
For the eFootball.pro 2019–2020 season, the competition format was completely revamped with the inclusion of the Co-op 3vs3 format which provided more excitement between players and more spectacle between matches, also they added the elimination of the players' pass support level, looking for the purest essence of competition.
For the second edition, the number of teams was increased to 10 with the entry of Arsenal FC, Juventus FC, Manchester United FC or FC Bayern Munich, gaining media and public attention in more countries.
There was also a huge increase in the prize pool which was divided into regular league final position, playoffs, as well as individual matchday prizes of €10,000 for MVP and Best Goal.
In addition, at the end of the season, juicy monetary prizes were included for the MVP of the season, top scorer, top assist and best defender.
This big step meant the entry into esports of several of the most important clubs in Europe who wanted to crown their triumph in efootball.pro 2020.
The 10 participating teams played in a regular league format, where the top 6 would advance to playoff play at the end of the season in a decisive weekend.
Everything changed in the middle of the season, when the arrival of the covid pandemic caused the pause and then the definitive cancellation of efootball.pro 2020 in its on-site format in Barcelona.
The eFootball.Pro Cup is being organised exceptionally in 2020 to bridge the end of the season, following the discontinuation of the eFootball.Pro League. It will be played online. A total of €250,000 is awarded, plus the individual prizes of Best Goal of the Matchday, MVP of the day, during group stage and Playoffs.
The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five, from which the top two qualify for a knockout final phase, in a 3vs3 format.
The group stage is played in a single-elimination format. The semi-finals are played over two legs, while the final is played over a single match.
Dates : Group phase: 18 and 24 July. Final phase (semi-finals and final): 31 July.
The eFootball.pro 2020 - 2021 was again organised in an online format, this time the whole season would take place in this way, with a 3vs3 regular league + playoffs format where the top 6 would advance to the finals.
For this edition AS Roma and Gatalasaray were added as new participating teams, providing new opportunities for players to enter the professional scene.
The eFootball.pro 2022 had a delay of several months, due to the uncertainty of whether to go back to the on-site format or stay online, in the end it went ahead with a short online format of a few months with finally 8 teams, after the absence of Juventus FC and Schalke 04.
The 8 participating teams were divided into 2 groups of 4, with the top 2 teams advancing to the final stage.
For this edition, the format was changed to a 1vs1 competition, where clubs would still have to recruit at least 3 players.
Each match would be played in 3 matches, where the strategy of what order to select your players in was of great importance.
The finals would be played in Bo3 format (ET and PK) where the team that won 2 matches would advance to the next round.
The eFootball.pro 2023, the latest edition of the biggest competition in the history of competitive PES/eFootball scene was held again offline, in a 6-month format, almost returning to pre-Covid pandemic levels.
It would be made up of a total of 8 participating teams, with the entry of AC Milan and FC Inter.
All teams would have to hire 3 professional players for the season, with the option of substitutes.
The 2023 edition, as we said, would have an offline format in the Barcelona TV studio, with a 1vs1 regular league format (3 games against each rival) + Playoffs (bo3). *Team who wins 2 games advances.
In addition to the large pool of financial prizes, the best goal of the day and final phase, MVP of the Regular Phase and the Final Phase, would be added.
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