The Spanish La Liga has revealed the starting date for the inaugural esports competition. <\/p>\n
The tournament will run in Barcelona from April 16 after with it to feature the best players from all over Spain, with an end goal being a berth in the EA Sports FIFA 18 Global Series Playoffs in June. <\/p>\n
Organisers of the tournament have declared they are aiming to use this opportunity to engage better with millennials and grow the sports fanbase. But they have admitted sponsors wanting a slice of the millennial pie have played a factor in the eSports push.<\/p>\n
A report by the Spanish Association of Video Games has stated the worldwide economic impact of esports will be worth $1 billion by the year 2020, with it already believe to be worth close to \u20ac5 million annually in Spain alone. <\/p>\n
\u201cMcDonald\u2019s Virtual La Liga eSports touches down in Spain as the first major project from La Liga eSports,\u201d the organizers wrote. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn association with the Professional Videogame League…the goal is to transform this ambitious tournament into the hallmark competition in Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first phase of the competition will be the online qualifiers while the the second phase will be in Barcelona with both Xbox and Playstations to be used. <\/p>\n
If a Spanish team was successful at the Global Series Playoffs, it would then lead to competing at the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018. <\/p>\n
Esports is the latest craze in sweeping the football world<\/a>, with it played by professional players and involves a lot of the same strategies witnessed in physical sports. <\/p>\n It is now broadcast live to many fans across the world with monetary prizes awarded to winners. Some of the popular tournaments in esports vertical in recent times include:<\/p>\n The ultimate aim of esports organizers is to see the tournament come to the Olympics, and that objective seems to be inching closer. <\/p>\n EsportBet.com has reached out to several online betting sites about the possibility of betting being available on the La Liga esports competition, but we are yet to get a definitive answer. For now here are some of the best bookies featuring esports markets<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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