British Broadcaster BBC has announced the partnership with EA Sports to air the FIFA 21 Global Series European Regional Qualifiers. The EA FIFA 2021 Global Series is already being aired this weekend, and there will be many qualifiers matches that fans can watch.
People can watch the European Regional Qualifiers matches live on the BBC Sport online and BBC iPlayer. These regional qualifying matches are already underway, where the teams will be fighting for the top slot in the FIFA competition. The players are participating in this international tournament from every corner of the world. The football fans can see their favourite team run for the top slot by logging onto the BBC Sports app and website too. Even players can see the live streaming on many online sites like Netbet and enjoy football betting on the reputed gaming portals to see the live scores.
See the Full Live Coverage by BBC
Esports and Football fans can follow the highlights of the matches on the BBC sports app, TV, and website too. The matches will showcase the cut-throat competition. This FIFA-2021 European Regional Qualifiers match will be the third esports tournament that BBC will be showing live after the successful broadcasting of the ePremier League.
This is the third season of EA Sports and the Premier League that the BBC will cover. The ePremier League tournament offers a prize pool of £40,000. Moreover, the tournament showed the star players such as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Raheem Sterling, and James Maddison showing their ‘off-field’ gaming skills.
The best thing about this coverage will be the BBC will be airing this weekend (February 20th and February 21st) matches on the BBC sports online site. The FIFA-2021 EA sports will be the third football tournament that will be aired online by BBC. These tournaments were aired on Saturday at 5:15 p.m. On Sunday, they will also be aired at the same time.
Recent Esports Tournaments Aired By BBC
The BBC has recently aired some of the top tournaments and sports-related content online on its website and app. A few of the football-based content and news aired by BBC are Excel Esports documentary, Rocket League RLCS X, the League of Legends UKLC, and CSGO Blast Premier Series. All these tournaments and documentary contents will be showcasing the best football players and the football events that will be taking part in the country.
As the BBC will provide the full coverage of the live matches on the BBC iPlayer, the viewers can enjoy broadcasting the FIFA Esports content daily for 8 hours straight. The FIFA-2021 Global Series will be available on the BBC iPlayer for 30 days, along with the live broadcasts. From the last 12 months, BBC has more inclusive Esports content being aired on its platform.
In the words of EA Sports FIFA Competitive Gaming Commissioner, Brent Koning, “The FIFA competitive gaming is now seen as the extension of the Football Fandom. BBC proves to be an ideal partner, as it allows millions of UK fans the opportunity to watch the FIFA-2021 tournament at the highest levels.”
Moreover, the BBC broadcaster will also be telecasting the FIFA-21 Global Series European Regional Qualifiers #4 and Qualifier #5 matches. These matches will be commencing on March 20th and 21st and April 24th and 25th, respectively. BBC will be broadcasting the European playoffs later down the line too. A report by the Esports Insider states, “BBC is adding the esports events to its list from the past year. The FIFA-2021 and the Global Series have become the latest string to the bow. It will be quite interesting to see this partnership and the transition from watching just the Football to the FIFA-21 esports.”