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KONAMI ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOLLOWING eFootball.Open WORLD FINALS
Following a hard-fought tournament between 24 of the best players in eFootball, Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. has today shared the results of the eFootball.Open World Finals, broadcast on Sunday 18th July.
eFootball.Open, the amateur esports tournament open to all players across the world, concluded after 24 esports competitors were whittled down to just six winners across each platform/region. After qualifying through several stages, the top four players of the Online Finals battled it out in a 1v1 knockout stage to determine the overall winner for each platform.
The champions of eFootball.Open, each awarded with $15,000 (USD), are as follows:
- · PlayStation®4 (EU) – komario14 (Manchester United)
- · PlayStation®4 (US) – MelianTheKing (Arsenal FC)
- · PlayStation®4 (AS) – ZEUS_ELUL (Juventus)
- · PlayStation®4 (JP) – Ebipool (AS Roma)
- · Xbox One – rafafiel10 (Manchester United)
- · PC Steam® – NÓBREGA (Manchester United)
The European PlayStation®4 champion komario14 commented: “I am overwhelmed with emotions! I am proud of my victory! I wanted this victory for a very long time, and I am very happy to become the champion of eFootball.Open! I want to dedicate it to my beloved daughter and family! I would also like to thank those who supported me, in particular, the players and members of the Russian national interactive football team, players from the Pesmanager.net project, as well as Igor "maceremeev" Eremeev and Konstantin "evolution_od" Demyanenko. I will remember this victory for the rest of my life!”
Watch the entire eFootball.Open World Finals broadcast on YouTube – LINK
For detailed results information for eFootball.Open, please visit the official website – LINK
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About Konami Group
Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.
About Konami Digital Entertainment
Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as eFootball PES, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game series. www.konami.com/games/corporate/en/
