Fifa invites interest in esports rights

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has invited media companies to register their interest in showing coverage of the EA Sports Fifa18 Global Series and the Road to the Fifa eWorld Cup 2018 qualification events.

Fifa said it is open to registering interest in the broadcast and media rights for its competitive gaming season for 2018.

The first esports event available to cover in the New Year will be the FUT Champions Cup in the Global Series from January 26-28 in Barcelona.

The campaigns for the Global Series and qualifiers for the eWorld Cup began in November.

Companies have been invited to register their interest by emailing FIFAeWorldCup-broadcast@fifa.org in order to receive a full information package.