Joao 'jafonso' Vasconcelos wins Esports World Cup's EA Sports FC event

Field Level Media|published: Sun 18th August, 20:31 2024

Nov 11, 2023; San Diego, California, USA; EA Sports logo at pregame festivities at Snapdragon Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports

Portugal's Joao "jafonsogv" Vasconcelos won the grand final of the EA Sports FC event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.

In the grand final, Vasconcelos posted a 6-2 win over Brazil's Gabriel "Young" Freitas, taking home $300,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup club points.

Vasconcelos defeated the Netherlands' Manuel "ManuBachoore" Bachoore 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Sunday, then edged Paulo "PHzin" Chaves of Brazil 7-6 in the semifinals.

Freitas reached the grand final with a 9-4 quarterfinal win over Anders "Vejrgang" Vejrgang of the Netherlands and a 7-2 semifinal victory over Saudi Arabia's Ahmad "AbuMakkah" Mujahid.

In the other two quarterfinal matches, Chaves blanked Australia's Mark "Mark11" Zakhary 5-0 and Mujahid shut out Argentina's Nicolas "nicolas99fc" Villalba 8-0 to reach the semifinals.

Sixteen players participated in the group stage, which featured two groups of eight players competing in round-robin action. The top three players from each group went right to the playoffs, the fourth- through sixth-place players duked it out in the resurrection stage and the bottom two players were eliminated from the tournament.

EA Sports FC event prize pool (money, EWC club points):

1. $300,000, 1,000 points -- jafonsogv

2. $150,000, 600 points -- Young

3-4. $90,000, 275 points -- PHZin, AbuMakkah

5-8. $50,000, 60 points -- ManuBachoore, Mark11, Vejrgang, nicolas99fc

9. $30,000, no points -- Bonanno

10. $30,000, no points -- Web Nasri

11-12. $30,000, no points -- Nathansr99, Emre Yilmaz

13-14. $15,000, no points -- Levi de Weerd, Msdossary

15-16. $10,000, no points -- Jonny, GoalPoacher

--Field Level Media

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