FC PRO: A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE

It’s time to find the best of the best. New for 2023/24, the EA SPORTS FC Pro Open is finally here. More than 50,000 of the world’s best players from all over the globe will compete against each other to earn places in the augural FC Pro World Championships to be crowned the greatest player of their generation.

Are you ready? The future starts here…

The FC Pro Open will feature 20 of the best EA SPORTS FC players in the world competing in weekly competition for the opportunity to lift the first trophy ever awarded for EA SPORTS FC. Do you think you belong on that list of 20 names? Read on to see how you can prove it and earn one of those coveted seats. Across all FC Pro Open Competitions, a $1,000,000 USD in prize pool money is up for grabs. 

Register and Earn the Competitive Game Mode

Before you can enter the FC Pro ecosystem, you must register and agree to the EA SPORTS FC Pro 24 Official Rules. After you register and reach Division 4 in the Ultimate Team Rivals game mode in EA SPORTS FC 24 before 14 October, or Elite at any point after, you’ll gain access to the Competitive game mode which you’ll use for FC Pro matches.

So what are you waiting for?

You will receive an email notifying you that you’ve unlocked the Competitive Game Mode within five days of reaching this requirement, at which point it will appear in your menu within the game. With this email will also be an invitation to join the FC Pro Open Ladder, the first step in your journey to FC Pro Open.

Note that the Competitive game mode will utilise single-leg matches with halves that take nine real-time minutes to complete rather than six. This is 50% longer than the standard game of EA SPORTS FC 24, but 25% shorter than the two-legged format that was played in previous seasons. We ran a test of this format with competitive players during the EA SPORTS FC 24 Closed Beta and saw positive results. We look forward to showcasing it in the coming months.

Stage 1: FC Pro Open Ladder

You’ve bought your ticket - now it’s time for the journey towards esports immortality to begin. Across 10 regions, it’s time to start the process of finding the best EA SPORTS FC players in the world. And it could be you…

The FC Pro Open Ladder is an exclusive 1v1 ladder for the most skilled competitors hosted by our online tournament operations partner. 

Starting 1 October, the FC Pro Open Ladder will open for eligible competitors for four hours per day. During this time, you’ll be able to find other competitors to play against and earn points to climb the ladder. 

Once you find an opponent, there’s no backing out until one of you wins and the other loses. After the battle, the leaderboard will update to reflect your standing in your region.

After the final day of each qualifying period, the players who achieved the highest rating in each region will earn an invitation to the FC Pro Open Regional Qualifiers. Your peak rating will be used, which is the highest rating you achieved at any point during the qualification period.

All matches on the FC Pro Open Ladder are played in the Competitive game mode.

Stage 2: FC Pro Regional Qualifiers

Those who make it through their regional ladder will be invited to play in the head-to-head online regional qualifier tournaments. Over the course of one weekend, players will compete in Swiss rounds followed by a double elimination knockout bracket to see who will move on to compete in person at the FC Pro Open Global Qualifier.

Stage 3: FC Pro Global Qualifier

The 52 players who make it through the Regional Qualifiers will be taken to London, England to compete in the FC Pro Global Qualifier. Here they will join 12 invited players:

• Emre Yilmaz

• Fouma

• Lamps

• matiasbonnano99

• Msdossary

• nicolas99fc

• Ollelito

• Tekkz

• Tuga

• Umut

• Vejrgang

• Yuval

The Global Qualifier will kick off on Friday, 10 November with the Swiss stage. The 64 players will compete in up to five rounds of play to make it through to the knockouts. Viewers at home will be able to watch any of the players’ gameplay every round on their channels.

On Saturday and Sunday, the top 32 players from the Swiss stage will compete in one of four double elimination knockout groups. The top four players from each group will move on to FC Pro Open.

Those who do not qualify for FC Pro Open will still walk away with some of the $180,000 USD prize pool.

Stage 4: FC Pro Open

The 16 players who qualify through the FC Pro Open Global Qualifier will join four directly qualified players in FC Pro Open: