EA and FIFA have announced the EA Sports FIFA 20 Stay and Play Cup as part of EA’s ‘Stay Home, Play Together’ initiative. The initiative aims at bringing together and encouraging people to share creative content, livestreams and other ways to bring the gaming community together while staying safe by staying at home.
The latest event announced by EA and FIFA, EA Sports FIFA 2-0 Stay and Play Cup will consist of a knockout tournament that will bring together 20 of the most famous and historic clubs in Europe as they go head-to-head playing FIFA 20 from April 15 -19, 2020. The tournament will feature professional footballers nominated by each club from Ajax, AS Roma, Chelsea, FC Copenhagen, Liverpool, Porto, Real Madrid and more.
Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA said:
We want to bring the global football community together with the EA SPORTS FIFA 20 Stay and Play Cup, so millions of fans can experience the thrill of their favorite clubs and professional footballers playing — even when we have to be apart. As part of ‘Stay Home, Play Together,’ we’re working to help people around the world find more ways to connect through play. Combined with relief contributions we are making; we hope to make a positive impact in people’s lives during this challenging time.
EA will also donate US$1M to Global Giving’s coronavirus Relief Fund to support the ongoing COVID-19 relief effort as part of the tournament and its ‘Stay Home, Play Together Initiative’. Along with this, the tournament will also provide different ways for fans and viewers to donate and support the ongoing global relief efforts to help tackle and stop the spread of the current pandemic.
This donation is in addition to the donations that FIFA, who are also partnering on the FIFA 20 Stay and Play Cup, have previously made to other charitable organizations supporting COVID-19 relief. Chief Commercial Officer at FIFA, Simon Thomas said:
During this unprecedented time, more than ever, we are seeing people come together to find new ways to engage in football. It’s encouraging to see the ways we can bring real-world experiences to life with our partners at EA. We are not only committed to supporting coronavirus relief efforts, but also bringing even more ways for football fans to engage with the sport they love in the coming weeks.
In addition to FIFA 20 Stay and Play Cup, EA is also supporting a number of other ‘Stay Home, Play Together’ initiatives to give players more reasons to stay home and play different games together with other people. Some of these include:
- Apex Legends Global Series recently added three new Online Tournaments with a prize pool of $100K each to help keep the gaming community safe and connected.
- The Sims 4 lets players check in on their favorite Sims creators and connect through a series of livestreams hosted on The Sims Twitch channel from April 6-17.
- EA SPORTS Madden NFL 20 held a live tournament on Twitch where NFL fans watched their favorite athletes go head-to-head in the NFL Checkdown x Madden Tournament from April 1-2. The final saw Derwin James, Free Safety for the Los Angeles Chargers, crowned the champion.
More details about EA 20 Stay and Play Cup can be found on the official EA Sports FIFA Twitch channel where all of the matches will go live.
