Winning Eleven 2018", KONAMI Official eSports World Championship Finals to be held in July SOFIA player challenges to become the first Japanese to win the overall championship!

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that the Winning Eleven 2018 (known overseas as PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018) KONAMI Official eSports World Championship "PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018" Final will be held on Saturday, July 21 in Barcelona, Spain. The event will be held on Saturday, July 21 in Barcelona, Spain.

PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018" is an official KONAMI tournament to determine the world's best home video game "Winning Eleven 2018". This season, the Asian Round (Tokyo, Japan) will be held in January, the Americas Round (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in March, and the European Round (Berlin, Germany) in May, and the top ranked players in the World Tour Rankings based on points earned at each round will gather in Barcelona. The top ranked players of the World Tour ranking based on the points earned in each round will gather in Barcelona.

In addition to the "1-on-1" individual competition, a "3-on-3" team competition will be added this season. Eight players in the individual competition and four teams in the team competition will compete for the world title in the finals.

Individual Competition Division

Team competition division

Naoki Sugimura (SOFIA), one of the Japanese representatives of "Winning Eleven 2018," will participate in the finals, which will be held as a deMonStration competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, starting this August 18 (Saturday), He will be competing against strong players from Brazil and Italy.

Sugimura won the European round in May and is currently ranked No. 2 in the World Tour Rankings. His challenge to become the first Japanese player in the history of this e-sports world championship to win the overall championship will finally begin.

The competition will be broadcast live on the official video site, and a public viewing of the finals will be held at AEON CINEMA Makuhari Shin Toshin (inside AEON MALL Makuhari Shin Toshin) in Mihama-ku, Chiba City!　More details will be posted on the official website of "PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018" as they become available. Expect more information to come soon.

PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018" official website
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KONAMI's commitment to e-sports
eSports," which views games as sports competitions, is gaining momentum mainly in the United States and Asia, and the number of spectators and viewers for competitions continues to grow to a scale comparable to that of real major sports. We have been holding the World Championships for the "Winning Eleven" series since 2001 and the "Yu-Gi-Oh Official Card Game" since 2003, and the Japan Championships for the "Powerful Pro Baseball Live" series since 2016 in Japan. In Japan, the JIKKYOU PAWAFURU PUROYAKYU series has held the Japanese championships since 2016.

About the Winning Eleven series
The "Winning Eleven" series has been enjoyed for more than 20 years since its debut as a home video game in 1995, and is our flagship soccer game. The series has sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is highly acclaimed around the world for its high level of expression and operability. In 2001, the company began to engage in e-sports as a regional tournament in Europe, and currently holds the e-sports World Championships every year as the "PES League. In addition, e-sports has attracted attention both domestically and internationally as an e-sports title, as it was selected for the cultural program of the 74th National Athletic Meet "Iki Iki Ibaraki Yume Kokutai" and the Demonstration Competition of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

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