India to be part of FIFAe Nations Series 2022
India, currently ranked 23 out of 60 in the FIFAe nations ranking, will contest from the Asia and Oceania region.
Published : Oct 28, 2021 18:26 IST
India will be a part of the FIFAe Nations Series 2022 (FeNS22), the flagship competitive gaming series of FIFA for its member associations.
The tournament will be contested by FIFAe national teams.
India, currently ranked 23 out of 60 in the FIFAe nations ranking, will contest from the Asia and Oceania region.
The team will look to pick things up from where they left in the previous season, as it narrowly missed out on a chance to qualify for the play-offs.
India will start its campaign at the qualifying stages of the tournament.
The FIFAe Nations Online Qualifiers 2022 Play in-stage will be starting from December 2021, where the team, over a period of four competition weeks extending until April 2022, will compete with FIFAe national squads from member associations that participated in FeNS21, for qualification to the FIFAe Nations playoffs 2022.
If it is unable to qualify through the Play-ins, India will get another chance for qualification through the FIFAe Nations Online Qualifier 2022 main stage.
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At this stage, the team will compete against newly on-boarded member associations for FeNS22 and other returning member associations from FeNS21 for a spot in the playoffs.
The FIFAe Nations Playoffs 2022 is expected to take place in June 2022, and the pinnacle event, the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022, is expected to be hosted in July 2022.
A total of 23 national squads qualifying from the playoffs, joined by the host nation, will take part in the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022.
Meanwhile, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) will host the second edition of its national qualifying event, AIFF eFootball Challenge to select gamer athletes for its FIFAe national squad for the 2022 season.