Electronic Arts (EA) has organized FC Pro 24 Open, an offline 1v1 EA Sports FC 24 tournament, which is set to take place in London, United Kingdom. The platform for this tournament is exclusively PlayStation 5 and boasts a massive prize pool of $500,000 USD. A total of 20 players are competing in this tournament, divided into four groups of five players each. Out of these 20 players, four players were directly invited and the remaining players earned their spot through global qualifiers. The tournament follows a two-stage format, which comprisesGroup Stage and Playoffs. The group stage actions commenced on 27th November and currently, Group A is done with the First Legs. 

The Draft and Group Stage Format

In this tournament, each player has to build a squad of their own with a limited amount of budget and requirements. The spending limit for each player is 8,000,000 coins and different budget caps can be added every week. 

The Group Stage follows a Double-Elimination format with all matches counting as a single game. The top two teams from each group will make it to the Playoffs. 

Group Stage Highlights 

The tournament began with Group A in action. A total of 10 matches were played, which had a budget cap of 5M and contained 1x Thunderstruck Wildcard. Let us have a look at the match results. 

Match 1: H1dalgo vs lukas_official11 - It was a close match with both players playing exceptionally well. However, it was H1dalgo who managed to get past Lukas and made it a 4-3 win. 

Match 2: Emre Yilmaz vs Umut - The match resulted in a draw as both teams closed at 4-4 scoreline. 

Match 3: lukus_official11 vs Emre Yilmaz - Emre Yilmaz dominated the game and won by a 3-7 score. 

Match 4: Mark11 vs H1dalgo - The match ended with a score of 2-7 with H1dalgo getting the win. 

Match 5: Emre Yilmaz vs Mark11 - Emre Yilmaz clinched the win by a 6-1 score. 

Match 6: Umut vs lukas_official11 - Umut managed to get past lukas_official11 with a 2-1 win. 

Match 7: Mark11 vs Umut - It was a good game with both players giving their best. But Umut made it a 5-7 win.

Match 8: H1dalgo vs Emre Yilmaz - Emre Yilmaz managed to win the match by 3-5. 

Match 9: Umut vs H1dalgo - Umut dominated the game and won by a score of 8-5. 

Match 10: lukas_official11 vs Mark11 - The final game of Group A First Leg witnessed lukas_official11 and Mark11 compete against each other. After an intense fight from both ends, lukas_official11 registered a 5-1 victory over Mark11. 

With this, Group A's first-leg fixtures are over. From 4th December onwards, the Group B actions will commence. It will be interesting to see which teams will triumph in Group B.