Qatar’s leading ICT provider and a regional pioneer in eSports — has declared its recent EA Sports FIFA22 Champions Cup a resounding success. Winners were presented with their prizes by Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulla al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer of Ooredoo Qatar.
The event, organised by Ooredoo’s own eSports brand, Ooredoo Nation – Gamers’ Land, was held on 24, 25 and 28 May 2022 in collaboration with Dell Technologies and powered by Quest LLC.
The tournament featured some of the world’s top gamers and offered a $50,000 prize pool. In a move that cements Ooredoo’s position as a pioneer in eSports and Web 3.0 space, the entire event was broadcast in the metaverse.
A second major innovation was Ooredoo Nation – Gamers’ Land offering exclusive digital artworks (NFTs) to all event-goers, establishing Ooredoo as first telecom operator in the region to do so. Sixteen globally ranked players from South Africa, southeast Asia and the Mena region competed in elimination rounds until just two remained to challenge each other in the finals. Among the players was Dossary, considered one of the best players in the world today, as well as Qatar’s very own Ahmad Mghessib, who is an official athlete in Ooredoo’s eSports professional team.
Dossary secured top spot and walked off with a prize of $25,000, while Kaylan Moodley received $15,000 in second place. Third and fourth place, both winning $5,000, went to Ahmed al-Meghessib and Haroun Yassin respectively.
Fans enjoyed QR100,000 worth of giveaways, including smartphones, gaming consoles, VR headsets and more. The EA Sports FIFA22 Champions Cup was also broadcast on Ooredoo TV channel 0 and streamed live on YouTube with top-tier commentating in both Arabic and English.
Sabah Rabiah al-Kuwari, Director PR at Ooredoo, said: “We were delighted to see such an enthusiastic response to this groundbreaking event, both from international gamers and the many fans who enjoyed the tournament in person and online. eSports represents an exciting new avenue for Ooredoo, with phenomenal potential, and the dawn of the metaverse only expands this potential. We offer our congratulations to Dossary and our thanks to everyone who took part in the tournament and joined the experience with us.”