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Over 400,000 football gamers have played in the online competition with 20 places still up for grabs for the FIWC Grand Final in Barcelona

FIFA, the world’s governing body of soccer, Electronic Arts Inc and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced the official kick-off of the second phase of the 2010 FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) online competition.  This year’s FIWC season has been split into two phases to ensure that even more players have the opportunity to compete in the tournament.  The first phase, which concluded on December 18, 2009, saw over 400,000  players from around the world compete online on EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 10 on the PlayStation®3 (PS3™), via PlayStation®Network to secure the first 11 places at this year’s FIWC Grand Final, which will take place at Port Olympic in Barcelona on May 1, 2010

The online leaderboard from the FIWC 2010 phase 1 has now been wiped clean, giving those players who weren’t able to participate or didn’t make it into the top 10 another shot at claiming one of the remaining 11 online Grand Final spots*.  To participate in the FIWC 2010 online, players can register directly inside the retail version of FIFA 10 on PS3 from January 5, 2010 and start competing right away.  Alternatively, live qualifier events for an additional nine Grand Final places will take place in Sydney, Sao Paulo, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Moscow, Johannesburg and London.

Following the culmination of this year’s competition in Barcelona, the FIWC World Champion will be crowned officially at the FIFA World Player Gala 2010, a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet the real life football stars in person. 


* For full FIWC 2010 tournament terms & conditions, please see www.fifa.com/fiwc