The Indian Super League’s organizer, Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), has revealed the dates for the second iteration of its esports competition, eISL. This edition of the eISL will be in association with Nodwin Gaming and EA Sports. The two will serve as the organization’s tournament strategic partners. The organization is the commercial partner of the All India Football Federation. The tournament is scheduled to begin in February 2023 and will continue until May 2023.
Indian Super League eISL Format
All 11 ISL teams will take part in the event’s second season. 22 esports players are being represented by them via club qualifiers and retention. There will also be a retention policy in place for this season. This allows each team to keep one player from the previous year.
This season will include 62 1 vs 1 matches, with the league phase taking place entirely online. The champions will advance to the FGS play-in tournament during the playoffs and final. This will be held as a LAN event. The winner of eISL season 2 will have the chance to participate in the Fifa 23 Global Series qualifications for EA Sports (FGS).
Football Sports Development Limited on eISL
FSDL commented on the eISL stating, “We are extremely excited to announce the second edition. With this, we have created an interactive experience leveraging the evolving football consumption trends in conjunction with the rapidly growing esports industry.”
“We are delighted to welcome eISL back to the global series this season. The tournament embodies the best of Indian football and esports, with incredible competition increasing community engagement at all levels”, said EA Sports Fifa Esports‘ commissioner, Sam Turkbas.
With more and more such tournaments of this degree coming up in India, there is a newfound hope that the future of eSports will be promising. More gamers will be encouraged to take up eSports as their full-time career. This in turn, will undoubtedly put India on the world map for eSports.
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