Sport1 and Sportradar are partnering to showcase the newly launched eFootball.Pro League.
The regular season of the eFootball.Pro League, where the players compete in Pro Evolution Soccer, kicked off in December 2018 and runs through until April 2019.
The next matchday is Saturday February 23, with all the action on free livestream at sport1.de as well as on YouTube and again as live on eSports1. The remaining two matchdays and the subsequent playoffs and finals will be shown live on eSports1. Sport1 also has archive rights to the two days of the eFootball.Pro League already played. The competition involves a total of six top European clubs, including German team Schalke 04. Joining them are FC Barcelona, Celtic FC, AS Monaco, FC Nantes and Boavista FC.
Daniel von Busse, COO TV and member of the board of Sport1, said: “Through this partnership with the eFootball.Pro League and the TAG Heuer Virtual Bundesliga, we now offer eSports fans the full spectrum of virtual soccer on eSports1. With its format of regular season, playoffs and finals, the competition, which was the brainchild of Barcelona star Gerard Piqué, promises excitement from beginning to end. It will definitely also wow eSports fans in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.”
Lutz Tigges, senior director audiovisual broadcast at Sportradar said: “We are very pleased to work with Sport1 in esports and support the successful growth and development of its fully dedicated esports channel. eFootball.Pro League is a fantastic fit for that strategy as it’s a new concept that delivers high quality, exciting matches."
