On April 8th, the Chinese National E-sports Football Team Athlete Selection Tournament, sponsored by the Chinese Football Association, Tencent E-sports and E-sports and co-organized by the TGA Tencent E-sports Games, kicked off, and as the runner-up of the "eCSL Road to Champions" event, four players of Changchun Yatai E-sports Team, Ben Zhiyuan, Zhu Jinqiang, Geng Liang and Lin Chuhao, were qualified for the selection competition. After the first round of fighting, Geng Liang advanced to the top 32 in the country, and Zhu Zhiqiang, Ben Zhiyuan and Lin Chuhao stopped in the top 64 in the country.
According to FIFA arrangements, the 2021 FIFA eNations Cup (FIFA Esports National Cup) continental qualifiers will be held from April 30 to May 2. In order to obtain tickets for the Asia-Pacific region, the Chinese Football Association will set up the Chinese National E-sports Football Team, which is a selection competition for the athletes of the Chinese National E-sports Football Team.
The selection competition gathered 64 elites from 14 clubs in the domestic FSL (FIFAOL4 Professional League), changchun Yatai, Shanghai Shenhua, Shandong Taishan SC three Chinese Super League club e-sports teams and manchester City, Lyon EDG, Greater Paris PSG and other foreign giants of the e-sports club, all sent people to participate.
Changchun Yatai e-sports team players Ben Zhiyuan, Zhu Jinqiang, Geng Liang and Lin Chuhao participated in this selection competition. Ben Zhiyuan and Zhu Jinqiang are the main members of the "eCSL Championship Road" runner-up not long ago, Geng Liang is changchun Yatai team to win the 2018 CEFL S3 runner-up team singles king, the new addition of Lin Chuhao is a post-00s talent FIFA player, who won the runner-up in the 2020 Yangtze River Delta University Student League.
The selection competition is divided into two stages, the first stage from April 8 to April 10, that is, the online stage, and the second stage is the offline stage, which will be held in Beijing on April 12. The two stages of the selection tournament adopt the 1V1 mode of players, the online match is a one-game win-loss system, the offline game is a three-game best-of-two system, 64 players are dueling in pairs, the winner is promoted, the loser is eliminated, and the 7 players who finally break through will be selected for the Training Camp of the Chinese National E-sports Football Team to prepare for the FIFA Asia-Pacific Qualifiers held at the end of this month.
Founded in October 2017, Changchun Yatai E-sports Team has competed in e-sports competitions for many times in the past four years, winning the second place in the 2018 Chinese Super League (CEFL) S3 season, the runner-up of the 2019 FIFA Online4 International Grand Prix, the runner-up of the first eCSL Championship Road in 2020, and the first time in the professional e-sports arena, it reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 FCC Professional Champions Cup. In addition, it has also trained a number of outstanding professional players, such as Yao Yaxun, the captain of the professional team Manchester City e-sports, Geng Liang, the captain of the Newbee team, and Luan Pu and Lu Ying, the main players of the Wolves Weibo team, all from the Changchun Yatai e-sports team.
The 2021 FIFA Esports Nations Cup will be held in Denmark this summer, where twenty-four teams from all continents will compete for the trophy, which symbolizes the highest honor of football esports. The Asia Pacific Qualifiers will be divided into two groups, with the top three finishers qualifying for five PLACEs in the FIFA Esports Nations Cup.