Seven Caribbean territories will face seven African countries on the Fifa 20 and Mortal Kombat 11 games, Saturday and Sunday. Battles to follow live on the internet.

"This is a world first in the field of e-sport," insisted Samuel Jourson.

The president of the Federation Giga'Games Guadeloupe and Caribbean ambassador of the Concecares (1), announces, indeed, a major event: the 1st edition of the concept "The Afrocaribbean E-sports Invitational" which will oppose, Saturday and Sunday, in a Friendly Cup, seven territories in the Caribbean region to seven other countries on the African continent. Will be in the running for the Caribbean area: Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the Bahamas. And on the African side: Nigeria, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon and Morocco. Twenty-eight e-athletes (two per territory) will compete online (some countries are not yet defined), on Saturday on the football game Fifa 20 and on Sunday on Mortal Kombat 11.

Rencontre amicale

Organized on the initiative of the Giga's Games Federation, "in collaboration with other colleagues from the Caribbean (2) and the African continent (3), under the aegis of the Pamesco - Pan American Esport Confederation, the ESFA - Esport Federation of Africa and the Wesco - World Esport Consortium ”, this is a friendly meeting, specifies Samuel Jourson. But which should give rise to "a beautiful confrontation and give visibility to these territories". The battles, which will start at 5:00 p.m. (Caribbean time, 9:00 p.m. in Africa), can be followed live via the internet. (4) Samuel Jourson hopes that the public will respond to see who will leave Africa or the Caribbean winner of this unprecedented confrontation and which territory or country will also fare well.Guadeloupe will line up two confirmed e-athletes: for Fifa the Abymian Lory Longfort known as “Michy” (n ° 1 in Guadeloupe), and for Mortal Kombat the Lower Terran “Anthony Alexis, alias“ Fast Light ”(n ° 2 on this Game).

The e-sports confederation of the America-Caribbean zone

Among which JEI, BESF, MMG Among which Nigeria e-sports, Ghana, Zimbabwe e-sports

Saturday http://www.twitch.tv/ggic_gigagames and

Sunday https://twitch.tv/besf

SOURCE: https://www.guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr/actualite/sports/la-premiere-grande-rencontre-e-sportive-afrique-caraibe-569462.php