FIFAe World Cup 2026 featuring Rocket League viewers’ guide
Get ready for the FIFAe World Cup 2026 featuring Rocket League tournament taking place towards the end of October 2026. Don’t miss a second of the action with our viewers’ guide. Let’s jump straight into the most important details.
FIFAe World Cup 2026 Rocket League details
First up, you can mark your calendars for 20 to 25 October 2026, when the FIFAe World Cup 2026 featuring Rocket League is scheduled to take place.
The tournament will be held live on LAN at the Abadi Al Johar Arena venue in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. At the time of writing, the prize pool has not been announced, but we expect it to be rather significant, so keep an eye out for that.
The action begins with a Group Stage from 20 to 21 October 2026, featuring two groups of eight teams each. All matches are a So2, with a double Round-Robin format. The top four teams per group that score the most points move on to the Playoffs Stage.
In the Playoffs Stage, which runs from 24 to 25 October, the format is a single-elimination bracket, where all matches are BO7.
In case you didn’t know, a team from South Africa will be competing alongside 15 other countries. The South African team qualified via the FIFAe Continental Championship 2026 Africa, where they placed 2nd after losing 2-4 to Morocco.
Teams Competing:
- Saudi Arabia
- Germany
- Czechia
- England
- Italy
- Morocco
- South Africa
- Netherlands
- Australia
- Jordan
- France
- United States
- Oman
- Puerto Rico
- Brazil
- Chile
The players and coach who qualified for the tournament are:
- David “2Die4” Morgenrood
- Gareth “Snowyy” Spiers
- Brayden “gunz” Keith
- Nicholas “cpZebra” Fourie (Coach)
I, for one, cannot wait to watch the FIFAe World Cup 2026 featuring Rocket League, and so can you! Check out all the action via the FIFAe Rocket League YouTube channel or the FIFAe Twitch channel.
Header image via Epic Games.
