The Deutschland Cup From November 8th to 11th, 2018, not only will there be exciting duels on the ice, there will also be a premiere off the ice! On Friday without games, “TaKeTV“ – a renowned eSports location – two ice hockey tournaments with the well-known EA Sports game “NHL 19" on the PlayStation There is a tournament for professionals and a tournament for amateur players. The professional tournament is played in one-on-one "Ultimate Team" mode. At the community event, players compete in versus mode.
Professional players can qualify in advance for the live event on November 9th in one of two online tournaments. The qualification tournaments will take place on October 20th and 27th, 2018 from 11.00:9 a.m. A total of eight players will ultimately qualify for the live event on November 15.00th from XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. on “TaKeTV”.
-> Registration for qualification tournament October 20.10.2018, XNUMX
-> Registration for qualification tournament October 27.10.2018, XNUMX
hobby player can register for the community tournament on November 9th from 15.00 p.m. directly on site at "TaKeTV" according to the "first come, first serve" principle. Participation is free. The maximum field of participants consists of 64 players; a qualifying tournament will not be held beforehand.
The live event of the professional players can be viewed via live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/taketv be tracked. The highlights of the first eSports event DEB are shown on free TV by TV partner SPORT1.
Marc Hindelang, DEB-Vice President: “The new game plan at Deutschland Cup gives us the opportunity to organize the first major ice hockey eSports event in Germany. “We want to express our commitment to pioneering work in ice hockey and are really looking forward to the premiere.”
Robert Schütt, DEB-Marketing Manager: “With TaKeTV we are looking forward to having a professional and experienced partner in Krefeld. We are very excited about eSports Deutschland Cup both for online players and for classic ice hockey playersFans arrives. Marketing is off to a very positive start and we only have two or three packages left to give away.”
Dennis Gehlen, Managing Director of TaKeTV: “With NHL 19, another sports title is entering the German eSports market and thus represents the topic of ice hockey in the gaming industry. Since Krefeld has a long history of success with KEV, we as a local company are looking forward to working with them DEB. It is important to us, the players and Fans from NHL 19 to build your own community and experience first-class gameplay live. Our many years of experience in carrying out eSports events enables us to create new events such as this Deutschland Cupto establish ourselves in eSports.”
After the eSport event is before the Fan Party! On the game-free day, everyone can Fans from 21.00 p.m. in the KulturFabrik Krefeld and celebrate together. Entry to the event costs five euros.
