Brazil's commanding lead in the Americas' e-sports | OneFootball

Launched on April 15 with eFootball Console, the Nations League consists of a three-week season of competitions for each of the titles in which the Brazilian eNational Team competes within FIFA’s eSports competition pool.

In each of those weeks, the Brazilian athletes competed against our continental neighbors for a spot in the Continental, which will take place on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd at the Nave do Conhecimento in Rio de Janeiro. The races for qualification were based on the Weekly Ranking, which awarded points toward the Consistency Ranking, and the Week 3 title, which granted the champion a direct spot in the competition.

Each stage was split into two days, with the first date being the group stage, in which everyone faced each other, and the following day the knockout stage. In Week 3, with the direct-qualification spot in play, the system used on Day 2 was Upper and Lower: the team that lost had one more chance to come back, now through the lower bracket.

“It was a complex competition; there was a lot of logistics, training, and study involved during this period. A broader competition gives you greater opportunities, but it also makes analysis, study, and planning ultra-important so that we can achieve good results,” said eBrazil Manager Diego Guapo

The Week 3 Rocket League bracket shows how the Upper and Lower system works, widely used in the eSports sceneCredits: Reproduction / FIFA.gg

For the public, it was an opportunity to see the great players of the South American scene from all three titles in action, as Guerreiro (digital commentator for eFootball) said. “Seeing so many great players competing in thrilling matches like those of the three weeks of eNations is great for the audience, which rarely gets the chance to see these athletes face each other at a high level while representing their countries.”

There were 1,164,127 broadcast impressions on the CBF YouTube channel alone, significant numbers considering that much of the competition took place during the World Cup period, when the world’s attention is focused on “real football,” as Dedeco (Digital Football YouTuber) pointed out. “The world was looking for real football content, but eBrazil, with its great players, managed to bring in a large share of those numbers during the broadcasts we did on eNations nights. We could feel the community consuming the matches and seeking to understand the competition more and more, which may once again bring the title to Brazil in the title.”

Duds Melow (creator for FURIA and eBrazil) echoed that. “Seeing this FURIA Rocket League team wearing the Yellow Jersey only makes the connection with the community even stronger, since as a team they are already regarded as the cream of Brazilian talent. It only reinforces the reality that this team can once again go far in the global competition, which would be fantastic for the SAM (South America) community.”

And the numbers kept growing: there were 110,000 minutes broadcast over those three months of matches.

From a sporting standpoint, all the eNational Teams dominated the South American scene from start to finish: of the nine titles at stake, the Brazilian National Team brought home eight, letting only the final week of eFootball Mobile slip away.

Over that period, 103 matches were played, with 62 wins, more than 316 goals scored, a 63% success rate, and 8 regional titles.

Individual numbers by title:

eFootball™ Console

27 Matches

23 Wins

3 Draws

1 Loss

96 Goals For

20 Goals Against

76 Goal Difference

eFootball™ Mobile

27 Matches

17 Wins

8 Draws

2 Losses

54 Goals For

17 Goals Against

37 Goal Difference

Rocket League

27 Matches

22 Wins

5 Losses

166 Goals For

61 Goals Against

105 Goal Difference

The FIFAe ranking can be accessed on the website: https://www.fifa.gg/rocket-league/fifae-world-rankings/nationsCredits: Disclosure

All these numbers left the Brazilian eSports National Teams at the top of their respective Global Rankings.

“Staying at the top requires work, dedication, and a great deal of resilience from the entire delegation, which allows these great players to focus only on performing at their best in the game,” said Felipe Feijó, CBF Head of eSports.

For the players, the competition is not only a source of visibility, but also the opportunity to put into practice everything they have been training for all this time.

João Victor, an eFootball Console player, says: “With the eNational Team, we get to play against the best players in the world, hold training sessions, friendlies, and official matches, which gives us a lot of experience so that we can train, including for individual competitions.”

His teammate Henrykinho commented on the visibility that wearing the Yellow Jersey brings to the called-up players. “Since last year, when I wore the heaviest jersey in the world for the first time, I started having many more people watching my streams and following my content, which makes me very happy because I feel even greater recognition from the Brazilian and international community.”

Coach Thiago Avaré reiterated how much work goes into a competition like this. “It’s months of study, analysis, and a lot of training. Some people think we train only during competition periods, but we train every afternoon with other players so that we can correct and align every detail and arrive at in-person competitions at the highest level.”

Brazilian delegation during a match-analysis session between eNations League matchesCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

In search of greater professionalism and high performance, the CBF brought together the best professionals from the Brazilian National Teams and the sports market to launch the “eNational Team High Performance Program,” which included several professionals from areas that impact the daily lives of these young athletes, such as Dr. Marisa Santiago, psychologist for the senior national team; Cristiano Nunes, fitness coach for the senior national team; Marco Túlio, one of the country’s leading references in Sleep Medicine and Biology; and other professionals, including former athlete and now assistant coach of the senior national team Juan dos Santos, and National Teams Executive Coordinator Rodrigo Caetano, who opened the project.

Diego Guapo, eNational Team manager, commented that “throughout the entire process our athletes were always very engaged with the content, asking relevant questions and bringing up common day-to-day doubts. They absorbed everything very intelligently and have been applying it in their daily lives. With this project, we were able to help them understand that it’s not just about playing; it’s about bringing out the best they can be to wear this jersey.”

The program was divided into three stages, and players took part both in person and onlineCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

The Continental is the next step for the Brazilian delegation, which led the Consistency Ranking in Latin America across all titles and now, on August 21, 22, and 23, at Nave do Conhecimento in Rio de Janeiro, will have the chance to secure a spot in the FIFAe World Championship, which will take place in October 2026, with the location still to be defined by FIFA.

Soon, CBF and FIFA will release more information about tickets and broadcasts for the event, which will feature the following national teams in each title:

1. Rocket League: Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.

2. eFootball™ Console: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia.

3. eFootball™ Mobile: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia.

The top 2 in each title at the Continental will advance to the FIFAe Finals in October.

For Brazil’s Rocket League team, which is also FURIA’s official lineup in the title and the great regional champion in the game’s official competitions, “now at LAN (the term athletes use for in-person competitions), we’re going to show that all our training was done the right way, and we’re going not only in search of a spot in the FIFAe Finals, but also the competition title,” said Brunovisqui, coach of FURIA and the eNational Team.

“We’re very confident; we’ve been playing together for some time now both as FURIA and as the eNational Team, so in person we’re going to give our best to go after the title,” said Swiftt, the youngest player in the Brazilian delegation and a Rocket League athlete, as he wrapped up the final week and brought eNations to a close for the Brazilian delegation.

On the possibility of winning the title, one of the athletes with the most matches wearing the green-and-yellow jersey (145 matches each), Yan (yANXNZ), a Rocket League LATAM standout, spoke about how excited the team is for the competition.

“Wearing this jersey is always wonderful. We have many idols in real football, like Neymar, and that is inspiring, knowing that we are following similar paths,” he said.

On the number of matches, Rocket League player Lostt said: “There are countless matches where we have a very good average; it’s always enjoyable, but we always want more. We’re going after not only the continental title but the world title as well,” he added.

eBrazil Rocket League team at the FURIA office in São Paulo during an eNations League stageCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

You can follow the Continental and much more on CBF’s official channels and on Instagram through the profiles @eBrasil and @fifae.

*This text was written by the manager of the Brazilian eNational Teams, Diego Guapo.

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