Irish cyber soccer championship kicks off

Life

4 September 2006

WorldGamerLive.com with sponsorship from Microsoft, Xtravision and Konami will host Ireland’s first official Pro Evolution Soccer Championship on the Xbox 360 games console platform.  The tournament, which is open to football fans and gamers of all ages will take place in four locations across Ireland in September and will be co-ordinated through World Gamer Live’s interactive website.

The Irish Pro Evolution Soccer Championship is the first of its kind in Ireland and is a prelude to leading game developer Konami’s high profile Pro Evolution Soccer 5 European Championship which will be held in Ireland for the first time ever later this year.   Over 1000 football fans and gamers from around the country have the opportunity to compete in the Irish Pro Evolution Soccer Championship and the top two will have the honour of representing Ireland at the European Pro Evolution Soccer Championship.

Each of the four regional heats taking place in Galway, Limerick, Wexford and Dublin will play host to 256 avid gamers. The top 16 players from each regional event will attend a grand final in Dublin at the Irish home of Xbox 360, Microsoft’s Atrium Building Sandyford, Dublin 18 on Saturday, September 23rd.   The dates and venues for the qualifying tournaments are as follows:

Galway           Saturday, 9th September        Corrib Great Southern, Galway @ 9am

Limerick         Sunday, 10th September        Clarion Hotel, Limerick @ 9am

Dublin            Saturday, 16th September      The Alexander Hotel, Dublin @ 9am

Wexford         Sunday, 17th September        Talbot Hotel, Wexford @ 9am

The Irish Pro Evolution Soccer Championship is open to gamers of all ages and is free to enter. Simply log onto http://xtravision.proevorankings.com to register. There are 256 places at each of the four regional events.

 

Xtravision.proevorankings.com

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