The INEA 1 Liga Games esports competition starts in January!

The official 1st League competition in EA SPORTS FC™ 24 – INEA 1 Liga Games – will kick off on January 9th. This will determine the five best representatives of second-tier clubs, who will have the opportunity to compete for the Polish Championship against PKO BP Ekstraklasa Games players. Both virtual leagues, run by eMinePro, create a cohesive system modeled after football competitions.

All clubs competing in the second-tier league will participate in the 1st League esports competition. In January, eighteen players will compete in four online tournaments, played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The detailed schedule is below:

1. TOURNAMENT: January 9-10 (stream 10.01 – Wednesday)
2. TOURNAMENT: January 16-17 (stream 17.01 – Wednesday)
3. TOURNAMENT: January 23-24 (stream 24.01 – Wednesday)
4. TOURNAMENT: January 30-31 (stream January 31 – Wednesday)

After Tuesday's competition in three six-player groups, three players from each group will advance. The players ranked 1st and 2nd will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the 3rd-place finishers will compete in a round-robin format. A small bracket will be created from this competition to determine the remaining two quarterfinalists.

On Wednesdays at 6:00 PM, online broadcasts will be available on the 1st League and its clubs' Facebook pages, as well as on the PZPNeFutbol channels on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. The eight-team knockout stage will be played that day. Four matches will be streamed: one quarterfinal, two semifinals, and the final.

The winner of each tournament will earn 20 points towards the overall standings, which, after the tournament concludes, will determine two players who will advance to the April finals of the PKO BP Ekstraklasa Games. The remaining three players will compete for the finals in the official Polish Championship playoffs. In the event of a tie, the players will play an additional match to decide who advances. Below is the full standings for the INEA 1 Liga Games tournaments:

WINNER 20 points
SECOND PLACE 13 points
THIRD PLACE 10 points
FOURTH PLACE 9 points
QUARTERFINAL 7 points
LUCKY LOSER 5 points
4th place in the group 4 points
5th-6th place in the group 0 points

The title sponsor of the tournament is INEA – the most frequently recommended internet provider in Poland, as well as television and telephone services. The prelude to the tournament was an offline competition held on December 6th in Łęczna. This tournament was open to participants of the St. Nicholas Day party organized by the Górnik Łęczna club, and the best players received prizes sponsored by INEA.

The virtual 1 Liga tournaments are organized in close collaboration with the game publisher EA SPORTS FC™ 24 and PKO BP Ekstraklasa Games, creating a unique esports football competition system in Europe. Both projects are implemented entirely by the interactive agency eMinePro, which has taken over the management of virtual leagues for two organizations running the highest levels of Polish football.