The Professional Football League today announces the ninth season of eLigue 1 McDonald’s, the official French eChampionship of Ligue 1 McDonald’s on EA SPORTS FC 25.
The benchmark eSports competition in France returns for a ninth season, this year with McDonald’s as title partner. This tournament, reserved for eSports players from professional Ligue 1 McDonald’s and Ligue 2 BKT clubs, promises this year once again an exceptional level of play, with a significant cash prize at stake. The entire competition will be available to follow for free and live on the eLigue 1 McDonald’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
To the delight of football and video game lovers, this ninth season will present four new features:
- On January 16, 2025, a new show, live on the McDonald’s eLigue 1 Twitch and YouTube channels, will present the different teams and new features of this new season.
- The creation of a Super Week. For the first time in its history, an entire day of the regular season will take place on stage in Paris, on February 26 and 27, 2025, on the occasion of the 6th day of the eLigue 1 McDonald’s.
- RC Strasbourg Alsace, during its RCSA Racing Esports Live Show event, will welcome all the clubs for a championship day on February 19.
- Finally, eLigue 1 McDonald’s also welcomes a new partner, Essilor, a historic player in ophthalmic optics. This collaboration reinforces the commitment of the brand and the competition to the prevention of the visual health of players and fans of video games.
Our clubs, un champion
For this ninth edition, eleven clubs from Ligue 1 McDonald’s and Ligue 2 BKT, each represented by 2 professional eSports players, will compete for the title of champion on EA SPORTS FC 25. This year, a new club is joining the competition: Angers SCO.
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- ALSO Auxerre : Adrien THORS (Addrx) – Yann MOREAU (Paastek) ;
- Angers SCO : Mathis MARTIN (MattM) – Walid BEL HADAOUI (Quarna);
- AS Monaco : Diogo PEIXOTO (Diogo Peixoto) – Marwan CHAHHOU (Marwan) ;
- Clermont Foot 63 : Andréa MONTANINI (Montaxer) – Raffaele CACCIAPUOTI (Hunting) ;
- ESTAC Troyes : Mohamed ABDOULFATAH (Ama2zerr) – Polo GASY (Polo Gasy);
- LOSC Lille : Brice MASSON (Brice) ; Ilian BOUCHI (Ilian) ;
- Montpellier HSC : Corentin CHEVREY (Rocky) ; Wignall JACK DYLAN (Goal Poacher) ;
- FC Lorient : Julien PERBAL (Fouma) ; Leandro PEIXOTO (LJR Peixoto);
- FC Nantes : Dylan GOZUACIK (Dylo); Victor RASSIN (Reaper);
- Paris Saint-Germain : Ilias EL RHAZZAZ (Nkantee); Yanis BOUCEBAINE (Yaskow);
- RC Strasbourg Alsace : Malik GUELLATI (MvLiK93); Mathéo COGNAUT (Zynia).
Like last season, the McDonald’s eLigue 1 will be divided into two phases: the regular season and the Playoffs. During the regular season, which begins on January 22, 2025, all clubs will meet once. These matches, each played in three matches, have a points scale similar to last season, but very specific: the team winning the most matches out of the 3 automatically wins 2 points. If the victorious team manages to win its first two matches, making its victory official even before the third, then it will be awarded an additional point. For the losing team, no points are awarded.
The Playoffs week will have the specificity of being played in 7 matches with 5 matches in total (two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final). The clubs classified between 3rd and 6th place during the regular season will have to go through a quarter-final, which will take place on April 22, 2025, while the clubs classified in the first two places will be directly qualified for the semi-finals, played on April 23, 2025.
The 11 clubs participating in this new edition will compete to try to win the title of Champion of France 2025 during the Grand Final on April 28, 2025, with a cash prize of €60,000 distributed between the winner and the three clubs succeeding it in the ranking.
eLeague 1 McDonald’s also qualifies two clubs for international competitions in the EA SPORTS FC Pro Programm. The two finalist clubs will win two qualifying places for the eChampions League, while the winning club will also win two qualifying places for the EA SPORTS FC Pro World Championship.
100% of matches broadcast on the Ligue 1 McDonald’s Twitch channel but also co-broadcast on the new eLigue 1 McDonald’s Youtube channel.
The McDonald’s Ligue 1 Twitch channel and the McDonald’s eLigue Youtube channel will be the official broadcasters of the entire McDonald’s eLigue 1.
Fans will be able to follow all of the competition’s matches live and exclusively on the Ligue 1 McDonald’s Twitch channel every Wednesday and Thursday evening from January 22 to April 28, 2025 from 6:30 p.m. For the first time, the season will start a week before the first day, on January 16 at 6:30 p.m., for an exceptional launch show.
“Quento”, “Deamz”, “Brian Savary” and “Brak” will be at the helm of the McDonald’s eLigue 1 broadcasts. They will regularly be able to count on other well-known faces from the French football and eSports scene.
Join us for the first McDonald’s eLigue 1 broadcast on Tuesday January 16, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. on:
– Our Ligue 1 McDonald’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/ligue1mcdonalds/
– Our eLigue 1 McDonald’s YouTube channel: eLigue 1 McDonald’s – YouTube
McDonald’s 2025 eLigue 1 Calendar:
- January 16: launch show.
- From January 22 to February 27: first part of the regular season.
- Wednesday February 19: Racing Esports Live Show
- February 26 and 27: Superweek
- From March 12 to April 3: second part of the regular season.
- April 23 and 24: Playoffs
- Monday April 28: the Grand Final and the eLigue 1 Awards by McDonald’s
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The LFP is supported by the Hopscotch Sport group agency for the distribution, implementation, organization and communication of the McDonald’s eLigue 1.
Benjamin MOREL, Managing Director LFP MEDIA
In almost a decade, the McDonald’s eLigue 1 has established itself as a true reference in the world of eSports, marking each season with a spectacular rise in power. For this 9th edition, the competition promises to reach new heights with an unprecedented level of intensity and challenge. We are proud to continue to innovate and enrich this ambitious adventure with numerous new products, while celebrating the arrival of our partner Essilor, who will strengthen this system of excellence.
Prûne MARRE, Managing Director of Essilor France
Through this partnership, we are continuing our mission: to enable everyone to see well to better enjoy every moment. Football is the most practiced and most watched sport in France, just like e-sport, which is experiencing rapid growth. This partnership allows us to reach as many people as possible, in order to raise everyone’s awareness of the importance of good visual health.
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