Programmer, Walking Chicken and Friends Forever Gaming will face 13 other teams from South Korea, Thailand and China in the four-day group stage.

The event will be played in a cross-country remote production set-up to guarantee the players’ safety.

Three Vietnamese esport teams will compete in the first FIFAe Continental Cup.

Programmer is in group A with China's Nova and Thailand's MS Chonburi and Purple Mood Esports.

Walking Chicken and Friends Forever Gaming are in group D with South Korea's Sandbox Gaming and Afreeca Freecs.

The top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage, scheduled for December 18-19, and compete for a place in the final.

The final, to be played next Sunday, will be a best-of-five format. The winner will take home $100,000.

The event will be live streamed in four languages across FIFA’s digital channels.

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Source: VnExpress