The FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 started on Tuesday, July 11 at the Riyadh Boulevard arena in Saudi Arabia.

Organised by FIFA along with EA Sports, the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 is the finale of an almost year-long tournament where participants compete against each other by playing matches from the latest FIFA association football video game.

As many as 24 countries will be participating in the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 and they have been split into four groups, comprising six teams each.

All the teams will compete in a 2-v-2 format played on EA Sports FIFA 23 FUT mode and the top four teams at the end of all the group stage matches will progress to the round of 16 stage, which marks the start of the knockout fixtures.

FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 groups and teams

Group A: Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Qatar, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands

Group B: Morocco, USA, France, Italy, Finland, Malaysia

Group C: Spain, Brazil, Singapore, Turkey, Australia, Portugal

Group D: India, Israel, South Africa, Peru, Sweden, Germany

FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 India team

Coached by Siddh Chandarana, the Indian esports football team will be represented by Charanjot Singh, Saksham Rattan, and Saransh Jain. 

This will be the eTigers’ second FIFAe Nations Cup appearance after their group stage exit in the 2022 edition of the tournament.

The first-ever edition of the FIFAe Nations Cup was won by France in 2019, while Brazil are the defending champions after winning the tournament last year.

The upcoming edition of FIFAe Nations Cup promises to be an exciting tournament and here’s a lowdown of Team India’s results and their position in the Group D points table.

FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 India results and scores 

Tuesday, July 11

India 1-2 Germany 

South Africa 0-1 India 

India 0-3 Sweden 

Wednesday, July 12

India 0-6 Israel 

Peru 1-1 India 

Germany 1-0 India 

India 1-1 South Africa 

Sweden 0-1 India 

Thursday, July 13

Israel 1-1 India 

India 3-3 Peru 

FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 Group D points table and standings

Position

Team 

Games Played

W-D-L

Goal Difference

Points

1

Israel (Q)

10

6-4-0

20

22

2

Germany (Q)

10

6-2-2

5

20

3

Sweden (Q)

10

3-3-4

-2

12

4

Peru (Q)

10

2-4-4

-7

10

5

India

10

2-4-4

-9

10

6

South Africa

10

1-3-6

-7

6

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