A real week of glory for Karim.”KarimisbakRmaiti, Italian player Betclic Apogee esports teamwho won FPF Christmas Competition 2023 Porto, winning the derby final against Portuguese teammate Diogo “Tuga810” Pombo.
An exceptional result that was the icing on the cake of a weekend that also saw Karimisbak make an extraordinary journey in the prestigious FC Pro November Regional – Europe East tournament, where he completed his run in the quarter-finals, finishing as the top Italian along with Raffaele “Er_Caccia98” Cacciapuoti and Enrico “FIFAENRY” Barbera.
FPF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2023
November 2023 will certainly not be easy to forget for Karim “Karimisbak” Rmaiti, the new champion of the FPF Christmas Challenge 2023, who won the last act with an aggregate score of 3-1 Diogo “Tuga810” Pombo, also a player of the Betclic Apogee team, as well as the captain of the Portuguese national team and one of few players capable of qualifying for the 2023 FIFAe World Cup in all modes (1v1, 2v2 and Portugal). To add prestige to his feat, Karimisbak embellished his path to triumph by defeating in the semi-finals another “sacred monster” such as Gonzalo “RastaArtur” Pinto, who, along with Tuga810, is currently dominating the Palmares competition.
Thus, the final act of the event organized by FPF eFootball, the eSports section of the Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol), was entirely marked by the Betclic Apogee challenge. In a competition reserved for Portuguese teams, the best players from the Portuguese scene took to the field. EA Sports FC 24. Also present in the race for Betclic Apogee is Thiago “Darkley11” Pires, another heavyweight of the esports scene who recently competed in the FIFAe World Cup 2023, reaching the semi-finals of the FPF Christmas Challenge 2023 against Tuga810.
After an initial group stage in which there were 8 qualifying matches in each of the two groups, players from the round of 16 onwards challenged each other in direct elimination matches, which resulted in the crowning of Karimisbak, who had already distinguished himself by winning the title this year MVP. and Italian vice-champion at the last eSerie A TIM tournament wearing the Hellas Verona FC esports jersey.
FC PRO NOVEMBER REGIONAL – EAST EUROPE
Finishing first on the qualifying ladder, Karimisbak also achieved an excellent top-8 finish in the FC Pro October Regional – Europe East tournament organized by EA Sports, where Betclic player Apogee had to bow out in the quarter-finals against Germany’s Koray “KKoray” Küçükkünar. With this result, Karimisbak still cemented his place as the top Italian alongside his compatriots Raffaele “Er_Caccia98” Cacciapuoti and Enrico “FIFAENRY” Barbera.
The tournament lasted two days and began with the first part in the Swiss format, followed by a direct elimination stage, starting with the 1/8 finals.
Gonçalo Brandeiro, Founder and CEO of Betclic Apogee: “We are extremely proud that we were able to witness the full final of Betclic Apogee at the FPF Christmas Challenge 2023. Our boys demonstrated their qualities, we are sorry that only one of them was able to rejoice at the finish line, but reaching the finish line here is a reason for happiness for the whole team. Karimisbak is now a solid Betclic Apogee player and we hope he can achieve more big things in 2024.“.
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