Grannec favourite to lift fourth FIFA Interactive World Cup title

Grannec favourite to lift fourth FIFA Interactive World Cup title

By Michael Gales Jun 27, 2014

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eSports bettors can now bet on the 2014 FIFA Interactive World Cup with Pinnacle Sports. Read this FIFA Interactive World Cup betting article to see who the odds suggest is favoured to challenge France’s – three-time world champion – Bruce Grannec at the Grand Final on July 2nd-3rd.

FIFA Interactive World Cup: Tournament Format

After six online qualification seasons, the final 20 players will compete for the right to be crowned the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2014 champion at the Grand Final in Rio de Janeiro.

All games have been played on the PlayStation network. The Grand Final consists of the defending champion, the host nation champion, the 12 players that finished in the top two places for the six online seasons, and the six winners of the community qualifiers.

FIFA Interactive World Cup: Player Seeding & Odds

The 20 Grand Finalists have been seeded in accordance with the FIWC World Rankings – which takes into consideration performances in the past four versions of the FIFA Interactive World Cup, but recent performances accrue stronger points than older editions. Note players who had the same world ranking were seeded in order of qualification.

Three-time world champion Bruce Grannec is the clear 2014 FIFA Interactive World Cup favourite with Pinnacle Sports. The Frenchman is offered at 3.62, which gives him – according to the odds – 27.62% chance of winning.

Interestingly his compatriot Julien Dassonville is seeded 19th but offered as the third favourite with odds of 8.16, while Rafael Fortes is a 21.76 outsider having qualified as the host country winner.

World Ranking

Player

Nationality

Seeding

Odds

Implied Probability

1

Bruce Grannec

France

1

3.62

27.62%

3

August Rosenmeier

Denmark

2

9.33

10.72%

10

Ovidiu Patrascu

Romania

3

7.00

14.29%

13

Krasimir Ivanov

Bulgaria

4

10.89

9.18%

19

Ty Walton

England

5

21.76

4.60%

23

David Bytheway

England

6

21.76

4.60%

23

Adam Johnston

Ireland

7

21.76

4.60%

23

Alban Xhemajli

Netherlands

8

N/A

N/A

23

Farid Diffallah

France

9

21.76

4.60%

23

Anders Bollerup

Denmark

10

21.76

4.60%

23

Steven van de Vorst

Netherlands

11

21.76

4.60%

29

Michael Ribeiro

USA

12

7.16

13.97%

30

Irving Velazquez

Mexico

13

10.89

9.18%

32

Johann Simon

France

14

13.06

7.66%

32

Jorrick Boshove

Netherlands

15

21.76

4.60%

32

Marian Avram

Romania

16

21.76

4.60%

32

Tihomir Kolev

Bulgaria

17

10.89

9.18%

32

Adrien Viaud

France

18

21.76

4.60%

38

Julien Dassonville

France

19

8.16

12.25%

40

Rafael Fortes

Brazil

20

21.76

4.60%

FIFA Interactive World Cup: Grand Final draw & Schedule

The draw for theFIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Final will be made on July 1st. The pots and draw schedule is below:
Pots:

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3

Pot 4

Pot 5

Bruce Grannec

Ty Walton

Farid Diffallah

Irving Velazquez

Tihomir Kolev

August Rosenmeier

David Bytheway

Anders Bollerup

Johann Simon

Adrien Viaud

Ovidiu Patrascu

Adam Johnston

Steven van de Vorst

Jorrick Boshove

Julien Dassonville

Ovidiu Patrascu

Adam Johnston

Steven van de Vorst

Jorrick Boshove

Julien Dassonville

Krasimir Ivanov

Alban Xhemajlin

Michael Ribeiro

Marian Avram

Rafael Fortes

Group Stage:

Four groups will consist of five players, with the top two finishers from each group progressing to the Quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Q1: Winner of A vs. Runner-up B
Q2: Winner of B vs. Runner-up A
Q3: Winner of C vs. Runner-up D
Q4: Winner of D vs. Runner-up C

Semi-finals

S1: Winner of Q1 vs. Winner of Q2
S2: Winner of Q3 vs. Winner of Q4

Final

Winner of S1 vs. Winner of S2

Click here to see the latest FIFA Interactive World Cup odds

*Odds subject to change

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