Home Cup: teams, betting odds & mode of the 2nd edition
Bones in the footsteps of Dabbur?
In the first Home Cup, Munas Dabbur, a professional at TSG Hoffenheim, was crowned champion. All commendable, because Dabbur prevailed against eSports professional Benedikt Bauer from VfL Wolfsburg in the final.
The group games were already played in Austria on Monday. Niklas Luginsland, known as an eSports athlete under the nickname “NIK-LUGI”, won the sovereign group victory in Austria. The tournament is scheduled for Wednesday in Germany before the final tournament in Greece on Thursday.
The game is played in round robin format – i.e. without a second leg in the group phase. The winners of the respective tournaments in Austria, Germany and Greece qualify for the final on April 10th.
When & where can you see the Home Cup? Livestream info
Date: Monday, April 6th, 2020 pre-tournament Austria
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 pre-tournament Germany
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 pre-tournament Greece
Friday, April 10th, 2020 Final Four
As with the first Home Cup, the second edition of the FIFA20 tournament will also be broadcast. It is quite possible that streams can also be found on other portals such as Twitch or YouTube.
Teams & results of the Home Cup Austria
Team LAOLA – Andreas Dober
Team 11teamsports – Laura Krumböck
Team player pass Niklas – “NIK-LUGI” Luginsland
Team 90minuten.at – Ivan Lucic
As already mentioned, the eSports professional from VfB Stuttgart won the group in the first tournament. Niklas “NIK-LUGI” Luginsland competed for the team player pass and impressively prevailed against Andreas Dober, Austria keeper Ivan Lucic and ÖFB player Laura Krümbock. Overall, there was a goal difference of 16: 2 for Luginsland.
Ivan Lucic won two of three group games and, with a goal difference of 9: 6, still has realistic chances of attending the final as the best second in the international eSports tournament.
Austria Home Cup results
Andreas Dober (LAOLA1) 2: 5 Ivan Lucic (90minuten.at)
NIK-LUGI (player pass) 7: 1 Laura Krümbock (11teamsports)
Andreas Dober (LAOLA1) 7: 3 Laura Krümbock (11teamsports)
Ivan Lucic (90minuten.at) 1: 4 NIK-LUGI (player pass)
Ivan Lucic (90minuten.at) 3: 0 Laura Krümbock (11teamsports)
Andreas Dober (LAOLA1) 0: 5 NIK-LUGI (player pass)
Home Cup Germany – Teams & Players
Team VfL Wolfsburg – Robin Knoche
Team 90plusX – Felix Casalino
Team MTW Eleftherios – “Left_i” Ilias
Team early game Pedro – xPedro6x” Beckert
In Germany, only one soccer professional takes part in the FIFA20 tournament. Robin Knoche, central defender of VfL Wolfsburg, is one of the underdogs in the group. It is rather unlikely that Knoche will hold its own in duels against eSports professionals like Eleftherios Ilias (Team MTW) and Pedro Beckert (Team earlygame).
Home Cup Germany – betting odds
Wolfsburg (Robin Knoche) – MTW (Left_i)
1: 6.00 X: 6.00 2: 1.25
90plusX (Felix Casalino) – Earlygame (xPedro6x)
1: 4.70 X: 5.50 2: 1.35
Home Cup Greece – Teams & Players
Team Asteras Tripolis – Adrian Riera
Team Gazzetta – Nikos Athanasiou
Team Better Collective – Thenasis Charisis
Team Kingbet – Vaggelis Kostoglou
In the final pre-tournament in Greece Adrian Riera (Asteras Tripolis), Nikos Athanasiou (Gazzetta), Thenas Charisis (Better Collective) and Vaggelis Kostoglou will meet. In contrast to the groups in Germany and Austria, no eSports professional is represented.
Betting Tips & betting base trend
The cross-border final tournament of the Home Cup rises on April 10th. After the NIK-LUGI was crowned champion on Monday, it remains to be seen which other teams or players will fix their participation in the final.
The FIFA20 qualities of football professionals like Ivan Lucic and Robin Knoche are too manageable for that. In addition to the Austrian group winner NIK-LUGI, Eleftherios “Left_i” Ilias from the MTW team was one of the top favorites of the tournament.
Keyfacts Home Cup betting
The group winners from the three national tournaments qualify for the final four. In addition, the best runners-up take part in the final tournament.
The final tournament rises on April 10th
With the different participants from the various industries – journalists, influencers, football professionals and eSports fans – there is certainly a lot of excitement to be had. In Austria there was a power conception from the eSportler NIK-LUGI. It remains to be seen whether similar results will follow in Germany and Greece.
