It will be used for team bolstering and training, attracting fans to stadiums and other purposes. Prize money from J.LEAGUE totaling 15 million yen was split between each club according to the final results.
There, Shimizu S-Pulse defeated FC Tokyo in an epic final, becoming champions of the eJ.LEAGUE Winning Eleven 2019 Season. The winners advanced to the club trials in June, which decided who would represent the 40 teams of J.LEAGUE in the tournament proper in July. Approximately 215,000 individuals took part in the online qualifying round held from March to May. The tournament consisted of a club-vs.-club format, with each of the 40 clubs across the J1 and J2 leagues having three players on its esports equivalent, one for every age bracket: Under 15 (U-15), Under 18 (U-18) and All Ages (All). Designed to be a tournament for players of all skill levels, its competition title was the mobile version of " Winning Eleven 2019," which has been downloaded over 200 million times worldwide. The eJ.LEAGUE Winning Eleven 2019 Season was a joint J.LEAGUE-KONAMI esports competition held for the first time this year. Upon giving the Innovation Award to the eJ.LEAGUE Winning Eleven 2019 Season initiative, Forbes JAPAN highlighted the "sizable impact of this fusion of mobile game and professional sport" and how "prize money being awarded to clubs has also contributed to new growth in sport." This year marks the first time Forbes JAPAN, which was launched in 2014, has given out these awards.ĭivided into five categories – World Class Award, Local Hero Award, Innovation Award, Career Design Award and Technology Award – the editors of Forbes JAPAN worked with 10 advisors from the field of sports business to evaluate a list of over 100 candidates, and determine the winners. The Sports Business Award series is an initiative to support those who seek to create new value for sports by bringing the talents of athletes or the excitement of sports into fresh territories. are proud to announce that their eJ.LEAGUE Winning Eleven 2019 Season, held this July, has received the Forbes JAPAN SPORTS BUSINESS AWARD 2019 - Innovation Award from global business magazine Forbes JAPAN. The Japan Professional Football League and Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
The players of the victorious Shimizu S-Pulse
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