Final competition to take place during 2013 Gold Cup, with title match set for big screen at Cowboys Stadium

Miami, FL (Wednesday, June 19, 2013) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today the identity of the twelve skillful contestants set to face off for the region’s most valuable virtual gaming prize of the year: the CONCACAF Interactive Gold Cup 2013 championship.

After a hotly contested qualifying round featuring thousands of participants from across the Confederation, the final twelve have made it through from the on-line tournament completed in March. That elite group now advances to what promises to be a fiercely disputed championship tournament, to be held directly alongside the 2013 Gold Cup Semifinals.

The lucky group will now be flown all-expenses paid to Dallas for the sure-to-be tense knockout stages of the tournament, where they will continue to demonstrate their gaming abilities in EASports FIFA 13. The geographical breakdown of the contestants mirrors the diversity of the 2013 Gold Cup itself, with five competitors from Central America, four from the Caribbean, and three from North America – one each from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

The twelve remaining competitors will now be divided into three groups of four, from which the eight top regional gamers will advance to a round of quarterfinals and semifinals, in a format designed to be identical to that of the Gold Cup. The grand final between the top two interactive athletes will be played out in front of tens of thousands of fans on the larger-than-life jumbotron screen at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, between Gold Cup semifinal games on Wednesday, June 24.

The names of the twelve finalists, along with their countries of representation, can be found at: http://www.concacafinteractive.com/

The champion of the 2013 CONCACAF Interactive Gold Cup will win a fabulous all-expense paid, VIP trip for them and a guest to receive the CONCACAF Interactive Gold Cup trophy in Chicago, during the festivities surrounding the Final of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup at Soldier Field on July 28.