An amateur gamer from Eccles, Manchester has taken victory for his city as his FIFA skills saw Hassan Baz crowned The TalkTalk Future Fibre City Clash PlayStation tournament winner.
After winning more than 40 matches, players from Manchester showed off their FIFA skills with Hassan Baz from Eccles claiming the title “City Clash Champion 2022”. Hassan walks away with a £500 cash prize, as well as six-months free Future Fibre from connectivity provider TalkTalk and an Amazon eero package – just in time for his imminent house move.
Gamers across Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Leeds went head-to-head in a number of virtual FIFA 22 tournaments from qualifying stages through to the finals, all competing to win first place and take victory for their city.
As the tournament reignited historic rivalries across the likes of Liverpool and Manchester, the competition was always set to be fierce. More than 130 people battled it out over the tournament, all aiming to take the trophy for their city.
Manchester scored an impressive 68 goals across the tournament, winning a total of 41 matches, with Hassan Baz leading as the PlayStation champion.
The virtual tournament, which was hosted on Battlefy – the leading online esports tournament platform – saw almost 200 matches take place, with more than 325 goals scored across the four cities.
Hassan Baz, the PS4 champion said, “As a proud Manc, it felt good to reignite football rivalries on the virtual pitch, beating Liverpool, Birmingham, and Leeds – just like my team!
I’m just about to move house, so I’m really chuffed to have won and can put the cash prize to good use – it couldn’t have come at a better time! What’s more, winning free Future Fibre for six months will mean I could have the fastest broadband in my new home, which is a great plus when gaming – who knows, perhaps it will help me win more gaming tournaments!”
Ben Cooper, Head of Marketing – FTTP at TalkTalk, added, “It’s been great to watch cities go head-to-head and compete for victory. Our gaming tournament was launched to offer people an opportunity to connect and socialise, while representing their city – it’s been brilliant to see so many people get involved. We’re so excited to announce the PlayStation winner of The Future Fibre City Clash as Manchester and celebrate Future Fibre being more widely available in the local area.”
The Future Fibre City Clash follows the launch of TalkTalk’s Future Fibre packages with top average download speeds of 900Mb/s in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool. Combining the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 technology and a 100% full fibre connection, the packages are up to 24x faster and up to 5x more reliable than standard broadband – with enough bandwidth to handle 75+ devices connected at once. What’s more with its full fibre connection it reduces lag, ping, and packet loss – making it perfect for gamers.
TalkTalk is the only major UK provider to include Amazon’s award-winning eero 6 series routers as standard with all its full fibre packages, enabling more people across the UK to benefit from the UK’s latest technology thanks to the affordability of its plans.
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