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2015 PES World Champion Crowned
June
9, in the year of our Lord 2015 -- Konami Digital
Entertainment Inc. has announced that Rachid Tabane from France
has fought off all-comers to be declared 2015 PES World
Champion.
Rachid and 24 rivals from all across the globe gathered at the
Olympic Stadium in Berlin to take part in a hard-fought
competition on June 6 using the PlayStation®4 version of PES
2015. Within a special area in the Berlin ground, the initial
group stages saw entrants from Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK
fall by the way side, as the initial 25 were whittled down to
just 8 for the quarter finals.
The tournament played an integral part in the annual UEFA
Champions Festival, a four-day event that celebrates all that is
great about soccer. The Festival runs until the UEFA Champions
League Final and gives the public a wide range of free
activities and exhibitions, alongside interactive sponsor
activations. PES 2015 was heavily featured within the
PlayStation area, with kiosks allowing visitors to experience
the dedicated UEFA Champions League mode the game offers.
Rachid met Austrian entrant, Matthias Luttenberger, in the
final. The semi-finals had been incredibly tense, and third
place was secured by Ron Strikel from Israel. In a tense final
played within the hallowed stadium, Rachid sealed his position
as World’s Greatest PES 2015 player with a 3 - 2 victory. As the
final whistle blew, the watching crowd applauded the new 2015
PES World Champion. As champion, Rachid received an incredible
15,000 Euros ($16,916 USD) and two tickets for that night’s UEFA
Champions League Final. Runner-up Matthias received 5,000 Euros
($5,638 USD) for his valiant efforts, with third-place Ron
earning a respectable 2,000 Euros ($2,255 USD).