The Virtual Bundesliga International (VBL) Series trophy. Photo courtesy of VBL International Series.

Next Media, the official partner of Germany’s top-flight Bundesliga football league, will organize the event from May 16 to 23. Participants will compete in FIFA Online 4.

In the final on May 23 the top 16 players will take on each other to find four winners who will represent Vietnam in the series’ Asia Finals.

The Asia Finals on May 29 will be one of four regional finals, with the best players from Vietnam, China, South Korea, and Thailand going head to head.

While most of the tournament will be played online, Bundesliga will work with Next Media and local FIFA Online 4 publisher Garena to hold a live event for players and spectators in Vietnam.

This is the fourth edition of the VBL International Series, one of the world’s premier open football esports tournaments, which provides FIFA 21 and FIFA Online 4 gamers of all levels with an opportunity to play their favorite Bundesliga team on a global stage.

There will be 16 players in each Regional Finals competing for total prize money of $10,000.