Hong Kong beat China but crash out in FIFAe Nations Series qualifiers debut
- Team finish fourth in Asia & Oceania group B to miss out on finals in Copenhagen
- Star players Ho and Cheung hope their performances will help improve Hong Kong’s esports competition
Hong Kong’s debuting FIFAe Nations Series team may not have qualified for the finals but their group campaign opened with a memorable win over China.
The quartet – made up of Ho Ka-ming (in-game name: HK_KEN) and Lai Ka-him (brianhim0913) on PS4 and Cheung Chi-shing (deiaynomore) and Li Ka-chun (Jesus0716) on Xbox 1 – outclassed their Chinese counterparts 4-1 across two legs in their Asia & Oceania regional group B match last week.
It was the only win in four matches for Hong Kong, who finished fourth and missed out by two points to make the winner or second chance brackets. They are still considered to be minnows in the global FIFAe scene and behind powerhouses Japan and South Korea in Asia.
Hong Kong were later handed a humbling 4-1 defeat by Indonesia, before drawing 3-3 with South Korea, and losing 4-1 to Singapore in the final round.
Group A’s Japan ultimately beat Indonesia in the winner bracket, while Malaysia and Singapore managed to stay in contention with second chance bracket wins.
