Four Canadian FIFA professionals have qualified for the World Cup in Copenhagen. The 64 best players in the world competed in London for the tickets for the FIFA World Cup in two weeks.

Among the German participants, Dylan "DullenMIKE" Neuhausen, the newly crowned VBL individual champion, was the first to qualify. Although DullenMIKE lost his first match in the knockout rounds against Sagi "Tesler" Tesler from Israel, the professional NEO played big in the Lower Bracket. Two victories in a row secured him participation in the World Championship.

DullenMIKE plays for three FIFA World titles

"It's an incredible feeling and essentially the first step to becoming a world champion," DullenMIKE said in an interview after his qualification. The player from NEO is qualified for all three World Cup final tournaments in Copenhagen and now plays for the crowns in the individual, club and nations competition.

Also Umut "Umut" Gültekin confidently qualified in the playoffs of the FIFA Global Series. With a broad grin, he ran onto the stage for the qualifier interview. "We have to go on now and see what we can do in the World Cup," said the player from RB Leipzig.

FIFA World Cup: Umut is watched by the competition

The pressure was high, the competitors often looked over Umut's shoulder while he was playing. The RB player is considered one of the world title favorites. In addition to DullenMIKE and Umut, Koray "KKoray" Kücükgünar and Benedikt "BENECR7X" Bauer from VfL Bochum qualified for the FIFAe World Cup.