Another week of FIFA 23 World Cup-themed promo content is almost upon us, with the World Cup Stories promo set to be released this week.
The 2022 World Cup is well underway, with over half of the tournament's fixtures having already been played as the Group Stages near its end. During the World Cup, EA Sports made the decision to scrap any FIFA 23 TOTW squad releases in FUT due to no domestic football being played, but FUT players haven't been short of content in-game.
EA Sports has already treated FIFA 23 players to an obscene amount of World Cup content in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team so far, with a Path to Glory promo, A Road to the World Cup promo, World Cup Swaps, World Cup Icons, World Cup Heroes and much more having been released. And, a new promo is set to drop in Ultimate Team this week, named World Cup Stories.
So, what could the promo include? Here is everything we know about the World Cup Stories promo including the confirmed release date, leaks and more.
FIFA 23 World Cup Stories release date
The release date for the World Cup Stories promo was confirmed by EA Sports via a FIFA 23 Ultimate Team loading screen. The loading screen features a countdown timer at the bottom of the screen, showing that the promo will be released on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 6pm GMT / 1pm ET / 10am PT.
The loading screen also confirms the official card design, an eye-pleasing orange and white with an illuminant blue border. As well as this loading screen, there is another teasing the second batch of World Cup Icons that are set to be released at the same time as the World Cup Stories promo.
FIFA 23 World Cup Stories leaks
As with every promo in FIFA 23, the surprise factor of logging on to Ultimate Team to find out what player made the promo squad is gone. Leakers are managing to unveil full promo squads and stats before EA's official release, and reliable leaker @FUTSheriff has leaked some of the players set to feature in the World Cup Stories promo.
These players are yet to be confirmed by EA Sports, though based on @FUTSheriff 's track record, these players are extremely likely to feature.
- CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands)
- LW: Marcus Rashford (Manchester United and England)
- CAM: Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich and Germany)
- CB: Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City and Spain)
- ST: Marco Asensio (Real Madrid and Spain)
- LW: Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich and Canada)
- CDM: Granit Xhaka (Arsenal and Switzerland)
- RM: Timothy Weah (Lille and USA)
- ST: Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur and Brazil)
- CAM: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United and Portugal)
- RW: Gareth Bale (LAFC and Wales)
- RB: Dani Alves (Brazil)
FIFA 23 World Cup Stories - What we know
Apart from the release date and card design, Only minor details have been confirmed by EA Sports about the World Cup Stories promo. In their World Cup press release, EA Sports announced "As the knockout stages begin, EA will celebrate the most impactful moments in the World Cup so far, celebrating key moments from qualification that captivated the world."
With the Promo being named World Cup Stories, it seems that the promo could be celebrating the best players/moment from the World Cup group stages, with the group stages officially concluding on the same night the promo is released. EA Sports followed with "Once the quarter-finals arrive, FIFA fans will be greeted by a new class of World Cup FUT Phenoms, uplifting the performances of some of football’s brightest stars."
This could potentially mean a new promo could arrive in FUT one week after the World Cup Stories promo release, with the World Cup quarter-finals starting on Friday, December 9, 2022.
