With the end of the 2022 World Cup, the Team of The Tournament Players has been released in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team. In addition, the second season of Ultimate Team has featured various promotions around the World Cup, including World Cup Stories in FIFA 23. Lionel Messi and Argentina took the biggest prize available in Qatar after beating France on penalties, but the final promotion of the tournament on FIFA 23 features players from several nations that have stood out in this World Cup.

The Team Of The Tournament promotion features 15 players with new and improved stats compared to their base cards, with several receiving significant upgrades to any previous versions in FIFA 23. For now, these promotional cards are only available in packs or by buying from other players on the transfer market, but we could see them in Squad Building Challenges, which are vital in FIFA 23. The team was picked before the World Cup Final with only four players from that match, making the promotion with some surprise absentees such as star Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and some surprise inclusions.

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The two standout players from the final and the tournament itself, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, not surprisingly lead the way out of the 15 promotional cards with 94 ratings. On any other day, Frenchman Mbappe would have stolen the headlines in the World Cup final, but despite his hat-trick heroics, his nation came up just short. For years the French forward has been one of the best and most expensive players in FIFA, but his Team of the tournament card is something else. It is Mbappe's highest-rated card in FIFA 23 at 94, but his maximum pace of 99 stands out from the rest, making the PSG star's card the fastest in the game. With 92 shooting and 95 dribbling to go alongside this, he is arguably the best striker in FIFA 23, but if players want to buy the card on the transfer market, it will set them back over 5,000,000 coins!

Player

Country

Position

Rating

Kylian Mbappe

France

ST

94

Lionel Messi

Argentina

CF

94

Harry Kane

England

ST

91

Phil Foden

England

RW

90

Theo Hernandez

France

LB

89

Thiago Silva

Brazil

CB

88

Diego Dalot

Portugal

RB

88

Cody Gakpo

Netherlands

ST

88

Denzel Dumfries

Netherlands

RWB

87

Ivan Perisic

Croatia

LW

87

Yassine Bounou

Morocco

GK

86

Josko Gvardiol

Croatia

CB

86

Alexis Mac Allister

Argentina

CM

86

Gavi

Spain

CM

86

Guerreiro

Portugal

LB

85

Messi stole all of the headlines in the World Cup campaign to cap off a career like none before it. The Argentine also receives a 94-rated card, which, while not as meta in the game as Mbappe's, is still a brilliant card, as is World Cup Hero Card Robbie Keane. The stats suit Messi's free-flowing style with 97 dribbling, 94 passing, and 93 shooting, more than making up for his lower pace. Messi comes in cheaper than his PSG teammate to buy on the transfer market, but still at an eye-watering 2,700,000 coins.

The tournament's surprise packages, Morocco, only have one player in promotion, goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. While he is a significant upgrade on his base card, most players will already have stronger alternatives in between the sticks. Despite a quarter-final exit for England, stars Harry Kane, 91, and Phil Foden, 90, receive much improved cards and can perform the new skills in FIFA 23. Players will also be interested in Dutch forward Cody Gakpo as one of the tournament's breakout stars with an 88-rated version. Goalscorer in the semi-final French left-back Theo Hernandez is the highest rated of the defenders and is the most useable in game out of the cards in the promotion with 96 pace and an 87 physical stat making the AC Milan player a tough obstacle to pass.

The World Cup Team Of The Tournament offers fantastic upgrades on several stars from Qatar 22, including a number of high-profile players, but the cards will come at a cost. An alternative to spending coins in the transfer market is to earn rewards in the World Cup Swaps promotion. The final World Cup promotion in FIFA 23 offers some fantastic cards for players to add to their squad, but it is the two tournament standouts, Messi and Mbappe, that all will want to find in packs.

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  • Fifa 23 Key Art
    FIFA 23
    Franchise:
    FIFA
    Platform:
    Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia
    Released:
    2022-09-30
    Developer:
    EA Vancouver, EA Romania
    Publisher:
    EA Sports
    Genre:
    Sports
    ESRB:
    E
    Summary:
    The next in the yearly installments of EA's FIFA franchise, FIFA 23 returns as the final entry in the franchise under the association's name. The 2023 entry will bring back the Ultimate FUT features and will feature crossplay for many modes except for Co-op modes. In addition, Fifa 23 utilizes a new system engine known as "HyperMotion2," which analyzes data from real football matches to create an extensive array of animations for players in-game to create a more realistic experience. In addition to these features, FIFA 23 will include both World Cup modes for both men and women. This entry also includes Women's club football, starting with two real-life teams and adding more as the game's seasons advance. Sam Kerr will also be the first female athlete to appear on a FIFA cover. After FIFA 23, EA Sports will continue their Football games under the new moniker "EA Sports FC."
    Prequel:
    FIFA 22
    How Long To Beat:
    80-100 hours