{"id":198358,"date":"2022-08-09T11:43:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=198358"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:32:11","slug":"excel-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/excel-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"In a blow to the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup, the Microsoft Excel Championships is becoming increasingly popular"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is a common meme these days that the entire Global economy and pretty much all of human civilization is propped up by Microsoft Excel. The no-nonsense powerful spreadsheet tool competently handles all the business work needed to manage companies and organize projects. Did you know, however, that spread sheeting is an adrenaline-pumping Esport that has its own set of grand world championships<\/strong>? Well, it does, and we are here to tell you all about it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Microsoft Excel World Championship took place at the weekend<\/strong> and was shown on ESPN 2. Incredibly, the event even went viral on Twitter as well, as viewers took to tweeting<\/a> about the events and sharing videos of the epic battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Excel event is a part of the Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC)<\/strong>, which organizes what they call educational, fun, and exciting competitions in Excel. After confirming that Excel Esports events are actually a thing, the organizes say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cParticipants solve unusual game tasks in Excel. No finance, just Excel and logical thinking skills. Use IFS, XLOOKUP, SUM, VBA, Power Query: anything is allowed, and the strategy is up to you. All battles are live-streamed and can be spectated on our Youtube channel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is exciting stuff too<\/strong>, with some of the events participants taking to the FMWC site to offer testimonials about the event. Cecelia Rieb, who was a participant in the FMWC Open in 2021 said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever have I been so stressed and so excited at the same time! The bracket-style competition is really fun and watching the best-of-the-best go head-to-head was both educational and validating. I can’t wait for the next one!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this sounds like something that you would like to see you can watch the whole event below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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