FIFA 23 Klaassen & Diallo SBCs - How to unlock World Cup Showdown cards


The 2022 World Cup has well and truly taken over FIFA 23, with plenty of awesome content arriving daily in Ultimate Team.

EA has continued the festivities with the first-ever World Cup-themed Showdown Squad Building Challenge in FUT 23, alongside the release of the Path to Glory Team 2 squad.

Davy Klaassen and Abdou Diallo are the players who have been selected ahead of the group-stage fixture between Holland and Senegal.

Take a look at the two players' boosted cards and how you can unlock them for your Ultimate Team squad below.

Davy Klaassen (OVR 85)

Start Date: Friday, 18 November

Expiry Date: Monday, 21 November

SBC Requirements

You will only need to submit one squad in order to unlock the 85-rated Klaassen for your FUT 23 squad.

The requirements are as follows:

  • # of players from Netherlands: Min 1 
  • Minimum OVR of 84 : Min 2 
  • IF Players: Min 1 Squad Rating: Min 83
  • # of players in the Squad: 11

Estimated Cost - 20,000 coins (PlayStation & Xbox)

Abdou Diallo (OVR 85)

Start Date: Friday, 18 November

Expiry Date: Monday, 21 November

SBC Requirements

As with the Klaassen SBC, you will only need to submit one squad in order to unlock the Showdown Diallo card for your Ultimate Team.

The requirements are as follows:

  • Minimum OVR of 86 : Min 1 
  • IF Players: Min 1 
  • Squad Rating: Min 84
  • # of players in the Squad: 11

Estimated Cost - 30,000 coins (PlayStation & Xbox)

Showdown Items Explained

FIFA 23 Showdown SBCs are a simple but clever concept, that relies on real-world footballing fixtures and results to determine upgrades to cards.

Firstly, two cards are released as Showdown SBCs for a limited time for an upcoming fixture, usually pitting two relatively equally matched teams against each other that have an interesting or important fixture coming up.

FUT players can then ‘bet’ on which team they think will win the fixture by completing the corresponding card's SBC in the hope of a further upgrade.

Once the SBC expires and the game is played, the Showdown SBC cards receive upgrades based on the result of the fixture.

For the team that wins the fixture, the corresponding Showdown SBC card in-game will receive a +2 OVR Upgrade, while the card from the team that lost the match will remain the same rating.

If the fixture results in a draw, then both cards will receive a +1 OVR Upgrade.

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