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How to fix FIFA 19 server issues and join Weekend League

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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FIFA 19 is a football simulationvideo gamedeveloped and published by Electronic Arts.

Millions of gamers play this game on a daily basis, making FIFA the biggest football simulation game. FIFA Ultimate Team is a game mode that has a huge player base.

Usually, FIFA has its weekly audience peak during FUT Champions, from Friday to Sunday.

FUT Champs (Weekend League) gives FIFA Ultimate Team enthusiasts the possibility to play 30 games over the course of three days, offering substantial weekly rewards. This means that many gamers play at the same time, sometimes congesting theservers.

Many FIFA fans reported experiencing connectivity issues during FUT Champs implyingserverdisconnects and heavy lag. And yes, this problem occurs almost every weekend.

Although sometimes the connectivity issues could be caused by EAservers, sometimes they are caused by the users’ setup.

In order to help you improve your connection to the FIFA Ultimate Teamservers, we came up with a series of solutions that you can use on your PC.

How to prevent FIFA 19 server disconnections

1. Use a wired connection

Making sure that you use a wired connection is the first thing that you should consider.

Many users reported noticing big differences between using a wired connection and a wireless connection.

Wi-Fi connectionstend to be slowerand less constant. This inconsistency causes you to experience speed-up lag andserverdisconnects.

2. Check your internet connection

Test your internet speed and ping if you experience connectivity issues.

Try browsing different websites too see if they respond quickly.

You can also test your internet speed from the Xbox settings if you’re playing the game on your console.

In order to perform an internet speed test, follow these steps:

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3. Perform a hard reset

Apparently, connectivity issues during the Weekend League could occur due to incorrectserverconnection settings.

Sometimes EA connects you toserverslocated too far away from your location. This could cause lag andserverdisconnects to occur.

After performing a PC/router/console hard reset, you should get connected to aserverthat is closer to your location. This offers a better gaming experience.

In order to perform a hard reset to your console, follow these steps:

4. Change your DNS

Try to connect to a differentDNSthan your default one.

High latency could, as well be, a sign of a problematicDNS.

Try connecting to the Google Public DNS to see if you get better connection. Manually input the following addresses:

ChangeDNSIP addresses (IPv4)to:

ChangeDNSIPv6 addressesto:

Test the connection speed afterwards to see if your internet speed and latency improved.

If it didn’t improve or made the connection worse, search online for different freeDNSaddresses and see which fits your connection best.

Also, make sure to find theDNSaddresses closer to your location.

Eventually if nothing works, there could be an issue with the EAservers. Make sure to check if other users have been experiencingissues with the EA serverslately.

We hope that at least one of our solutions helped you fix this issue. If you liked this article, leave a comment in the comment section below.

How to fix FIFA 19 server issues and join Weekend League#

How to prevent FIFA 19 server disconnections#

1. Use a wired connection#

2. Check your internet connection#

3. Perform a hard reset#

4. Change your DNS#