Fantasy Football World Cup 2022
Well, we never thought we’d be writing a World Cup article in November… never mind one about a World Cup in Qatar, but hey, money speaks, evidently. Whatever your feelings about this one it is here and it is happening so we may as well embrace it. After all… #footballscominghome
The good (?) people at FIFA, or to give them their new name FIFA+, have launched a fantasy game and as you’d expect we are all over it. The following is a run down of where to find it, how to play it, the fixtures, the deadlines and most importantly how you can join in the fun in the FF247 Regs League.
After that this article will act as a month long World Cup version of Live Match Chat. Much like the Champions League one does. In fact the whole game is very Champions League-like. If you have played that you will get the gist of this one pretty quickly, if not do not worry as we shall attempt to talk you through the basics below. Failing that just pop a comment in the chat below and we shall answer any query for you, regardless of how daft!
BTW… it’s coming home 
The Game Itself
You can access the game here – https://play.fifa.com/fantasy-classic/
The FF247 Regs League
We are only running the one league and there is only one way to enter it…
Please email us on contact@fantasyfootball247.co.uk if you want the code for this one.
You must include your FF247 username and your FIFA+ Fantasy World Cup team name in the email, or we will simply ignore it.
The purpose of this one is that it is for folk who are on the FF247 forum regularly and taking part in the regular FF247 WC chat. Please don’t try to join if you aren’t. We will know, and we will boot you out.
The Regs Standings
This will be updated as we go along, as per the CL ones.
The Basics
You can access all of the rules themselves here but the main points are as follows…
Scoring
The scoring is similar to FPL only that keepers get 9 for scoring a goal (may as well be 25?!), defenders 7 and mids and fwds 5 each. Mids get 1 point extra for both 2 key passes and for every 3 tackles. Fwds get 1 point for every 2 shots on target.
Chips aka Boosters
Worth noting as there are a couple of odd ones…
‘Matchdays’
The stages are split into 7 different ‘matchdays’…
Players per team
As per CL this increases through the stages…
Amount of transfers
Likewise there are different stages to this…
Captain and Sub Rules
Those who are familiar with CL rules can skip this bit but for those who aren’t then this is super important. Basically you can keep changing your Captain Armband to another player who is yet to play, within each Matchday, until you land on one that you are happy with, as long as you do it before the next players game begins. Likewise with subs you can bring one in to replace a player who has played, but has perhaps not done as well as you would have liked. It’s basically rolling the dice until you are happy to stick.
MD5 Fixtures – QF’s (and possible SF’s)
Hi Bees. It might work but not quite as you described it.
If you play WC2 then once GW2 starts your next transfer will be taken from your 2FT for GW3.
If however you wait until the first game in GW2 starts and then activate your WC for GW3, you may be able to make unlimited live changes within GW2 and when GW2 draws towards a close your WC is active for GW3.
Unfortunately what I think is more likely is that the chip will be locked while GW2 is active.
You could be right there Otieno.
Well at least we’ll be able to have a beer while watching the games. Think about the poor fans paid fortune to go there and can’t get a drink after the local authorities decided to stop selling beer at the eleventh hour.
Budweiser’s 63 million sponsorship has gone literally down the toilet
Is Rui Patricio nailed starter for Portugal started last night and is priced at 4 million
Not sure, really! See page 11 (comment 62) – the two sites there suggest it’s Costa starting in goal.
WC Capo Poll is live!
For what’s it’s worth. As you have 2 stabs at it anyway, at least….
https://fantasyfootball247.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-captain-poll/
Piers Morgan
You spolied the Easter Egg in one!
How could it be anyone other than Leo???
Who is playing 12th man this round? Fancy Mbappe vs the Aussies myself.
It’s far too early to waste the 12th man chip. It will be much more valuable later on in the second part of the last 16 or QF when it will be crunch time and you will have the best players left, so you can benefit from having the right (C) and 12th together.
They will be playing against stronger teams though.
That’s the idea. Imagine a QF or even semi with Mbappe vs Messi. Both will play at their best and you get the max points from both.
I agree with you Bees, i’m playing whilst they have the chance of an hat trick or more; defences are going to get tighter as we go along
I feel its better to play it early. I am putting Messi as my 12th man as he plays Saudi Arabia. I want Mbappe and Kane but cant afford Messi as a 3rd fwd.
My v1.6.78 draft. What say ye? Damn this is hard!
Of all the filters…’total points’
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Looks fine to me! Bale’s an interesting 3rd forward, but can see that your money is in KDB.