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)
Spain
Costa Rica
Hopefully another shock result on the cards. Getting used to upsets now, a favorite winning feels odd now
Maybe we should be thinking of some differentials from the so called “underdogs” for MD2.
well no Spain players I have. and now business as usual.
The same here, done for the day. Only Cancelo and Neymar left for tomorrow.
Looking forward to some KDB heroics
4 – 0
xD i wish i got some spanish players now. Spain are just filling their booots now.
i even lost track of who scored & who assisted.
Did not expect Costa Rica to be so worse……….so far the worst team in this WC.
I was expecting a national sorry day here in Germany……unless beating Spain, the mighty Germany is out of WC.
Japan should beat them no problem next week.
Germany are in trouble they will be up against a spanish side with their tails up.
With Kai Havertz as FWD, I do not see any hope.
i think Germany are out. Japan will beat Costa Rica so 6 pts. I dont think Germany can beat Spain lets say maximum a draw. Then Spain 4 pts, Germany 1 pt.. Then Germany out whatever happens unless they beat Spain somehow..
Yep, yet another pub team!
Does this Costa Rica keeper doesnt not know how to catch the ball or smother it? The keeper been poor for me
He was excellent at the 2014 WC when Costa Rica made it all the way to the QF topping a group which contained England, Italy & Uruguay & only losing out on penalties vs NED in QF.
Multiple CL winner with Real Madrid too
He is PSG GK and not that bad………when you see such def. in front of you, lost all confidence.
Costa Rica was the last team to qualify for this WC beating New Zealand after two controversial decisions. Dodgy disallowed goal and a dodgy red card.
Was New Zealand any better? …….and teams like Italy sitting at home and cursing themselves.
yeah and next WC we ll have 48 teams out of which only 16 European teams.. Lets see if Canada as Concacaf team can do any better now vs Belgium
Yes the Kiwis would have been better. After all they were unbeaten in 2010 WC.
Not looking forward to the 46 roster. Bluddy corrupt FIFA crappy.
I told that Spain players to look at……but none was interested. May be because we were not sure whom to pick, eventually anyone you pick, you will get a reward.
My entire midfield 5 players scored = 8 points in total (2 points + 3 + 1 point * 2).
8 pts is great. My midfield scored 6 pts . 1+1+2+2.. Hazard my last hope.
Spain 16 shots 7 on target and 7 goals……….CRC had 0 shots.