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)
md2 is now active. . U can now set your team, apply boosters, change captain, make use of the 2 new FT etc. It will lock when Iran vs Wales start.
i have activated my Power captain chip bcoz I cant really decide anyways. Though it shows C Kane as he was my C in MD1, I cant change my C. So whoever gets highest at end of MD2 will be C.
Which 2?
A. Kane
B. Mbappe
C. Messi
In that order
Ta
Anyone tempted to bring Giroud?
Denmark next and then Tunisia, he looked in great form.
already have Mbappe. Double France attack excessive. If u dont have Mbappe, then yes Giroud. Or maybe Richarlison at that price.
Forgive me if this has been asked already. If I activate the wild card and pick a bunch of players that play say tomorrow, then say one of them starts but blanks, can I transfer them out? Or am I still only able to sub them out?
As far as I’m aware once a player is locked the that’s it. If you transfer him out then you still get his points and your new player is only active for / from MD3.
I think….
Personally I’m still at the stage of figuring out when the bloody deadlines are
Indeed very difficult to understand and manage how to use the mechanisms of this FIFA world cup. Have been trying now vainly to sub in and out 2 players to no avail. Message tells me Error, you should refresh this page. Well, shall have to cope with it.
Thanks Init for allowing me to enter the Regs league although at a late stage when MD1 has already started. I thought I would have lost the points I already amassed before I was allowed to get in. Fortunately for me they were restored and I have now 65 Pts and stands in 2nd position in the league. Probably not for long though as I have not still got the gist of every moves. Hopefully will try to keep pace!
It works for me without any issues. Maybe close it and login again.
Yeah I am going to wildcard. My midfield is a mess and I got to ditch Neymar.
I forgot to about the captain rule of having players spread across the game weeks. Mbappe in since I don’t have a French attack.
This is my new team after activating my wildcard.
Hopefully it goes well