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)
My first wildcard draft
Any suggestions….
I’m not sure about Kane!
Don’t fancy a couple of Brazilian punts?
Do you think Brazil will come out with a strong team in order to keep top spot?
The same goes for Portugal, if Ghana beat Uruguay they can move above them.
I reckon the likes of Antony & Jesus start.
Yeah, I might consider Jesus, he should start.
Ivan, when we WC, do we still get 2 FT’s to use during the round?
No idea Kop. Before I activated the WC had showing “transfers 2/2” whatever that means…
If we do, we pick 2 Brazilians and then if they’re not in the starting XI we use the transfers to swap them out.
I could be wrong here but the WC rules state you have unlimited transfers ‘within’ the round. ‘Within’ being the operative word. Following that to its logical conclusion, if it’s as stated, you can make as many as you like until you have a fully locked 11.
Would need to know if that’s the case though from someone who has already played it in 1 or 2.
Sounds good but do you think that will work?
Haven’t used any of the hacks and still in the dark what’s what
I think it’s worth a shot!
Yeah, let’s go for it.
If WC is active in gw3, u have unlimited free transfers from unlocked player to unlocked player.
So u can see lineup and make change.
Can you definitely make wildcard changes during the Matchday week?
Kop. It’s like Init said. I played my WC for MD2 and everyday during MD2 it showed as the infinity symbol and “free transfers” instead of “2/2 free transfers”. Midway through MD2, I transferred out unlocked Sosa to transfer in unlocked Otamendi, once I saw the ARG lineups. It let me do that no problem.
Morata and Bergwijn may not get 90mins, but you are on MD3 wildcard so can swap them out when you see the lineups.
This is a reply to Ivan’s WC draft
Thanks Chips, I will make sure no meetings happening before afternoon kickoffs this week then
I’ll be on a plane when both Thursdays games kick off! Good thing I’m doing crap
Taking an inch off the kitchen door are you Kop?
GP, I’m sorry mate, that’s gone over my head!
Plane (tool)
A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing, where a miniature hand plane is used.
Generally, all planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber or timber. Planing is also used to produce horizontal, vertical, or inclined flat surfaces on workpieces usually too large for shaping, where the integrity of the whole requires the same smooth surface. Special types of planes are designed to cut joints or decorative mouldings.
An old joke ( and not a very good one)
I see, said the blind man!
Do we reckon Foden starts against Wales?
He’s in the predicted line up for tomorrow I’m guessing so
I think he will. Southgate received so much criticism for omitting him in the last game from press and country.
To confirm Foden starts, as does Walker, Henderson and Rashford
Would you change much from this?
Pretty good A. Wish I had brought in Hakhimi.
Brazil could come out with full squad as they wouldn’t want to lose top spot if SUI beat SRB.
That’s true!
But they only need a point and their 3rd string could beat Cameroon!
Should I change Jesus?
Even then brazil gd is +3.
Switzerland is 0..
Will take a lot for brazil not to be top of table
Just the manager
Musiala or Sane?
I’ve gone with Sane surley has to start this one
Musiala
After just coming back from an injury it could be another part time involvement
Germany can’t afford that it’s a must win for them
Sane. If Sane benched, switch to musiala
I have both. Will use an FT to swap out Sane if he doesn’t start.
My first WC draft. Probably my only WC draft!
Final team on a WC with spare 1.5 for further shenanigans
Can’t decide whether to stick with Olmo or get Kudos