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)
Portugal vs Switzerland
Is Klaassens no longer a starter? should I transfer him out?
Where are you guys?
I don’t know if he’s a starter or not, but realistically who else can you get for that price? Unless you have cash elsewhere to upgrade him.
Also, remember we have 5 transfers to use during the QF round, so why not just wait for the NED lineup and see if he starts. If not, you can transfer him out then.
I can’t see a reason for him not starting.
And, he is staying in my team
Thanks guys
He will probably start but expect 45-65 mins for him.
Who will stay in ENG or FRA? Who is going to deal with Mbappe?
Stick Walker, Trent and tripps in.. the 3 of them should be enough
Might not start rumoured to be injured
Think they brought him back from an injury too soon.
https://talksport.com/football/1269153/kylian-mbappe-france-missing-training-england/
Any reputable sources?
I’d have him wrapped in cotton wool and bubble wrap too, he certainly wouldn’t be near a training pitch.
He’ll be starting, don’t worry about that. Unfortunately!
It’s on all news channels but it could be just much ado about nothing.
Should be an easy win for France. But who knows?
Swiss getting wiped out…did not expect this score
Anyone considering cheap and cheerful Ramos?
Not against morocco whose opponent is yet to score. Only an own goal conceded so far. Money really not an issue
Portugal plays much smarter than Spain. They can play extremely dirty. I foresee a lot of yellow but also red cards foe that match.
Problem in this game is that there are not many midfielders and plenty of forwards.
Bingo