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)
Hello,
My dear Fantasy Friends.
I would like to join. I will send an email for codes.
Fantasy Crazy, Ko Nay
You should have it now.
Iran squad
Tunisia squad
Ghana squad
My latest draft with 1.0 to spend.
Any ideas?
Looks great, Ivan. Especially with 1m left. Maybe upgrade Sosa? Or equally enjoy a gleeful roll around in that 1m! Jealous of your Messi; I’ve gone Neymar – hard to get them all! I’m struggling to get to Bergwijn, I’ve got Klassen instead.
Thanks LA, still a lot of changes to be made.
Sosa is a great player at this price. Although Stuttgart are struggling this seson he still managed 8 assists in 13 games, always involved.
Lots to like there, Ivan. The only player I’d maybe look to use the £1m on upgrading is Trossard, as not sure he’s nailed on for Belgium. Might be worth seeing who else you can afford up to £6.5m in that position.
I agree with you on Sosa. He’s in my team too. I think his price is amazing value.
Thanks Chips. I see Tross in many predicted lineups. More worried about Mitro who apparently is still dealing with his latest injury and the first game is against Brazil. Might look for a 8.0 replacement and there are quite a few hidden gems at that price. Mitro can be brought in from MD2 when the fixtures get better.
I feel bale and suarez are good options in the 7.5-8m range. I have gone with Bale. L Martinez another good option.
Outside of the popular players, I haven’t got a scooby!
Same as me Kop, most of my squad will either be playing in the Premier or UCL
LOL!! Stick to what you know, that’s what I’m doing too