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)
A wonderful WC with an incredible final with a fairy tale ending for what now we can truly say greatest football player of all time Lionel Messi. I watched every game almost every minute from the stunning Saudi win against Argentina to then ARG winning it in most dramatic fashion. Special mention to Croatia & Morocco who reached the semis, esp. Morocco. And Japan for some stunning victories. Never seen so many upsets in a World Cup.
Thanks y’all for the thread. It was fun. A little back story. I was a member of the fff page and I was looking for it 4 years ago when it died during the last WC. It was then I found this here great group and now y’all are stuck with me.
Oh man! Its a nostalgic journey. Started playing FANTASY with WC 2014, joined FFF. Then like you came onboard with FF247 when FFF went down and needless to say, Init, Rosco and everyone over here integrated us from the very moment we joined here. Since then it has been a consistent journey with FF247 is an integral part of life.
Today Messi winning the WC, is another such milestone moment in life. Vaguely remember Maradona winning the 86 WC without much of a memory o enjoyment. Now Messi got everything in his cabinet and really the GOAT. This is probably the best WC KO rounds I have seen.
Finally, congrats to Rosco to win our ML (and finishing 2k) followed closely by Chip and Chris. Though we guess none of us played it with FPL sort of spirit, still it was fun to enjoy the WC together. Hope the luck continues for you all in FPL.
Will be travelling next week and will remain busy. …….where are the Santa Hats, Guys?
So true GM. You said it better.
GM, you hardly remember 1986, christ, i remember 1966.
Is Lisandro Martinez a regular MU starter? He did not play much in WC so presume he will be ready to start? .1m shirt for Shaw.
He’s nailed but must be doubtful he’s back in time for restart. They will surely go back to Argentina and celebrate
True that. Dalot it is.
Who might be injured. Had a scan the other day.Waiting on that myself. I’m really not sure on defenders. There is a lot of value outside of Cancelo
RMT…thanks
Looks fine. I think I’ve got that draft somewhere without Pope. Personally I’m avoiding Foden think he will be rotated a fair bit purely on the volume of matches with Grealish/Mahrez being mostly rested
Thanks Smash. May swap out Foden for martinelli, Cancelo for Bueno and Mitro for Kane.
Well played lads, now let’s move our misery and poor decision making back to simpler and good ol’ days of FPL!
Is Cancelo really essential? Tbh I have my doubts attacking stats have been on a par with Ben White
I was thinking the same thing. Could be money towards upgrading Mitro to Kane.
Would love your take on my team #532?
Not essential but the most nailed man city defender. Akanji probably the next best defensive option if budget is issue but offers little in attack.