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FIFA World Cup Fantasy - Game Guidelines

1. Introduction

Welcome to FIFA World Cup Fantasy, where you can

compete by creating your own team of 15 players
who will score points based on their actual
performances during the World Cup, challenging
your friends and millions of users globally.
Below is a step-by-step guide on how to play,
including registration, creating your team, making
transfers, scoring and everything else you need to
know to get you going.

2. Registration & Login

FIFA Fantasy Classic is completely free of charge.

However, if you want to submit your team you'll
need to log in or create a FIFA+ account. This can be
also done once your team is created, after clicking
the “SAVE” button.

3. Team Creation

When first landing on the team creation page you

will be asked to set a team name. You can choose to
do this now or at a later date.

You have a budget of $100m to build a team

consisting of 15 players. You can create your team
to match any of the following 8 formations:

4-4-2
4-3-3
4-5-1
3-4-3
3-5-2
5-2-3
5-3-2
5-4-1

You can change your formation by removing a

player from one position and adding in a player from
another.

There will be restrictions on how many players you

can select per nation depending on the stage of the
tournament, outlined below:

Tournament Restriction
Stage

Group Stage Max 3 players per

nation

Round of 16 Max 4 players per

nation

Quarter Final Max 5 players per

nation

Semi-Final Max 6 players per

nation

Final Max 8 players per

nation

You are able to add players to your team by pressing

the + icon next to any available player on the player
pool.

You can remove players from your team by pressing

the “Remove X” icon located on the player profile,
which can be opened by clicking on a players shirt.

If you don’t want to manually select your matchday

your team, you have the option to autofill your
team.

Before you save your team you should choose one

of your players to be your team captain. To choose
your captain, click one of the players in your team
and select the ‘Captain’ button on his player profile.
Your captain will score you double points so choose
carefully!

Please note: Captains can be changed during the

tournament, for more information about the rules
for changing your captain please refer to the
dedicated section below.

You are able to make unlimited changes to your

team up until the first match of the FIFA World Cup
kicks off at 19:00pm AST on 20th November, 2022.

4. Player States: Locked and Unlocked

The players who you have selected for your team

will either display as Locked or Unlocked once a
Matchday has begun. These two states are
determined as follows:

Unlocked Players:

Players display as unlocked when the team they

play for has yet to play in the current Matchday

Locked Players

Players display as locked once the match of team

they play for has begun in the current Matchday. If
a player is locked you will see a padlock icon against
them on both your team and in the player list.

Certain actions in the game are either restricted or

different depending if they are performed against a
locked player (for example, transfers). The below
sections of this game guide will explain these
scenarios in more detail (and provide examples).

5. Changing Your Captain

Each Matchday, the player you choose as your

captain will score double points.

While ultimately only one (1) player can score double

points as your Captain per Matchday, you do have
the option change your captain after the Matchday
has started according to the following rules.

Changing Between Unlocked Players

You can change your captain an unlimited number

of times between unlocked players (i.e. between
two players who have both not played in the current
Matchday).

Changing Your Captain After He Is Locked

You have 1 (one) opportunity each Matchday to

change your captain after he has locked (eg after his
team has played their match). However in this
situation you can only change your captain to a
player who has not yet played in the Matchday (I.e.
an Unlocked player).

Once you have confirmed this change, you will not

be able to change your captain again during the
current Matchday.

Please note: In this scenario you will not retain the

doubled points of your previous captain. Your new
player will now score double points for your team
instead. Please also note that doubled points from
your previous captain will only be removed from
your team’s score when the next fixture in the
Matchday commences.

Example: Player A is selected as captain. They play

and score 10 points during the Matchday, becoming
locked. As captain, these points will double to 20.
However, you then decide to to change your captain
to Player B (who is unlocked). Once this change has
been saved, Player A's points will return to 10. Even
though Player B is unlocked, you will no longer be
allowed to switch captain to another unlocked
player, as you have already made a captain change
involving a locked player.

When Player B does play in the Matchday, his points

will be doubled.

One final important guidance to changing Captains:

You will not be able to change Captain from a locked
player while the player’s team is currently playing
(live). You will need to wait for their fixture to
conclude before initiating the captain change.

6. Substitutions

When creating a team, you must also select 4

players to be located on your bench as your
designated substitutes, one of which must be a
goalkeeper.

Players on your substitute bench will score points

each matchday but they will not count towards your
score.

Your substitutes will become active in your team

and replace a DNP player in your starting 11
automatically only if you have not made any Manual
Substitutions during that matchday. Your outfield
bench players are prioritised 1-3 with the first
priority substitute being the first to replace a DNP
player providing it meets a valid formation.

Automatic Substitutions will only happen at the end

of a Matchday.

Manual Substitutions can be initiated by the user

during the Matchday. A Manual Substitution is only
when you sub out a locked player from your lineup
for an unlocked player from your bench.

Similarly to Captains, you can make unlimited

substitutions between unlocked players in the
Matchday, which won’t affect your eligibility to
receive Automatic Substitutions at the end of the
Matchday.

However, you are able to sub out a locked player

from your lineup for an unlocked player on your
bench. If you do this, you will lose the points for the
subbed out player from your team score (this
deduction will be applied when the next fixture in the
Matchday commences). You will receive the points
for your subbed in player when they begin playing in
the Matchday.

As soon as you confirm a Manual Substitution, your

team will be exempt from Automatic Substitutions
at the end of the Matchday.

You will also be able to sub out a previously subbed

in player, provided you still have unlocked players on
the Bench.

One caveat to Manual Substitutions is that you will

not be able to initiate this while a locked player is
currently playing (live). You will need to wait for
their fixture to conclude before initiating the
substitution.

7. Boosters

Once the tournament begins, you will have the

opportunity to use one of 3 available boosters:

Wildcard – Will allow you to make unlimited

transfers within a specific round (cannot be used for
the first match of the group stage or for the round of
16)

12th Man – Will allow you to select 1 additional player

outside your existing squad, to score points for your
team in a matchday. When selected, the 12th man
cannot be substituted, captained or transferred. You
can select any player to be your twelfth man s
budget or team restrictions do not count here.

Power Captain – Will allow you to get double points

from whichever player scores the most points from
your starting 11. This player will automatically be
assigned the captaincy.

You will not be able to reverse a booster once it has

been confirmed and a booster will remain active up
until the end of the current matchday.

All Boosters must be activated before the first

fixture in the Matchday.

A booster can only be used once and multiple

boosters cannot be used at the same time.

8. Transfers

You will be given a limited allocation of free transfers

to used over the course of the World Cup depending
on the stage of the tournament. The limits on how
many transfers you can make for each stage and
matchday outlined below:

Tournament Stage Transfer

Allocation

Pre-tournament Unlimited

Matchday 1 2 transfers

Matchday 2 2 transfers

Matchday 3 2 transfers

Before start of Unlimited

Round of 16

Round of 16 4 transfers

Quarter-Finals 5 transfers

Semi-Finals 5 transfers

Final/ 3rd Place 6 transfers

Playoff

During the group stage, one transfer can be carried

over into the next group stage matchday however,
due to the unlimited transfer limit between the last
game of Matchday 3 and the start of the Round of 16
you will not be able to carry a transfer over at this
stage.

During any stage of the tournament, you are able to

exceed your transfer allocation for that round but
each additional transfer you make will deduct 3
points off your total points. This deduction will be
applied when the next fixture in the Matchday
commences.

Matchday Transfer allocations are unlocked at the

start of the Matchday (see below for more
information on how Matchdays change over).

When making transfers you have two options:

1. Transfer an unlocked player for another unlocked

player

a. This transfer will be processed instantly, and your

new player will begin scoring points in the current
Matchdays. You will not receive any points this
Matchday for the player you transferred out

2. A Transfer involving a locked player

a. If you do this, the transfer will only become active

for the next Matchday

b. If the player you transferred out was locked, you

will keep the points they earned this Matchday

c. If the player you transferred in was locked, but

your outgoing player was unlocked. You will still
receive the points for your unlocked player when
they play in the Matchday. However, you will not be
able to make another transfer involving this player
in the current Matchday (as they are involved in an
upcoming Transfer).

d. One final caveat is that users will be unable to

transfer out a locked player in Matchday 3. This is
because after this Matchday there will be a transfer
amnesty (so you would effectively be wasting this
transfer).

Either type of transfer will come out of your current

Matchday allocation.

Transfers cannot be reset once they have been

confirmed.

You will be able to roll over one unused free transfer

per Matchday.

9. Matchdays

A Matchday at the FIFA World Cup is a round in

which all active teams play once.

You can only make changes to your team (Transfers,

Captain changes, Substitutions, Boosters) within the
current Matchday. You will be able to view your
team for the upcoming Matchday, but you will not
be able to make any changes until the current
Matchday has concluded.

Matchday 1 will start with the kick-off of Qatar v

Ecuador on Sunday 20th November, 19:00 AST. At
this point, you will unlock your two (2) Matchday 1
Transfers and will no longer be able to make
unlimited free changes to your team.

The Matchday ends at midnight AST on the day of

the final fixture in the Matchday.

Example: Matchday 1 will conclude at midnight AST

on Thursday 24th November, at which point the
game will rollover to Matchday 2. You will unlock
your Matchday 2 Transfer allocations, and you can
start setting up your team for the next Matchday.

10. Scoring System

Players will be awarded points based on their actual

performances during the World Cup.

Players will score points based on the metrics

outlined below:

All Players

Action Points

Appearance (60 minutes or +1

more)

Assist +3

Yellow Card -1

Red Card -2

Own Goal -2

Winning a penalty +2

Conceding a penalty -1

Goalkeepers

Action Points

Clean Sheet (must have +5

played 60 minutes or more)

First goal conceded 0

Each additional goal -1

conceded

Goal Scored +9

Penalty save (not including +3

penalty shootouts)

Every 3 Saves +1

Defenders

Action Points

Clean Sheet (must have +5

played 60 minutes or more)

First goal conceded 0

Each additional goal -1

conceded

Goal scored +7

Midfielders

Action Points

Clean Sheet (must have +1

played 60 minutes or more)

Goal scored +7

Every 2 Key Passes +1

Every 3 tackles +1

Forwards

Action Points

Goal scored +5

Every 2 shots on target +1

11. Leaderboards

Once your team has been saved, it will

automatically be entered in the overall leaderboard
where you can see where you stand against others.

The overall leaderboard includes all other users who

have entered a team.

12. Mini Leagues

You have the ability to create and join an unlimited

number of public or private mini leagues over the
duration of the FIFA World Cup.

Creating a public league means that this will be

openly available for all users to join from the “Join a
League” page.

Creating a public league means that others can only

join this league if you share the league information
with them via:

Sharing the league code or link

Inviting via email
Inviting via Facebook
Inviting via Twitter
If you have created a league, you are able to
remove users from your league up until that league
starts scoring.

13. Matchday Schedule

Matchday Matchday Matchday

Stage Dates

Matchday Group 20th

1 Stage November
– 24th
November

Matchday Group 25th

2 Stage November
– 28th
November

Matchday Group 29th

3 Stage November
– 2nd
December

Matchday Knockout 3rd

4 Stage – December
R16 – 6th
December

Matchday Knockout 9th

5 Stage – December
QF – 10th
December

Matchday Knockout 13th

6 Stage – December
SF – 14th
December

Matchday Knockout 17th

7 Stage – December
3rd – 18th
PO/Final December

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