The World Cup is just over a week away, what better way to prepare for the avalanche of football that is about to hit our television screens than assembling your very own World Cup fantasy football team on FIFA's official fantasy football site.

Much like Premier League fantasy football you have 100 million quid to spend on your squad, with bench boost and maximum captain (which doubles the highest scoring player on your first eleven) available as additional options, as well as a wildcard that grants unlimited transfers for one round.


Here is an example for anyone who's struggling to pick their squad:



The rules for FIFA's World Cup fantasy football are as follows:
The total value of your initial squad must not exceed €100 million. This will increase €105 million for the knockout stages.

All players that are a part of the final player listing will be valued before the start of the tournament based on available data. Original player prices will remain the same until the group stage (Round 3). Upon completion of the group stage, player prices will change depending on performances.

You can select up to three players from a single team during the group stage. This will increase to four players for the Round of 16, followed by five for the quarter-finals, six for the semi-finals and eight for the final of the World Cup.

Here's an overview of the scoring system:


With regards to transfers, you can make unlimited transfers at no cost until your first-round deadline, and between group and knockout stages. However once Round 1 ends, there are limited transfers between rounds.

Details of free transfers are mentioned below:

You are deducted four points from your overall points for every transfer you make above the available free transfers for a round. Your round and phase points will not be affected by this deduction.

Any unused transfers will be forfeited in the next round.

Link to register: www.fantasy.fifa.com/en/home


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WHAT ARE THE RULES?


If you’d like to check out the complete rules and scoring, go straight to the FIFA source. I’ve tried to summarize them as best as possible below, while mixing in some strategic recommendations.

TEAM SELECTION
BREAKDOWN BY POSITION

Each team has 15 players: 2 keepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders and 3 forwards.

STARTING LINE-UP AND BENCH


The team is divided into 11 starters (one of whom you may select as Captain to double his points) and 4 bench players.

BUDGET


The 15 players must fit into a total budget of €100 during the group stage. That expands to €105 when the Round of 16 knockout stage begins.

Player pricing, value for price, and advancement prospects will determine how you will assemble your team. You will want to put most of the budget toward your 11 starters, but you will not want to be a complete cheapskate on your bench. The bench is where you will want to look for affordable starters (perhaps diamonds in the rough) who can earn you consolation points in the Group Stage, and possibly advance to the next round as well.

The good thing about the budget increasing after the group stage is that you should theoretically be able to keep a strong 15 man roster, rather than feeling you have to kill your bench with cheap filler when the Round of 16 narrows selections to strong teams and their high-priced players.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER PRICING


Players have variable prices depending on position and expected production. The prices are locked for the group stage, then may change up or down prior to the Round of 16 knockout stage. You will be very well-served if early on you lock down players whose teams advance and whose prices go up!

Just like in real life, star forwards tend to cost more than big name midfielders, who then are more dear than stud defenders, who in turn are pricier than even the best keepers. That means that if you want a well-rounded squad, you may only be able to stock your team with one or two of the absolute best players at a given position, particularly at forward. Generally speaking, the key to success is finding value wherever you can, so don’t despair if you can’t fit the trio of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Lionel Messi into your side. You can’t always have everything in life... otherwise it would be too easy, right?!

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS PER TEAM


In your 15-man roster, during the group stage, you may pick no more than three players from any single national team. As the number of teams decreases with each new stage, the limit ticks up, eventually reaching eight players from a single team for the final round.

At the start, it’s a good idea to have two or three star players from each of the top teams whom you think will dominate their groups. However, those players tend to come with the highest price tags, so you may have to spread your investment and speculate a bit. You just don’t want to have an overload of players from the bottom teams who you don’t expect to advance. That would limit your capital gains and require you to blow up your team entering the Round of 16. There is always some gold to be mined from the smaller streams, but it is unlikely that too many players from bad teams will score well for you, especially those known for “parking the bus” against stronger foes.

TEAM MANAGEMENT
FORMATION


You may utilize any of the following formations: 5-3-2, 5-2-3, 5-4-1, 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-5-1, 3-5-2, or 3-4-3. Is your head dizzy yet? Relax, don’t worry about it, no need to put too much strategic thought into it, really.

You might think that you will want to select the formation that is ideal for the strength of your team. For instance, if you have three great forwards, selecting a 5-2-3, 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 would seem to be optimal. However, your formation should actually vary depending on when your players actually play, as I elaborate here in the “Substitutions” section:

SUBSTITUTIONS


Following the games of the day but before a round is over, you may swap a bench player with a starter, and you may change your captain selection, as long as the original starter has not been sent off with a red card. You lose any points that the now-benched player had earned. A former captain’s points are undoubled.

If you forget to make a move, don’t fret too much. If a player in your starting line-up does not play, a player from the bench who did play will be substituted in automatically. The players who come in from your bench will enter in the order that you have slotted them. That said, ideally you will want to stay on top of things and keep an eye to changing up your line-up as needed daily.

The number of substitutions (internal swaps) you may make is unlimited (that is, it is limited to the one extra goalkeeper and the three extra field players you have on your bench). Captain changes are also unlimited.

A good strategy is to front-load your starting XI with your players who have early games in the round, using whatever formation fits. Then as that round progresses over multiple days, you will want to drop poor performers (other than those who picked up red cards, since you’re stuck with them unfortunately) to the bench in favor of players who haven’t played yet in the round. Similarly, you will want to select a captain from the first day you have any players going. If your first swing at captain does not do well, then you can move the armband to the best option you have playing the next day... Rinse, lather and repeat, so to speak, until you have a captain’s score worth keeping.

TRANSFERS


To start off with, there are unlimited free transfers before the opening deadline, so feel free to tinker like a mad scientist from the moment you sign up.

Group stage: 1 free transfer per round
Between Group Stage and
Round of 16: unlimited free transfers
Before Quarterfinals: 3 free transfers
Before Semifinals: 5 free transfers
*Before finals: 5 free transfers
So if you get off to a bad start, or have a poor round, don’t worry! You can shake things up, no problem. Go ahead and use all of the transfers, because you can’t hoard them to use in later rounds or stages. If you feel that the allotted free transfers aren’t quite enough, however, you can take a 4-point penalty per additional transfer.

*The final round includes both the third place and first place games.

EXTRA CHIPS


There are some fun chips that you can play as well (one time each):

Wildcard: Unlimited transfers
Maximum Captain: The highest scoring player from your final XI becomes the captain
Bench Boost: You get the points for all 15 players, not just your starting XI

Here’s where some serious strategy comes in! When might prove the best time to use those extra chips?

When your team is ruined (injuries, suspensions, poor performance, capricious rotation, too many players fail to advance a stage, etc.), the wildcard will serve you well.
When have an embarrassment of riches, a bench full of players who expect to start and earn well, it’s a good time to let fly the bench boost.
As the rounds go further, competition becomes progressively tougher, and big performances become more chancy. As well, there are fewer game days, and thus less chance to rotate the captain’s armband to someone else if your original choice does little. Given that you are likely to get your biggest captain score in an earlier round, doubling it at that time with the maximum captain should lead to a greater probable points haul than waiting to use it.

DEADLINES


You will want to check with the site to make sure that you select your players / line-up / captain as necessary in time before each day’s deadline.


SCORING


If you are familiar with Champions League, Euros, Fantasy Premier League or similar fantasy scoring systems, you will be well prepared. If instead you have only played Togga, Fantrax or other platforms that reward a wider variety of scoring categories, then you’ll have some habits to unlearn. The key takeaways are:

You will want to focus on likely starters (you earn base points for the number of minutes played).
The big scoring will come from goals, assists, saves, and clean sheets (more for keepers and defenders, somewhat for midfielders, and not at all for forwards).
This puts a premium on defensive players who provide returns on both ends. Meanwhile, on the offensive end you need not look for well-rounded players. Poachers and ruthless finishers (or helpers) who do little else will be just dandy.
On the other hand, you will get negative points for penalties missed, a huge number of goals conceded (by keepers and defenders), and yellow and red cards.
Following the Group Stage, extra-time counts in scoring, but penalty shoot-outs do not.
You’ll get a great return if your keeper saves a penalty kick, but that’s pretty impossible to predict, so scoring categories like that are not something to worry about. If it happens, though, be sure to celebrate all the way up the leaderboard!


HOW TO SIGN UP FOR FIFA WORLD CUP FANTASY


So, now you are ready to sign up and go through the registration process! Don’t dilly dally, go to the FIFA Fantasy Home, scroll right, and click on Login. If you’ve never registered there before, then you’ll be diverted through the account creation process.

PRIZES:


We have a massive amount of prizes for the McDonald's FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy game. You could win a brand new Kia Sportage, a Hisense TV or even a priceless piece of World Cup history captured from the very men leading their teams in Russia, the team captains.

Here’s a full breakdown of what you can win during the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the McDonald's FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy game*:

GRAND PRIZE (FIRST PLACE ON THE MCDONALD'S FIFA WORLD CUP™ FANTASY OVERALL LEADERBOARD)

The best fantasy player of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ will win:


one (1) brand new Kia Sportage;
one (1) signed captain’s armband from the winning team of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™; and
one (1) copy of EA SPORTS FIFA 18 for PS4.

Participants must be from one of the following countries to be eligible for this prize and must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older as at the date of entry. Please see the Contest terms and conditions available at How to Play for full details and exclusions. For the avoidance of any doubt, this prize does not include any required insurances, taxes or the like and the winner of this prize shall be solely responsible for any and all expenses, costs and fees (including any relevant taxes) associated with such a prize (including, to the extent applicable, transportation, acceptance and use thereof).

SECOND PLACE (SECOND PLACE ON THE MCDONALD'S FIFA WORLD CUP™ FANTASY OVERALL LEADERBOARD)
The runner up of the McDonald's FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy game will receive:


one (1) Hisense television;
one (1) signed captain’s armband from the second placed team of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™; and
one (1) copy of EA SPORTS FIFA 18 for PS4.

For the avoidance of any doubt, this prize does not include any required insurances, taxes or the like and the winner of this prize shall be solely responsible for any and all expenses, costs and fees (including any relevant taxes) associated with such a prize (including, to the extent applicable, transportation, acceptance and use thereof).

RUNNERS-UP (THIRD THROUGH TO FIFTH ON THE MCDONALD'S FIFA WORLD CUP™ FANTASY OVERALL LEADERBOARD)
The following prizes will be awarded to the players that finish third (3rd), fourth (4th) and fifth (5th) on the overall McDonald's FIFA World Cup™ leaderboard:


one (1) Fully completed Panini sticker album;
one (1) copy of EA SPORTS FIFA 18 for PS4; and
one (1) signed captain’s armband from a match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™.


ROUND PRIZES



There are also seven (7) separate rounds within the McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy game (see Rules for specific details). There are prizes to be won in respect of each round, including some incredible signed pieces of 2018 FIFA World Cup history! Finish in the top three on the leaderboard within a round and you could win the respective round’s prize!

The round prize winners will receive their prizes in accordance with their McDonald’s FIFA World Cup Fantasy leaderboard standing as follows:

1st place: A fully completed Panini Sticker album;

2nd place: A signed captain’s armband from a match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup; and

3rd place: A copy of EA SPORTS FIFA 18 for PS4

CAPTAINS’ ARMBANDS


The FIFA World Cup™ has seen some inspirational captains over the years - players that have accepted the duty of the captain’s armband and led their nations to glory. McDonald's is giving away official captain’s armbands signed by national team captains at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™. Push your fantasy game skills to the limit and you could win one of these priceless signed pieces of World Cup history.

Note that a user can only win a round prize once for the duration of the 2018 FIFA World Cup McDonald’s Fantasy game. In the event that a user who has already won a round prize finishes in the top 3 for another round, the prize will be awarded to the next best eligible user. A user can however, win both one round prize and one overall prize for the game.

*Conditions apply, please see the Contest Terms and Conditions for details.

The McDonald's FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy is not, in any way, sponsored, supported, endorsed or organised by Apple, Inc

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The World Cup is just over a week away, what better way to prepare for the avalanche of football that is about to hit our television screens than assembling your very own World Cup fantasy football team on FIFA's official fantasy football site.

Much like Premier League fantasy football you have 100 million quid to spend on your squad, with bench boost and maximum captain (which doubles the highest scoring player on your first eleven) available as additional options, as well as a wildcard that grants unlimited transfers for one round.


Here is an example for anyone who's struggling to pick their squad:



The rules for FIFA's World Cup fantasy football are as follows:
The total value of your initial squad must not exceed €100 million. This will increase €105 million for the knockout stages.

All players that are a part of the final player listing will be valued before the start of the tournament based on available data. Original player prices will remain the same until the group stage (Round 3). Upon completion of the group stage, player prices will change depending on performances.

You can select up to three players from a single team during the group stage. This will increase to four players for the Round of 16, followed by five for the quarter-finals, six for the semi-finals and eight for the final of the World Cup.

Here's an overview of the scoring system:


With regards to transfers, you can make unlimited transfers at no cost until your first-round deadline, and between group and knockout stages. However once Round 1 ends, there are limited transfers between rounds.

Details of free transfers are mentioned below:

You are deducted four points from your overall points for every transfer you make above the available free transfers for a round. Your round and phase points will not be affected by this deduction.

Any unused transfers will be forfeited in the next round.

Link to register: www.fantasy.fifa.com/en/home


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The World Cup is just over a week away, what better way to prepare for the avalanche of football that is about to hit our television screens than assembling your very own World Cup fantasy football team on FIFA's official fantasy football site.

Much like Premier League fantasy football you have 100 million quid to spend on your squad, with bench boost and maximum captain (which doubles the highest scoring player on your first eleven) available as additional options, as well as a wildcard that grants unlimited transfers for one round.


Here is an example for anyone who's struggling to pick their squad:



The rules for FIFA's World Cup fantasy football are as follows:
The total value of your initial squad must not exceed €100 million. This will increase €105 million for the knockout stages.

All players that are a part of the final player listing will be valued before the start of the tournament based on available data. Original player prices will remain the same until the group stage (Round 3). Upon completion of the group stage, player prices will change depending on performances.

You can select up to three players from a single team during the group stage. This will increase to four players for the Round of 16, followed by five for the quarter-finals, six for the semi-finals and eight for the final of the World Cup.

Here's an overview of the scoring system:


With regards to transfers, you can make unlimited transfers at no cost until your first-round deadline, and between group and knockout stages. However once Round 1 ends, there are limited transfers between rounds.

Details of free transfers are mentioned below:

You are deducted four points from your overall points for every transfer you make above the available free transfers for a round. Your round and phase points will not be affected by this deduction.

Any unused transfers will be forfeited in the next round.

Link to register: www.fantasy.fifa.com/en/home


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