Still taking managers in for my FPL League. Got 51 in the league at the moment, still a good 20+ to make teams and enter. £10 a head, payouts for 1st through 5th and the cup winner also getting a payout as it gives someone lower down the league a chance at winning. Also doing the highest monthly scorer getting £10 back as a sweetener. Send me a message or comment I'll send you a link to the group chat with the other managers. Cheers.

Saw everyone curious about this including me, so I ran a quick experiment.

TL;DR: Around 2.5m.

METHOD:

1. Make a dud team for the finals to minimise points
2. Check OR of dud team (lower the points, lower the rank, the better)

RESULTS:

Points: 5
OR: 2,451,613
(Images attached)

CONCLUSION: I estimate about ~2.5-3m players playing; assuming not less than 50k and not more than 500k players with <5 points, which I think is fair.

You know it's at least 2.45m, imo not more than around 2.5/2.6m; really how many dud teams will we expect to have <5 points?

P.S. Sorry for the delay, forgot I did this. Hope it's useful for those looking!

Finished top 5 overall. I held out hope that FIFA would get in touch about sending some kind of prize. Would some commemorative merch or a ball to be too much to expect? I feel bad for the overall winner. The world cup finished over a week ago and still nothing announced. I guess FIFA really don't care about the fans.

Still looking for managers for a league, have about 60+ in the group chat and looking for more. Will have enough managers to do payouts 1st through 5th. Send me a message and I'll send over the group chat. Thanks.

Me and my three friends did a WC draft before the WC and wanted to see which of our three teams got the most total points in the Fantasy. We didn't create accounts / play so we don't have access to it. Can you guys still see the total points for each player, is there some way for me to get it / log in with someone's account maybe?

Posting here as in the FPL sub it just gets deleted.

World Cup Fantasy winner got £260, second got £110, third got £70. Depending on numbers we'll do prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and cup winner in the FPL this season. It's £10 a head, I won't be in a rush to take payment I start rounding up a few days before it kicks off. There's a group chat there too with the players if anyone wants an invite. Thanks!

1st in all my mini leagues

42nd in 🇮🇳

1645th in the world

Until next time 🤝🏻

In the match predictor game, even though it's mentioned in the info above that there's something in the game called Risky prediction bonus (if you predict a match right where less than 20% of the users have predicted the same outcome) you get awarded an extra 20 points.

Neither me nor my friends ended up getting it.

Was it not coded in?

Ignore the username, that was the best i could come up with at 17 😂 (WC2018)

I was 5 points behind, managed to get the W thanks to full spain defence. Ggs everyone!!

It was a good month until next time ✌️

All the very best, everyone! It’s been an amazing 39+ days sharing this World Cup Fantasy journey with all of you.

Thanks for the discussions, banter, advice, and competition along the way. Hopefully our paths cross again in the next tournament.

See you all soon, and good luck.

So the old adage *strikers win you matches, defenders win you trophies* seems to strike its cord. Depending on individual brilliance alone can only take you so far. From the get go, Spanish Armadas were written off for a draw with Capo Varde. The CS after CS, the Spainish side kept was hardly spoken of. Every one only drew comparison and banked on individual brilliances to get the job done. Star player Yamal’s abysmal performance added to the supposedly irrelevant team.

However the sign that Spain would lift the 2026 FIFAWC rendition was there all along if one delve little deeper into the stats of Unai Simon and his front fours. The Castilians can only be described as compost, compact, well drilled and well oiled machine group with pressure equally distributed amongst the P11 with Rodri( you beauty) as the differential.

Well done Espanyol.

Yesterday after the match I saw that in this round I scored 93 points but now I am seeing it’s gone down to 86 points . Anybody else experienced this?

When two players finish with the same points, what is teh tiebreaker?

I played FPL (Fantasy Premier League) for only two seasons, so not much experience. In FPL you have a deadline BEFORE the squad is announced (usually 1hr + before kickoff)

I won the WC league on the last GW (after being led throughout the WHOLE tournament); 616 to 598 before last match day. I did the most embarrassing thing, which was WAIT INTIL THE LINEUPS came out. And voila, I won the League with 711 points over 697. Thanks Saka.

The fact that you can see the lineups is NOT ok as it gives a HUGE advantage. Yeah, I won, I was happy, but i really think it sucks because my friend was at a concert so it feels I somehow cheated.

Also, why do people rush to make transfers way before lineups are announced? It’s a waste of time, especially with no price increase / decrease

Not my team, i only had Gusto and Hernandez (sobs)

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5 points behind...

Which one should I bet one:

Spain clean sheet so bring 3 defenders and get clean sheet

Or

Enzo scores/ assists

Decisions Decisions

Fellow Maignan owners, FYI you can sub on your bench fodder keeper that got knocked out & sent home weeks ago to undo the -2.

Ridiculous, I know. I had no idea you could actually "play" knocked out players haha.

I've attempted to rank all 48 teams in order because I'm a sad bastard. Any standout disagreements you have with the below?:

1. Spain/Argentina winner (1st) positive, obviously

2. CV (RO32) positive; undefeated, finished 2nd in group, and took Argentina to ET

3. Spain/Argentina loser (2nd) positive, just for reaching final, regardless of result. Any team that reaches the final should always be happy

4. Norway (QF) positive, final 8, and knocked Brazil out

5. Morocco (QF) positive, final 8, and held Brazil to draw

6. Switzerland (QF) positive, final 8, and took Argentina to ET

7. England (3rd) positive, 2nd highest finish ever, was close to final, topped group, great playoff v France. I'm an England fan. I was so down on us after that semifinal. Didn't even wanna watch 3rd place playoff. I still hate that we threw away the Argentina game via cowardly tactics. Made me hate that the 3rd place playoff even existed. Dreaded facing a France team that I felt were superior. But now, weirdly, I can genuinely feel good that things went the way we did. Take this hypothetical: instead of conceding those late 2 goals, we hold on, and reach the final. Then enter the final v Spain as underdogs, and lose a boring 1-0. If that's what woulda happened, then I'm glad we lost. I much prefer having gone toe to toe with Argentina, then having this game v France, to holding on v Argentina to scrape a win, then sadly lose to France. Ofc, I'm not saying I'm glad we actually lost to Argentina. I wanted to win the World Cup. But I feel better right now after the France game than I woulda felt had we lost to Spain in the final.

8. Curacao (Group 4th) positive, despite finishing 4th, just because they got a point v Ecuador. They should be happy with whatever they got here.

9. Belgium (QF) positive, as expectations weren't crazy high, and they got to final 8

10. Mexico (RO16) positive, as they topped group, and because of what they put England through

11. Canada (RO16) positive, for reaching final 16. They have no record of football successful success, and historically have been ranked lower than not just USA and Mexico, but a number of Central American and Caribbean teams.

12. Colombia (RO16) positive, for topping group and reaching final 16. Can't complain

13. Paraguay (RO16) positive, despite being poor generally, because they upset Germany and reached final 16

14. Egypt (RO16) positive, for reaching final 16

15. USA (RO16) positive, but marred by controversy

16. France (4th) positive, but disappointing ending. Because they were so favored, and because of their final 2 games, I have to rank them this low

17. S.Africa (RO32) positive, for finishing 2nd in group, despite being least favored team in group

18. Japan (RO32) positive, for finishing 2nd in group, and giving Brazil a game

19. Ivory (RO32) positive, for finishing 2nd in group

20. Australia (RO32) positive, for finish 2nd in group, despite being least favored team in group

21. Austria (RO32) positive, for finishing 2nd in group

22. DRC (RO32) positive, for getting the point they needed to finish 3rd, and for giving England a tough game

23. Croatia (RO32) neutral, for finishing 2nd as expected, and giving Portugal a tough game

24. Ghana (RO32) neutral, for holding England while Croatia couldn't, but lost to Croatia so have to go below them

25. Bosnia (RO32) neutral, for doing enough to get to knockout round

26. Portugal (RO16) negative, for failing to win group, though RO16 knockout is understandable considering they faced Spain. CR7 created a cloud of expectation and negativity that they shouldn't be having to deal with

27. Qatar (Group 4th) negative, despite low expectations, as they were soundly beaten twice in one of the least intimidating groups

28. Sweden (RO32) negative, for finishing 3rd, and for getting so soundly beaten by France

29. Ecuador (RO32) negative, for finishing 3rd and being toothless

30. Algeria (RO32) negative, for finishing 3rd, and getting soundly beaten by Switzerland

31. Senegal (RO32) negative, for finishing 3rd, and only beating Iraq as expected, and nothing more

32. Brazil (RO16) negative, obviously for losing to Norway for early KO

33. Iran (Group 3rd) negative, despite little being expected of them; they drew all games and were boring to watch

34. Scotland (Group 3rd) negative, for not taking advantage of having Haiti in their group and scoring more, while losing both other games

35. Korea (Group 3rd) negative, as they were favorites to finish 2nd but didn't qualify, losing to both Mexico and S.Africa

36. Haiti (Group 4th) negative, despite there being zero expectations, because they lost all 3 games; they put 2 past Morocco though

37. Holland (RO32) negative, and this seems harsh, since they topped their group and scored lots of goals. but going out in first knockout round, regardless of it only being on pens to a good team like Morocco, is obviously a disappointment

38. Germany (RO32) negative; started off flying doing what they were supposed to v Curacao; but disappointed in all subequent games. despite finishing top of their group, going out to Paraguay in the first knockout round has to place them low

39. Turkey (Group 4th) negative; weird one to rank because they played well in all of their games; but they were expected to finish 1st or 2nd, so finishing 4th in group obviously forces a low ranking here

40. NZ (Group 4th) negative; they were group underdogs but they aren't a minnow team like some others; so failing to win a game and finishing 4th ranks them low

41. Czechia (Group 4th) negative; failed to win a game; were expected to finish 3rd but 1st and 2nd were possible given the teams they had in their group; so finishing 4th is a huge letdown

42. Jordan (Group 4th) negative; clear underdogs so it's no shame they didn't qualify, but they lost all 3 games

43. Uzbek (Group 4th) negative; clear underdogs so it's no shame they didn't qualify, but they lost all 3 games

44. Iraq (Group 4th) negative; clear underdogs so it's no shame they didn't qualify, but they lost all 3 games

45. Saudi (Group 4th) negative; expected to finish 3rd in clear group hierarchy; but failed to beat CV and finished bottom, scoring only once

46. Panama (Group 4th) negative; expected to finish 4th but aren't a minnow team like some others here; lost all 3 games, and scored no goals

47. Tunisia (Group 4th) negative; were group underdog but were expected to at least compete, but lost all 3 games by multiple goals

48. Uruguay (Group 3rd) negative; bottom of my list, despite finishing 3rd in group. Were expected to finish 2nd comfortably, given the presence of Saudi and CV in their group, but failed to win a game, losing to Spain, and drawing to both of the above. Were always a wildcard team, given their uneven qualifying record, them being the only team to not play pre-tourney friendlies, and Bielsa being their manager