1. Peter Griffin - Antoine Griezmann (France)
2. UK Blue - Harry Kane (England)
3. Torn - Ronaldo (Portugal)
4. son_of_foley - Neymar (Brazil)
5. BBF - Timo Werner (Germany)
6. The Rosk - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
7. Badger - Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)
8. Alex - Gabriel Jesus (Brazil)
9. Hurley - Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
10. Reech - Luis Suarez (Uruguay) 11. Reech - Olivier Giroud (France) 12. Hurley - Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 13. Alex - Thomas Muller (Germany) 14. Badger - Isco (Spain) 15. The Rosk - Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) 16. BBF - Paolo Guerrero (Peru) 17. son_of_foley - Kylian Mbappe (France) 18. Torn - Diego Costa (Spain)
19. UK Blue - Segio Aguero (Argentina)
20. Peter Griffin - Paulo Dybala (Argentina) 21. Peter Griffin - Marco Reus (Germany)
22. UK Blue - Eden Hazard (Belgium)
23. Torn - Mo Salah (Egypt)
24. son_of_foley - Jamie Vardy (England)
25. BBF - Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)
26. The Rosk - Falcao (Colombia)
27. Badger - Roberto Firmino (Brazil)
28. Alex - David Silva (Spain)
29. Hurley - James Rodriguez (Colombia)
30. Reech - Marcus Rashford (England) 31. Reech - Michy Batshuayi (Belgium) 32. Hurley - Goncalo Guedes (Portugal) 33. Alex - Fedor Smolov (Russia) 34. Badger - Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) 35. The Rosk - Coutinho (Brazil) 36. BBF - Andre Silva (Portugal) 37. son_of_foley - Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) 38. Torn - Son Heung Min (South Korea)
39. UK Blue - Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)
40. Peter Griffin - Artem Dzyuva (Russia)
- Each team consists of 4 players which will be chosen in the normal snake draft method. For each Matchweek each manager select 3 of his players to start with one reserve. Autosubs will be in force.
- There will be 8 groups of 4 teams. Each group will consist of 1/2 RFF teams and the remaining places will be made of the 16/24 teams ranked lowest in the FIFA world rankings. This is done to try and ensure as many RFF teams get into the knockout stages as possible.
- The order of the draft will be decided by a random draw, that I will do my best to record and stick in this thread.
- Any player is available for selection as long as they are in the squads for the World Cup.
- There will be 3 match weeks in the group stages where each team will play each other once. 3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Once all games are played the two teams with the most points will progress into the knockout stages. If teams are equal on points the process of who goes through is based in this order: Goals Scored, Goal Difference, Quickest Goal.
- Each knockout stage will be considered a matchweek totaling 7 matchweeks.
- In the knockout stages two clubs will face each other in the ways detailed below. Once the quarter final stage is reached a supplemental draft will be implemented in order for teams to be replenished with players that are in the actual World Cup quarter finals.
- In lieu of a penalty shoot out, in the eventuality of a drawn knockout game the 'late goal rule' will be implement. This means whoever scored a goal in the latest minute of their game goes through. If this by some chance is equal then the 'sausage sandwich game' will come into effect to determine a winner.
The Schedule
Match week 1
Fixtures
14th June
Russia v Saudi Arabia @Badger 0 - 1 Iran
15th June
Egypt v Uruguay Senegal 2-1 Sweden
Morocco v Iran Saudi Arabia 0-1 Mexico
Portugal v Spain Iceland 1-3 @UK Blue
16th June
France v Australia Uruguay 1-1 Tunisia
Argentina v Iceland @The Rosk 0-0 South Korea
Peru v Denmark @Poppa Pump 2-5 Russia
Croatia v Nigeria @Reech 0-2 Croatia
17th June
Costa Rica v Serbia Japan 2-2 England
Germany v Mexico @BBF 0-0 Morocco
Brazil v Switzerland Nigeria 0-1 Australia
18th June
Sweden v South Korea Colombia 1-0 Alex
Belgium v Panama Denmark 1-1 Serbia
Tunisia v England Panama 0-6 Torn
19th June
Colombia v Japan @Hurley 2-0 @son_of_foley
Poland v Senegal @Egypt 0-0 Costa Rica
Matchweek 2
Fixtures
19th June
Russia v Egypt @Badger 0-2 Senegal
20th June
Portugal v Morocco Sweden 1-0 Iran
Uruguay v Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0-0 Iceland
Iran v Spain @UK Blue 5-2 Mexico
21st June
Denmark v Australia Uruguay 1-1 @The Rosk
France v Peru South Korea 1-2 Tunisia
Argentina v Croatia @Poppa Pump 1-2 @Reech
22nd June
Brazil v Costa Rica Croatia 3-3 Russia
Nigeria v Iceland Japan 2-0 @BBF
Serbia v Switzerland Morocco 0-6 England
23rd June
Belgium v Tunisia Nigeria 2-3 Colombia
South Korea v Mexico @Alex 0-1 Australia
Germany v Sweden Denmark 1-1 Panama
24th June
England v Panama @Torn 2-1 Serbia
Japan v Senegal @Hurley 2-1 Egypt
Poland v Colombia Costa Rica 0-2 @son_of_foley
Matchweek 3
Fixtures
25th June
Saudi Arabia v Egypt @Badger 1-3 Sweden
Uruguay v Russia Senegal 0-1 Iran
Iran v Portugal Saudi Arabia 2-0 @UK Blue
Spain v Morocco Iceland 1-0 Mexico
26th June
Australia v Peru Uruguay 3-2 South Korea
Denmark v France @The Rosk 2-2 Tunisia
Nigeria v Argentina @Poppa Pump 0-2 Croatia
Iceland v Croatia @Reech 1-0 Russia
27th June
South Korea v Germany Japan 0-2 Morocco
Mexico v Sweden @BBF 1-0 England
Switzerland v Costa Rica Nigeria 1-0 @Alex
Serbia v Brazil Colombia 1-0 Australia
28th June
Senegal v Colombia Denmark 0-0 @Torn
Japan v Poland Panama 1-0 Serbia
England v Belgium @Hurley 0-2 Costa Rica
Panama v Tunisia Egypt 1-0 @son_of_foley
Matchweek 4 - 30th June - 3rd July
Match 1 - Sweden 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Match 2 - Uruguay 2-3 Reech
Match 3 - England 1-0 Australia
Match 4 - Torn 2-0 Egypt
Match 5 - UK Blue 1-0 Senegal
Match 6 - Croatia 1-0 Tunisia
Match 7 - Colombia 1-2 Japan
Match 8 - Hurley 0-0 Panama
Supplemental Draft - 4th July - 5th July
Matchweek 5 - 6th July - 7th July
Match 9 - Sweden v Reech
Match 10 - England v Torn
Match 11 - UK Blue v Croatia
Match 12 - Japan v Hurley
Matchweek 6 - 10th July - 11th July
Match 13 - Sweden/Reech v England/Torn
Match 14 - UK Blue/Croatia v Japan/Hurley
Matchweek 7 - 14th July - 15th July
Match 15 - Loser Match 13 v Loser Match 14
Match 16 - Winner Match 15 v Winner Match 16
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Not all of the above information is accurate at the moment (dates etc) but I'll edit it through today. Ideally we want 16 people signing up but I think we might struggle a bit for that so if we only get 8 or 12 we'll make do.