FORUM  FOOTBALL CRICKET F1 GOLF ODDS POKER SPREAD BETTING TENNIS USA OTHER SHOP WEBMASTERS HOME 

FSN51
FSN52
FSN53
FSN54
FSN55

Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here

Fantasy Sports Newsletter 51 - 15 May 2002

Contents:

1. World Cup Dream Team from The Sun

2. Telegraph Fantasy Football World Cup (& Join the FISO Super League for Free)

3. TFFO FISO Mini-League - Final Results

4. FISO Forum

5. Buy at Amazon

6. World Cup Penalty Takers

7. Newspaper Fantasy World Cup Games

8. Previous Newsletters, FISO & How to Unsubscribe

1.  World Cup Dream Team from The Sun

Formally launched at midnight tonight (Wednesday 15 May), World Cup Dream Team follows the principles of their Premiership Dream Team game very closely. So what does the World Cup Dream Team game have in store for us?

• Entry deadline 12:30 p.m. BST Friday 31 May.
• 11 man team (i.e. not a squad based game)
• Over 360 players to choose from - 40 keepers, over 100 defenders, more than 115 midfielders and almost 110 strikers with player profile pop-ups to assist you
• Budget - your team's value cannot exceed £50million.
• Player Restriction - you must pick no more than two players from any one country. 
• Formation - your team must have one keeper, four defenders, three or four midfielders, and two or three forwards.
• Entry fee - £5 per team with a '5 teams for the price of 4' offer
• Web or phone entry and the web entry can be paid either by credit/debit card or an innovative premium rate phone call which generates a PIN for use on the web
• End of Game Prizes - £50,000 to the winner, £20,000 for 2nd, £10,000 for 3rd and £8,000 for 4th.  
• Mid-game Prizes - two £5,000 prizes to the manager whose team is top of the table at two key points in the game. The first mid-game prize will be awarded to the manager of the team that has scored the most points after 32 games have been played (that's after matches scheduled for June 10). The second mid-game prize will got to the manager whose team has scored the most points after 56 games have been played (in this case after matches scheduled for June 18). 
• Mini-League prize - at the end of the game, the manager who set up the best performing Mini League will walk away with £2,000 to share as he or she sees fit. The prize is awarded to the Mini League with the highest average points total (total points divided by number of teams; a Mini League must have five teams minimum to qualify). Once again mini-leagues with just 5 similarly made up teams stand a good chance - so if you enter 5 similar teams why not put them into one mini-league?
• That's a whopping total prize pool of £100,000.
• Transfer Window - there is a mid-game Transfer Window where you can swap up to a maximum of THREE players – and whilst you must keep to the £50million budget you no longer need keep to the original restriction of a maximum of two players from any one team, meaning you can end up with a maximum of 5 from any one country. Transfers take effect just before the last 16 matches (the knock-out stage) gets underway. The cost of online transfers will be £2.50 which can be paid either by a valid debit/credit card or by calling a special transfer payment hotline. This is a fixed charge no matter whether you do 1, 2 or 3 transfers.

The World Cup Dream Team points scoring system:

2.  Telegraph Fantasy Football World Cup (& Join the FISO Super League for Free)

Sticking closely to the TFF domestic formula, TFFWC challenges you to pick an 11 man team in a 1-4-3-3 formation using a £50m budget. As per TFF there are no restrictions on the number of players per country. The consequence is that if you can load your initial team with plenty of players from the last 4 in the World Cup and use your transfers to bring in more of these players then you have a good chance of doing very well. But can you predict the last 4?

You can make up to 8 transfers to your 11 man team at any time during the game (no daily or weekly limit) but no transfers will become effective until 7:30 a.m. BST on Wednesday 5th June 2002. Take care in considering when to use your 8 transfers and which players to take out i.e. do you blow them all in the group stages or hold them back for the knock out stages (or a bit of both) and do you concentrate on changing your strikers or mix it up? A word of warning - when picking your team make sure it is the team you want because unlike many other games there are no unlimited transfers prior to game kick-off. In a slight change from TFF, you can also make changes in between matches on the same day with your new players scoring for the very next match, so this will be a 'hands on' game. Online transfers will require a weekly password published in the Telegraph every Wednesday.

Their excellent Super League facility is available and it's free although there are no Super League prizes. To join the FISO Super League just enter the Super League name  FISO CO UK  and the Super League PIN of  8000447. The usual minimum 5 participants are required in the Super League. Don't be fooled by the list of players in the Newspaper - the online list has a lot more players.

Team points will be updated every evening and Super League tables will be updated twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays. On-line applicants must have received confirmation of their application prior to 12:30pm BST on Friday 31st May 2002 in order to score points during the first scoring matches and Postal applications must be received no later than first post on Friday 31st May 2002 in order to score points during week one matches.

Entry fee & Prizes - Entry fee is £5 and £50,000 is on offer for the top-scoring manager with £2,000 for 2nd and £1,000 for 3rd.

Points Scoring System:

• Player appearance for full match +2, 
• player appearance for part of a match only +1, 
• goal scored (including all penalties) +10, 
• golden goal scored +20 bonus points, 
• key contribution to a goal +3, 
• missed penalty (inc. shoot-outs) -5,
• sent off -5, 
• yellow card -2 (2 yellow cards leading to a red card will count -5). 
• For defenders and goalkeepers only: 
• clean sheet (players completing full match inc. extra time) +4, 
• clean sheet (players completing part of a match only) +2, 
• goal conceded -1.

So, as you can see, there is a very heavy accent on goals scored (and all penalties are included). In the player list Damien Duff looks an obvious player to pick - classified as a midfielder and likely to play up front for the Republic of Ireland, at £3.2m he looks a steal. Premiership players that are known goal scorers and are classified as defenders include Ian Harte and Christian Ziege. Oh and don't forget that Paraguay's flamboyant goalkeeper Chilavert is banned for the first 2 games.  See article 6 below on likely penalty takers in the World Cup.

3. TFFO FISO Mini-League

Congratulations go to Rich Kellard who takes the honour of TFFO FISO Champion for 2001/02. The Final Scores were:

Pos League Pos Name             Team                              Total Pts

1     13     Mr RM KELLARD     RICKS RAIDERS TOO             2528
2     18     Mr D.G Browne         RELEGATED SCREAMING     2509
3     43     Mr DNJ TOURLE      CAMBRIDGE DONS                2460
4     47     Mr T Murnaghan        ALLADIN SANE                     2457
4     47     Mr D.G Browne         RELEGATED LAUGHING        2457
6     58     Mr RM KELLARD     RICKS RANGERS                  2450
7     63     Mr R Stirland         RICH PICKING 6                       2445
8     73     Mr ML JONES         JONES BOYS ONE                2435
9     85     Mr P Thomas         KICKERSXI                              2427
10   109    Mr I Wild                IAN'S SHILDON ALL STARS    2407

6. World Cup Penalty Takers

The following is a copy of my post on the FISO forum regarding World Cup Penalty takers:

'It is always difficult to predict who will take penalties BUT from my copy of the Daily Express' guide to World Cup 2002 (£2.95 magazine available in local newsagents - and a much better buy than the BBC's MOTD guide to the World Cup 2002 ) the following have scored penalties in the qualifying stages:

France: no qualifying matches played
Uruguay: Maggalanes (2) Olivera (1)
Senegal: Fadiga (1)
Denmark - no pens scored
Spain - ditto
Slovenia: Zahovic (1), Acimovic (1)
Paraguay: Chilavert (2) Arce (1) N.B. Chilavert is a GK but he is banned for the 1st 2 matches
South Africa: no pens scored
Brazil: Romario (2) - but he's not going (Ronaldinho took the pen in the friendly against Portugal last month but neither Rivaldo or Ronaldo were on the pitch at the time)
Turkey: no pens scored
China: ditto
Costa Rica: ditto
Portugal: ditto (but I think Figo has taken them in Friendlies)
Poland: no pens scored
USA: Moore (1)
Korea: no qualifying matches
Republic of Ireland: Harte (3) - very cheap in the TFFWC game
Germany: Ballack (2) - has shown what he can do against Liverpool and Man Utd
Cameroon: Mboma (1) Lauren (1) ...mmm neither inspires me with confidence that they will score if a pen comes their way
Saudi Arabia: no pens scored (despite knocking in 47 goals in 14 qualifying matches )
England: no pens scored (but would not the Captain take them with his unbroken right foot?)
Argentina: Veron (1) (not against England please )
Sweden: Larsson (4 with 3 in one match )
Nigeria: no pens scored
Italy: Del Piero (2)
Ecuador: no pens scored
Croatia: Suker (1)
Mexico: Blanco, C (2) Ruiz, V (1)
Japan: no qualifying matches
Belgium: Wilmots (1)
Tunisia: Badra (1)
Russia: Beschastnykh (1)

The above also goes to show that to be given a penalty in normal time is unlikely - however it should be an indicator of who will definitely step up in a penalty shoot out which is included in the TFFWC game.

If you want to check any teams out in much more depth then I can recommend:

www.soccerbase.com

Just type in the country and search on teams - you can then access full results for each country in qualifiers and friendlies, with a note of goalscorers and penalties .'

7. Fantasy World Cup Newspaper Games

The Star - 'World Cup: Striker It Rich'

Select 8 countries and 8 strikers within a budget of 140 ranking points from the listed 32 countries and 32 strikers. You cannot select a striker from a country that you have chosen. Score points depending on your countries' result and goals scored by your strikers. The points scored depend on the ranking of your opposition. Double points available for one 'star' country and 'star' striker which can be changed on a daily basis. Entry is by phone or post and the cost is £2. The first prize is £10,000 with a weekly prize of £500 also on offer.

Daily Express - Fujifilm FIFA World Cup Fantasy Football Game

Exactly as the Star game above except that there are some extra Fujifilm sponsored prizes.

Submit URL  Search FISO  Contact Us  FISO e-Newsletter  FISO's Webstats  Message Forum   About Us  Terms of Use