Qualifying for our second Premium Members cup competition took place in Gameweek 30.
Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers who registered their teams and scored 43 points or more (after hits) in the Gameweek just gone qualified for round one of the FFS Members Cup, while those who scored exactly 42 only progressed if their overall rank was 226,846th or better.
Two of our former winners, Mohd Rodzi and Scrumper, also submitted entry forms and were handed a bye to the first round, although would have qualified regardless.
A total of £300-worth of prizes is on offer as usual in this tournament, with a full breakdown towards the bottom of this article.
FIRST ROUND DRAW
The full draw for the first round can be viewed here.
Our two former winners are having great seasons again and are both currently sitting within the top 5,000. Mohd Rodzi (2,545th) will face the Chaser (879,361st) – the sixth-lowest-ranked manager who made it through qualifying – in round one, while Scrumper (3,748th) takes on Cheese pizza (38,719).
A strong-looking field includes six managers who are within the top 1k at present, including our very own Az (555th), who meets BC1 (399,607th) in the first round.
Only one Fantasy boss in the FFS Members Cup can better the FPL Blackbox co-host’s current overall rank, and that’s A.J. (473rd), who is on course for a second successive top 1k finish. They’ll clash with Firminoooo (58,666th) in Gameweek 31.
Peteski29 (809th) v Team Tomas (22,601st), Bend It Like Bennett (774th) v teckert (197,360th), Bencaraway (611th) v Vasanth7 (144,158th) and UNDEADLIBRARY (607th) v Ovidiu Lucian (63,017th) are the other four ties to involve members of the current top 1k.
Shuddahaddum (5,615,082), aka the Great and the Good’s Les Caldwell, is the lowest-ranked manager left in the competition but that owes much to a Gameweek 20 hack that sent him tumbling almost eight million places.
BAMBAA (7,991st) v Hobo (9,250th) is our only all-top-10k clash in the first round, while Daitheboot (42,142nd) v QPR Caribbean (41,464th) is the closest-matched pairing, with only 678 places between the two opponents.
HOW DO THE CUP COMPETITIONS WORK?
The FFS Cup is very similar to the Fantasy Premier League’s own cup game.
Entrants who qualify for the first round were randomly drawn against each other and the winner of the tie is whoever has the highest score from that Gameweek, minus points spent on transfers (like in the original game and in head-to-head scores).
In the event of a draw, the manager highest in the overall FPL rankings after the tie will progress.
WHAT IS THE GAMEWEEK SCHEDULE?
The FFS Cup competition will be played out according to the following proposed Gameweek schedule:
Qualifying – Gameweek 30- Round 1 – Gameweek 31
- Round 2 – Gameweek 32
- Round 3 – Gameweek 33
- Round 4 – Gameweek 34
- Round 5 – Gameweek 35
- Quarter-Final – Gameweek 36
- Semi-Finals – Gameweek 37
- Final and third place play-off – Gameweek 38
WHEN ARE THE FIXTURES RELEASED?
Where possible, the fixture list for each round will be published before each Gameweek deadline.
PRIZES
Overall Prizes
The prizes for the FFS Cup is as follows:
1st Place: £150 Amazon voucher
2nd Place: £100 Amazon voucher
3rd Place: £50 Amazon voucher
