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Everything you need to know about Sorare tournaments

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Continuing the beginner’s guides to Sorare, it’s time to turn our attention to the tournaments.

We’ve once again enlisted the services of our regular Sorare writer, MDJ, to talk us through the basics.


Enhance your live experience

Sorare does something pretty special with the cards that you collect on the platform. Rather than the cards just sitting in your gallery, you can use them to enter tournaments to show off your football knowledge, win prizes and enhance your experience of watching games.

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already played at least one fantasy football game before (probably FPL) so you immediately understand the basic concept – pick players, watch them score points and climb the leaderboard.

Sorare takes this to a whole other level with a unique scoring matrix that gives real-time scoring based on pretty much every single action you see in a game, and tournaments covering leagues from across the whole world, all week long. 

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The scoring matrix

Understanding the scoring is the first step if you want to compete in tournaments. There are two elements that make up a player score – the decisive score and all-around points. The most a player can score is 100, the least is zero. 

Decisive score

The big actions in a game contribute to the player’s decisive score – goals, assists, red cards, giving away a penalty, that sort of thing. This score works like a ladder, with players starting on a base score of 35 points (or 25 if a sub) and going up or down the ladder in specific increments based on these big actions. 

All-around points

Players also get points for the smaller actions in the game – passes, tackles, interceptions and pretty much anything else you can think of. This ensures that all players have a chance to score big, even those that aren’t regularly putting the ball in the back of the net. 

The player’s all-around score is added to their decisive score to give their total score for the game. 

We’ll go into more detail about the scoring in a future article as there is a lot more to unpack!

The tournaments

So you know a little about how the scoring works, what about the tournament structure?

There are many different levels and types of tournament to enter in Sorare, unlocked by holding different card scarcities, as we covered last time. All tournaments require you to enter a five-a-side team, comprised of a goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward and one other outfield player.

Tournaments are divided by card scarcity and split into regional leagues, global leagues and a few special tournaments with very specific entry requirements. Each tournament takes place over a period of four or five days, either over the weekend or during midweek, so there is always something to get involved in.

Beginner tournaments – Casual and Academy

The Casual tournament is for Common cards only, meaning anyone can play. All participants win a prize – generally a Common card but if you’re lucky enough to finish in the top 100 you’ll bag yourself a Limited instead.

The Academy tournaments are also aimed at beginners and follow a progression system from novice up to advanced. As you progress, you can add more Limited cards to your gallery and open up the higher level tournaments below.

Anything goes – All Star and U23s

The All Star tournaments are open to all players, across all leagues, and are the most competitive to enter. The All Star Rare tournament is the only tournament that offers a reward for beating a point score as well as beating your opponents, making it particularly appealing for beginners.

The Under 23 tournaments also include all leagues but are restricted to players aged 23 or under on 1st July 2022. Plus there is a Unique tournament that is open to all leagues but you must have five Unique cards to participate.

Other tournaments

You can also line up your cards in:

  • Champion Europe: Open to players from top flight teams in the top five European football leagues.
  • Challenger Europe: Open to players from European teams outside of the top five, such as Portuguese Liga, Eredivisie, Belgium Pro League and Scottish Premiership. 
  • Second Division Europe: Open to players from teams in the second flight of the top five European football leagues.
  • America: Open to players from teams in the American leagues including the MLS, Liga MX and South American leagues.
  • Asia: Open to players from teams in the J League, K League and Chinese Super League.
  • Kickoff, Underdog and Specialist: These tournaments have specific entry requirements linked to average player scores and how many players you can stack from the same team.
  • Legends: These are open to Legends cards only.

With so many different tournament modes, across all the different scarcities, there can be as many as 50 different tournaments running in a Gameweek, so there really is something for everyone. 

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Next gameweek

The next Gameweek begins on Friday at 11am, so you’ve got plenty of time to start researching your teams. 

Remember, if you’re not ready to try the full Sorare experience yet, we’d be happy to welcome you to our free-to-play Sorare Academy. Just pop over to https://www.sorare.academy/ and set your team there. 

Best of luck for this Gameweek!

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213 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    I'm going to do maddison to foden & bringing in Saka this week with my 2ft's.

    Who do I SELL out of these 2?

    A. Zaha
    B. Trossard

    It's obviously B but I hear he was close to a haul last night but still go ahead with B?

    1. Cheeky Onion
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Yes, BRI has some tough fixtures ahead

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Obviously B

    3. mcsteely
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Sell Trossard. Keep Zaha for a bit longer

  2. Cheeky Onion
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Which pair on WC?

    A) Toney + Saka (have Martinelli)

    B) Firmino + Mount

    Toney has served me very well, but no other Liverpool/Chelsea coverage and lower EO is making me consider B. Firmino's minute should be fairly secure until the WC, correct?

  3. FCHaalandaise
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Currently rocking a Kane Salah Haaland threemium.

    Would you downgrade one to upgrade a mid and def to Saka and Cancelo?

    I'm thinking Salah is expendable

    Raya (Ward)

    Tripper Dier Guehi (neco emerson)

    Foden Martinelli Zaha *Salah (Andreas)

    Kane Toney Haaland

    1. FCHaalandaise
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Likely Guehi/Zaha to Cancelo Saka

    2. mcsteely
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Probably Kane. You can do Kane to Mitrovic and upgrade Zaha to Saka

      1. FCHaalandaise
        • 1 Year
        1 year, 5 months ago

        He's on fire but it's between him and Mo

        It would be Mitro yea

    3. Cheeky Onion
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Cancelo is as important as Salah/Kane imo

      1. FCHaalandaise
        • 1 Year
        1 year, 5 months ago

        I think so and wish I never sold him on WC weeks back.

        Thanks

    4. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Yep. I'd take Saka & Cancelo over Salah & Emerson for sure

  4. mcsteely
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Which most best for this week? Can only do one of them

    A: Mount to Foden
    B: Zaha to Saka
    C: Mount to Saka

    1. FCHaalandaise
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Mount has ALWAYS trolled me so Mount to Foden for .me

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Zaha was a troll and a trap until he scored yesterday, and could be back there if blanking next week. Mount hasn't played yet, will rise in price if he scores and be a troll and a trap if not.

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        B for me

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      B

  5. meule
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    On wildcard :
    A) Robberson Salah Toney Mitrovic
    B) Gabriel Bowen Darwin Kane

    1. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      B

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Neither really

      Toney on 4 yellows
      Robbo in a team that is dodgy at the back
      Bowen & Darwin a bit flakey

      A mixture of both options really ?

      1. meule
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        That would be
        C)Gabriel Salah Darwin/Firmino Mitrovic

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      A

  6. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Martial replacement? Have Wilson and Haaland

    1. Bavarian
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Mitrovic

    2. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Bobby Toney mitrovic all good options.. Leaning towards toney.

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Kane

  7. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Best forward up to 8.1 except Toney/Mitrovic?

    1. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Gabriel Jesus.

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        Jesus has 4 ycs for info

        Firming is intriguing at 8.1

        Surely he will play a lot with jota and diaz out?

        1. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 5 months ago

          Firmino

        2. Arteta
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 5 months ago

          I remember when Diego Costa was on 4 yellow cards for eternity and kept on scoring points. We could witness a similar story with Jesus.

  8. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Is Firmino nailed?

    1. I Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Not completely but should get a lot of minutes with Diaz and Jota injured.

      1. The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        Beat me to it 🙂

  9. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Of course I'm 0.1 short of doing Martinez/Trossard/Zaha/Maddison ➡ Arrizabalaga/Martinelli/Saka/Foden. OF COURSE!

    1. I Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      That's annoying. Tasty looking move.

  10. mataave
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Any thoughts on this WC for the next 4 weeks? Not too many defensive options but should be workable? Team should pretty much pick itself unless there's injuries..

    Kepa
    Cancelo - White - Justin
    Martinelli - Foden - Saka - Salah
    Kane - Haaland - Edouard

    3.9 - Andreas - Bueno - Neco

    1. JabbaWookiee
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Still think you are freeing up very useful funds by not having Salah, regardless of his fixtures. Would enable you to upgrade the likes of Edouard, White, Justin, Bueno.

      1. mataave
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        Hmm, maybe you're right. Thinking about taking out Salah & upgrading Edouard to either Firmino or Nunez, but neither are nailed

        1. JabbaWookiee
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 5 months ago

          That's why I like Jesus.

          1. mataave
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 5 months ago

            Would prefer to use the 3rd Arsenal player in defence, due to the suspension risk with Jesus

            1. JabbaWookiee
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              1 year, 5 months ago

              Good point actually.

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Stretching it ... Downgrade 2.0 mill and upgrade across the board ...

      1. mataave
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        Exactly what I was already thinking. Was hoping that someone would convince me otherwise 🙁 back to the drawing board...

  11. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Any chance of price changes for Trossard or Martinelli before the next deadline?

    1. I Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      I would expect Trossard to drop before the deadline. Nowhere near at the moment but will probably be the most transferred out player.

  12. I Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    It seems everyone is rushing to get Foden (BHA) and/or Saka (sou) but what about Firmino (nfo)? If he gets a rest tonight he could be the one for GW13.

  13. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    RMWCT...

    Kepa - Ward
    Cancelo - Trippier - Dalot - Cresswell - Neco
    Foden - Saka - Martinelli - Bowen - Andreas
    Jesus - Kane - Haaland

    1. I Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      It's good but no Liverpool assets when they've got Forest, Leeds and Saints before the World Cup?

      1. JabbaWookiee
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        Would mean serious cutbacks through the rest of the squad. Only one I'd maybe consider is changing Cresswell to an Arsenal def so I can go Jesus to Firmino, although I don't like the fact he's guaranteed never to get 90mins.

        1. I Member
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 5 months ago

          You prefer Kane + Bowen to Salah + Toney/Mitro?

          1. JabbaWookiee
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 5 months ago

            Bowen is staying - fixtures. So is Kane - fixture proof. Might go Toney as my third instead of Jesus though and stick in Saliba. No interest in Mitro.

            1. I Member
              • 8 Years
              1 year, 5 months ago

              Sounds like you've thought it through then. Can't have them all.

            2. mataave
              • 8 Years
              1 year, 5 months ago

              Toney is also at risk for suspension btw

              1. JabbaWookiee
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                1 year, 5 months ago

                Very true. As are Saliba and Dalot who are also on my watchlist. Maybe Solanke is the way to go...

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Downgrade Jesus upgrade elsewhere

  14. confused01
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Help plz.... Looking to remove Kane from threemium for gw13 but who to (have haaland and mitro)?

    Ideally would be Jesus or Toney but weary of 4 yc's

    1. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      Darwin/Firmino?

      1. confused01
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        Good fixtures but guarantee of mins could be an issue

    2. amonito
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 5 months ago

      As mentioned I agree with Darwin/Firmino. Budget option could be Scamacca. WH have really nice fixtures.

      1. confused01
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 5 months ago

        If Darwin/ Firmino.... which would you go for? Are they both likely to play?

  15. amonito
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 5 months ago

    Best Pope replacement:

    A) Kepa - not sure if he's nailed
    B) Guaita - somehow he's always trolling me
    C) Fanianski - WH have nice fixtures, low xGC but still not sure about him
    D) other?