World Cup Fantasy 2026

Does the Qualification Booster count towards Scouting Bonus + captaincy?

29 June 2026 39 comments
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Many World Cup Fantasy managers played their Qualification Booster in the Round of 32, and we’ve seen a couple of recurring questions popping up on the board since.

A lot of you will know the answers to these already but for those still in the dark, we’ll answer the ‘FAQs’.

DOES QUALIFICATION BOOSTER COUNT TOWARDS SCOUTING BONUS?

In a word, no.

Here’s an example from Sunday.

The 0.1% owned forward, Tani Oluwaseyi ($4.9m), picked up three points from an appearance and a shot on target bonus.

Booster Qualification

A successful Qualification Booster takes him to five points. We’d usually expect that to be rewarded with Scouting Bonus.

However, the Scouting Bonus is only added BEFORE the Qualification Booster is.

So, in this case, no dice. Players still have to get 5+ points via the conventional routes.

DOES QUALIFICATION BOOSTER COUNT TOWARDS A CAPTAINCY SCORE?

Again, no!

We can use the example of Maxime Crepeau ($4.0m) from Sunday night.

He picked up two appearance points and five points for a clean sheet.

If you captained him, that score of seven is doubled to make 14.

It’s only then that the two Qualification Booster points are added on top, to make 16.

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  1. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 24 days ago

    I might just bet against Vini getting more than 9 pts(before qauli booster points) vs Japan.

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  2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 24 days ago

    Johnson still says 20 points as captain, same for anyone else??

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    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 24 days ago

      jip, read article at the top
      If you move(c) from him he gets 11(assuming you played Q booster like me)

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      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 24 days ago

        Cheers Christina!! Yeah I did, Thankyou

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        1. Christina.
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 24 days ago

          no problem - are you twisting to Vini?

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          1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 24 days ago

            I wasn’t going too.., but I am now!! Haha are you??

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            1. Christina.
              • 16 Years
              1 month, 24 days ago

              I dunno - I'm having a cr*p tournament...

              Rd 1: no messi, No Mbappe, No Vini
              Rd 2: No Messi, no Vini, No Haaland - 12th man Kane(2)
              Rd 3: Forgot to capt Vini(15) and settled for Saka(8)

              And now I feel like sticking and betting against Vini!

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              1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                • 9 Years
                1 month, 24 days ago

                Oh blimey you deserve some good luck now then!! I stuck with Hakimi 11 points last game week, it’s definitely a sensible thing to do as you have the points banked already, I think Mbappe vs Sweden outscores him tho

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                1. Christina.
                  • 16 Years
                  1 month, 24 days ago

                  Yeah I will also go Mbappe(c), just have a feeling Brazil wont have it their own way vs Japan.
                  Them there is always Messi.

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                  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                    • 9 Years
                    1 month, 24 days ago

                    I agree!! Would not surprise me is Japan won!! Yeah we’ve loads of options, I’ve got Pulisic, Lamal, Mbappe and Messi I can always stick it on too

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                  2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                    • 9 Years
                    1 month, 24 days ago

                    And Kane

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                    1. Christina.
                      • 16 Years
                      1 month, 24 days ago

                      I dont have him. i have Pickford.

                      Pickford/ Martinez
                      Martinez/Johnston(20)/Sanchez*/Ream*/Cucu
                      Vini/Vargaz*/Pulisic/Mane*/Sane*
                      Mbappe/Messi/Oyarzabal

                      5.9m ITB

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                      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                        • 9 Years
                        1 month, 24 days ago

                        Really nice team!!!

                        Mines-

                        Martinez Freese
                        Johnson O’Reilly Cucu Dest Martinez
                        Vini Lamal Olise Pulisic Manzambi
                        Mbappe Kane Messi

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                      2. southernpacific
                        • 15 Years
                        1 month, 24 days ago

                        Manzambi was a nice pick until all the content creators posted him on twitter so his ownership rocketed. Content creators are really ruining Fantasy football for those who enjoy researching themselves and finding niche picks

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                      3. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                        • 9 Years
                        1 month, 24 days ago

                        I agree mate!!! I spend all week looking at stats etc…. And then mates in my leagues just was fantasy football show on sky sports and copy the content creators transfers and teams

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                      4. Christina.
                        • 16 Years
                        1 month, 23 days ago

                        Thats why I went Vargas

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                      5. southernpacific
                        • 15 Years
                        1 month, 23 days ago

                        Its less an issue with people on this site, who clearly are just lovers of the game. Its the bigger fantasy content creators who make it easy for so many people to copy without doing any work. Its making FPL very boring and needs addressing. Personally I think FPL content creators need to be banned off all Socials.

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                      6. Funkyav
                        • 17 Years
                        1 month, 23 days ago

                        you dont consume any FPL content?

                        What you are asking for is never going to happen.

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                      7. southernpacific
                        • 15 Years
                        1 month, 23 days ago

                        I know it wont but it does make the game a lot more easy and boring now that a lot of lazy people just copy people on twitter and make out they have any game IQ

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              2. The Florentine assassin
                • 3 Years
                1 month, 23 days ago

                I also went without Haaland, Mbappe, Junior, Kane throughout the 1st 3 rounds although I had Messi for all of them but not captained as I stuck with Vasquez (R1), Cucurella (R2) & Pickford (R3) and I also had a slow start and currently only 615K 🙂

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    2. jeffers138
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Yes me too have him in my squad. Scoring me 20 points. Thank you very much

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  3. Holmes
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 24 days ago

    I think today's matchups are the best in R32. Would have loved to watch all 3 games.

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  4. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 24 days ago

    Germany v Paraguay -> Germany
    France v Sweden -> France

    South Africa v Canada -> Canada
    Netherlands v Morocco -> Netherlands

    Portugal v Croatia -> Portugal
    Spain v Austria -> Spain

    United States v Bosnia & Herzegovina -> USA
    Belgium v Senegal -> Belgium

    Brazil v Japan -> Brazil
    Ivory Coast v Norway -> Norway

    Mexico v Ecuador -> Mexico
    England v DR Congo -> England

    Argentina v Cape Verde -> Argentina
    Australia v Egypt -> Egypt

    Switzerland v Algeria -> Switzerland
    Colombia v Ghana -> Colombia

    ------
    Gerrmany
    France -> France

    Canada
    Netherlands -> Netherlands

    Portugal
    Spain -> Spain

    USA -> USA
    Belgium

    Brazil -> Brazil
    Norway

    Mexico -> Mexico
    England

    Argentina -> Argentina
    Egypt

    Switzerland
    Colombia -> Colombia
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    France -> France
    Netherlands

    Spain -> Spain
    USA

    Brazil -> Brazil
    Mexico

    Argentina -> Argentina
    Colombia

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    1. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 24 days ago

      No upset, boooo...

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      1. CoracAld2831
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 24 days ago

        Begium.could beat USA if KDB co. get going. They already did before the tournament began in a friendly

        Norway could upset Brazil if Haaland gets going

        England beating Mexico would not be a surprise, I think England has a material edge whereas Mexico has the home advantage

        Swiss beating Colombia is probably more likely than the other way around

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        Netherlands could beat France and Mexico could beat Brazil

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        1. CoracAld2831
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 24 days ago

          In R32

          Morocco could beat Netherlands
          Senegal could beat Belgium
          Japan could upset Brazil if things stay even
          Australia could upset Egypt
          Algeria could upset the Swiss

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          1. Gommy
            • 16 Years
            1 month, 24 days ago

            Is this your first World Cup?

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            1. CoracAld2831
              • 5 Years
              1 month, 24 days ago

              No.

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    2. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 24 days ago

      France -> France
      Spain

      Brazil
      Argentina -> Argentina

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      Spain -> Spain get Bronze
      Brazil

      -----
      France -> France World Champions
      Argentina

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 24 days ago

        Would be a fitting end to the most boring WC of all time

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      2. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 24 days ago

        Argentina better stay away from Semi Finals.

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    3. Gommy
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 24 days ago

      I think the outcome to these R16 ties are questionable and could go either way - but cool story.

      Portugal
      Spain -> Spain

      USA -> USA
      Belgium

      Brazil -> Brazil
      Norway

      Mexico -> Mexico
      England

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      1. z13
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 23 days ago

        I just hope USA get knocked out early

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    4. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 24 days ago

      Tell me you have gone with the bookies without telling me you have gone with the bookies

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    5. STHH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Honestly, I agree with all of this. My fantasy team is also fairly reliant on it too!

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    6. z13
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 23 days ago

      France beat Germany
      Netherlands beat Canada
      Spain beat Portugal
      Belgium beat USA
      Brazil beat Ivory Coast (who beat Norway)
      England beat Mexico
      Argentina beat Egypt
      Colombia beat Switzerland

      Netherlands beat France
      Spain beat Belgium
      Brazil beat England
      Argentina beat Colombia

      Argentina beat Brazil
      Netherlands beat Spain

      Argentina beat Netherlands

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  5. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 24 days ago

    Not even watched the odds.

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