Format

This season we are using the Official Fantasy Premier League Draft
Rules & Scoring: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/help/rules
This season’s deadlines are at bottom of the page.

ENTRY FEE
$100 for Season 10 (2023-2024)

DRAFT DATE
The BFFA Draft is a live online draft connecting managers worldwide and is traditionally held on the Sunday before the Premier League kicks off.
This season the Draft took place on Sunday 6^th August 2023.

League Set-up

Top tier: Premiership
Second tier: Championship
Third tier: League One
Fourth tier: League Two

SEASON 10 FORMAT:
The Regular Season will end after Gameweek 36.
The tables are finalised at that point. The top two teams will be promoted and the bottom two will be relegated.
Then the postseason begins.

Postseason:

The League Champions will play a four-team knockout for the right to be called Champion of Champions.
The teams finishing Second and Third, the Champions League winners and the BFFA Cup winners will play the final two weeks in a most-points-win Runners-Up mini-tourney.
The teams finishing fourth will play a two-legged match where the winners will earn a place in the Champions League next season.
Any team that finishes 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th will be entered into a qualifying match for the following season’s Intramural League. One team from each league will qualify.
The eight teams that finish 9th and 10th will play out a wooden spoon competition to see who truly is the worst! All eight play for points in GW37, then the worst two scores will play in the “Sacko Bowl” in the final gameweek.

Finally, there will also be three play-off games:
8th Premier League -v- 3rd Championship
8th Championship -v- 3rd League One
8th League One -v- 3rd League Two
The winner takes the place in the higher division.

The Best-ish competition will continue to Gameweek 38

Prize Money

League Payouts*	Premier League	Championship	League One	League Two
Champions	$540	$480	$440	$420
Runners-Up	$270	$240	$220	$210
Third Place	$135	$120	$110	$105

*To be recalculated after all entry fees have been received.

BFFA Champions League = $150
Starting after the first international break, the best sixteen teams of last season will meet for a chance to be declared the best-of-the-best. Mirroring the UEFA format, the first round sorts the teams into four groups of four, playing a home-and-away round-robin. After six games each, the top two in each group go on to the knockout rounds. The teams finishing third will fall into the Intramural League.

The Intramural League = $50
One team from each League (that didn’t qualify for the Champions League) get a chance at a smaller prize. They go straight into a knockout tournament against four teams dropping out of the Champions League.

The BFFA Cup Winner = $150
Starting in January, all forty teams will be entered into a knockout competition. The top twenty-four pointscoring teams before the First Round Draw will get a bye to the Second Round. After that, it’s a straight knockout. The winners will also be entered into the 2024 Champions League.

Best-ish = $150
The top pointscoring team of the season (after GW38) will win the Best-ish award, AKA: The “Almost as cool as George Best award.”

Post-Season: Champion of Champions = $50 // Runners-Up Mini-Tourney = $30
The Champions will play-off over two weeks to decide who is the best of the best.
The second and third placed teams will also play out the post season for a small prize too.