

You can also add up to 32 teams in the knockout cup format, but there is no group stage involved this time. You can add up to 32 teams in this format, and you also get to decide the situations where two-legged ties apply in your fantasy draft. All participating clubs are separated into groups initially, and the teams that qualify from those groups progress into a knockout stage. Group Stage and KnockoutĪn example of the group stage and knockout format in real life is the UEFA Champions League. There are other settings that you can adjust on this page too, such as the name of the competition, the time limit for shortlisting players and draft rounds, the maximum squad budget, substitution and suspension rules, and VAR use. If you go with the default selection, the game will automatically draft a few thousand high-reputation players. The pool can be filtered according to nationality, transfer value, division, and the continent/region/nation where the player is based. There are three formats – Group Stage & Knockout, Knockout Cup, and League.Īll three formats offer the option to create a custom player pool to limit the number and types of players that participants can choose from.

When you select the “Create Draft” option, you have to choose the format of your draft lobby. You can choose “Quick Start” to join a random draft that’s been created by another player online choose the “Join Draft” option to search for a specific draft lobby (possibly once created by a friend), or choose the “Create Draft” option to set up your fantasy draft from scratch.įor the purpose of this article, I’ll focus on the third option.

Once you select the “Fantasy Draft” game mode from the start screen, a splash screen will pop up with options for setting up FM23 draft mode.
