Premier League draft fantasy

Your own Premier League draft fantasy league, with your people and your brand.

A private fantasy football league where you and your mates will draft real Premier League players in a live draft room, then run your squads through the season. It will run on your Fanzava hub, next to your Premier League predictor. Fantasy is not open yet: join the waitlist and be first in.

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A Premier League draft league, at a glance.

Clubs
20 Premier League clubs to draft from. Players will come from the club squad lists in the sports data feed, not a list anyone on your hub types in.
Season
The Premier League runs from August to the end of May. Fantasy is not open yet, so there is no date to plan a draft night around.
Draft room
Live, with a chat running beside the board. Which draft formats a league can choose will be confirmed when fantasy opens.
Squad
Sized by the league. The draft will run one round for every place in the squad.
Captain
One for each squad, named from the players a member drafted.
Through the season
Trades between members, and free agents nobody drafted, once fantasy opens.
Status
On the waitlist. The Premier League is not one of the first fantasy sports: the first release is planned for NFL, NHL and MLB draft leagues and a Formula 1 garage. There is no Premier League date to quote.

From the waitlist to the first pick.

  1. Join the waitlist.

    Fantasy is not open yet, so there is nothing to set up today. Join the waitlist and we will be in touch when Premier League fantasy can run on your hub.

  2. Members join and name a team.

    Each member will join the competition and create their team, with the login they already use on your hub.

  3. Start the draft.

    Once at least two teams are in, a hub admin will start the draft and the room will open for every member at once.

  4. Draft night.

    Members will pick in turn while a chat runs beside the board, and every pick will land on every screen the moment it is made.

  5. The draft has a length.

    It will run one round for every place in the squad, so the squad size you set decides how long the night is.

  6. Then manage the squad.

    Members will name a captain, propose trades, accept or counter the offers they get, and pick up free agents. The league rules will sit on a page every member can read and only a hub admin can change.

Rules worth settling before draft night.

The league rules live on one page inside the competition, but the arguments start well before that. Agree these first and draft night takes care of itself.

How big is a squad?

A bigger squad means a longer draft night and more players to keep an eye on all season. For a workplace league, a squad you can draft in one evening is the safer choice, and the squad size sets the number of rounds.

Who is in the room, and when?

A draft only moves when the person on the clock does. Pick an evening that suits everyone, check it against the fixture list so it does not clash with a big match, and agree in advance what happens when someone cannot make it.

Snake or auction?

A snake draft reverses the pick order every round, so whoever picks last in one round picks first in the next. An auction gives every manager a budget to bid with. Which draft formats a league can choose will be confirmed when fantasy opens.

Keepers?

A keeper league lets each manager hold a few players over from one season to the next. Keeper and dynasty rules are not part of the first fantasy release, so each season's league will start with a new draft.

Do you want a balanced squad?

Some leagues want goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards in a set shape, and some let members draft whoever they like. Decide which yours is, and write it down before the first pick.

Is anyone playing for something?

Anything your league plays for is between you and your members. A fantasy league here is a social game.

Run the whole year from one hub.

Premier League predictor

The draft league is the season-long argument. A predictor is the weekly one: members predict every gameweek on the same hub, with the same login, alongside the draft.

FA Cup bracket challenge

Every FA Cup round is drawn separately, so there is no bracket to fill in early. Run it round by round, or as a bracket from the semi-finals.

Why host it on Fanzava, and when the official game is the better choice.

The official game is the Premier League's own.

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is the Premier League's official game, and it has a Draft mode of its own. If all you want is a draft league among mates on the official game, use it and enjoy it. Fanzava is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Premier League.

Fanzava is for hosting.

A Fanzava league will run on your hub, under your logo and colours, with your members on the login they already use. It is for the workplace, club, pub or supporters' group that wants fantasy inside the audience it already has.

It sits next to your predictor.

Your members already predict on the hub. A draft league will run beside it under the same brand, so one hub carries the weekly habit and the season-long draft together.

Questions about a Premier League draft fantasy league.

What is a Premier League draft fantasy league?
A league where each member drafts their own squad of real Premier League players, and every player can sit in only one squad. Instead of buying players against a budget, members take turns to pick, so the best players are shared around the group rather than owned by everyone at once.
How is a draft league different from a salary cap game?
In a salary cap game every player has a price, everyone has the same budget and everyone can pick the same star. In a draft, a player belongs to one member once picked. That makes a draft league more social and more about the group than about the whole competition.
How is this different from the official Premier League fantasy game?
Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is the Premier League's official game, with a Draft mode of its own, and Fanzava does not run it. A Fanzava league is one you host: your brand, your members and your league rules, on the hub where you may already run a Premier League predictor.
Can I run a fantasy football draft for my workplace or club?
That is what it is for. Once Premier League fantasy opens, it will run on your hub under your brand, with your members signing in the way they do for everything else on the hub.
How do I create a league?
You cannot yet. Fantasy is not open, so there is no league to create today. Join the waitlist and we will be in touch when a Premier League draft league can run on your hub.
Can I run an auction draft on Fanzava?
Not yet. Fantasy is not open, and which draft formats a league can choose will be confirmed when fantasy opens.
Can I run a keeper league on Fanzava?
Not yet. Keeper and dynasty rules are not part of the first fantasy release, so a league will start each season with a new draft.
Are scores and live matchups switched on?
No. Nothing in fantasy is open yet. Scoring is not switched on and there are no head-to-head matchups, which is part of why fantasy is a waitlist and not an open signup.
Can we run it in Ireland?
Yes, if your hub admin is happy to run it. Fanzava has an Irish site, and the same waitlist covers it.
When does Premier League fantasy open on Fanzava?
There is no date to give yet, and Premier League is not one of the first fantasy sports. Join the waitlist and we will get in touch when Premier League fantasy can run on your hub.

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