Each manager competes with a 5-a-side team, selected from your current roster.
The team is made of a goalkeeper, four outfield players, plus one substitute.
All five players, plus the sub, must appear on your roster at the point where the corresponding HFL Gameweek ‘locks’. If not, their score will not count.
Substitutes will only contribute if one of the five active players makes no appearance in the Gameweek.
In the event of a nominated active player having a double gameweek, only the score in their first game in which they make an appearance will count (whether that is the first or second ‘real life’ game in the DGW).
You may resubmit your lineup as often as you like – but the most recent submission at the time of lineup ‘lock’ will count.
The competition will feature three groups of four teams each, who will each play each other once; then it will proceed to quarter-finals and so on.
Group stage qualification: the top two teams from each group will qualify, plus the two best third-place finishers. Group positions will be decided by Points (i.e. number of wins and/or draws), and in the event of a tie total Fantasy Points For.
Group stage fixtures and knock-out opponents have been predetermined before teams are drawn at the group stage using a random fixture generator.