BREAKING: There will be a Champions League in Season IV…MORE BREAKING: There will be teams playing in said Champions League.

The live draw will take place sometime in late August. Here is your field. And, holy balls, she’s a good one.

SEASON IV BFFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SQUADS

1. SB Town Baggers*
2. Smash & Grab
3. Bigger Than Brolin**
4. Mighty fine feeling
5. Sporting Wicker Park
6. Bigo1
7. GoFYS
8. The Money Team
9. Chucky Pad Warriors
10. All Star Gunners
11. Boss Barkley
12. Banana Swans
13. AFC Chester
14. Vanishing Spray FC
15. K.H. Granitza Sting FC
16. Wijnaldum Leviosa

• Teams 1-4 are all #1 seeds and will be drawn into separate groups. The remaining teams will be drawn randomly into groups.
• Top 4 teams from Prem & Champ automatically qualify.
• Top 3 teams from LG1 & LG2 automatically qualify.
• BFFA Cup Champion and Champions League Champion automatically qualify. If those teams also qualify from their respective divisions, the 5^th place teams from the Prem and Champ qualify to the CL. Any unique circumstances that another team is needed will then go to the 4^th place team in LG1, followed by the 4^th place team in LG2.

*Last year’s CL Winner

**Won the BFFA Cup

FORMAT:

• Four groups of four teams each
• Play each team in group twice = 6 weeks
• Top two in each group qualify for the quarterfinals
• It is then a knockout tourney from there on.
• Final is one match-up winner take all

TIEBREAKERS:

• Group Play = if two teams are tied on total table points it goes to total fantasy points, total goals, total assists, total clean sheets, coin toss
• Quarterfinals & Semifinals = team with most away fantasy points, total goals in the tie, total assists, total clean sheets and coin toss.
• Final = total goals, total assists, coin toss.