Hello, and welcome to the draw for the Round of 16 in our FIFA Ultimate Team competition. As this goes up on TSA, Peter will be very shortly getting on with the live draw, which you can watch right here:
Update: After some technical issues took the live draw offline, here’s the recording:
And here is the full fixtures list:
Match 1: Amphlett vs. Loay123
Match 2: Crazy_Del vs. Baggyg (baggyg187)
Match 3: Wick15 vs. YungJones
Match 4: GazPhillips (Gazaldo) vs. Hennerzcfc
Match 5: xxAlisha1995xx (x-Alisha-xx-1995) vs. XBLakie_ChanX
Match 6: BlackRedYellow vs. Roynaldo
Match 7: Jimmy-Google vs. Dellboy1983
Match 8: BerackyWack vs. nidasbym (murguia_martin)
Original Post:
Earlier today, we posted the results from the final set of group stage matches and where that left people in the fight for qualification. While I’ll leave the details to that post, the 16 players that qualified were as follows:
For the Round of 16, Peter will be drawing people into pairs, with a group winner set to play against a runner up, with the only restriction being that you cannot be drawn against a player from your own group. Over the coming week, just as before, you’ll play two matches against your opponent with the aggregate score determining who will go through to the quarter finals.
Because it’s an aggregate score and the knockout rounds, we’ll also be trying to play with the away goal rules in effect. Now, the idea is that both players will play one game at while hosting and one when invited, creating this home/away effect, but we’ll give you a little leeway on this point.
Strictly by the numbers, it should go as follows:
- Both players host a match, thereby playing a match at home and a match away. Runner up hosting first and group winner second.
- If the scores are tied after both matches, the player with the most away goals goes through.
- If away goals are tied, and because FIFA UT won’t go to extra time and penalties, a run-off match is played in, hosted by the group winner in the pair, but with no away goal rule. It’s winner takes all!
- If even that is tied, keep playing with Golden Goal rules – the next goal wins.
Now, as I said, you have a certain flexibility to the rules. If you want to be as authentic to the Champions League inspired format as possible, then follow the format outlined above as closely as possible. However, it doesn’t have to be. as long as both players agree, Tony and I will happily accept for matches to be played out of order, or for one person to host both matches and then have the first to be designated as the runner up’s home match and the second for the group winner’s home match.
Unlike the Champions League, we won’t have a draw held after each round. Instead, the winner of the first pairing will play the winner from the second pair in the Quarter Finals and so on, and you will have an idea of who you might face on your route to the finals.
You will have until 6PM BST on Tuesday 6th May to complete your matches. Please try and do so by that time.
As always, good luck to everyone playing matches this week!
BerackyWack
video down?
baggyg
Loved the start of this video :-) Sh1t sh1t sh1t sh1t
However cut out on match 2.
Stefan L
Yep. Sorry guys. Peter kept going unaware that the video had cut out. We’ll be posting the recording as soon as possible.
loay123
well, i know that me and amphlett are playing eachother :D hahah
blackredyellow
Awesome work. Love the set up, and Peter all suited up makes it!
Look forward to seeing the rest of the draw.
Murguia
Amazing work TSA.
tonycawley
With share factory now it’s easy for people to share their ties, though with 15 minute maximum recording time you’ll have to make separate videos for first half and second half I reckon then use share factory to put them together. Then simply upload your creation to YouTube and place link in the forum thread.
Also it’d be nice if people live streamed their matches and let us know by sharing the link to the stream in the forum.
All this is personal choice of course!
Stefan L
If you’re streaming, you can now set it to archive your recording, which preserves it for later viewing on twitch for a few weeks.
wick15
Ahh crap, YungJones. I’m going out then :P
Yung Jones
You never know mate I’m bang out of form at the moment, we’re on each others friends list so I guess we can arrange our match on PSN
GazPhillips
And if I win my game with Hennerzcfc then i will play one of you guys – So keep that bad form please haha
BrendanCalls
Great video. Loved it.
Good luck guys :-)
I’ll be back next season to put a better account of myself I hope. ;-)
tonycawley
Cracking video that, thoroughly enjoyable! Now whose idea was that? Lol.
Comedy gold!