£100m Team Budget
Every player has a fantasy price. Your eight selections must have a combined value of no more than £100m.
Player prices remain fixed throughout the season.
Your full team must stay within budget before it can be saved.
HOW TO PLAY / RULES
Build an eight-player NBL Fantasy team, stay within budget and score points from real National Badminton League performances. Use this page as the full guide to team selection, scoring and fantasy rules.
8
Players
Select eight players: 1 OS, 1 WS, 2 OD, 2 WD and 2 XD.
£100m
Budget
Your eight-player fantasy team must stay within the £100m budget.
2×
Captain
Choose one captain each round. Their fantasy points are doubled.
∞
Transfers
Change your team freely between rounds before the deadline.
+5
Scout Bonus
Pick a player selected by under 5% of managers. If they win, earn +5 points.
Step 1
Build Your Team
Each fantasy round you select eight players — one Open Singles player, one Women's Singles player and two players in each doubles discipline. A player only earns fantasy points from the discipline you selected them for.
OS
Open Singles
1 Open player
WS
Women's Singles
1 Women's player
OD
Open Doubles
2 Open players
WD
Women's Doubles
2 Women's players
XD
Mixed Doubles
2 players · anyone eligible
You can select a maximum of three players from the same real NBL team. Each player can only be selected once in your eight-player fantasy team.
Mixed Doubles is open to every player in the game. Your two XD selections can be Open or Women's players.
Step 2
Budget & Captain
Choose Your Captain
Select one of your eight players as captain for each fantasy round.
Your captain scores double fantasy points.
You can change your captain before the round deadline.
Step 3
Score Fantasy Points
Fantasy points mirror the NBL totaliser points scored by your player in the discipline you selected them for.
NBL Match Scoring
Each fixture contains five disciplines. Each match uses two games to 15, with no extension.
If one side wins both games, the match ends.
The winning side receives the points scored in both games plus a 5-point win bonus.
The losing side receives the points scored in the two games.
If the games are split 1–1, a shootout decides the match winner.
Shootout points do not add to the totaliser. The shootout winner receives the 5-point win bonus.
Example
Your selected player wins their event after the games are split.
Game 114 points
Game 215 points
Shootout win+5 bonus
Fantasy score34
Captain example
34 points × 2 = 68 fantasy points
Step 4
Scout Bonus
Back a low-owned player and you can earn extra points. Scout Picks are based on final selection percentage at the fantasy round deadline.
Scout Bonus
Rewarding successful differential picks.
+5 pts
Select a player owned by less than 5% of fantasy managers at the round deadline. If that player wins the match in the discipline you selected them for, you earn an extra 5 fantasy points.
01 · Ownership
The player must be selected by less than 5% of fantasy teams entered into that round.
02 · Deadline
Ownership is frozen automatically when the round deadline passes, so the Scout Pick status cannot change afterwards.
03 · Win
The selected player must win the exact singles, doubles or mixed match you selected them for. A loss or non-appearance earns no Scout Bonus.
Successful Scout Pick
32 base + 5 Scout Bonus = 37 points
Scout Pick as Captain
(32 + 5) × 2 = 74 points
The Scout Bonus is added before the captain multiplier. This means a successful Scout Pick who is also your captain effectively receives a 10-point Scout Bonus after doubling.
Step 5
Make Changes Before The Deadline
Unlimited Transfers
You can make unlimited changes to your fantasy team between rounds. There is no transfer cost or points deduction.
Round Lock
Your selections and captain must be saved before the fantasy deadline shown on the My Team page. Once the deadline passes, that round is locked.
Important Rules
Appearances & Walkovers
If Your Player Doesn't Play
If your selected player does not play in the discipline you selected them for, they score zero fantasy points for that event.
Walkovers
If a player is officially awarded a walkover, their fantasy score follows the official NBL totaliser points awarded for that walkover.
Compete
Fantasy Leagues
Overall & Private Leaderboards
Your fantasy points accumulate throughout the season. Compare your total on the overall Fantasy Leaderboard or create a private league and compete against friends using a six-character join code.
Ready to build your team?
Pick your eight players, choose a captain and save your squad before the round deadline.