World Championships — how to play

Draft a dream international squad and win a World Cup — group stage through the knockouts.

World Championships takes the squad-building of The Guvnor to the international stage. You draft a national-team-style squad of stars and then manage it through a World Cup: a group stage, then single-elimination knockout rounds all the way to the final.

Tournament football is unforgiving — one bad night in the knockouts ends your run — so squad depth, fitness management and reading each opponent matter even more than in a league season.

How to play

1. Draft your squad within the rules, then choose your formation and tactics.
2. Navigate the group stage — top your group to earn a kinder knockout draw.
3. Win each knockout tie to advance; there are no second chances.
4. Lift the trophy by winning the final.

Tips

• Scout each opponent's shape and identity before kick-off and set your tactics to counter them.
• Keep fresh legs for the latter rounds — don't burn out your best eleven in the groups.