Competitions in Top Eleven
Top Eleven consists of 3 types of competitions:
- League
- Champions League
- Cup
After registering, you are given a randomly generated team. You will start at level 1 and progress towards higher leagues.
Each league contains 14 teams. The league lasts 28 days and matches are played every day with the exceptions of the first two days of the season, which are considered as the preseason period. We recommend you to try out different tactics during this period through some friendly matches against your friends. At the end of each season, the first 7 teams advance to the next level and compete in a better league and the top 4 qualify for next season’s Champions League. Promotion rewards vary depending on the league level.
League generation
At the end of day 2, leagues are generated attempting to fit as many friends who are the same level in the same league as possible. Your friends who end up in the same league as you are colored blue in the league table. If there are not enough players to create a league, players from lower levels may be selected to fill the gap; for example, this may result in a level 10 league with 13 clubs with level 10 and 1 club with level 9.
The Champions League works in the same way as UEFA Champions League with slightly different rules regarding team ranking if two ore more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches. The main criteria goal difference, not higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question. At the start of the season, 8 groups of 4 teams are created. The top 2 teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage teams facing each other will play a home and and away game. The winning team goes further while the losing team gets knocked out of the competition. The last remaining team, naturally, wins the trophy!
Champions League matches are played every second day and rewards are awarded after each match. Note that there is a Champions League for every league level (except for level 1). This means that you will only meet teams at the same (or very similar) level to you.
128 teams constitute a single competition and it is made up mostly of your friends’ teams (and their friends) regardless of the level. The competition is a knockout tournament. Each tie, except the final game, is played as a double leg, with away-goal rule and extra time and penalties if the tie is drawn. There are a total of 7 rounds in the competition – three qualifying rounds, followed by four further rounds: top 16, quarter finals, semi-finals, and the final, a total of 13 games if you go all the way! All managers playing Top Eleven are automatically eligible to join the Cup at the Preliminary round giving the weaker teams a chance to upset the favorites.
