Tournament Challenge is a free predictor game from bet365 that runs alongside the UEFA Champions League. Players predict the result of every fixture in the competition and earn points for each correct call, with prizes paid on matchday leaderboards and on an overall leaderboard for the whole tournament.
There is no entry fee and no stake. Entry is separate from standard bet placement, so none of bet365’s betting offers apply to the game.
How to Enter bet365 Tournament Challenge
The game sits in the Free Games area of the bet365 Football section. According to bet365’s Tournament Challenge promotion page, the steps are:
- Log in to a bet365 account.
- Go to Football, then Free Games, then Tournament Challenge.
- Make selections on the Champions League fixtures.
- Collect points for correct selections, which count towards the matchday and overall leaderboards.
Only one entry is allowed per person. bet365 monitors for multiple accounts, and if it has reasonable grounds to suspect someone has entered more than once, alone or with a group, all of that person’s entries are void. bet365 can also accept or decline any entry.
New entrants can join until the first game of the Round of 16 second legs goes in-play. Anyone who entered before then can keep playing up to the final.
How Picks and Points Work
Players predict the outcome of each fixture over 90 minutes: a win for either side or a draw. Extra time and penalties do not count towards the outcome. A correct prediction earns points, and the number of points depends on the match odds. Points build up over the competition and feed both the matchday leaderboard and the overall leaderboard.
Selections can be edited or reset before a match starts. Once a fixture is in-play, its pick is locked.
bet365’s Tournament Challenge rules in its Help Centre also cover fixtures that do not go to plan:
- A postponed match keeps its original selection, as long as it is played later as part of the scheduled fixtures.
- If an abandoned match is given an official result, or a team is advanced, by the competition’s governing body, that decision is used to settle the pick.
- If abandoned matches leave the tournament incomplete, selections are void.
- The result of every fixture is the one recorded by the competition’s official governing body.
How Tournament Challenge Prizes Are Structured
There are two kinds of leaderboard:
- Matchday leaderboards. bet365 runs one for each league-phase matchday, one for the knockout phase play-offs and one for the Round of 16, with both legs of each knockout round combined. The number of matchdays is shown in the game.
- The overall leaderboard. This covers every fixture in the tournament.
The prize fund for each leaderboard is shown in the game section. On bet365’s current prize tables, the leading places on both leaderboards win cash, and lower places win Bet Credits. The overall leaderboard pays far deeper down the standings than any single matchday table. The figures bet365 displays are the maximum for a single winner in each position, and the total paid across all leaderboards is capped.
Other prize rules:
- Players who finish level on points in a prize-paying position share the prize money for the places involved equally.
- Matchday prizes are processed once the relevant matchday or knockout round is complete. The overall leaderboard is settled after the final.
- Bet Credits cannot be withdrawn and expire seven days after they are added. Returns from a Bet Credits bet go to the withdrawable balance, but the Bet Credits stake is not included.
- bet365 may contact winners of large prizes directly, and standard verification checks can apply before winnings are withdrawn. Prize money is paid only to the named account holder.
Tips for Playing Tournament Challenge
- Weigh the odds as well as the likely winner. Points depend on the match odds, so a correct call on an outsider or a draw is worth more than a correct call on a strong favourite.
- Remember the 90-minute rule. A knockout match that is level after 90 minutes counts as a draw, whatever happens in extra time or on penalties.
- Check team news before kick-off. Picks can be changed right up until a match starts, so late line-up news can still be acted on.
- Do not miss a round. Each matchday has its own leaderboard, so a poor start does not rule anyone out of later matchday prizes.
- Join early. Entry for new players closes during the Round of 16, and joining late means fewer fixtures counting towards the overall leaderboard.
bet365 has also added club-based leagues to the game; our report on the Tournament Challenge Preferred Team feature explains how they work.
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