Football Champions Cup Slot Machine

Pros

• Interesting take on bonus modes. The game’s features are relevant to the theme of football tournaments. It’s great when designers can combine the concept with some of the gameplay modes.
• High main game prizes. We love four figure payments and Football Champions Cup has two ways of winning such large jackpots in the base game alone.

Cons

• Limited appeal. If you don’t like football, you won’t like Football Champions Cup.
• The select a team option is utterly pointless.

Top Jackpots

The highest payments on Football Champions Cup are all awarded for hitting five-of-a-kind of the larger value symbols. These are represented by a different shaped shield with a colour. We’ve listed the prizes for matching five of each along a win line below:

• Gold “Wild” = 2,000x the line bet.
• Red = 1,000x the line bet.
• Pink = 750x the line bet.
• Green = 500x the line bet.
• Blue = 300x the line bet.
• Light Blue = 250x the line bet.

Game Features

Bonus Game

This feature is triggered by landing three or more “bonus” symbols anywhere on the reels. The bonus game on Football Champions Cup is a pick and click penalty shootout game that initially consists of five rounds. Each round, in turn, consists of two parts. In the first, the player picks one of the four positions of the screen to try and score. During the subsequent part, the player acts as a goalkeeper and picks one of the four positions to try and save the opponent’s shot.

Free Spins

Three or more Cup “scatter” symbols landing on the reels two, three, or four will trigger this bonus. The Free Spins Tournament imitates the knockout stages in a football championship such as the world cup. The maximum number of free spin rounds is four (since the player advances from the Round of 16 to the Quarter-final, then onto the Semi-final, and the Final). Naturally, the goal is to win the Final and receive an extra coin prize.

Overlay Wild

Between two and five overlay “wilds” can appears in the main game. They cannot land on top of other “wild” symbols. They also cannot land on top of “scatter” or “bonus” symbols.

Scoring Wild

The Scoring “wild” symbols will only appear during Free Spins. They trigger goals from the player’s and the opponent’s teams depending on the reels they land on. Players should note blue “wild” symbols will only land on reels one and two. Meanwhile, red “wild” symbols will only land on reels four and five.

Regular Symbols

Along with the symbols that award the largest prizes in Football Champions Cup, there are some that are worth less too. As is common on online slot machines, these are represented by the upper end of a standard deck of playing cards. The prizes for hitting five-of-a-kind of each are as follows:

• Ace = 200x the line bet.
• King = 175x the line bet.
• Queen = 150x the line bet.
• Jack = 120x the line bet.
• Ten = 100x the line bet.

Betting Limits

In terms of betting limits on Football Champions Cup, players are able to adjust the number of coins they bet on each of the 20 win lines. They can also alter the value of each of these coins.

Since the number of win lines is fixed at 20, there is no option to alter this. The minimum and maximum value of each coin is 1p and R20 respectively. Meanwhile, players can elect to wage between one and ten coins on each line. This means that with all values set to the minimum, the lowest possible bet per spin is just 20p. Meanwhile, with all variables maxed out, the largest bet on every spin is R4 300. This should be plenty for all but the very highest rollers around.

Overall Rating

The Football Champions Cup slot machine from Netent will likely delight all those who love a punt, or the footy, or both. It offers a few dynamic gameplay modes and the authentic crowd noises combine with potentially massive pay-outs to give an atmosphere that’s almost as exciting as cheering your lads on in the world cup final.

Naturally, if you don’t like football, you’ll probably want to give this one a miss.