A Star Qualifier Contest is any nominated Draftstars contest for a particular sporting event where the winning prize is entry into what is called a Star Final. The winner of the contest is the user with the most Draftstars points at the end of the contest.

Expect as otherwise stated or modified in these Star Specific Rules, the Star Qualifier Contests and Star Final are administered and scored according to the standard Draftstars contest rules (for that sport) and will be governed by the Draftstars General Terms and Conditions, Draftstars Fantasy Sports Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. In the event of any inconsistency between the rules, these Star Specific Rules will apply to each Star Qualifier Contests and the Star Final.

The Star Final will be held on the following date and will be held virtually, with no physical event:

AFL Star 2025 – Thursday September 4^th 2025.

To qualify for a Star Final, you will need to win (i.e. come standalone 1st place) in a qualifying Star Qualifier Contest or Tiebreaker and receive a qualifying entry. There is a fixed number of qualifying entries to be won across the Star Qualifier Contests.

A satellite qualifying contest is a contest where the prize for winning is not a spot in the Final, but rather a different playoff contest. The prize for winning the playoff contest will be a place in the Star Final. The Playoff will be conducted in the same manner as a Tiebreaker contest (see FAQ below). There will be multiple Satellite Qualifying contests which will feed into the one playoff contest.

As an example for what this will look like, across one month there will be 16x Satellite contests, (played on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for four weeks) with the Playoff qualifying contest taking place at the end of the month.

Satellite qualifiers will be available on all AFL slates featuring regular Star Qualifier contests.

Only one Star qualifying entry per Star Qualifying Contest will be available. In the event of a draw for first place, all players who came in first will be entered into a Tiebreaker contest.

Tiebreaker contests will include all users that tied for first place in the same Star Qualifying Contest. The Tiebreaker contest will be for a slate specified by Draftstars in its sole discretion. Eligible users will be automatically entered into the Tiebreaker contest with an auto-filled lineup. The eligible users will need to log into their account to update their team lineup before the start of the Tiebreaker contest. The entry will be able to be viewed and edited in the My Upcoming Contests section of the site. If the eligible user had multiple entries in the respective Star Qualifying Contest which qualified for the Tiebreaker contest, they will receive an entry for each of these in the Tiebreaker. Tiebreakers will continue to be run until there is a single winner remaining. In the event that there are no Draftstars contests prior to the Star Final to hold a Tiebreaker, it will be at Draftstars discretion for how Star qualifying entries will be allocated between those who tied for first place in the relevant Star Qualifier Contest. It is the responsibility of all entrants to ensure that their contact details are up to date and correct. In the event an entrant who qualifies for a Tiebreaker contest cannot be contacted or does not respond to Draftstars notifications, they will be entered into the Tiebreaker with the auto-filled line-up.

See individual Star Qualifying Contests on the Draftstars platform for the maximum number of entries allowed per person in each contest.

Maximum of 5 Star qualifying entries can be won per user to the 2025 AFL Star Final Event. In the event that a user wins more than 5 Star Qualifier Contents, their qualifying entry will be awarded to the second place user (subject to any applicable Tiebreaker). All pending entries which the user has will be cancelled and/or refunded.

All qualifier winners will immediately receive the minimum cash prize of $1,000.

Star Final contest cash prizes will be as follows:

1st: $249,000
2nd: $124,000
3rd: $99,000
4th: $74,000
5th: $49,000
6th: $24,000
7th: $19,000
8th: $14,000
9th-10th: $9,000
11th-15th: $4,000
16th-20th: $2,000
21st-30th: $1,500
31st-50th: $1,000
51st-100th: $500

Standard contest rules apply and the prizes are shared equally between the tied teams e.g. if two players tie for first, then the prize for first place and the prize for second place will be combined and split evenly between the two players.

Standard contest rules apply: no qualifying entry allocated, and entry fees will be refunded.