The 2018 FIFA World Cup will kick off on June 14. In the four weeks to follow there will be many football themed video slots at online casinos. NextGen Gaming has already released the second such slot game. The first one was Foxin Wins Football Fever. This slot game has some football artwork imposed on the original Foxin Wins model. This may not have pleased many football fans. So NextGen Gaming has come up with Top Strike Championship. This slot game has football action on the reels and some football related gaming features.

Top Strike Championship uses different reels and pay tables for the main game and the free spins. In the main game the football is the wild symbol and awards the highest line payouts. The other high symbols are the game logo and three footballers. The low symbols are the playing card icons. In the free spins the footballers wear different colours and the playing card icons are replace by gloves, boots and whistle. The payouts are lower in the free spins, but that is because of the extra feature.

Three or more scattered trophy symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins feature. Three symbols award 10 free spins, four symbols award 15 free spins and five symbols award 20 free spins. Golden tickets are placed in reel 5 during the free spins. When you land the symbol in any spin the Treble Bet Bonus is immediately awarded. You select 3 of the 6 teams. You will be awarded bonuses from 5x to 14x the total bet on the selected teams that win. If all three of your teams win then the Knockout Stage bonus game will be triggered. Otherwise you are returned to complete the free spins. The Treble Bet can be triggered multiple times during the free spins.

In the Knockout Stage bonus game you have to pick the winning team in each of the four rounds. If you make one wrong pick then you will be returned to the free spins. But will get a compensatory payout. The payouts range from 20x the total bet to 150 the total bet. The free spins cannot be triggered.

Top Strike Championship is 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 fixed paylines online slot. The maximum total bet per spin is $100. The top line payout is 2500 coins. NextGen Gaming has declared that the average return to player is 95%.