Next week the World Cup will start and as we have discussed before, I will organise a predictions competition here at Apolyton. You can find the rules here.
Don't forget to also post the following predictions before the start of the first match:
The world champion
The 8 group winners in the first round
The top scorer
And here are all the first round matches. I post them all now, but of course you don't have to post all your predictions at once. After all, you might want to wait until a country has played its first match before you predict their second match. All kick-off times are Central European Time (CET).
A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul)
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan)
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan)
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju)
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan)
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju)
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan)
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon)
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata)
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo)
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama)
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki)
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata)
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo)
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama)
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe)
A 06-06 13:30 France - Uruguay (Busan)
A 06-06 08:30 Denmark - Senegal (Daegu)
B 07-06 11:00 Spain - Paraguay (Jeonju)
B 08-06 08:30 South Africa - Slovenia (Daegu)
C 08-06 13:30 Brazil - China PR (Seogwipo)
C 09-06 11:00 Costa Rica - Turkey (Incheon)
D 10-06 08:30 Korea Republic - USA (Daegu)
D 10-06 13:30 Portugal - Poland (Jeonju)
E 05-06 13:30 Germany - Republic of Ireland (Ibaraki)
E 06-06 11:00 Cameroon - Saudi Arabia (Saitama)
F 07-06 08:30 Sweden - Nigeria (Kobe)
F 07-06 13:30 Argentina - England (Sapporo)
G 08-06 11:00 Italy - Croatia (Ibaraki)
G 09-06 08:30 Mexico - Ecuador (Miyagi)
H 09-06 13:30 Japan - Russia (Yokohama)
H 10-06 11:00 Tunisia - Belgium (Oita)
A 11-06 08:30 Denmark - France (Incheon)
A 11-06 08:30 Senegal - Uruguay (Suwon)
B 12-06 13:30 South Africa - Spain (Daejeon)
B 12-06 13:30 Slovenia - Paraguay (Seogwipo)
C 13-06 08:30 Costa Rica - Brazil (Suwon)
C 13-06 08:30 Turkey - China PR (Seoul)
D 14-06 13:30 Portugal - Korea Republic (Incheon)
D 14-06 13:30 Poland - USA (Daejeon)
E 11-06 13:30 Cameroon - Germany (Shizuoka)
E 11-06 13:30 Saudi Arabia - Republic of Ireland (Yokohama)
F 12-06 08:30 Sweden - Argentina (Miyagi)
F 12-06 08:30 Nigeria - England (Osaka)
G 13-06 13:30 Mexico - Italy (Oita)
G 13-06 13:30 Ecuador - Croatia (Yokohama)
H 14-06 08:30 Tunisia - Japan (Osaka)
H 14-06 08:30 Belgium - Russia (Shizuoka)
Second round:
49 15-06 08:30 1E - 2B (Seogwipo)
50 15-06 13:30 1A - 2F (Niigata)
51 16-06 08:30 1F - 2A (Oita)
52 16-06 13:30 1B - 2E (Suwon)
53 17-06 08:30 1G - 2D (Jeonju)
54 17-06 13:30 1C - 2H (Kobe)
55 18-06 08:30 1H - 2C (Miyagi)
56 18-06 13:30 1D - 2G (Daejeon)
Quarter finals:
57 21-06 08:30 W50 - W54 (Shizuoka)
58 21-06 13:30 W49 - W53 (Ulsan)
59 22-06 08:30 W52 - W56 (Gwangju)
60 22-06 13:30 W51 - W55 (Osaka)
Semifinals:
61 25-06 13:30 W58 - W59 (Seoul)
62 26-06 13:30 W57 - W60 (Saitama)
Third place play off:
63 29-06 13:00 L61 - L62 (Daegu)
Final:
64 30-06 13:00 W61 - W62 (Yokohama)
Don't forget to also post the following predictions before the start of the first match:
The world champion
The 8 group winners in the first round
The top scorer
And here are all the first round matches. I post them all now, but of course you don't have to post all your predictions at once. After all, you might want to wait until a country has played its first match before you predict their second match. All kick-off times are Central European Time (CET).
A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul)
A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan)
B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan)
B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju)
C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan)
C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju)
D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan)
D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon)
E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata)
E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo)
F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama)
F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki)
G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata)
G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo)
H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama)
H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe)
A 06-06 13:30 France - Uruguay (Busan)
A 06-06 08:30 Denmark - Senegal (Daegu)
B 07-06 11:00 Spain - Paraguay (Jeonju)
B 08-06 08:30 South Africa - Slovenia (Daegu)
C 08-06 13:30 Brazil - China PR (Seogwipo)
C 09-06 11:00 Costa Rica - Turkey (Incheon)
D 10-06 08:30 Korea Republic - USA (Daegu)
D 10-06 13:30 Portugal - Poland (Jeonju)
E 05-06 13:30 Germany - Republic of Ireland (Ibaraki)
E 06-06 11:00 Cameroon - Saudi Arabia (Saitama)
F 07-06 08:30 Sweden - Nigeria (Kobe)
F 07-06 13:30 Argentina - England (Sapporo)
G 08-06 11:00 Italy - Croatia (Ibaraki)
G 09-06 08:30 Mexico - Ecuador (Miyagi)
H 09-06 13:30 Japan - Russia (Yokohama)
H 10-06 11:00 Tunisia - Belgium (Oita)
A 11-06 08:30 Denmark - France (Incheon)
A 11-06 08:30 Senegal - Uruguay (Suwon)
B 12-06 13:30 South Africa - Spain (Daejeon)
B 12-06 13:30 Slovenia - Paraguay (Seogwipo)
C 13-06 08:30 Costa Rica - Brazil (Suwon)
C 13-06 08:30 Turkey - China PR (Seoul)
D 14-06 13:30 Portugal - Korea Republic (Incheon)
D 14-06 13:30 Poland - USA (Daejeon)
E 11-06 13:30 Cameroon - Germany (Shizuoka)
E 11-06 13:30 Saudi Arabia - Republic of Ireland (Yokohama)
F 12-06 08:30 Sweden - Argentina (Miyagi)
F 12-06 08:30 Nigeria - England (Osaka)
G 13-06 13:30 Mexico - Italy (Oita)
G 13-06 13:30 Ecuador - Croatia (Yokohama)
H 14-06 08:30 Tunisia - Japan (Osaka)
H 14-06 08:30 Belgium - Russia (Shizuoka)
Second round:
49 15-06 08:30 1E - 2B (Seogwipo)
50 15-06 13:30 1A - 2F (Niigata)
51 16-06 08:30 1F - 2A (Oita)
52 16-06 13:30 1B - 2E (Suwon)
53 17-06 08:30 1G - 2D (Jeonju)
54 17-06 13:30 1C - 2H (Kobe)
55 18-06 08:30 1H - 2C (Miyagi)
56 18-06 13:30 1D - 2G (Daejeon)
Quarter finals:
57 21-06 08:30 W50 - W54 (Shizuoka)
58 21-06 13:30 W49 - W53 (Ulsan)
59 22-06 08:30 W52 - W56 (Gwangju)
60 22-06 13:30 W51 - W55 (Osaka)
Semifinals:
61 25-06 13:30 W58 - W59 (Seoul)
62 26-06 13:30 W57 - W60 (Saitama)
Third place play off:
63 29-06 13:00 L61 - L62 (Daegu)
Final:
64 30-06 13:00 W61 - W62 (Yokohama)
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