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The World Cup starts two weeks today, and as is the tradition there will be a prediction thread for the competition. (Normally Paul organises and administers these competitions but I understand that he has discontinued his involvement).
I want to confirm the format and/or any changes to be made. From memory this is the general format:
Things to predict:
1) The world champions.
2) The top scorer in the competition.
3) The 8 group winners in the first round.
4) The 8 teams finishing second in their group in the first round
5) The scores in each game.
I think the scoring system before was something along the lines of:
1) 10pts for predicting the World Champion, 3pts if they are runner-Up.
2) 10pts for predicting the winner of the golden boot, 3pts if they are runner-up.
3) 5pts for predicting the winners of each group. 2pts if they actually place second.
4) 5pts for predicting the second placed teams in each group. 2pts if they actually place first.
5)
In the group stages: 2+2. i.e 2pts if the result ('home' win. draw, loss) is the same as the predicted score + 2 points if the actual score is predicted.
In the round of 16: 3+3
In the Q/finals: 4+4
In the Semi-finals: 5+5
In the 3rd/4th Playoff and the final: 6+6
Other Rules:
Predictions can be made or changed upto 5 minutes before kick off.
If you wish to change your prediction do so in a new post.
Changing predictions could potentially lead to abuse by people editing their posts - therefore it is advised that you do not edit any of your posts in these threads.
The standard rule that has previously applied and shall be applied is that the result used is the result after ordinary time - extra time and penalty shoot-outs do not count. This is relevant to the knock-out phase where draws can be predicted for the result.
In the group stage, should lots need to be drawn for placing teams, the final placings are the placing as per the draw of lots.
The top scorer is that player who receives the FIFA golden boot award, which includes goals scored during extra time but does not include goals scored during penalty shoot-outs.
Does that all seem correct? Any ammendments to the basic format? Anything missing? Other rules I've missed out?
The 8 Groups:
Group A:
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Germany
Poland
Group B:
England
Paraguay
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago
Group C:
Argentina
Holland
Côte d'Ivoire
Serbia & Montenegro
Group D:
Angola
Iran
Mexico
Portugal
Group E
Czech Republic
Ghana
Italy
USA
Group F
Australia
Brazil
Croatia
Japan
Group G
France
South Korea
Switzerland
Togo
Group H
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Tunisia
Ukraine
The matches:
Friday 9th June:
Germany vs Costa Rica (1800)
Poland vs Ecuador (2100)
Saturday 10th June:
England vs Paraguay (1500)
Trinidad and Tobago vs Sweden (1800)
Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire (2100)
Sunday 11th June
Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands (1500)
Mexico vs Iran (1800)
Angola vs Portugal (2100)
Monday 12th June
Italy vs Ghana (2100)
USA vs Czech Republic (1800)
Australia vs Japan (1500)
Tuesday 13th June
Brazil vs Croatia (2100)
France vs Switzerland (1800)
South Korea vs Togo (1500)
Wednesday 14th June
Spain vs Ukraine (1500)
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia (1800)
Germany vs Poland (2100)
Thursday 15th June
Ecuador vs Costa Rica (1500)
England vs Trinidad and Tobago (1800)
Sweden vs Paraguay (2100)
Friday 16th June
Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro (1500)
Netherlands vs Côte d'Ivoire (1800)
Mexico vs Angola (2100)
Saturday 17th June
Portugal vs Iran (1500)
Italy vs USA (2100)
Czech Republic vs Ghana (1800)
Sunday 18th June
Brazil vs Australia (1800)
Japan vs Croatia (1500)
France vs South Korea (2100)
Monday 19th June
Togo vs Switzerland (1500)
Spain vs Tunisia (2100)
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine (1800)
Tuesday 20th June
Ecuador vs Germany (1600)
Costa Rica vs Poland (1600)
Sweden vs England (2100)
Paraguay vs Trinidad and Tobago (2100)
Wednesday 21st June
Netherlands vs Argentina (2100)
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro (2100)
Portugal vs Mexico (1600)
Iran vs Angola (1600)
Thursday 22nd June
Czech Republic vs Italy (1600)
Ghana vs USA (1600)
Japan vs Brazil (2100)
Croatia vs Australia (2100)
Friday 23rd June
Togo vs France (2100)
Switzerland vs South Korea (2100)
Saudi Arabia vs Spain (1600)
Ukraine vs Tunisia (1600)
Edit - Rules explicitly re:
i) the drawing of lots,
ii) only results during ordinary time are to be used - extra time and penalties do not count, and
iii) The top scorer is that as stated per FIFA's golden boot award - which does includes goals scored during extra time but excludes penalties in penalty shoot-outs.
Points awarded for guessing group placings ammended.
I want to confirm the format and/or any changes to be made. From memory this is the general format:
Things to predict:
1) The world champions.
2) The top scorer in the competition.
3) The 8 group winners in the first round.
4) The 8 teams finishing second in their group in the first round
5) The scores in each game.
I think the scoring system before was something along the lines of:
1) 10pts for predicting the World Champion, 3pts if they are runner-Up.
2) 10pts for predicting the winner of the golden boot, 3pts if they are runner-up.
3) 5pts for predicting the winners of each group. 2pts if they actually place second.
4) 5pts for predicting the second placed teams in each group. 2pts if they actually place first.
5)
In the group stages: 2+2. i.e 2pts if the result ('home' win. draw, loss) is the same as the predicted score + 2 points if the actual score is predicted.
In the round of 16: 3+3
In the Q/finals: 4+4
In the Semi-finals: 5+5
In the 3rd/4th Playoff and the final: 6+6
Other Rules:
Predictions can be made or changed upto 5 minutes before kick off.
If you wish to change your prediction do so in a new post.
Changing predictions could potentially lead to abuse by people editing their posts - therefore it is advised that you do not edit any of your posts in these threads.
The standard rule that has previously applied and shall be applied is that the result used is the result after ordinary time - extra time and penalty shoot-outs do not count. This is relevant to the knock-out phase where draws can be predicted for the result.
In the group stage, should lots need to be drawn for placing teams, the final placings are the placing as per the draw of lots.
The top scorer is that player who receives the FIFA golden boot award, which includes goals scored during extra time but does not include goals scored during penalty shoot-outs.
Does that all seem correct? Any ammendments to the basic format? Anything missing? Other rules I've missed out?
The 8 Groups:
Group A:
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Germany
Poland
Group B:
England
Paraguay
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago
Group C:
Argentina
Holland
Côte d'Ivoire
Serbia & Montenegro
Group D:
Angola
Iran
Mexico
Portugal
Group E
Czech Republic
Ghana
Italy
USA
Group F
Australia
Brazil
Croatia
Japan
Group G
France
South Korea
Switzerland
Togo
Group H
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Tunisia
Ukraine
The matches:
Friday 9th June:
Germany vs Costa Rica (1800)
Poland vs Ecuador (2100)
Saturday 10th June:
England vs Paraguay (1500)
Trinidad and Tobago vs Sweden (1800)
Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire (2100)
Sunday 11th June
Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands (1500)
Mexico vs Iran (1800)
Angola vs Portugal (2100)
Monday 12th June
Italy vs Ghana (2100)
USA vs Czech Republic (1800)
Australia vs Japan (1500)
Tuesday 13th June
Brazil vs Croatia (2100)
France vs Switzerland (1800)
South Korea vs Togo (1500)
Wednesday 14th June
Spain vs Ukraine (1500)
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia (1800)
Germany vs Poland (2100)
Thursday 15th June
Ecuador vs Costa Rica (1500)
England vs Trinidad and Tobago (1800)
Sweden vs Paraguay (2100)
Friday 16th June
Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro (1500)
Netherlands vs Côte d'Ivoire (1800)
Mexico vs Angola (2100)
Saturday 17th June
Portugal vs Iran (1500)
Italy vs USA (2100)
Czech Republic vs Ghana (1800)
Sunday 18th June
Brazil vs Australia (1800)
Japan vs Croatia (1500)
France vs South Korea (2100)
Monday 19th June
Togo vs Switzerland (1500)
Spain vs Tunisia (2100)
Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine (1800)
Tuesday 20th June
Ecuador vs Germany (1600)
Costa Rica vs Poland (1600)
Sweden vs England (2100)
Paraguay vs Trinidad and Tobago (2100)
Wednesday 21st June
Netherlands vs Argentina (2100)
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro (2100)
Portugal vs Mexico (1600)
Iran vs Angola (1600)
Thursday 22nd June
Czech Republic vs Italy (1600)
Ghana vs USA (1600)
Japan vs Brazil (2100)
Croatia vs Australia (2100)
Friday 23rd June
Togo vs France (2100)
Switzerland vs South Korea (2100)
Saudi Arabia vs Spain (1600)
Ukraine vs Tunisia (1600)
Edit - Rules explicitly re:
i) the drawing of lots,
ii) only results during ordinary time are to be used - extra time and penalties do not count, and
iii) The top scorer is that as stated per FIFA's golden boot award - which does includes goals scored during extra time but excludes penalties in penalty shoot-outs.
Points awarded for guessing group placings ammended.
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