Wednesday 11 June 2014

World Cup Predictions (Part 1)

The World Cup has sneaked up on me and there is only a day to go!!
So a bit late with this year's World Cup predictions competition.

Usual predictions rules - 3 Points for a correct score, 1 Point for a correct result.
Overall winner will be decided on the total points at the end of the competition (64 Games).

I've thought long and hard about the knockout stages and had to come up with some different rules to avoid confusion later.
Predict a winner and points awarded after either 90 or 120 minutes, but if anyone predicts a draw in the later stages they must pick a winner on penalties to have a chance of points.
Example - if I say "Brazil 1 England 1, England on pens" and the game ends 1-1 and Brazil win on pens I get nothing, if England win on pens I'd get 3 points, if the game ended up 0-0 and England won on pens I would get 1 point, no points if you don't pick a penalty winner.
Hopefully that makes sense :)

Also hoping a few of you will join in, plenty of time to catch up if you miss a few. 

Here's a list of the first round of games in the 2014 tournament.
Will post the rest a few days before they are played.

Brazil v Croatia
Mexico v Cameroon
Spain v Netherlands
Chile v Australia
Colombia v Greece
Uruguay v Costa Rica
England v Italy
Ivory Coast v Japan
Switzerland v Ecuador
France v Honduras
Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Germany v Portugal
Iran v Nigeria
Ghana v USA
Belgium v Algeria
Russia v South Korea

Good luck all :)

20 comments:

  1. Brazil 2 Croatia 0
    Mexico 1 Cameroon 1
    Spain 1 Holland 0
    Chile 2 Australia 0
    Colombia 3 Greece 1
    Uruguay 2 Costa rica 1
    England 0 Italy 0
    Ivory coast 1 Japan 1
    Switzerland 0 Ecuador 1
    France 0 Honduras 1
    Argentina 1 Bosnia 1
    Germany 0 Portugal 1
    Iran 0 Nigeria 1
    Ghana 2 USA 1
    Belgium 3 Algeria 0
    Russia 1 STH Korea 2
    Good luck everyone
    cheers
    Paulo

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  2. Brazil v Croatia 2-0
    Mexico v Cameroon 1-0
    Spain v Netherlands 1-1
    Chile v Australia 1-0
    Colombia v Greece 2-0
    Uruguay v Costa Rica 1-1
    England v Italy 1-0
    Ivory Coast v Japan 1-0
    Switzerland v Ecuador 2-0
    France v Honduras 2-1
    Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0
    Germany v Portugal 1-0
    Iran v Nigeria 0-1
    Ghana v USA 0-1
    Belgium v Algeria 2-0
    Russia v South Korea 2-0

    cheers lee!

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  3. Brazil v Croatia 2-1
    Mexico v Cameroon 1-1
    Spain v Netherlands 1-1
    Chile v Australia 2-0
    Colombia v Greece 1-0
    Uruguay v Costa Rica 2-0
    England v Italy 2-1
    Ivory Coast v Japan 2-1
    Switzerland v Ecuador 1-0
    France v Honduras 3-0
    Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-2
    Germany v Portugal 2-1
    Iran v Nigeria 0-2
    Ghana v USA 1-2
    Belgium v Algeria 2-1
    Russia v South Korea 0-1

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  4. Brazil v Croatia 3-1
    Mexico v Cameroon 0-1
    Spain v Netherlands 1-2
    Chile v Australia 2-0
    Colombia v Greece 3-0
    Uruguay v Costa Rica 0-1
    England v Italy 0-1
    Ivory Coast v Japan 3-2
    Switzerland v Ecuador 0-2
    France v Honduras 1-2
    Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-2
    Germany v Portugal 1-2
    Iran v Nigeria 1-2
    Ghana v USA 2-2
    Belgium v Algeria 2-0
    Russia v South Korea 1-1

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  5. Cheers lads 4 in so far :)
    One more rule (sorry) if you predict a win in the later rounds (e.g 1-0) and your team wins on penalties you get nothing ... sorry trying to cover all bases in case Bio starts accusing me again hahaha :)

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  6. Brazil v Croatia 2-0
    Mexico v Cameroon 1-1
    Spain v Netherlands 0-0
    Chile v Australia 2-0
    Colombia v Greece 1-1
    Uruguay v Costa Rica 1-0
    England v Italy 0-0
    Ivory Coast v Japan 1-1
    Switzerland v Ecuador 0-0
    France v Honduras 3-0
    Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0
    Germany v Portugal 1-0
    Iran v Nigeria 0-2
    Ghana v USA 1-2
    Belgium v Algeria 3-0
    Russia v South Korea 2-2


    cheers Lee



    Longy

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  7. ps about the rules


    what if someone wins in extra time lol



    Longy

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  8. Aaaaagh!! I need a lawyer to write the rule book lol :)
    I shall just say whatever scores I give you is what it is :)
    Hopefully I'll be leading by 30 points by then hahaha

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  9. Haha, thought you would say "stop the world cup now" :)

    Day 1 Scores - Biopunk 3, The rest of us 1 .... Oscar's fault
    Just watching the 2nd game and another dodgy ref who's ruled out 2 good Mexico goals?

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  10. Woo hoo what a game, was hoping for a dutch win but didn't expect that!! Brilliant :)
    2 games down, 1 to go today so current scores - Bio and Gobby 4 points each, the rest 1 point

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  11. Day 2 Scores
    Biopunk 5, Gobshyte 5, Lee 2, Longy 2, Paulo 2

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  12. ooh so close to 3 points today!!

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  13. 3 Games down and Bio is on form today with 5 points sadly including the Italy win :(
    Gutted about the loss, but we did make more chances than normal.

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  14. Day 3 Final Scores
    Bio 11, Gobby 7, Lee 6, Paulo 3, Longy 2
    Bio keeps up the impressive form and I finally get a 3 pointer from the Ivory coast :)

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  15. Day 4 Better day for Me and Longy, all a bit tighter :)
    Biopunk 12, Lee 11, Gobshyte 10, Longy 6, Paulo 3

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    1. Nice one Lee! Shame it was because of the Yanks! ;)

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  16. Update soon, sorry slept through most of the games ... shattered already :)

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  17. Day 5 - Good 'ol Yanks did the biz for me :)
    Lee 15, Biopunk 12, Gobshyte 12, Longy 10, Paulo 3

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  18. Final Part 1 Scores
    Lee 18, Biopunk 16, Gobshyte 13, Longy 12, Paulo 4

    Part 2 underway, scores and comments to be continued there :)

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