The FIFA World Cup tipping competition

[minionofmidas]

Or does this go into FC? I don't care. If so, move it.

Anyways, I was thinking of giving

2 points per correct tendency (win/draw/lose)
1 point per exact goal difference - not available in drawn games
1 point each for getting one side's # of goals right (so even if you think they'll win 1-0 and they get thrashed 1-4 you get a point!)
making 4-5 points for nailing the result in the group stage.

Tips in before game starts, of course.

No special "predict the world cup winner early and your suck at getting exact results won't matter much" bonus.

For the knockout stage, these rules require slight modifications:
We'll be predicting the score after 90 minutes, plus who'll advance in case that we predict a draw.
1 point per tendency (win/draw/loss)
1 point for getting the advancing team right
1 point per goal difference (not available in drawn games)
1 point each per team's scores
Still a total of up to 5.

And here comes the part I'm still very much open to suggestions on: The knockout stage provides only 1/4 of the games overall - should it be given higher weight? Say, double points? Double for the sweet 16 and triple after that? Or is that a bad idea?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Welcome back Lewis! This would probably go in off-topic or FC (since it's not really of a political nature) but regardless I'm very much interested in playing this year.

I'm torn on the idea of weighing knockout games, though I'm sure it can be implemented well.

[Lief 🗽]

Yeah, these threads have usually been in Forum Community. I'll be signing up though!

Knockout games should be given double points. It doesn't really make sense (it's not any harder to predict those than the group stage matches), but it makes the game more exciting I think.

[bore]

Off topic is the normal forum for this.

Anyway, I'm obviously in, and look forward to wiping the floor with all of you

[NewYorkExpress]

I admit to knowing almost about Football (or Soccer here in the U.S), but that won't stop me from attempting to play (and horribly losing of course).

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Is this in anyway related to outhouse tipping?

[Platypus]

Welcome back, good to see you claiming your prize

Scoring structure works. I like double points for all knockout games (not increasing to three times, four times etc.) and also scrapping the winner prediction points.

[morgieb]

Welcome back!

Keen though my soccer/football knowledge isn't great (though probably better than the Yanks who aren't Phil or Lief).

[Franzl]

I will certainly be participating. Good rules too.

[Hamster]

I'm in

[Bacon King]

Welcome back!

I'm in!

[Tender Branson]

Good idea, I'll make some tips later.



PS: Can anyone move this to Off-Topic board, where all the football-related threads are ?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Good idea, I'll make some tips later.



PS: Can anyone move this to Off-Topic board, where all the football-related threads are ?

More importantly, it's where the soccer-related threads are.

[Gass3268]

I'm down

[Tender Branson]

Tender Branson's World Cup predictions:

Final Group Rankings

A: 1. BRA, 2. MEX, 3. CMR, 4. CRO
B: 1. ESP, 2. NED, 3. AUS, 4. CHI
C: 1. JAP, 2. CIV, 3. COL, 4. GRE
D: 1. ITA, 2. ENG, 3. URU, 4. CRC
E: 1. SUI, 2. FRA, 3. ECU, 4. HON
F: 1. ARG, 2. BIH, 3. NGA, 4. IRN
G: 1. USA, 2. GER, 3. POR, 4. GHA
H: 1. BEL, 2. RUS, 3. ALG, 4. KOR

1/8 Finals

A1 vs. B2: BRA vs. NED 2-0
C1 vs. D2: JAP vs. ENG 0-1
B1 vs. A2: ESP vs. MEX 2-1
D1 vs. C2: ITA vs. CIV 2-1
E1 vs. F2: SUI vs. BIH 2-3
G1 vs. H2: USA vs. RUS 2-1
F1 vs. E2: ARG vs. FRA 3-1
H1 vs. G2: BEL vs. GER 3-2

1/4 Finals

A: BRA vs. ENG 3-1
B: BIH vs. USA 2-0
C: ESP vs. ITA 2-1
D: ARG vs. BEL 0-1

1/2 Finals

A: BRA vs. BIH 0-1
B: ESP vs. BEL 1-2

Match for 3rd place

Brazil vs. Spain 3-2

FINAL

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Belgium 1-0

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I'll throw out my first call now:

Brazil 3-0 Croatia

[NewYorkExpress]

For Group Play only

June 12, 2014

Brazil 4 Croatia 1

June 13, 2014

Mexico 1 Cameroon 1

Spain 2 Netherlands 1

Chile 1 Australia 0

June 14, 2014

Greece 2 Colombia 1 (Colombia without Falcao isn't that good)

Uruguay 3 Costa Rica 0

England 0 Italy 0

Cote D'Ivoire 1 Japan 0

June 15, 2014

Switzerland 1 Ecuador 1

Honduras 1 France 0

Argentina 5 Bosnia 0

June 16, 2014

Germany 2 Portugal 1 (I think Cristiano Ronaldo's injury moves the U.S into the #2 Round of 16 slot from this group over Portugal)

Nigeria 1 Iran 0

USA 1 Ghana 0 (Revenge for 2012)

June 17, 2014

Belgium 4  Algeria 0

Brazil 1 Mexico 0

Russia 2 Korea Republic 1

June 18, 2014

Netherlands 6 Australia 0

Spain 3 Chile 2

Croatia 1 Cameroon 1

June 19, 2014

Cote D'Ivoire 2 Colombia 0

England 1 Uruguay 1

Greece 1 Japan 0

June 20, 2014

Italy 3 Costa Rica 1

Switzerland 2 France 1

Honduras 2 Ecuador 1

June 21, 2014

Argentina 7 Iran 0

Germany 2 Ghana 0

Nigeria 0 Bosnia 0

June 22, 2014

Belgium 2 Russia 1

Korea 1 Algeria 0

USA 1 Portugal 1

June 23, 2014

Netherlands 2 Chile 2

Spain 8 Australia 0 (The Aussies probably should stick to Australian Rules football)

Brazil 3 Cameroon 1

Mexico 1 Croatia 0

Tuesday June 24, 2014

Italy 2 Uruguay 1

England 3 Costa Rica 0

Greece 1 Cote D'Ivoire 1

Japan 2 Colombia 1

June 25, 2014

Argentina 4 Nigeria 2

Bosnia 5 Iran 0

Switzerland 2 Honduras 1

France 2 Ecuador 1

June 26, 2014

Portugal 2 Ghana 2

Germany 1 USA 1

Belgium 5 Korea 2

Russia 3 Algeria 1


I'm not picking the knockout rounds until we know who advances

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

topkek

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Bumping for final predictions on the opening match (which is Thursday).

[Simfan34]

June 16, 2014

USA 1 Ghana 0 (Revenge for 2012)

Good luck with that.

[Simfan34]

As for me here's my take: link.

[Franzl]

Brazil to defeat Croatia 2:0.

[Keystone Phil]

Bumping for final predictions on the opening match (which is Thursday).

We still have three days, dude. But I understand the excitement.

[Lief 🗽]

Brazil 3 - 0 Croatia

Mexico 0 - 0 Cameroon

Spain 1 - 0 Holland

Chile 3 - 1 Australia

[Platypus]

Brazil 2-0 Croatia
Mexico 1-1 Cameroon
Spain 1-0 Netherlands
Chile 1-3 Australia