2014 World Cup Predictions Competition

[Twinkletoes89]

Hey guys,

I remember running this game back in 2010 and it got a lot of entries and it was close up to the finish. So I thought I should run it again this year.

Previous Thread

After following the Civ4 AI tournament that was expertly run by Sullla, I am also thinking of adding a couple of extra predictions to add some extra intrigue.

Total Goals scored in the tournament (including successful penalties in shootouts)

and

Golden Boot Winner

Does that sound interesting? Hopefully lots of you sign up again!


Prediction Results so Far

First Round of Group Matches

Second Round of Group Matches

Third Round of Group Matches

Knockouts

[Jowy]

E: I'm holding Post #2 hostage!!!

[Twinkletoes89]

RULES

1. Deadlines for match predictions will be 1 hour before kickoff
   
2. Predictions for Golden Boot Winner & Total Goals Scored must be submitted prior to the start of the first match at 21:00 GMT on 12th June 2014
   
3. On days where I am unable to be online at deadlines, the forum clock will be used as the arbiter of whether predictions were submitted in time or not
   
4. If you change a prediction prior to the deadline, make the change clear in a separate post.
   
5. Please do not edit posts that include predictions
   
6. You have one 'Joker' that you can use on one day's fixtures to receive double points. Please make it very clear when you are choosing to do it.
   
7. Your 'Joker' must be played before the first fixture of that day.
   

POINTS SCORING

• Group Stages
  
• 3 Points for a Correct Prediction
  
• 1 Point for Correct Outcome but Wrong Score
  
  Knock Out Matches
  
• 5 Points for a Correct Prediction
  
• 2 Point for Correct Outcome but Wrong Score
  
  Golden Boot
  
• 10 Points for Correct Winner of Golden Boot
  
  Total Goals Prediction
  
• 20 Points for Correct Amount of Goals Scored in Tournament
  
• 10 Points for being within a range of 3 goals of the Total Amount of Goals Scored
  

FIXTURES & RESULTS

All times are BST

Thursday 12th June 2014
21:00 World Cup – Group A Brazil vs Croatia

Friday 13th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group A Mexico vs Cameroon
20:00 World Cup – Group B Spain vs Netherlands
23:00 World Cup – Group B Chile vs Australia

Saturday 14th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group C Colombia vs Greece
20:00 World Cup – Group D Uruguay vs Costa Rica
23:00 World Cup – Group D England vs Italy

Sunday 15th June 2014
02:00 World Cup – Group C Ivory Coast vs Japan
17:00 World Cup – Group E Switzerland vs Ecuador
20:00 World Cup – Group E France vs Honduras
23:00 World Cup – Group F Argentina vs Bosnia

Monday 16th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group G Germany vs Portugal
20:00 World Cup – Group F Iran vs Nigeria
23:00 World Cup – Group G Ghana vs USA

Tuesday 17th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group H Belgium vs Algeria
20:00 World Cup – Group A Brazil vs Mexico
23:00 World Cup – Group H Russia vs South Korea

Wednesday 18th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group B Australia vs Netherlands
20:00 World Cup – Group B Spain vs Chile
23:00 World Cup – Group A Cameroon vs

Thursday 19th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group C Colombia vs Ivory Coast
20:00 World Cup – Group D Uruguay vs England
23:00 World Cup – Group C Japan vs Greece

Friday 20th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group D Italy vs Costa Rica
20:00 World Cup – Group E Switzerland vs France
23:00 World Cup – Group E Honduras vs Ecuador

Saturday 21st June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group F Argentina vs Iran
20:00 World Cup – Group G Germany vs Ghana
23:00 World Cup – Group F Nigeria vs Bosnia

Sunday 22nd June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group H Belgium vs Russia
20:00 World Cup – Group H South Korea vs Algeria
23:00 World Cup – Group G USA vs Portugal

Monday 23rd June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group B Australia vs Spain
17:00 World Cup – Group B Netherlands vs Chile
21:00 World Cup – Group A Cameroon vs Brazil
21:00 World Cup – Group A Croatia vs Mexico

Tuesday 24th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group D Costa Rica vs England
17:00 World Cup – Group D Italy vs Uruguay
21:00 World Cup – Group C Greece vs Ivory Coast
21:00 World Cup – Group C Japan vs Colombia

Wednesday 25th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group F Bosnia vs Iran
17:00 World Cup – Group F Nigeria vs Argentina
21:00 World Cup – Group E Ecuador vs France
21:00 World Cup – Group E Honduras vs Switzerland

Thursday 26th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Group G Portugal vs Ghana
17:00 World Cup – Group G USA vs Germany
21:00 World Cup – Group H Algeria vs Russia
21:00 World Cup – Group H South Korea vs Belgium

Saturday 28th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Round of 16 Winner Group A vs Runner-up Gp B
21:00 World Cup – Round of 16 Winner Gp C vs Runner-up Gp D

Sunday 29th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Round of 16 Winner Group B vs Runner-up Gp A
21:00 World Cup – Round of 16 Winner Gp D vs Runner-up Gp C

Monday 30th June 2014
17:00 World Cup – Round of 16 Winner Group E vs Runner-up Group F
21.00 World Cup- Round of 16 Winner Group G vs Runner-up Group H

Tuesday 1st July 2014
17:00 World Cup – Round of 16 Winner Group F vs Runner-up Group E
21:00 World Cup - Round of 16 Winner Group H vs Runner-up Group G

Friday 4 July
17:00 Quarter-Finalist 5 vs Quarter-Finalist 6
21:00 Quarter-Finalist 1 vs Quarter-Finalist 2

Saturday 5 July
17:00 Quarter-Finalist 7 vs Quarter-Finalist 8
21:00 Quarter-Finalist 3 vs Quarter-Finalist 4

Tuesday 8 July
21:00 Winner Quarter-Final 1 v. Winner Quarter-Final 2

Wednesday 9 July
21:00 Winner Quarter-Final 3 v. Winner Quarter-Final 4

Saturday 12 July
21:00 Semi-Final 1 Loser v. Semi-Final 2 Loser

Sunday 13 July
20:00 Semi-Final 1 Winner v. Semi-Final 2 Winner

[Rowain]

Sign up

[Ichabod]

Sign up!

[Gaspar]

Sign up

[darrelljs]

Sign up.

I bet Gaspar picks Ronaldo for the GB.

Darrell

[sunrise089]

Signup. Does the schedule above include the finals match?

[Rowain]

Signup. Does the schedule above include the finals match?

Sunday 13 July
20:00 Semi-Final 1 Winner v. Semi-Final 2 Winner

[Brian Shanahan]

I'll do this.

@Sunrise, it's the last fixture, 13th July.