NSC 2014 World Cup Prediction Competition

[Theatre of Trees]

Updated after Holland v Mexico

GROUP D
brakespeare (7) 24*
shaolinpunk (3) 19
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Kinky Gerbils (8) 19
Giraffe (6) 13
Gordon Bennett (6) 11

GROUP E
Nathan (9) 25
Brighton Lines (6) 14
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bernster (8) 12
Guy Fawkes (8) 11
Mustafa (6) 10

GROUP F
father_and_son (12) 26
MattBackHome (5) 24
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The Brighton Bear (2) 19
Gazwag (3) 17*
Taybha (5) 8

* indicates joker has been played

Bold indicates those in current qualifying position, it is the top 2 plus 2 highest scorers from the rest who go through.

If level on points then position will be differentiated by firstly number of correct first goals, then number of correct results (Penalties, extra time, full time - in that order)

 

[MattBackHome]

Yo ToT... Did you get my joker on that one?

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Yo ToT... Did you get my joker on that one?

Apologies missed it, will add the extra 5 points on the next update

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Updated after Greece v Costa Rica

GROUP D
shaolinpunk (15) 34
brakespeare (2) 26*
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Giraffe (8) 21
Kinky Gerbils (0) 19
Gordon Bennett (4) 15

GROUP E
Nathan (1) 26
Brighton Lines (7) 21
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bernster (4) 16
Mustafa (2) 12*
Guy Fawkes (0) 11

GROUP F
The Brighton Bear (15) 34
MattBackHome (9) 33*
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father_and_son (4) 30
Gazwag (7) 24*
Taybha (4) 12

* indicates joker has been played

Bold indicates those in current qualifying position, it is the top 2 plus 2 highest scorers from the rest who go through.

If level on points then position will be differentiated by firstly number of correct first goals, then number of correct results (Penalties, extra time, full time - in that order)

 

[SK1NT]

Thanks for the comp [MENTION=61]Theatre of Trees[/MENTION] unfortunately I
keep missing my predictions... in not just this comp.

 

[Taybha]

Oh dear !!

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Updated after France v Nigeria

GROUP D
shaolinpunk (4) 38*
brakespeare (2) 28*
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Giraffe (6) 27
Kinky Gerbils (3) 22
Gordon Bennett (2) 17

GROUP E
Nathan (6) 32*
Brighton Lines (5) 26
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bernster (4) 20*
Mustafa (3) 15*
Guy Fawkes (3) 14

GROUP F
father_and_son (12) 42*
The Brighton Bear (3) 37
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MattBackHome (2) 35*
Gazwag (2) 26*
Taybha (6) 18

* indicates joker has been played

Bold indicates those in current qualifying position, it is the top 2 plus 2 highest scorers from the rest who go through.

If level on points then position will be differentiated by firstly number of correct first goals, then number of correct results (Penalties, extra time, full time - in that order)

 

[shaolinpunk]

I choose poorly for my joker

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Updated after Germany v Algeria

GROUP D
shaolinpunk (1) 39*
Giraffe (6) 33*
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brakespeare (0) 28*
Kinky Gerbils (1) 23
Gordon Bennett (1) 18

GROUP E
Nathan (3) 35*
Brighton Lines (6) 32*
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bernster (0) 20*
Guy Fawkes (2) 16*
Mustafa (1) 16*

GROUP F
father_and_son (1) 43*
The Brighton Bear (1) 38
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MattBackHome (0) 35*
Gazwag (0) 26*
Taybha (1) 19

* indicates joker has been played

Bold indicates those in current qualifying position, it is the top 2 plus 2 highest scorers from the rest who go through.

If level on points then position will be differentiated by firstly number of correct first goals, then number of correct results (Penalties, extra time, full time - in that order)

 

[father_and_son]

So... nobody likes the Germans today then!?!?

 

[The Brighton Bear]

I have got a joker going down the pan in this one.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Update after Argentina v Switzerland

GROUP D
brakespeare (13) 41*
shaolinpunk (1) 40*
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Giraffe (1) 34*
Kinky Gerbils (2) 25*
Gordon Bennett (2) 20*

GROUP E
Nathan (1) 36*
Brighton Lines (1) 33*
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bernster (6) 26*
Guy Fawkes (3) 19*
Mustafa (3) 19*

GROUP F
father_and_son (7) 50*
The Brighton Bear (2) 40*
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MattBackHome (0) 35*
Gazwag (1) 27*
Taybha (1) 20

* indicates joker has been played

Bold indicates those in current qualifying position, it is the top 2 plus 2 highest scorers from the rest who go through.

If level on points then position will be differentiated by firstly number of correct first goals, then number of correct results (Penalties, extra time, full time - in that order)

One match to go.

 

[Gazwag]

That's me buggered then

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Final standings in the Second Round after the Belgium v US game.

GROUP D
brakespeare (3) 44*
shaolinpunk (3) 43*
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Giraffe (7) 41*
Kinky Gerbils (3) 28*
Gordon Bennett (4) 24*

GROUP E
Nathan (5) 41*
Brighton Lines (3) 36*
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bernster (0) 26*
Guy Fawkes (5) 24*
Mustafa (1) 20*

GROUP F
father_and_son (1) 51*
The Brighton Bear (5) 45*
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MattBackHome (0) 35*
Gazwag (2) 29*
Taybha (2) 22*

* indicates joker has been played

Bold indicates those in current qualifying position, it is the top 2 plus 2 highest scorers from the rest who go through.

If level on points then position will be differentiated by firstly number of correct first goals, then number of correct results (Penalties, extra time, full time - in that order)

This means the draw for the Third Round looks like this:

GROUP G
[MENTION=13288]brakespear[/MENTION]e (22)
[MENTION=23289]father_and_son[/MENTION] (25.5)
[MENTION=29192]Brighton Lines[/MENTION] (18)
[MENTION=3734]Giraffe[/MENTION] (20.5)

GROUP H
[MENTION=15377]Nathan[/MENTION] (20.5)
[MENTION=16461]The Brighton Bear[/MENTION] (22.5)
[MENTION=4147]shaolinpunk[/MENTION] (21.5)
[MENTION=278]MattBackHome[/MENTION] (17.5)

The numbers in brackets are half the points you carry over from the previous round, and the just the top 2 in each group go into the final round.

QUARTER-FINAL FIXTURES
France v Germany
Brazil v Colombia
Argentina v Belgium
Holland v Costa Rica

One joker allowed, predictions to be posted by 4.59pm Friday 4th July

Predictions as per last round, post as normal if you think there will be result in normal time, post like below if you think it will go to extra time and penalties

ALGERIA (1) [2] 3 v 3 [2] (0) HONDURAS (Square brackets indicate full time - only add if you want to predict an outcome in extra time)
PEN; 14-13 Honduras.

 

[Gordon Bennett]

Thanks for organising this Mr. Trees

At least I can now watch the rest of the World Cup without shouting at the TV demanding the ref book more players and disallow perfectly good goals!!!

 

[The Brighton Bear]

France (0) 1 v 2 (1) Germany
G 22
Y 5
R 0

Brazil (1) 2 v 1 (1) Colombia
G 19
Y 5
R 0

Argentina (1) 2 v 0 (0) Belgium ***
G 25
Y 5
R 0

Holland (1) [1] 2 v 1 [1] (0) Costa Rica
G 33
Y 7
R 1

 

[Giraffe]

France (0) [0]0 v 0[0] (0) Germany Germany win 4-3 on pens
G None
Y 4
R 0

Brazil (0) 1 v 0 (0) Colombia
G 59
Y 4
R 0

Argentina (0) 1 v 0 (0) Belgium
G 72
Y 4
R 0

Holland (1) 2 v 0 (0) Costa Rica ***
G 29
Y 4
R 0

 

[Gazwag]

Good luck to the final 8 [MENTION=61]Theatre of Trees[/MENTION] well done for running this, if been great fun (while it lasted for me) - for the final round I think you should get the final 4 to send you their predictions by private message so no one get to know what the others have done in advance, and you can then post them once you have receievd all four.

 

[MattBackHome]

France (0) [1] 3 v 1 [1] (0) Germany
G 60
Y 3
R 0

Brazil (1) 1 v 2 (1) Colombia
G 25
Y 3
R 0

Argentina (0) 2 v 1 (0) Belgium***
G 60
Y 4
R 0

Holland (1) [1] 1 v 1 [1] (1) Costa Rica
Pens Holland 4-2
G 25
Y 3
R 1

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Good luck to the final 8 [MENTION=61]Theatre of Trees[/MENTION] well done for running this, if been great fun (while it lasted for me) - for the final round I think you should get the final 4 to send you their predictions by private message so no one get to know what the others have done in advance, and you can then post them once you have receievd all four.

That is indeed the plan as mentioned on the original post.