[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Futsal FIFA World Cup 2021

Wumo · September 6, 2021

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest.

If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith.

Competition Details
City	Multiple Cities
Start Date	September 12th, 2021
End Date	October 3rd, 2021
Participants	TBA
Gold	TBA
Silver	TBA
Bronze	TBA

Instructions

In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following:

Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design
Copy the selected content
Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic"
Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances)
Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules
To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button

Rules

For this Prediction Contest you are predicting the result (Win of either Team or Draw/Tie) for each match.

To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of goals each team will score in that particular match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Round of 16 onward, result at the end of eventual overtime/extra time (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result.

Example

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 12th 2021, h. 16:00	RFU			Egypt
September 12th 2021, h. 18:00	Uzbekistan			Guatemala

Points will be awarded as follows:

- Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the regular time (at the end of the overtime/before penalties/ from Round of 16 and onward) - 5 points.
- Right predicted winner + wrong score but right goal difference - 4 points.
- Right predicted draw but wrong score and right predicted winner + wrong score and wrong goal difference but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 3 points.
- Right predicted winner + wrong score + wrong goal difference + wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 2 points.
- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 1 point.
- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) and wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 0 points.

Example

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 12th 2021, h. 16:00	RFU	3	1	Egypt

If RFU wins 3-1, you get 5 points
If RFU wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference)
If RFU wins 4-1 or 3-0 or 2-1 or 10-1..., you get 3 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, right number of goals for one of the teams)
If RFU wins 1-0 or 5-2 or 8-3..., you get 2 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, wrong number of goals for both teams)

If Egypt wins 4-3 or 5-3 or 6-3... or if match ends 1-1 or 3-3, you get 1 point (wrong outcome, right number of goals for one of the teams)

If Egypt wins and RFU scores more or less than 3 goals and Egypt more than 1 goal, or if match ends with draw but not 1-1 or 3-3, you get 0 point (wrong outcome and wrong number of goals for both teams)

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 12th 2021, h. 18:00	Uzbekistan	1	1	Guatemala

If match ends 1-1, you get 5 points
If match ends with draw but not 1-1, you get 3 points

If match ends with winner and one of the teams scores exactly one goal, you get 1 point

If match ends with winner and both of the teams score more or less than exactly one goal, you get 0 points

Finalists Prediction points will be awarded as follow:

Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 10 points
Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 7,5 points
Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 5 points
Corrected Predicted Finalist, but wrong place 2 points

TB Rules

If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie.

Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on.

Example

Contestant 1: 10x5, 5x4, 5x3, 10x2

Contestant 2: 10x5, 5x4, 4x3, 11x2

Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2.

Contestant with most points wins the competition.

The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches.

You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started.

In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Tournament - September 12th, h. 16:00 (GMT +3).

You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words.

If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread only.

If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, RFU-EGY 3-1 or RFU 3 1 EGY means RFU beats Egypt by 3-1. RFU 2 EGY means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions.

Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows:

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If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message.

Wumo · September 6, 2021

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too.

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Preliminary Round
September 12th - September 20th, 2021
24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nation from each Group + the 4 best 3rd-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 12th 2021, h. 18:00	Kazakhstan			Costa Rica
September 12th 2021, h. 20:00	Lithuania			Venezuela
September 15th 2021, h. 18:00	Costa Rica			Venezuela
September 15th 2021, h. 20:00	Lithuania			Kazakhstan
September 18th 2021, h. 20:00	Costa Rica			Lithuania
September 18th 2021, h. 20:00	Venezuela			Kazakhstan

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 12th 2021, h. 16:00	RFU			Egypt
September 12th 2021, h. 18:00	Uzbekistan			Guatemala
September 15th 2021, h. 18:00	Egypt			Guatemala
September 15th 2021, h. 20:00	Uzbekistan			RFU
September 18th 2021, h. 18:00	Egypt			Uzbekistan
September 18th 2021, h. 18:00	Guatemala			RFU

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 13th 2021, h. 18:00	Morocco			Solomon Islands
September 13th 2021, h. 20:00	Thailand			Portugal
September 16th 2021, h. 18:00	Solomon Islands			Portugal
September 16th 2021, h. 20:00	Thailand			Morocco
September 19th 2021, h. 20:00	Solomon Islands			Thailand
September 19th 2021, h. 20:00	Portugal			Morocco

Group D

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 13th 2021, h. 18:00	Vietnam			Brazil
September 13th 2021, h. 20:00	Panama			Czech Republic
September 16th 2021, h. 18:00	Brazil			Czech Republic
September 16th 2021, h. 20:00	Panama			Vietnam
September 19th 2021, h. 18:00	Brazil			Panama
September 19th 2021, h. 18:00	Czech Republic			Vietnam

Group E

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 14th 2021, h. 18:00	Paraguay			Spain
September 14th 2021, h. 20:00	Angola			Japan
September 17th 2021, h. 18:00	Spain			Japan
September 17th 2021, h. 20:00	Angola			Paraguay
September 20th 2021, h. 18:00	Spain			Angola
September 20th 2021, h. 18:00	Japan			Paraguay

Group F

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 14th 2021, h. 18:00	Serbia			Iran
September 14th 2021, h. 20:00	Argentina			United States
September 17th 2021, h. 18:00	Iran			United States
September 17th 2021, h. 20:00	Argentina			Serbia
September 20th 2021, h. 20:00	Iran			Argentina
September 20th 2021, h. 20:00	United States			Serbia

Top 3

Place	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Nation

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LDOG · September 6, 2021