[PREDICTION CONTEST] Women's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2018

[Wanderer 1,726]

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	Various Cities
Start Date	September 29th, 2018
End Date	October 20th, 2018
Participants	35
Gold	Wanderer
Silver	FC Mezhgorye
Bronze	ady48

 

 

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 in number of Sets won by each team for each match. 

To do that, you have to write in empty Cells a number of Sets each team you predict to win for every match of Prediction Design. Possible outcomes are 3-0, 3-1 and 3-2 for the winning team.

If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type "3" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column and either "2", "1", or "0" for Nation 2 in corresponding Cell of T2 Column. Similarly you can predict a win for Nation 2. Same you should do for every stage of the Championship.

 

 

Example

Group A

 

Date & Time (GMT +9)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 29th 2018, h. 13:10	Mexico	3	2	Cameroon
September 29th 2018, h. 15:40	Germany	0	3	Netherlands

 

 

Scoring System:

- Correct Winner + Correct Set Score   - 4 points

- Correct Winner + Wrong Set Score    - 2 points

- Wrong Winner + Correct 5-Set Match - 1 point

 

 

Example

Group A

 

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 29th 2018, h. 13:10	Mexico	3	2	Cameroon
September 29th 2018, h. 15:40	Germany	0	3	Netherlands

 

If Mexico wins 3-2, you get 4 points

If Mexico wins 3-1 or 3-0, you get 2 points

If Cameroon wins 3-2, you get 1 point

If Cameroon wins 3-0 or 3-1 you get 0 points

 

In the following rounds, points will be multiplied by:

• In the Third Round, points will be multiplied by 1.25
• In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5
• In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2

 

 

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: 12x4, 24x2, 3x1

Contestant 2: 12x4, 25x2, 2x1

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 29th, h. 13:10 (GMT +9).

 

 

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, MEX-CMR 3-2 means the Mexico beats Cameroon 3-2. MEX 2 CMR 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.

Edited October 20, 2018 by Wanderer

[Wanderer 1,726]

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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First Round
September 29th - October 4th, 2018
24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round

 

Group A

 

Date & Time (GMT +9)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 29th 2018, h. 13:10	Mexico			Cameroon
September 29th 2018, h. 15:40	Germany			Netherlands
September 29th 2018, h. 19:20	Argentina			Japan
September 30th 2018, h. 13:40	Cameroon			Germany
September 30th 2018, h. 16:10	Argentina			Mexico
September 30th 2018, h. 19:20	Japan			Netherlands
October 1st 2018, h. 13:40	Germany			Argentina
October 1st 2018, h. 16:10	Netherlands			Cameroon
October 1st 2018, h. 19:20	Mexico			Japan
October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40	Argentina			Netherlands
October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10	Mexico			Germany
October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20	Japan			Cameroon
October 4th 2018, h. 13:40	Netherlands			Mexico
October 4th 2018, h. 16:10	Cameroon			Argentina
October 4th 2018, h. 19:20	Germany			Japan

 

 

Group B

 

Date & Time (GMT +9)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 29th 2018, h. 13:40	Bulgaria			Italy
September 29th 2018, h. 16:10	Turkey			Canada
September 29th 2018, h. 19:20	China			Cuba
September 30th 2018, h. 13:40	Canada			Italy
September 30th 2018, h. 16:10	Cuba			Bulgaria
September 30th 2018, h. 19:20	Turkey			China
October 2nd 2018, h. 13:40	Italy			Cuba
October 2nd 2018, h. 16:10	Bulgaria			Turkey
October 2nd 2018, h. 19:20	China			Canada
October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40	Turkey			Italy
October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10	Canada			Cuba
October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20	China			Bulgaria
October 4th 2018, h. 13:40	Bulgaria			Canada
October 4th 2018, h. 16:10	Cuba			Turkey
October 4th 2018, h. 19:20	Italy			China

 

 

Group C

 

Date & Time (GMT +9)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 29th 2018, h. 13:40	Russia			Trinidad and Tobago
September 29th 2018, h. 16:10	Azerbaijan			United States
September 29th 2018, h. 19:20	South Korea			Thailand
September 30th 2018, h. 13:40	United States			Trinidad and Tobago
September 30th 2018, h. 16:10	Azerbaijan			South Korea
September 30th 2018, h. 19:20	Thailand			Russia
October 2nd 2018, h. 13:40	Russia			Azerbaijan
October 2nd 2018, h. 16:10	Trinidad and Tobago			Thailand
October 2nd 2018, h. 19:20	United States			South Korea
October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40	Azerbaijan			Trinidad and Tobago
October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10	South Korea			Russia
October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20	Thailand			United States
October 4th 2018, h. 13:40	Trinidad and Tobago			South Korea
October 4th 2018, h. 16:10	Thailand			Azerbaijan
October 4th 2018, h. 19:20	Russia			United States

 

 

Group D

 

Date & Time (GMT +9)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
September 29th 2018, h. 13:40	Puerto Rico			Brazil
September 29th 2018, h. 16:10	Dominican Republic			Serbia
September 29th 2018, h. 19:20	Kazakhstan			Kenya
September 30th 2018, h. 13:40	Brazil			Dominican Republic
September 30th 2018, h. 16:10	Kazakhstan			Puerto Rico
September 30th 2018, h. 19:20	Kenya			Serbia
October 1st 2018, h. 13:40	Dominican Republic			Kazakhstan
October 1st 2018, h. 16:10	Puerto Rico			Kenya
October 1st 2018, h. 19:20	Serbia			Brazil
October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40	Puerto Rico			Dominican Republic
October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10	Kazakhstan			Serbia
October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20	Kenya			Brazil
October 4th 2018, h. 13:40	Serbia			Puerto Rico
October 4th 2018, h. 16:10	Dominican Republic			Kenya
October 4th 2018, h. 19:20	Brazil			Kazakhstan

 

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