[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2022

Wumo · November 7, 2022

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	November 20th, 2022
End Date	December 18th, 2022
Participants	46
Gold	hckošice
Silver	PakoNatxo
Bronze	Ufilov

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 and onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 20th 2022, h. 19:00	Qatar	3	1	Ecuador
November 21st 2022, h. 19:00	Senegal	1	1	Netherlands

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 quarterfinals 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 A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 20th 2022, h. 19:00	Qatar	3	1	Ecuador

If Qatar wins 3-1, you get 5 points
If Qatar wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference)
If Qatar 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 Qatar 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 Ecuador 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 Ecuador wins and Qatar score more or less than 3 goals 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 A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 21st 2022, h. 19:00	Senegal	1	1	Netherlands

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

Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow:

Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 5 points
Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 4 points
Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 3 points
Corrected Predicted Nation in Top 3, but wrong place will be awarded 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: 3x4, 2x2, 2x1

Contestant 2: 3x4, 2x2, 1x1

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 and Top 3 Predictions.

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 Championship - November 20th, h. 19:00 (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 the Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread.

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, QAT 3-1 ECU means Qatar wins 3-1 against Ecuador. 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 December 30, 2022 by Wumo

Wumo · November 7, 2022

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.

PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE --->

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Group Stage
November 20th - December 2nd, 2022
32 Nations, The Top 2 Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16.

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 20th 2022, h. 19:00	Qatar			Ecuador
November 21st 2022, h. 19:00	Senegal			Netherlands
November 25th 2022, h. 16:00	Qatar			Senegal
November 25th 2022, h. 19:00	Netherlands			Ecuador
November 29th 2022, h. 18:00	Ecuador			Senegal
November 29th 2022, h. 18:00	Netherlands			Qatar

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 21st 2022, h. 16:00	England			Iran
November 21st 2022, h. 22:00	United States			Wales
November 25th 2022, h. 13:00	Wales			Iran
November 25th 2022, h. 22:00	England			United States
November 29th 2022, h. 22:00	Wales			England
November 29th 2022, h. 22:00	Iran			United States

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 22nd 2022, h. 13:00	Argentina			Saudi Arabia
November 22nd 2022, h. 19:00	Mexico			Poland
November 26th 2022, h. 16:00	Poland			Saudi Arabia
November 26th 2022, h. 22:00	Argentina			Mexico
November 30th 2022, h. 22:00	Poland			Argentina
November 30th 2022, h. 22:00	Saudi Arabia			Mexico

Group D

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 22nd 2022, h. 16:00	Denmark			Tunisia
November 22nd 2022, h. 22:00	France			Australia
November 26th 2022, h. 13:00	Tunisia			Australia
November 26th 2022, h. 19:00	France			Denmark
November 30th 2022, h. 18:00	Australia			Denmark
November 30th 2022, h. 18:00	Tunisia			France

Group E

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 23rd 2022, h. 16:00	Germany			Japan
November 23rd 2022, h. 19:00	Spain			Costa Rica
November 27th 2022, h. 13:00	Japan			Costa Rica
November 27th 2022, h. 22:00	Spain			Germany
December 1st 2022, h. 22:00	Japan			Spain
December 1st 2022, h. 22:00	Costa Rica			Germany

Group F

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 23rd 2022, h. 13:00	Morocco			Croatia
November 23rd 2022, h. 22:00	Belgium			Canada
November 27th 2022, h. 16:00	Belgium			Morocco
November 27th 2022, h. 19:00	Croatia			Canada
December 1st 2022, h. 18:00	Croatia			Belgium
December 1st 2022, h. 18:00	Canada			Morocco

Group G

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 24th 2022, h. 13:00	Switzerland			Cameroon
November 24th 2022, h. 22:00	Brazil			Serbia
November 28th 2022, h. 13:00	Cameroon			Serbia
November 28th 2022, h. 19:00	Brazil			Switzerland
December 2nd 2022, h. 22:00	Serbia			Switzerland
December 2nd 2022, h. 22:00	Cameroon			Brazil

Group H

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
November 24th 2022, h. 16:00	Uruguay			South Korea
November 24th 2022, h. 19:00	Portugal			Ghana
November 28th 2022, h. 16:00	South Korea			Ghana
November 28th 2022, h. 22:00	Portugal			Uruguay
December 2nd 2022, h. 18:00	Ghana			Uruguay
December 2nd 2022, h. 18:00	South Korea			Portugal

Top 3

Place	1st	2nd	3rd
Nation

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Edited November 7, 2022 by Wumo

LDOG · November 7, 2022