[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Football CAF African Cup of Nations 2019

Sindo · June 15, 2019

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	June 21st, 2019
End Date	July 19th, 2019
Participants	TBD
Gold	TBD
Silver	TBD
Bronze	TBD

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 (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT -3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 14th 2019, h. 21:30	France	3	1	South Korea
June 15th 2019, h. 16:00	Norway	1	1	Nigeria

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
June 14th 2019, h. 21:30	France	3	1	South Korea

If France wins 3-1, you get 5 points
If France wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference)
If France 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 France 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 South Korea 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 South Korea wins and France 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
June 14th 2019, h. 21:30	Norway	1	1	Nigeria

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

In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by:

In the Quarterfinals, 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: 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 second match of the Tournament - June 7th, h. 21:00 (GMT +2).

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, FRA-KOR 3-1 or FRA 3 1 KOR means France beats South Korea by 3-1. FRA 2 KOR 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.

Sindo · June 15, 2019

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
June 21st - July 2nd, 2019
24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and the 4 best 3rd ranked Nations from all Groups will qualify for the Round of 16

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 21st 2019, h. 22:00	Egypt			Zimbabwe
June 22nd 2019, h. 16:30	Congo DR			Uganda
June 26th 2019, h. 19:00	Uganda			Zimbabwe
June 26th 2019, h. 22:00	Egypt			Congo DR
June 30th 2019, h. 21:00	Uganda			Egypt
June 30th 2019, h. 21:00	Zimbabwe			Congo DR

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 22nd 2019, h. 19:00	Nigeria			Burundi
June 22nd 2019, h. 21:00	Guinea			Madagascar
June 26th 2019, h. 16:30	Nigeria			Guinea
June 27th 2019, h. 16:30	Madagascar			Burundi
June 30th 2019, h. 18:00	Madagascar			Nigeria
June 30th 2019, h. 18:00	Burundi			Guinea

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 23rd 2019, h. 19:00	Senegal			Tanzania
June 23rd 2019, h. 22:00	Algeria			Kenya
June 27th 2019, h. 19:00	Senegal			Algeria
June 27th 2019, h. 22:00	Kenya			Tanzania
July 1st 2019, h. 21:00	Kenya			Senegal
July 1st 2019, h. 21:00	Tanzania			Algeria

Group D

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 23rd 2019, h. 16:30	Morocco			Namibia
June 24th 2019, h. 16:30	Cote d'Ivoire			South Africa
June 28th 2019, h. 19:00	Morocco			Cote d'Ivoire
June 28th 2019, h. 22:00	South Africa			Namibia
July 1st 2019, h. 18:00	South Africa			Morocco
July 1st 2019, h. 18:00	Namibia			Cote d'Ivoire

Group E

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 24th 2019, h. 19:00	Tunisia			Angola
June 24th 2019, h. 22:00	Mali			Mauritania
June 28th 2019, h. 16:30	Tunisia			Mali
June 29th 2019, h. 16:30	Mauritania			Angola
July 2nd 2019, h. 21:00	Mauritania			Tunisia
July 2nd 2019, h. 21:00	Angola			Mali

Group F

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
June 25th 2019, h. 19:00	Cameroon			Guinea-Bissau
June 25th 2019, h. 22:00	Ghana			Benin
June 29th 2019, h. 19:00	Cameroon			Ghana
June 29th 2019, h. 22:00	Benin			Guinea-Bissau
July 2nd 2019, h. 18:00	Benin			Cameroon
July 2nd 2019, h. 18:00	Guinea-Bissau			Ghana

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Vojthas · June 15, 2019