[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2023

Wumo · April 27, 2023

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	Tampere & Riga
Start Date	May 12th, 2023
End Date	May 28th, 2023
Participants	19
Gold	Pablita
Silver	africaboy
Bronze	maestro

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 point difference for each match.

To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - point difference for each match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type point difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to win, then type point difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. There cannot be 0 as point difference in any of the matches. Result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 12th 2023, h. 16:20	Finland	3		United States

Scoring System: Basic number of points is 7

If you predict right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 7 points regardless of the goal difference.

If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 7+5=12 points.

Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 12th 2023, h. 16:20	Finland	3		United States

If Finland wins by 3, you will earn 12 points [7 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference]

If Finland wins by 1, you will earn 10 points [7 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for point difference]

If Finland wins by 8, you will earn 7 points [7 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference]

If United States wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference]

If United States by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference]

Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow:

Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 7 points
Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 5 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: 3x12, 2x11, 2x10

Contestant 2: 3x12, 2x11, 1x10

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 - May 12th, h. 16:20 (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, 3 FIN-USA means Finland beats United States by 3. FIN 3 USA 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 May 29, 2023 by Wumo

Wumo · April 27, 2023

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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Preliminary Round
May 12th - May 23rd, 2023
16 Nations, Top 4 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals.

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 12th 2023, h. 16:20	Finland			United States
May 12th 2023, h. 20:20	Sweden			Germany
May 13th 2023, h. 12:20	France			Austria
May 13th 2023, h. 16:20	Hungary			Denmark
May 13th 2023, h. 20:20	Germany			Finland
May 14th 2023, h. 12:20	United States			Hungary
May 14th 2023, h. 16:20	France			Denmark
May 14th 2023, h. 20:20	Sweden			Austria
May 15th 2023, h. 16:20	Germany			United States
May 15th 2023, h. 20:20	Finland			Sweden
May 16th 2023, h. 16:20	Denmark			Austria
May 16th 2023, h. 20:20	France			Hungary
May 17th 2023, h. 16:20	United States			Austria
May 17th 2023, h. 20:20	Finland			France
May 18th 2023, h. 16:20	Hungary			Sweden
May 18th 2023, h. 20:20	Denmark			Germany
May 19th 2023, h. 16:20	Hungary			Finland
May 19th 2023, h. 20:20	Austria			Germany
May 20th 2023, h. 12:20	United States			Denmark
May 20th 2023, h. 16:20	Austria			Finland
May 20th 2023, h. 20:20	Sweden			France
May 21st 2023, h. 16:20	Germany			Hungary
May 21st 2023, h. 20:20	United States			France
May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20	Denmark			Sweden
May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20	Austria			Hungary
May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20	Germany			France
May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20	Sweden			United States
May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20	Finland			Denmark

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 12th 2023, h. 16:20	Slovakia			Czechia
May 12th 2023, h. 20:20	Latvia			Canada
May 13th 2023, h. 12:20	Switzerland			Slovenia
May 13th 2023, h. 16:20	Norway			Kazakhstan
May 13th 2023, h. 20:20	Slovakia			Latvia
May 14th 2023, h. 12:20	Slovenia			Canada
May 14th 2023, h. 16:20	Norway			Switzerland
May 14th 2023, h. 20:20	Czechia			Kazakhstan
May 15th 2023, h. 16:20	Slovakia			Canada
May 15th 2023, h. 20:20	Czechia			Latvia
May 16th 2023, h. 16:20	Slovenia			Norway
May 16th 2023, h. 20:20	Switzerland			Kazakhstan
May 17th 2023, h. 16:20	Latvia			Norway
May 17th 2023, h. 20:20	Canada			Kazakhstan
May 18th 2023, h. 16:20	Czechia			Slovenia
May 18th 2023, h. 20:20	Switzerland			Slovakia
May 19th 2023, h. 16:20	Latvia			Slovenia
May 19th 2023, h. 20:20	Kazakhstan			Slovakia
May 20th 2023, h. 12:20	Norway			Czechia
May 20th 2023, h. 16:20	Canada			Switzerland
May 20th 2023, h. 20:20	Kazakhstan			Latvia
May 21st 2023, h. 16:20	Slovenia			Slovakia
May 21st 2023, h. 20:20	Czechia			Switzerland
May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20	Canada			Norway
May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20	Kazakhstan			Slovenia
May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20	Slovakia			Norway
May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20	Canada			Czechia
May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20	Switzerland			Latvia

Top 3

Place	1st	2nd	3rd
Nation

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Edited April 27, 2023 by Wumo

Pablita · May 5, 2023