[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Handball EHF European Championship 2020

Wumo · January 1, 2020

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	January 9th, 2020
End Date	January 26th, 2020
Participants	41
Gold	africaboy
Silver	mihamiha
Bronze	ritesh

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. In case you think the match is going to end with a tie (draw), type 0 in any of the corresponding Cells. There cannot be 0 as point difference in the Semfinals and Medal Matches, and result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 9th 2020, h. 18:15	Croatia	8		Montenegro

Scoring System: Basic number of points is 10

If you predict the right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 10 points regardless of the goal difference.

If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 10+10=20 points.

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

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 9th 2020, h. 18:15	Croatia	8		Montenegro

If Croatia wins by 8, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference: (10-(8-8))

If Croatia wins by 3, you will earn 15 points [10 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference: (10-(8-3))

If Croatia wins by 19, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 10-(8-19) - no negative points

If Montenegro wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference: (10-(8+1))

If Montenegro wins by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (10-(8+4))

In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by:

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: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 2x17

Contestant 2: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 1x17

Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2.

The 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 Championship - January 9th, h. 18:15 (GMT +1).

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. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, 8 CRO-MNE means Croatia beats Montenegro by 8. CRO 8 MNE 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:

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

Edited January 27, 2020 by Wumo

Wumo · January 1, 2020

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
January 9th - January 15th, 2020
24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 9th 2020, h. 18:15	Croatia			Montenegro
January 9th 2020, h. 20:30	Belarus			Serbia
January 11th 2020, h. 16:00	Montenegro			Serbia
January 11th 2020, h. 18:15	Croatia			Belarus
January 13th 2020, h. 18:15	Serbia			Croatia
January 13th 2020, h. 20:30	Montenegro			Belarus

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 10th 2020, h. 18:15	Czech Republic			Austria
January 10th 2020, h. 20:30	North Macedonia			Ukraine
January 12th 2020, h. 16:00	Austria			Ukraine
January 12th 2020, h. 18:15	Czech Republic			North Macedonia
January 14th 2020, h. 18:15	Ukraine			Czech Republic
January 14th 2020, h. 20:30	Austria			North Macedonia

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 9th 2020, h. 18:15	Spain			Latvia
January 9th 2020, h. 20:30	Germany			Netherlands
January 11th 2020, h. 16:00	Latvia			Netherlands
January 11th 2020, h. 18:15	Spain			Germany
January 13th 2020, h. 18:15	Netherlands			Spain
January 13th 2020, h. 20:30	Latvia			Germany

Group D

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 10th 2020, h. 18:15	France			Portugal
January 10th 2020, h. 20:30	Norway			Bosnia and Herz.
January 12th 2020, h. 16:00	Portugal			Bosnia and Herz.
January 12th 2020, h. 18:15	France			Norway
January 14th 2020, h. 18:15	Bosnia and Herz.			France
January 14th 2020, h. 20:30	Portugal			Norway

Group E

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 11th 2020, h. 16:00	Denmark			Iceland
January 11th 2020, h. 18:15	Hungary			Russia
January 13th 2020, h. 18:15	Iceland			Russia
January 13th 2020, h. 20:30	Denmark			Hungary
January 15th 2020, h. 18:15	Russia			Denmark
January 15th 2020, h. 20:30	Iceland			Hungary

Group F

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
January 10th 2020, h. 18:15	Sweden			Switzerland
January 10th 2020, h. 20:30	Slovenia			Poland
January 12th 2020, h. 16:00	Switzerland			Poland
January 12th 2020, h. 18:15	Sweden			Slovenia
January 14th 2020, h. 18:15	Poland			Sweden
January 14th 2020, h. 20:30	Switzerland			Slovenia

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monte88 · January 1, 2020