[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Football Copa América Centenario 2016

LDOG · May 17, 2016

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

"There are two possible outcomes:

if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement.

If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery."

Competition Details
City	Various Cities
Start Date	June 3rd, 2016
End Date	June 26th, 2016
Participants	41
Gold	LDOG
Silver	Pablita
Bronze	hukbrazil

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 infromation "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) 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 Team 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Quarterfinals onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result.

Examples

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, *Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara*	United States	3	1	Colombia
June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, *Camping World Stadium, Orlando*	Costa Rica	1	1	Paraguay

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.

Examples

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, *Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara*	United States	3	1	Colombia

If United States wins 3-1, you get 5 points
If United States wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference)
If United States 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 United States 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 Colombia 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 Colombia wins and United States 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 outctome and wrong number of goals for both teams)

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, *Camping World Stadium, Orlando*	Costa Rica	1	1	Paraguay

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 1.5
In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 2
In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2.5

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: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3

Contestant 2: 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2

Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2.

Contestant with most points wins the competition.

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 - June 3rd, h. 21:30 (GMT -4).

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 2016 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 you predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, USA 4 1 COL or USA 4 COL 1 means United States beats Colombia by 4-1. USA 4 COL 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:

This post has been hidden. Only the user who posted it is able to see the content

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

LDOG · May 17, 2016

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

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Preliminary Round

June 3rd-June 14th, 2016

16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4)

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 3rd 2016, h. 21:30, *Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara*	United States			Colombia
June 4th 2016, h. 17:00, *Camping World Stadium, Orlando*	Costa Rica			Paraguay
June 7th 2016, h. 20:00, *Soldier Field, Chicago*	United States			Costa Rica
June 7th 2016, h. 22:30, *Rose Bowl, Pasadena*	Colombia			Paraguay
June 11th 2016, h. 19:00, *Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia*	Paraguay			United States
June 11th 2016, h. 21:00, *NRG Stadium, Houston*	Costa Rica			Colombia

Group B

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 4th 2016, h. 19:30, *CenturyLink Field, Seattle*	Haiti			Peru
June 4th 2016, h. 22:00, *Rose Bowl, Pasadena*	Brazil			Ecuador
June 8th 2016, h. 19:30, Camping World Stadium, Orlando	Brazil			Haiti
June 8th 2016, h. 22:00, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale	Ecuador			Peru
June 12th 2016, h. 18:30, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford	Haiti			Ecuador
June 12th 2016, h. 20:30, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough	Peru			Brazil

Group C

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 5th 2016, h. 17:00, *Soldier Field, Chicago*	Jamaica			Venezuela
June 5th 2016, h. 20:00, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale	Mexico			Uruguay
June 9th 2016, h. 19:30, *Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia*	Uruguay			Venezuela
June 9th 2016, h. 22:00, *Rose Bowl, Pasadena*	Mexico			Jamaica
June 13th 2016, h. 20:00, *NRG Stadium, Houston*	Mexico			Venezuela
June 13th 2016, h. 22:00, *Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara*	Uruguay			Jamaica

Group D

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 6th 2016, h. 17:00, *Camping World Stadium, Orlando*	Panama			Bolivia
June 6th 2016, h. 21:30, *Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara*	Argentina			Chile
June 10th 2016, h. 19:00, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough	Chile			Bolivia
June 10th 2016, h. 21:30, *Soldier Field, Chicago*	Argentina			Panama
June 14th 2016, h. 20:00, *Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia*	Chile			Panama
June 14th 2016, h. 22:00, *CenturyLink Field, Seattle*	Argentina			Bolivia

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vlad · May 18, 2016