[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Football UEFA Euro 2016

Wanderer · May 21, 2016

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

"There are things that are uncertain for us, things more or less probable,

and we seek to compensate for the impossibility of knowing them

by determining their different degrees of likelihood.

So it was that we owe to the weakness of the human mind one of the most delicate

and ingenious of mathematical theories, the science of chance or probability."

Competition Details
City	Various Cities
Start Date	June 10th, 2016
End Date	July 10th, 2016
Participants	56
Gold	Dejo
Silver	Il_qar
Bronze	SteveParker

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 10th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade de France, Saint-Denis*	France	3	1	Romania
June 11th 2016, h. 15:00, *Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens*	Albania	1	1	Switzerland

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 10th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade de France, Saint-Denis*	France	3	1	Romania

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 Romania 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 Romania 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 and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 11th 2016, h. 15:00, *Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens*	Albania	1	1	Switzerland

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: 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.

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 - June 10th, h. 21:00 (GMT +2).

If you want to use Jolly in this Prediction Contest (which will double your Points for General Standings), Copy and Paste the following picture at the top of your Prediction Post.

You can add Jolly in your Post until the start of the first Match of the Prediction Contest. You can't remove a Jolly you have submitted after the start of the first Match of the Prediction Contest.

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, FRA 4 1 ROU or FRA 4 ROU 1 means France beats Romania by 4-1. FRA 4 ROU 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.

Wanderer · May 21, 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 10th - June 22nd, 2016

24 Nations, 6 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 4 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Round of 16

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 10th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade de France, Saint-Denis*	France			Romania
June 11th 2016, h. 15:00, *Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens*	Albania			Switzerland
June 15th 2016, h. 18:00, *Parc des Princes, Paris*	Romania			Switzerland
June 15th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade Velodrome, Marseille*	France			Albania
June 19th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille*	Switzerland			France
June 19th 2016, h. 21:00, *Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon*	Romania			Albania

Group B

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 11th 2016, h. 18:00, *Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux*	Wales			Slovakia
June 11th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade Velodrome, Marseille*	England			Russia
June 15th 2016, h. 15:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille	Russia			Slovakia
June 16th 2016, h. 15:00, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens	England			Wales
June 20th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne	Slovakia			England
June 20th 2016, h. 21:00, Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	Russia			Wales

Group C

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 12th 2016, h. 18:00, *Allianz Riviera, Nice*	Poland			Northern Ireland
June 12th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille	Germany			Ukraine
June 16th 2016, h. 18:00, *Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon*	Ukraine			Northern Ireland
June 16th 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade de France, Saint-Denis*	Germany			Poland
June 21st 2016, h. 18:00, *Parc des Princes, Paris*	Northern Ireland			Germany
June 21st 2016, h. 18:00, *Stade Velodrome, Marseille*	Ukraine			Poland

Group D

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 12th 2016, h. 15:00, *Parc des Princes, Paris*	Turkey			Croatia
June 13th 2016, h. 15:00, *Stadium Municipal, Toulouse*	Spain			Czech Republic
June 17th 2016, h. 18:00, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne	Czech Republic			Croatia
June 17th 2016, h. 21:00, *Allianz Riviera, Nice*	Spain			Turkey
June 21st 2016, h. 21:00, *Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux*	Croatia			Spain
June 21st 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens*	Czech Republic			Turkey

Group E

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 13th 2016, h. 18:00, *Stade de France, Saint-Denis*	Ireland			Sweden
June 13th 2016, h. 21:00, *Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon*	Belgium			Italy
June 17th 2016, h. 15:00, Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	Italy			Sweden
June 18th 2016, h. 15:00, *Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux*	Belgium			Ireland
June 22nd 2016, h. 21:00, *Allianz Riviera, Nice*	Sweden			Belgium
June 22nd 2016, h. 21:00, *Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille*	Italy			Ireland

Group F

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
June 14th 2016, h. 18:00, *Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux*	Austria			Hungary
June 14th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne	Portugal			Iceland
June 18th 2016, h. 18:00, Stade Velodrome, Marseille	Iceland			Hungary
June 18th 2016, h. 21:00, *Parc des Princes, Paris*	Portugal			Austria
June 22nd 2016, h. 18:00, *Stade de France, Saint-Denis*	Iceland			Austria
June 22nd 2016, h. 18:00, *Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon*	Hungary			Portugal