[PREDICTION CONTEST] Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2017

tuniscof · March 27, 2017

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	Plymouth
Start Date	March 31st, 2017
End Date	April 7th, 2017
Participants	23
Gold	Henry_Leon
Silver	Pablita
Bronze	hckosice

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 goal difference for each match. Every match ends with a winner (there are no ties, draws).

To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - goal difference for each match. If your prediction is that Team 1 is going to win, you should type goal difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win, then type goal difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column.

Examples

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
*March 31st 2017, h. 16:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Finland	2		Russia
*March 31st 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	United States		1	Canada

Scoring system: Basic number of points is 5

If you predict right winner for a match, you will get 5 points regardless of the goal difference.

If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference) you will earn 5+5=10 points.

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

Example

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
*March 31st 2017, h. 16:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Finland	2		Russia

If Finland wins by 4, you will earn 8 points [5 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for goal difference: (5-2)]

If Finland wins by 2, you will earn 10 points [5 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for goal difference]

If Finland wins by 8, you will earn 5 points [5 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-6) - no negative points]

If Russia wins by 1, you will earn 2 points [0 pts for correct winner + 2 pts for goal difference: (5-3)]

If Russia wins by 3 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for goal difference: (5-5)]

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: 3x10, 2x9, 2x8, 2x7

Contestant 2: 3x10, 2x9, 2x8, 1x7

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 Tournament - March 31st, h. 12:00 (GMT -4).

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 your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, USA - CAN 2 means Canada beats United States by 2. USA 2 CAN 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:

You don't have permission to view this hidden content

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

Edited April 8, 2017 by tuniscof

tuniscof · March 27, 2017

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

March 31st - April 3rd, 2017

8 Nations, 2 Groups, 3rd and 4th from Group A, 1st and 2nd from Group B qualify to Quarterfinals, 1st and 2nd from Group A qualify to Semifinals.

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
*March 31st 2017, h. 16:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Finland			Russia
*March 31st 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	United States			Canada
*April 1st 2017, h. 15:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Russia			United States
*April 1st 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Canada			Finland
*April 3rd 2017, h. 15:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Canada			Russia
*April 3rd 2017, h. 19:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	United States			Finland

Group B

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
*March 31st 2017, h. 12:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Czech Republic			Switzerland
*March 31st 2017, h. 15:35, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Sweden			Germany
*April 1st 2017, h. 12:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Czech Republic			Germany
*April 1st 2017, h. 18:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Switzerland			Sweden
*April 3rd 2017, h. 12:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Germany			Switzerland
*April 3rd 2017, h. 18:00, USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth*	Sweden			Czech Republic