[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's European Volleyball Championship 2017

tuniscof · August 22, 2017

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

"Forecasting is the art of saying what will happen,

and then explaining why it didn't"

Competition Details
City	Various Cities
Start Date	August 24th, 2017
End Date	September 3rd, 2017
Participants	TBD
Gold	TBD
Silver	TBD
Bronze	TBD

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 the result in sets (win of either team) for each match.

To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of Sets each team will win in that particular match. Possible outcomes are 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2.

If your prediction is that Team 1 is going to win, you should type number "3" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win a set or two or will end the match without winning a set, then type the number "1" or "2" or "0" in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. Do the opposite if your prediction is that Team 2 is going to win.

Examples

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
August 24th 2017, h. 17:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Finland	3	2	Estonia
August 24th 2017, h. 20:30, *PGE Narodowy, Warsaw*	Poland	3	0	Serbia

Points will be awarded as follows:

- Right predicted winner with right set score - 4 points.
- Right predicted winner with wrong set score - 2 points.
- Right predicted score 3-2 (or 2-3), in other words predicted five sets match, but wrong predicted winner - 1 point.
- Wrong predicted winner - 0 points.

- During Preliminary Round (Group Stage) 3 bonus points will be awarded to predictors who make all perfect predictions in one day (right predicted winner and right predicted set scores). 1 bonus point will be awarded to predictors who predicted winners correctly in one day, regardless of set scores. You either win a bonus of 1 or 3 points.

- Bonuses won't be awarded if any of the scheduled matches for the particular day is not played (for whatever reason). No bonuses for Knockout Round.

In the Further Rounds, points will be multiplied by:

In the Playoff Round, points will be multiplied by 1.25
In the Quarterfinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5
In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.75
In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2

Examples

Group A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
August 24th 2017, h. 17:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Finland	3	2	Estonia

If Indonesia wins 3-2, you get 4 points
If Indonesia wins 3-1 or 3-0, you get 2 points
If Saudi Arabia wins 3-2, you get 1 point

If Saudi Arabia 3-1 or 3-0, you get 0 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: 6x4, 6x4, 2x4, 2x4

Contestant 2: 6x4, 6x4, 2x4, 1x4

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. Day-by-day Predictions are NOT ALLOWED !

In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Tournament - August 24th, h. 17:30 (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. Day-by-day Predictions are NOT ALLOWED !

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, POL 3 1 SRB or POL 3 SRB 1 means Poland beats Serbia by 3-1. POL 3 SRB 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.

tuniscof · August 22, 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.

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Preliminary Round

August 24th - August 28th, 2017

16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for Qarterfinals, 2nd and 3rd Nations will qualify for Playoff Round

Pool A

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
August 24th 2017, h. 17:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Finland			Estonia
August 24th 2017, h. 20:30, *PGE Narodowy, Warsaw*	Poland			Serbia
August 26th 2017, h. 17:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Serbia			Estonia
August 26th 2017, h. 20:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Poland			Finland
August 28th 2017, h. 17:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Finland			Serbia
August 28th 2017, h. 20:30, *Ergo Arena, G*dańsk */ Sopot*	Poland			Estonia

Pool B

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
August 25th 2017, h. 17:30, *Azoty Arena, Szczecin*	Slovakia			Czech Republic
August 25th 2017, h. 20:30, *Azoty Arena, Szczecin*	Germany			Italy
August 27th 2017, h. 17:30, *Azoty Arena, Szczecin*	Italy			Slovakia
August 27th 2017, h. 20:30, *Azoty Arena, Szczecin*	Germany			Czech Republic
August 28th 2017, h. 17:30, *Azoty Arena, Szczecin*	Slovakia			Germany
August 28th 2017, h. 20:30, *Azoty Arena, Szczecin*	Czech Republic			Italy

Pool C

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
August 24th 2017, h. 17:30, Tauron *Arena, Kra*ków	Bulgaria			Russia
August 24th 2017, h. 20:30, Tauron *Arena, Kra*ków	Slovenia			Spain
August 26th 2017, h. 17:30, Tauron *Arena, Kra*ków	Russia			Slovenia
August 26th 2017, h. 20:30, Tauron *Arena, Kra*ków	Bulgaria			Spain
August 28th 2017, h. 17:30, Tauron *Arena, Kra*ków	Slovenia			Bulgaria
August 28th 2017, h. 20:30, Tauron *Arena, Kra*ków	Spain			Russia

Pool D

Date and Venue	Team 1	T1	T2	Team 2
*August 25th 2017, h. 17:30, Spodek, Katowice***	Netherlands			Turkey
*August 25th 2017, h. 20:30, Spodek, Katowice***	Belgium			France
*August 27th 2017, h. 17:30, Spodek, Katowice***	Belgium			Turkey
*August 27th 2017, h. 20:30, Spodek, Katowice***	France			Netherlands
*August 28th 2017, h. 17:30, Spodek, Katowice***	Netherlands			Belgium
*August 28th 2017, h. 20:30, Spodek, Katowice***	Turkey			France

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Edited August 22, 2017 by tuniscof

VolleyRuller96 · August 22, 2017