[PREDICTION CONTEST] Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games - Men's Ice Hockey

Wumo · January 28

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	Beijing
Start Date	February 9th, 2022
End Date	February 20th, 2022
Participants	39
Gold	hckoŠice
Silver	Wanderer
Bronze	Pablita

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. There cannot be 0 as point difference in any of the matches. Result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +8)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
February 10th 2022, h. 21:10	United States	3		China

Scoring System: Basic number of points is 7

If you predict the right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 7 points regardless of the goal difference.

If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 7+5=12 points.

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

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +8)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
February 10th 2022, h. 21:10	United States	3		China

If United States wins by 3, you will earn 12 points [7 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference]

If United States wins by 1, you will earn 10 points [7 pts for correct winner + 3 pts for point difference]

If United States wins by 8, you will earn 7 points [7 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference]

If China wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference]

If China wins by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference]

Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow:

Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 7 points
Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 5 points
Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 3 points
Corrected Predicted Nation in Top 3, but wrong place will be awarded 2 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: 3x12, 2x11, 2x10

Contestant 2: 3x12, 2x11, 1x10

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 and Top 3 Predictions.

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 - February 9th, h. 16:40 (GMT+8).

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. 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, 3 USA-CHN means United States beats China by 3. USA 3 CHN 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.

Wumo · January 28

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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Main Round
February 9th - February 13th, 2022
12 Nations, Every 1st-placed Nation from all the Groups + The best 2nd-placed Nation from all the Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals. All remaining Nations will qualify for the Knockout Round Playoff-Matches

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +8)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
February 10th 2022, h. 21:10	United States			China
February 10th 2022, h. 21:10	Canada			Germany
February 12th 2022, h. 12:10	Canada			United States
February 12th 2022, h. 16:40	Germany			China
February 13th 2022, h. 21:10	China			Canada
February 13th 2022, h. 21:10	United States			Germany

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +8)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
February 9th 2022, h. 16:40	ROC			Switzerland
February 9th 2022, h. 21:10	Czech Republic			Denmark
February 11th 2022, h. 12:10	Denmark			ROC
February 11th 2022, h. 16:40	Czech Republic			Switzerland
February 12th 2022, h. 21:10	ROC			Czech Republic
February 12th 2022, h. 21:10	Switzerland			Denmark

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +8)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
February 10th 2022, h. 12:10	Sweden			Latvia
February 10th 2022, h. 16:40	Finland			Slovakia
February 11th 2022, h. 16:40	Sweden			Slovakia
February 11th 2022, h. 21:10	Latvia			Finland
February 13th 2022, h. 12:10	Slovakia			Latvia
February 13th 2022, h. 16:40	Finland			Sweden

Top 3

Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nation

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Pablita · January 28