[PREDICTION CONTEST] Women's Handball EHF European Championship 2020

Wumo · November 26, 2020

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	Herning & Kolding
Start Date	December 3rd, 2020
End Date	December 20th, 2020
Participants	29
Gold	Agger
Silver	hckosice
Bronze	sami-eg

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. In case you think the match is going to end with a tie (draw), type 0 in any of the corresponding Cells. There cannot be 0 as point difference in the Semfinals and Medal Matches, and result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result.

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
December 4th 2020, h. 18:15	France	8		Montenegro

Scoring System: Basic number of points is 10

If you predict right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 10 points regardless of the goal difference.

If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 10+10 = 20 points.

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

Example

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
December 4th 2020, h. 18:15	France	8		Montenegro

If France wins by 8, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference: (10-(8-8))]

If France wins by 3, you will earn 15 points [10 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference: (10-(8-3))]

If France wins by 19, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 10-(8-19) - no negative points]

If Montenegro wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference: (10-(8+1))]

If Montenegro wins by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (10-(8+4))]

Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow:

Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 10 points
Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 7,5 points
Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 5 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: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 2x17

Contestant 2: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 1x17

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 Championship - December 3rd, h. 18:00 (GMT +1).

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, 8 FRA-MNE means France beats Montenegro by 8. FRA 8 MNE 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 · November 26, 2020

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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Preliminary Round
December 3rd - December 8th, 2020
16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nation from each Group will qualify for the Main Round

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
December 4th 2020, h. 18:15	France			Montenegro
December 4th 2020, h. 20:30	Denmark			Slovenia
December 6th 2020, h. 18:15	Slovenia			France
December 6th 2020, h. 20:30	Montenegro			Denmark
December 8th 2020, h. 18:15	Montenegro			Slovenia
December 8th 2020, h. 20:30	France			Denmark

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
December 3rd 2020, h. 18:15	Russia			Spain
December 3rd 2020, h. 20:30	Sweden			Czech Republic
December 5th 2020, h. 18:15	Czech Republic			Russia
December 5th 2020, h. 20:30	Spain			Sweden
December 7th 2020, h. 18:15	Spain			Czech Republic
December 7th 2020, h. 20:30	Russia			Sweden

Group C

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
December 4th 2020, h. 18:15	Hungary			Croatia
December 4th 2020, h. 20:30	Netherlands			Serbia
December 6th 2020, h. 16:00	Serbia			Hungary
December 6th 2020, h. 18:15	Croatia			Netherlands
December 8th 2020, h. 18:15	Serbia			Croatia
December 8th 2020, h. 20:30	Netherlands			Hungary

Group D

Date & Time (GMT +1)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
December 3rd 2020, h. 18:00	Romania			Germany
December 3rd 2020, h. 20:30	Norway			Poland
December 5th 2020, h. 16:00	Poland			Romania
December 5th 2020, h. 18:15	Germany			Norway
December 7th 2020, h. 18:15	Germany			Poland
December 7th 2020, h. 20:30	Romania			Norway