[PREDICTION CONTEST] Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2021

Wumo · May 13, 2021

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	Riga
Start Date	May 21st, 2021
End Date	June 6th, 2021
Participants	23
Gold	Herberth10
Silver	hckošice
Bronze	Agger

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 +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15	ROC	3		Czech Republic

Scoring System: Basic number of points is 7

If you predict 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 +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15	ROC	3		Czech Republic

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

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

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

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

If Czech Republic 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 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: 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 Championship - May 21st, h. 16:15 (GMT +3).

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 ROC-CZE means ROC beats Czech Republic by 3. ROC 3 CZE 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 · May 13, 2021

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
May 21st - June 1st, 2021
16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15	ROC			Czech Republic
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15	Belarus			Slovakia
May 22nd 2021, h. 12:15	Denmark			Sweden
May 22nd 2021, h. 16:15	Great Britain			ROC
May 22nd 2021, h. 20:15	Czech Republic			Switzerland
May 23rd 2021, h. 12:15	Great Britain			Slovakia
May 23rd 2021, h. 16:15	Sweden			Belarus
May 23rd 2021, h. 20:15	Denmark			Switzerland
May 24th 2021, h. 16:15	Slovakia			ROC
May 24th 2021, h. 20:15	Czech Republic			Belarus
May 25th 2021, h. 16:15	Great Britain			Denmark
May 25th 2021, h. 20:15	Switzerland			Sweden
May 26th 2021, h. 16:15	ROC			Denmark
May 26th 2021, h. 20:15	Belarus			Great Britain
May 27th 2021, h. 16:15	Switzerland			Slovakia
May 27th 2021, h. 20:15	Sweden			Czech Republic
May 28th 2021, h. 16:15	Sweden			Great Britain
May 28th 2021, h. 20:15	Denmark			Belarus
May 29th 2021, h. 12:15	Czech Republic			Great Britain
May 29th 2021, h. 16:15	Switzerland			ROC
May 29th 2021, h. 20:15	Slovakia			Denmark
May 30th 2021, h. 16:15	Belarus			Switzerland
May 30th 2021, h. 20:15	Sweden			Slovakia
May 31st 2021, h. 16:15	Czech Republic			Denmark
May 31st 2021, h. 20:15	ROC			Sweden
June 1st 2021, h. 12:15	Switzerland			Great Britain
June 1st 2021, h. 16:15	Slovakia			Czech Republic
June 1st 2021, h. 20:15	ROC			Belarus

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +3)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15	Germany			Italy
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15	Canada			Latvia
May 22nd 2021, h. 12:15	Norway			Germany
May 22nd 2021, h. 16:15	Finland			United States
May 22nd 2021, h. 20:15	Latvia			Kazakhstan
May 23rd 2021, h. 12:15	Norway			Italy
May 23rd 2021, h. 16:15	Kazakhstan			Finland
May 23rd 2021, h. 20:15	Canada			United States
May 24th 2021, h. 16:15	Latvia			Italy
May 24th 2021, h. 20:15	Germany			Canada
May 25th 2021, h. 16:15	United States			Kazakhstan
May 25th 2021, h. 20:15	Finland			Norway
May 26th 2021, h. 16:15	Kazakhstan			Germany
May 26th 2021, h. 20:15	Canada			Norway
May 27th 2021, h. 16:15	United States			Latvia
May 27th 2021, h. 20:15	Finland			Italy
May 28th 2021, h. 16:15	Kazakhstan			Canada
May 28th 2021, h. 20:15	Latvia			Norway
May 29th 2021, h. 12:15	Italy			Kazakhstan
May 29th 2021, h. 16:15	Norway			United States
May 29th 2021, h. 20:15	Germany			Finland
May 30th 2021, h. 16:15	Italy			Canada
May 30th 2021, h. 20:15	Finland			Latvia
May 31st 2021, h. 16:15	United States			Germany
May 31st 2021, h. 20:15	Norway			Kazakhstan
June 1st 2021, h. 12:15	Canada			Finland
June 1st 2021, h. 16:15	Italy			United States
June 1st 2021, h. 20:15	Germany			Latvia