World Cup Prediction Game

Zidane - what a way to go?

Anyway, congratulations to Paul White, with a massive 128 points. I shall be putting some more stats and awards up over the next few days so look out for those.

For the final, 5 people got the full time score correct (Martin, Dave S (me), Pete Swan, Paul White and the Monkey), and remarkably 4 people went for a 3-1 Germany victory for the 3rd place play-off (Dave L, Dave S (me again), Rob and Pete Cox).

Well done to us collectively as the Monkey (our combined predictions) finished above Motson and Lawro by 3 points.

As I said more to come in the next day or so.

Pos Name     Pts  tms  scrs Unique
 1 Paul W    128   60   68   2.79
 2 Dave S    123   60   63   2.65
 3 Paul F    121   60   61   2.36
 4 Alex Cass 121   63   58   3.12
 5 Pete S    115   66   49   2.37
 6 Monkey    114   57   57   2.17
 7 BBC       111   60   51   2.61
 8 Dave L    110   57   53   2.36
 9 Mike      110   57   53   2.30
10 John D    109   54   55   2.72
11 Joff      109   54   55   2.34
12 Mark      109   57   52   2.06
13 Martin    108   57   51   1.99
14 Pete C    107   54   53   2.05
15 Martyn    106   54   52   2.27
16 Adair     104   60   44   1.93
17 Jon B     104   63   41   1.96
18 Dave H    102   69   33   2.45
19 Pete L     99   48   51   1.87
20 Alex SH    97   48   49   2.74
21 Pete T     97   54   43   2.09
22 Dave J     96   48   48   1.94
23 Phill      96   54   42   2.04
24 Alex Chase 96   60   36   1.85
25 Darren     93   54   39   1.69
26 Rob S      92   51   41   1.63
27 Damon      91   48   43   2.06
28 Phil R     80   42   38   3.55

Its not over yet, Paul White is just 3 points clear of Alex and 4 clear of Paul Ferris with all three not able to gain any points for teams and still 6 points up for grabs.

In the semi final games John Duncan picked up the most prediction points with 4, and was the only person to go for 1-0 to France.

17 people went for a draw between Germany and Italy but only Pete Swan gave me a 0-0 prediction.

Alex SH will be hoping for a France win to gain a bonus 5 points.

Finally, last score predictions for Saturday please.

Germany v Portugal
Italy v France

Pos Name     Pts  tms  scrs Unique  Italy     France
 1 Paul W    124   60   64   2.61   semi      quarter
 2 Alex Cass 121   63   58   3.12   final     quarter
 3 Paul F    120   60   60   2.32   final     quarter
 4 Dave S    117   60   57   2.40   last 16   quarter
 5 Pete S    112   66   46   2.23   final     last 16
 6 Monkey    110   57   53   1.99   last 16   quarter
 7 BBC       110   60   50   2.56   final     quarter
 8 Mike      109   57   52   2.25   last 16   semi
 9 John D    108   54   54   2.69   last 16   quarter
10 Joff      108   54   54   2.31   last 16   semi
11 Mark      108   57   51   2.02   quarter   semi
12 Dave L    107   57   50   2.25   group     final
13 Martyn    105   54   51   2.23   last 16   semi
14 Pete C    104   54   50   1.95   quarter   semi
15 Martin    104   57   47   1.81   last 16   semi
16 Adair     103   60   43   1.89   last 16   semi
17 Jon B     103   63   40   1.91   quarter   semi
18 Dave H    101   69   32   2.41   semi      quarter
19 Pete L     98   48   50   1.83   group     quarter
20 Alex SH    96   48   48   2.70   group     winners
21 Pete T     96   54   42   2.06   quarter   quarter
22 Dave J     95   48   47   1.91   last 16   semi
23 Phill      95   54   41   2.00   quarter   quarter
24 Alex Chase 95   60   35   1.80   semi      quarter
25 Darren     91   54   37   1.61   group     semi
26 Damon      90   48   42   2.03   last 16   last 16
27 Rob S      89   51   38   1.53   group     last 16
28 Phil R     80   42   38   3.55   last 16   last 16

$%&*! England are out.

With Brazil, Argentina and um Paraguay all out, the only team left in as predicted winners is Alex S-H's France.

2 people had Portugal through to the semi's - Dave Hawkes and Adair.

Only Damon and Lawro went for a france win.

Right semi's:

Germany v Italy
Portugal v France

Get these to me for Tueesday.

Pos Name     Pts   tms scrs  Best Team*
 1 Paul W    123   60   63   Germany (2.20)
 2 Alex Cass 117   60   57   Togo (2.33)
 3 Paul F    116   57   59   Paraguay/Tunisia (2.33)
 4 Dave S    115   60   55   Ivory Coast (2.33)
 5 Monkey    108   57   51   Iran/Togo (2.33)
 6 Joff      107   54   53   Togo (2.33)
 7 BBC       107   57   50   Australia (1.75)
 8 Mike      106   57   49   Italy (1.80)
 9 Mark      105   57   48   Tunisia (2.33)
10 Pete S    105   63   42   Croatia/Iran (1.67)
11 John D    104   54   50   South Korea (2.33)
12 Martyn    103   54   49   Switzerland/Togo (2.00)
13 Pete C    103   54   49   Brazil (1.60)
14 Dave L    102   54   48   Trinidad & Tobago (2.00)
15 Martin    102   57   45   Germany (1.80)
16 Adair     101   60   41   USA (2.00)
17 Jon B     100   63   37   Argentina (1.40)
18 Dave H     98   69   29   Switzerland (1.50)
19 Pete L     97   48   49   Togo (2.33)
20 Dave J     94   48   46   Togo (2.33)
21 Pete T     94   54   40   Iran (1.67)
22 Phill      93   54   39   Japan (1.67)
23 Alex Chase 92   60   32   Croatia (1.67)
24 Alex SH    90   45   45   Croatia/Ivory Coast/USA (1.33)
25 Darren     90   54   36   Ivory Coast/Iran (1.33)
26 Damon      89   48   41   Iran/Ivory Coast/Togo/Tunisia (1.33)
27 Rob S      87   51   36   Tunisia (1.67)
28 Phil R     80   42   38   Switzerland (1.75)

*Best Team is the team that you scored most points (per game) off of (points per game)

Germany and Italy are through... Predicted by Pete Swan, Paul White and Alex Chase. Paul is now 5 points clear at the top as he also got 4 points for the scores yesterday.

Martin was the only person to get 6 points for the 2 games.

Dave Hawkes has the most points for teams going through and the least for scores.

Pos Name     Pts  tms  scrs  Finalists
 1 Paul W    122   60   62   Germany v Brazil
 2 Alex Cass 117   60   57   Italy v Brazil
 3 Paul F    116   57   59   Italy v Brazil
 4 Dave S    114   60   54   Czech Republic v Brazil
 5 BBC       106   57   49   Brazil v Italy
 6 Monkey    105   54   51   Brazil v England
 7 Pete S    105   63   42   Italy v Brazil
 8 John D    104   54   50   Holland v England
 9 Joff      103   51   52   Germany v Brazil
10 Mark      102   54   48   England v Brazil
11 Pete C    100   51   49   England v Brazil
12 Mike      100   54   46   Brazil v England
13 Dave L     99   51   48   England v France
14 Martyn     99   51   48   Holland v Argentina
15 Martin     98   54   44   England v Germany
16 Pete L     97   48   49   Brazil v Czech Republic
17 Adair      94   54   40   Holland v Brazil
18 Jon B      94   60   34   Argentina v Brazil
19 Pete T     93   54   39   England v Brazil
20 Phill      93   54   39   England v Brazil
21 Dave H     92   66   26   Argentina v Brazil
22 Dave J     91   45   46   Argentina v England
23 Alex Chase 89   60   29   Germany v Brazil
24 Damon      88   48   40   Czech Republic v England
25 Alex SH    87   42   45   France v Brazil
26 Darren     87   51   36   Argentina v Brazil
27 Rob S      87   51   36   Argentina v England
28 Phil R     80   42   38   Ecuador v Paraguay

You have till Saturday for these...

Germany v Argentina
Italy v Ukraine
England v Portugal
Brazil v France

Good luck

Alex S-H sticks with his belief that France are good and it pays off as they make the quarters, Pete Timothy was the only other person to pick up a point for this game making this the joint second most unpredicted game after Ghana 2-0 Czech Republic (joint with Poland-Ecuador).

Incidently France were involved in the highest scoring game when they beat Togo 2-0. (47 points).

Joff, Pete Cox and Paul Ferris all picked up 3 points for the Brazil game.

Pos Name     Pts  tms  scrs unique*
 1 Alex Cass 113   57   56   3.03
 2 Paul W    112   54   58   2.40
 3 Paul F    112   54   58   2.24
 4 Dave S    107   57   50   2.11
 5 John D    103   54   49   2.57
 6 BBC       102   54   48   1.99
 7 Mark      101   54   47   1.88
 8 Monkey    101   54   47   1.74
 9 Joff       99   48   51   2.18
10 Mike       99   54   45   1.95
11 Martyn     98   51   47   2.07
12 Pete S     98   57   41   2.07
13 Dave L     97   51   46   2.08
14 Pete C     97   51   46   1.78
15 Pete L     96   48   48   1.75
16 Adair      93   54   39   1.72
17 Dave J     89   45   44   1.76
18 Pete T     89   51   38   1.91
19 Phill      89   51   38   1.89
20 Martin     89   51   38   1.40
21 Dave H     88   63   25   2.12
22 Alex SH    87   42   45   2.63
23 Damon      87   48   39   1.44
24 Jon B      87   60   27   1.23
25 Darren     86   51   35   1.51
26 Rob S      86   51   35   1.41
27 Phil R     82   42   40   3.62
28 Alex Chase 82   54   28   1.52

*these scores are calculated by giving each game a weighting of 1 which is distributed among the people who scored points for that game. i.e. if 1 person qot the score correct and 7 people got the result corect then the 1 person would score 0.3 and the others 0.1 each.

The more points you get on this score is determined by how many games you get points for and by how unlikely the result is that you predicted. So in predicting a Ghana win against the Czech Rep Phil picked up 1 point.

4 people reach the 100 point mark with only 10 games left to play its still anyones game (except Switzerland who can't take penalties for chocolate)

Mike and Phil Richardson pick up 6/6 for todays games and for those of you fortunate to forget to give me a score for the Switzerland Ukraine encounter, you all got 0-0's entered and therefore 3 points.

Spain v France scores still needed.

It was 2 of my former housemates, Joff and Martin who correctly guessed an England 1-0 win but noone had Portugal down as 1-0 winners against Holland.

7 people had Ukraine down to reach the quarters (Only Phill has them through to the Semis)
and 2 people had Switzerland reaching the last 8 (Martyn and Phil R).

The table below includes the number of correct results (both 3/1 points) which results puts Alex Cass 2 clear of me*.

Pos Name     Pts  tms  scrs  Rlts
 1 Alex Cass 106   51   55    39
 2 Paul W    105   48   57    35
 3 Paul F    103   48   55    35
 4 Dave S    100   51   49    37
 5 BBC        99   51   48    32
 6 John D     96   48   48    34
 7 Mark       95   48   47    35
 8 Monkey     94   48   46    32
 9 Martyn     94   48   46    30
10 Pete S     94   54   40    30
11 Mike       92   48   44    34
12 Joff       90   42   48    30
13 Dave L     90   45   45    35
14 Pete L     89   42   47    33
15 Pete C     88   45   43    31
16 Adair      86   48   38    28
17 Damon      83   45   38    28
18 Dave J     82   39   43    31
19 Martin     82   45   37    27
20 Phill      82   45   37    31
21 Rob S      82   48   34    26
22 Dave H     82   57   25    13
23 Pete T     81   45   36    24
24 Jon B      81   54   27    23
25 Alex SH    79   36   43    33
26 Darren     79   45   34    28
27 Phil R     78   39   39    27
28 Alex Chase 76   48   28    20

*notice Dave Sheffield's use of 1st person there Martin?

Congratulations to 'Old' John Duncan who got both today's scores correct moving him up to 4th. 'Grange' Phil Richardson was the only other person to get the Argentina Mexico score correct.

4 other people got the Germany 2-0 score (both Alexs* and both Pauls)

Alex 'Hair' Cass moves to the top of the table as Paul 'Martin's Dad' White fails to predict Argentina going through to the quarter finals.

The table below includes which country each person has predicted to win the tournament.

Pos Name     Pts  Tms  Scrs  Winners
 1 Alex Cass  97   45   52   Brazil
 2 Paul W     95   42   53   Brazil
 3 Paul F     93   42   51   Brazil
 4 John D     92   45   47   England
 5 Dave S     90   45   45   Brazil
 6 BBC        89   45   44   Brazil
 7 Joff       86   42   44   Brazil
 8 Monkey     86   45   41   Brazil
 9 Mark       85   42   43   England
 = Martyn     85   42   43   Argentina
 = Dave L     85   42   43   England
12 Pete L     84   39   45   Brazil
13 Pete S     84   45   39   Brazil
14 Mike       82   45   37   Brazil
15 Pete C     77   39   38   England
16 Dave J     76   36   40   England
17 Adair      76   39   37   Brazil
18 Damon      75   39   36   England
19 Alex SH    74   33   41   France
20 Rob S      74   42   32   England
21 Martin     73   42   31   Brazil
22 Pete T     71   39   32   Brazil
23 Phill      70   36   34   England
24 Dave H     70   48   22   Brazil
25 Jon B      69   45   24   Brazil
26 Darren     68   39   29   Brazil
27 Alex Chase 67   42   25   Brazil
28 Phil R     65   33   32   Paraguay

*I'm reliably informed by a Warwick English student that this is the correct plural form of Alex - please let me know if this is not correct so I can name and shame them!