2018 World Cup Competition

[Diamond Geezer]

Just a fun thing but any prize(s) gratefully received


The 2018 World Cup draw is as follows


· Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay
· Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
· Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark
· Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria
· Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia
· Group F: Germany, Sweden, Mexico, South Korea
· Group G: Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England
· Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan

Players select 6 teams from the list above. Points will be awarded based on a combination of each team’s weighting and how far they progress in the tournament. Points for progress are allocated as follows:

Bottom of group 0 pts

Teams finishing 3rd in their group but not making the last sixteen 5 pts

Eliminated from last sixteen 15 pts

Eliminated from last eight 30 pts

Losing semi finalist 50 pts

Losing finalist 70 pts

Tournament Winner 100 pts






Weightings are as follows

Germany 3
Brazil 4
France 5
Spain 5
Argentina 8
Belgium 10
England 12
Portugal 20
Uruguay 20
Columbia 33
Croatia 33
Russia 50
Switzerland 66
Denmark 66
Iceland 66
Mexico 66
Poland 66
Serbia 66
Sweden 66
Costa Rica 75
Iran 75
Japan 75
Morocco 75
Nigeria 75
Peru 75
Senegal 75
Australia 75
Egypt 75
South Korea 75
Tunisia 100
Panama 100
Saudi Arabia 100



An illustration of how the scoring works



Say you pick England. If they were to lose in the quarter finals you will be awarded 30 x 12 = 360 points.



Say you pick France. And say they are a losing semi-finalist, you will be awarded 5 x 50 = 250 points.



And if you pick Uruguay and they finish third in their group but do not qualify, you will be rewarded with 5 x 20 = 100 points.



In the event the forum is down on the closing day, selections may be left on our Facebook page, can I recommend you bookmark it just in case.

https://www.facebook.com/talkinghorses.co.uk/?fref=ts



Alternatively email thediamondgeezer@virginmedia.com

Entries close at kick off time of the opening match of the tournament which is 4pm (GMT) Thurs June 14^th, 2018. whereupon this thread will be moved to the 2018 World Cup part of the forum.





удачи

[Grey]

Russia
Denmark
Serbia
Colombia
Mexico
Poland

[Len Madeiros]

Spain
Portugal
England
Russia
Australia
South Korea

This looks like fun - many thanks, DG.

[NewApproach]

Portugal
France
Iceland
Brazil
Sweden
Japan

Thanks, DG

[archie]

My first shot produced exactly the same 6 as Grey so I'll go with the slightly more obscure selection of:

Colombia
Denmark
Mexico
Portugal
Senegal
Uruguay

[swedish chef]

Russia
Portugal
Nigeria
Mexico
Belgium
Japan

[Anadin]

Germany
Brazil
France
Costa Rica
Argentina
Senegal

[2017diary]

Saudi Arabia
Morocco
France
Germany
Japan
Costa Rica

[Diamond Geezer]

Spain
Uruguay
France
Brazil
Belgium
England

[Maruco]

Egypt
Denmark
Portugal
Belgium
England
Poland

[Grey]

My first shot produced exactly the same 6 as Grey so I'll go with the slightly more obscure selection of:

Colombia
Denmark
Mexico
Portugal
Senegal
Uruguay

I knew I had to get in early

[Perpetual]

Denmark
Poland
Nigeria
Peru
Senegal
Egypt

Cheers

[Len Madeiros]

Hi DG - Can I edit my choices, please. I can't see the option.

[simmo]

A minor point of order - teams finishing 3rd in their group will not progress to the last 16 in this tournament, due to there being 8 groups.

[simmo]

My selections

Egypt
Peru
Switzerland
Mexico
Colombia
Poland

[GeeYoo]

Spain
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Senegal
Costa Rica

[Diamond Geezer]

A minor point of order - teams finishing 3rd in their group will not progress to the last 16 in this tournament, due to there being 8 groups.

The rules cover that (I think)

[Diamond Geezer]

Hi DG - Can I edit my choices, please. I can't see the option.

OK but can you make another post, saves me having to keep looking back once I've entered everything in the spreadsheet

[Desperate Dan]

Belgium
Uruguay
Iceland
Poland
Russia
Nigeria

[Len Madeiros]

Thanks, DG.

Spain
Portugal
Russia
England
Denmark
South Korea