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29th May 2018, 6:48 PM
#1
Super Moderator
2018 World Cup Competition
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 14th, 2018. whereupon this thread will be moved to the 2018 World Cup part of the forum.
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Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 12th June 2018 at 4:09 PM.
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29th May 2018 6:48 PM
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29th May 2018, 8:53 PM
#2
Senior Member
Russia
Denmark
Serbia
Colombia
Mexico
Poland
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29th May 2018, 9:42 PM
#3
Spain
Portugal
England
Russia
Australia
South Korea
This looks like fun - many thanks, DG.
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30th May 2018, 9:37 AM
#4
Senior Member
Portugal
France
Iceland
Brazil
Sweden
Japan
Thanks, DG
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30th May 2018, 10:49 AM
#5
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
The older I get the better I was.
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30th May 2018, 11:32 AM
#6
Senior Member
Russia
Portugal
Nigeria
Mexico
Belgium
Japan
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30th May 2018, 12:36 PM
#7
Senior Member
Germany
Brazil
France
Costa Rica
Argentina
Senegal
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30th May 2018, 2:56 PM
#8
Saudi Arabia
Morocco
France
Germany
Japan
Costa Rica
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30th May 2018, 3:14 PM
#9
Super Moderator
Spain
Uruguay
France
Brazil
Belgium
England
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30th May 2018, 5:05 PM
#10
Egypt
Denmark
Portugal
Belgium
England
Poland
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30th May 2018, 5:19 PM
#11
Senior Member

Originally Posted by
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
I knew I had to get in early
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1st June 2018, 8:02 AM
#12
Senior Member
Denmark
Poland
Nigeria
Peru
Senegal
Egypt
Cheers
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1st June 2018, 10:40 AM
#13
Hi DG - Can I edit my choices, please. I can't see the option.
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1st June 2018, 10:40 AM
#14
Senior Member
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.
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1st June 2018, 10:55 AM
#15
Senior Member
My selections
Egypt
Peru
Switzerland
Mexico
Colombia
Poland
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2nd June 2018, 10:50 AM
#16
Spain
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Senegal
Costa Rica
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2nd June 2018, 11:05 AM
#17
Super Moderator

Originally Posted by
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.
The rules cover that (I think)
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2nd June 2018, 11:08 AM
#18
Super Moderator

Originally Posted by
Len Madeiros
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
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2nd June 2018, 11:37 AM
#19
Belgium
Uruguay
Iceland
Poland
Russia
Nigeria
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2nd June 2018, 12:32 PM
#20
Thanks, DG.
Spain
Portugal
Russia
England
Denmark
South Korea
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