2014 World Cup Bracket Predictions

Table and tiebreak status at the end of the group stage:

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Groups	Round16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round16	Groups
:brazil:								:netherlands:
	R16						R16
:chile:								:mexico:
		QF				QF
:colombia:								:costarica:
	R16						R16
:uruguay:				Winner				:greece:
			SF		SF
:france:				3rd				:argentina:
	R16						R16
:nigeria:								:switzerland:
		QF				QF
:germany:								:belgium:
	R16						R16
:algeria:								:unitedstates:

Tiebreakers:
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 136
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 9
3: Golden Boot winner: Messi/Müller/Neymar
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Cameroon
5: Number of delayed game starts caused by unprepared sites:0

Point totals for the entries:
The Stranger: 11+10=21
Gaius Scribonius Curio: 9+9=18
GeneralHankerchief: 9+9=18
Ishmael: 9+8= 17
drone: 9+6=15
naut: 9+5=14

Late Entry:
Shaka Khan: 12+11=23

Let me know if I screwed up your points total.

I plan to enjoy my tied-for-second-place status while it lasts. :yes:

I'm not last (so far)! That's more than I'd dared to hope for :beam:.

rofl, crazy 'murican hankerchief is leading in the charts XD

but ishmael and i are the only ones who can still have the finals right!

Prediction Leaderboard

Round of 16 tally

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TS:
ro16=
10/16 + 1 teams not in right spot = 21 points

GSC:
ro16=
9/16 + 0 teams not in right spot = 18 points

GH:
ro16=
9/16 + 0 teams not in right spot = 18 points

Ishmael:
ro16=
8/16 + 1 teams not in right spot = 17 points

Drone:
ro16=
6/16 + 3 teams not in right spot = 15 points

Naut:
ro16=
5/16 + 4 teams not in right spot = 14 points

Ro8 Tally

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Ishmael:
ro16=
6/8 + 0 teams not in right spot = 41(+24) points

GH:
ro8=
5/8 + 0 teams not in right spot = 38(+20) points

TS:
ro8=
4/8 + 0 teams not in right spot = 37(+16) points

GSC:
ro8=
4/8 + 0 teams not in right spot = 34(+16) points

Drone:
ro16=
4/8 + 0 teams not in right spot = 31(+16) points

Naut:
ro8=
3/8 + 1 teams not in right spot = 28(+14) points

some interesting extra info:

only 3 players have predicted a finals that can still happen. the other 3 all have 1 team in the final eliminated or on the wrong side of the bracket.

Table and tiebreak status at the end of the round of 16:

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Groups	Round16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round16	Groups
:brazil:								:netherlands:
	:brazil:						:netherlands:
:chile:								:mexico:
		QF				QF
:colombia:								:costarica:
	:colombia:						:costarica:
:uruguay:				Winner				:greece:
			SF		SF
:france:				3rd				:argentina:
	:france:						:argentina:
:nigeria:								:switzerland:
		QF				QF
:germany:								:belgium:
	:germany:						:belgium:
:algeria:								:unitedstates:

Tiebreakers:
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 136+18=154
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 11
3: Golden Boot winner: Rodriguez
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Cameroon
5: Number of delayed game starts caused by unprepared sites:0

Point totals for the entries:
Ishmael: 9+8+12+12= 41
GeneralHankerchief: 9+9+10+10=38
The Stranger: 11+10+8+8=37
Gaius Scribonius Curio: 9+9+8+8=34
drone: 9+6+8+8=31
naut: 9+5+8+6=28

Late Entry:
Shaka Khan: 12+11+10+10=43

Let me know if I screwed up your points total.

Golden Boot tiebreaker should be updated, I think that one Colombian guy broke into the leader group with his performance in the last match.

Too drunk to double check your work on points right now so I'll take your word for it.

Table and tiebreak status at the end of the quarterfinals:

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Groups	Round16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round16	Groups
:brazil:								:netherlands:
	:brazil:						:netherlands:
:chile:								:mexico:
		:brazil:				:netherlands:
:colombia:								:costarica:
	:colombia:						:costarica:
:uruguay:				Winner				:greece:
			SF		SF
:france:				3rd				:argentina:
	:france:						:argentina:
:nigeria:								:switzerland:
		:germany:				:argentina:
:germany:								:belgium:
	:germany:						:belgium:
:algeria:								:unitedstates:

Tiebreakers:
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 136+18+5=159
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 11
3: Golden Boot winner: Rodriguez
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Cameroon
5: Number of delayed game starts caused by unprepared sites:0

Point totals for the entries:
Ishmael: 9+8+12+12+12+12= 65
The Stranger: 11+10+8+8+12+12=61
Gaius Scribonius Curio: 9+9+8+8+12+12=58
drone: 9+6+8+8+12+12=55
GeneralHankerchief: 9+9+10+10+8+8=54
naut: 9+5+8+6+8+8=44

Late Entry:
Shaka Khan: 12+11+10+10+8+8=59

Let me know if I screwed up your points total.

damn brazil better beat germany which will be so hard without neymar :( otherwise i cant overtake ismael anymore

your screwed

yea :/ congratz ishmael :P

Table and tiebreak status at the end of the semifinals:

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Groups	Round16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round16	Groups
:brazil:								:netherlands:
	:brazil:						:netherlands:
:chile:								:mexico:
		:brazil:				:netherlands:
:colombia:								:costarica:
	:colombia:						:costarica:
:uruguay:				Winner				:greece:
			:germany:		:argentina:
:france:				3rd				:argentina:
	:france:						:argentina:
:nigeria:								:switzerland:
		:germany:				:argentina:
:germany:								:belgium:
	:germany:						:belgium:
:algeria:								:unitedstates:

Tiebreakers:
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 136+18+5+8=167
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 11
3: Golden Boot winner: Rodriguez
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Cameroon
5: Number of delayed game starts caused by unprepared sites:0

Point totals for the entries:
Ishmael: 9+8+12+12+12+12+16+16= 97
The Stranger: 11+10+8+8+12+12+8+8=77
Gaius Scribonius Curio: 9+9+8+8+12+12+8+8=74
drone: 9+6+8+8+12+12+8+8=71
GeneralHankerchief: 9+9+10+10+8+8+0+0=54
naut: 9+5+8+6+8+8+0+0=44

Late Entry:
Shaka Khan: 12+11+10+10+8+8+8+8=75

If the Argies and Dutch win, I have a chance!

congratz ishmael :P nobody can overtake you anymore!

its between me and gaius for 2nd place now :P may the dutch become 3rd tonight XD

Quote:

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Originally Posted by The Stranger

congratz ishmael :P nobody can overtake you anymore!

its between me and gaius for 2nd place now :P may the dutch become 3rd tonight XD

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:stare:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by drone

If the Argies and Dutch win, I have a chance!

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ah u have argentina was winner, missed that :P

Hopefully Germany will beat them (and thus get the cup).

Humiliating 4th was be the top of the cherry for Brazil, let's hope the Dutch have a lot of spunk left.

I didn't come in last? AMERICA WINS AGAIN!!! :unitedstates: :unitedstates: :unitedstates:

(big congrats to Ishmael and Germany, and a bigger thanks to drone for running this thing! :bow:)

Ze Germans, of course.

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Groups	Round16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Round16	Groups
:brazil:								:netherlands:
	:brazil:						:netherlands:
:chile:								:mexico:
		:brazil:				:netherlands:
:colombia:								:costarica:
	:colombia:						:costarica:
:uruguay:				:germany:				:greece:
			:germany:		:argentina:
:france:				:netherlands:				:argentina:
	:france:						:argentina:
:nigeria:								:switzerland:
		:germany:				:argentina:
:germany:								:belgium:
	:germany:						:belgium:
:algeria:								:unitedstates:

Tiebreakers:
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 136+18+5+8+4=171
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 11
3: Golden Boot winner: Rodriguez
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Cameroon
5: Number of delayed game starts caused by unprepared sites:0

Point totals for the entries:
Ishmael: 9+8+12+12+12+12+16+16+32+0= 129
Gaius Scribonius Curio: 9+9+8+8+12+12+8+8+32+0=106
The Stranger: 11+10+8+8+12+12+8+8+0+0=77
Shaka Khan: 12+11+10+10+8+8+8+8+0+0=75
drone: 9+6+8+8+12+12+8+8+0+0=71
GeneralHankerchief: 9+9+10+10+8+8+0+0+0+0=54
naut: 9+5+8+6+8+8+0+0+0+0=44

Ishmael gets bragging rights for the next four years, congrats!

Well, it is a very pleasant (and unexpected) surprise to check this for the first time since the round robin phase and find that I won! I'd like to give huge thanks to drone - this was a great way to add some excitement to matches I otherwise didn't have a stake in. Thanks also to all the other participants, who probably all knew more than me but got unlucky with some of the crazy results this tournament :beam:. Bring on 2018!