2010 World Cup Bracket Prediction Thread

**drone** · 06-04-2010, 21:19

Now is your chance to be the .Org's football prognosticator extraordinaire. Guess the World Cup bracket results, and win the respect of fellow Orgahs and the admiration of women across the globe!

Rules:
Entries must be either posted in this thread or PM'ed to me (if you don't want to tip others with your picks) before the start of group play on June 11th, 1400 GMT(I think...). No edits should be made to these entries after the start of play, smack talking and discussion should be made in separate posts.
PM'ed entries with be made public once play starts.
I will try to post results and updated brackets/tiebreaker stats/point standings at the end of each round. (work schedule permitting).
The person with the most points wins. In the case of a tie, the tiebreaker entries will be used in ascending order to determine the winner.

Scoring:

Group Stage - 1 point (team advances out of group)
Group Stage Bonus - 1 point if team placement, 1st or 2nd in group, is correct
Round of 16 - 2 points per team advancing
Round of 16 Bonus - 2 points per pick if team is on the correct side of bracket
Quarterfinals - 4 points per team advancing
Quarterfinals Bonus - 4 points per pick if team is on the correct side of bracket
Semifinals - 8 points per team advancing
Semifinals Bonus - 8 points per pick if team is on the correct side of bracket
Finals - 32 points for correct pick

So to get the bonus points in all stages, you will need to correctly determine the group winners and runner-ups.

For reference, here are the groups:

France , Mexico , South Africa , Uruguay
Argentina , Greece , Nigeria , South Korea
Algeria , England , Slovenia , USA
Australia , Germany , Ghana , Serbia
Cameroon , Denmark , Japan , Netherlands
Italy , New Zealand , Paraguay , Slovakia
Brazil , Ivory Coast , North Korea , Portugal
Chile , Honduras , Spain , Switzerland

For entries, just cut this section (including code tags) out here and make your picks.

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A____________                                                                              ____________1B
              |____________                                                    ____________|
2B____________|            |                                                  |            |____________2A
                           |____________                          ____________|
1C____________             |            |                        |            |             ____________1D
              |____________|            |____________            |            |____________|
2D____________|                         |                        |                         |____________2C
                                        |      ____________      |
1E____________                          |                        |                          ____________1F
              |____________             |            ____________|             ____________|
2F____________|            |            |                        |            |            |____________2E
                           |____________|                        |____________|
1G____________             |                                                  |             ____________1H
              |____________|                                                  |____________|
2H____________|                                                                            |____________2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): ___
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: __
3: Golden Boot winner: __________
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": __________
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): __

After the group stage, I may put up a secondary contest for predicting the bracket as it is actually laid out. I think johnhughthom is doing actual game score live predictions in the World Cup thread. Someone else should fire up a World Cup fans (babes) contest.

**johnhughthom** · 06-04-2010, 23:09

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1AMexico                                                                             Argentina1B
              |S Korea                                                   Argentina|
2BS Korea|            |                                                  |            |Uruguay2A
                           |Ghana                          Serbia|
1CEngland             |            |                        |            |            Serbia1D
              |Ghana|            |Ghana            |            |Serbia|
2DGhana|                         |                        |                         |Slovenia2C
                                        |     Ghana      |
1ENetherlands                          |                        |                        Italy1F
              |Netherlands            |            Spain|             Italy|
2FSlovakia|            |            |                        |            |            |Cameroon2E
                           |Brazil|                        |Spain|
1GBrazil            |                                                  |             Spain1H
              |Brazil|                                                  |Spain|
2HChile|                                                                            |Ivory Coast2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 132
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 6
3: Golden Boot winner: Villa
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": New Zealand
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 0

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 06-04-2010, 23:31

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A France____                                                                                  _____Argentina_ 1B
              |____France____                                                    ___Argentina_________|
2B___Nigeria___|            |                                                  |            |_____South Africa 2A
                           |    ____USA_____                       __Germany___|
1C___USA______             |            |                        |            |                ____Germany__1D
              |_____USA___|          |____USA________                   Germany_|
2D__Serbia______|                         |                                                     |___England 2C
                                        |             ____USA_____      
1E__Netherlands__                          |                        |                          ______Italy 1F
              |______Netherlands             |          ____Germany______| Italy___|
2F__Slovakia______|            |            |                        |            |            |______Denmark 2E
                           |     __Brazil_____|                      |___Spain_______|
1G__Brazil______             |                                                  |             ____Spain 1H
              |______Brazil___|                                                  |____Spain_|
2H__Switzerland_|                                                                            |_____Portugal 2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 54
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 10
3: Golden Boot winner: Pele
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": David Beckam
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 6

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-05-2010, 00:01

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A__France__________                                                                              ___Argentina_________1B
              |____France________                                                    __Argentina__________|
2B__Nigeria__________|            |                                                  |            |_South Africa___________2A
                           |_____Serbia_______                          ___Germany_________|
1C__England__________             |            |                        |            |             ___Germany_________1D
              |___Serbia_________|            |______Spain______            |            |_Germany___________|
2D___Serbia_________|                         |                        |                         |__USA__________2C
                                        |      ____Brazil________      |
1E_Netherlands___________                          |                        |                          __Italy__________1F
              |_____Netherlands_______             |            ___Spain_________|             Italy____________|
2F_Slovakia___________|            |            |                        |            |            |__Denmark__________2E
                           |__Brazil_________|                        |__Spain__________|
1G_____Brazil_______             |                                                  |             _Spain___________1H
              |___Brazil_________|                                                  |_____Spain_______|
2H__Chile__________|                                                                            |__Portugal__________2G

I picked very conservatively. Mostly relying on reputation more than form.

Some groups are quite easy to predict, others are impossible. I think goup A is the least predictable, it really could go any way. Group F - now that Drogba is out - I think is the most predictable.

I am relying on Serbia not to succumb to infighting, and on the Americans to take out Algeria for me.

France , Mexico , South Africa , Uruguay
Argentina , Greece , Nigeria , South Korea
Algeria , England , Slovenia , USA
Australia , Germany , Ghana , Serbia
Cameroon , Denmark , Japan , Netherlands
Italy , New Zealand , Paraguay , Slovakia
Brazil , Ivory Coast , North Korea , Portugal
Chile , Honduras , Spain , Switzerland

**johnhughthom** · 06-05-2010, 00:13

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

Some groups are quite easy to predict, others are impossible. I think goup A is the least predictable, it really could go any way.

I thought Group D was the most difficult, I could imagine picking the other two teams on another day.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-05-2010, 00:35

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

I thought Group D was the most difficult, I could imagine picking the other two teams on another day.

I think Serbia has far better players than Oz and Ghana.

Then again, maybe I'm still recovering from Serbia pwning France in the qualification round.

Which, come to think of it, perhaps isn't all that much of an achievement. And I hear Serbia has a lot of internal strife. Maybe I overestimate their prowess.

**drone** · 06-05-2010, 00:40

@Louis: I'll need your tiebreaker answers, and I take it you have Spain beating Brazil in the final?

@Sasaki: I know soccer has a bad reputation in the US, but 54 goals total? There are 64 total games in the tournament.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-05-2010, 00:47

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 142___
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: _21_
3: Golden Boot winner: ____Villa______
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": ___New Zealand_______
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): _2_

Do red cards include two yellow, or only direct red cards?

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 06-05-2010, 00:49

Originally Posted by drone

@Sasaki: I know soccer has a bad reputation in the US, but 54 goals total? There are 64 total games in the tournament.

Yeah and USA plays 8 games of the 64...8X4=32...54-32= 22, so that's only 34 0-0 ties in the tournemant, not that extreme.

**drone** · 06-05-2010, 01:03

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

Do red cards include two yellow, or only direct red cards?

Any sending off, straight red or 2 yellows.

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Yeah and USA plays 8 games of the 64...8X4=32...54-32= 22, so that's only 34 0-0 ties in the tournemant, not that extreme.

**woad&fangs** · 06-05-2010, 01:09

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A_South Africa_______                                                                              _Argentina_________1B
              |__South Africa__________                                                    _____Argentina_______|
2B__Nigeria_______|            |                                                  |            |_______Mexico_____2A
                           |_____England_______                          __Argentina__________|
1C__England__________             |            |                        |            |             ____Germany________1D
              |__England__________|            |___Netherlands______            |            |___Germany_________|
2D__Ghana__________|                         |                        |                         |___USA_________2C
                                        |      ___Spain_______      |
1E__Netherlands__________                          |                        |                          __Paraguay__________1F
              |___Netherlands_________             |            ___Spain_________|             __Cameroon__________|
2F___Slovakia_________|            |            |                        |            |            |__Cameroon__________2E
                           |_____Netherlands_______|                        |____Spain________|
1G__Brazil__________             |                                                  |             __Spain__________1H
              |__Brazil__________|                                                  |_____Spain_______|
2H__Chile__________|                                                                            |____Portugal________2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 99
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 10
3: Golden Boot winner: Torres
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Italy
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 4

**AggonyDuck** · 06-05-2010, 01:12

Here are my predictions:

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A Mexico____                                                                                  _____Argentina_ 1B
              |____Mexico____                                                    ___Argentina_________|
2B___Nigeria___|            |                                                  |            |_____Uruguay 2A
                           |    ____England_____                       __Germany___|
1C___England______             |            |                        |            |                ____Germany__1D
              |_____England___|          |__Brazil________                   Germany_|
2D__Ghana______|                         |                                                     |___USA 2C
                                        |                 ____Germany_____      
1E__Netherlands__                          |                        |                          ______Italy 1F
              |______Netherlands             |          ____Germany______| Cameroon___|
2F__Slovakia______|            |            |                        |            |            |______Cameroon 2E
                           |     __Brazil_____|                      |___Spain_______|
1G__Brazil______             |                                                  |             ____Spain 1H
              |______Brazil___|                                                  |____Spain_|
2H__Chile____|                                                                            |_____Portugal 2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 172 
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 15
3: Golden Boot winner: Cacau
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Sven-Göran Eriksson
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 2

**naut** · 06-05-2010, 03:52

Code:

Grps   Ro16         1/4            1/2                 Final             1/2           1/4           Ro16   Grps
1A___Mexico____                                                                                ___Argentina___1B
               |___Mexico____                                                     __Argentina_|
2B___Nigeria___|             |                                                   |            |______France___2A
                             |___England___                          __Germany___|
1C___England____             |             |                        |            |             _____Germany___1D
                |___England__|             |___Brazil___            |            |__Germany___|
2D___Australia__|                          |                        |                         |_________USA___2C
                                           |      ___Brazil___      |
1E___Netherlands_                          |                        |                          _______Italy___1F
                 |_Netherlands_            |            ____Spain___|             ____Italy___|
2F___Paraguay____|             |           |                        |            |            |_____Denmark___2E
                               |___Brazil__|                        |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___                 |                                                 |              ______Spain___1H
              |___Brazil_______|                                                 |_____Spain___|
2H___Chile____|                                                                                |___Portugal___2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 157
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 18
3: Golden Boot winner: Luís Fabiano
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": South Africa
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 1

Surprising how you've all gone for such conservative red card counts and goals scored. The last 5 world cups have an average red card count of 19.6. The average goals scored over the last 5 world cups is 147. Plus if you look at trends based on host nation (recent world cups only, for tactical reasons), there seems to be an affect over goals scored, with the defensive minded Italians hosting 1990 where only 115 goals were scored. So a chaotic country like South Africa should foster an attacking tournament.

**Sarmatian** · 06-05-2010, 15:04

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

I think Serbia has far better players than Oz and Ghana.

Then again, maybe I'm still recovering from Serbia pwning France in the qualification round.

Which, come to think of it, perhaps isn't all that much of an achievement. And I hear Serbia has a lot of internal strife. Maybe I overestimate their prowess.

Where did you hear about internal strife? The atmosphere within the squad (and among the nation and the press, too) is the best I've seen in the last 15-20 years...

EDIT: And what's a "wooden spoon" award?

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-05-2010, 17:28

Originally Posted by Sarmatian

Where did you hear about internal strife? The atmosphere within the squad (and among the nation and the press, too) is the best I've seen in the last 15-20 years...

EDIT: And what's a "wooden spoon" award?

I dunno, Sarmatian. I thought I remembered reading about volatile internal peace in the Serbian camp somewhere. Don't know where again.

A google reveals that Antic has the authority to be above strife, that the traditionally unruly and fractious players accept his authority. I guess I misread the point of some article then. Whereas Serbia, which always draws from a tremendous pool of talent, has always been prone to internal strife, it is not at this moment.

(Which remains to be seen - will the peaceful atmosphere hold in the face of possible adversity?)

The 'Wooden Spoon' is the Scotland Lifetime Rugby Award.

**Secura** · 06-05-2010, 20:42

Originally Posted by drone

the admiration of women across the globe!

And by that you mean the few women who come to the Frontroom like me, right?

Here's my entry, anyway, based a bit on previous WCs I've seen, strength of the groups, selected 23-man squads and relevant injuries, so on and so forth. I based my total goal prediction on the fact that some of the stadia can be unsettling and many of the teams, European in particular, won't like those darn plastic trumpets that the South Africans use and there could be some problems with the heat and such. :3

Hopefully the formatting came out right... I used the shorthand FIFA codes because some of the country names were long and made formatting a pain. ¬_¬

Code:

MEX___                                               ___ARG
      |MEX___                                 ___ARG|
KOR___|      |                               |      |___FRA
             |ENG___                   ___GER|
ENG___       |      |                 |      |       ___GER
      |ENG___|      |NED___           |      |___GER|
SRB___|             |                 |             |___USA
                    |                 |
NED___              |   ____ESP____   |              ___ITA
      |NED___       |                 |       ___ITA|
PAR___|      |      |           ___ESP|      |      |___DEN
             |NED___|                 |___ESP|
BRA___       |                               |       ___ESP
      |BRA___|                               |___ESP|
SUI___|                                             |___POR


Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 129
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 17
3: Golden Boot winner: Fernando Torres
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": Honduras
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 1

Someone else should fire up a World Cup fans (babes) contest.

What the Dickens would that even entail? Checking out the WAGs? xD

And what is the Wooden Spoon award? Does it mean the team that scores the least, concedes the most, worst overall team, underperforming team? Or is it player-applicable?

**drone** · 06-05-2010, 21:08

The Wooden Spoon "award" is for the worst team in the tourney. Least points in the group stage (usually 0), with the worst goal differential. Think USA in 1998.

Originally Posted by Secura

What the Dickens would that even entail? Checking out the WAGs? xD

You would have to clear it with the mods first, don't want to break the "babes in Babe thread only" rule.

**naut** · 06-06-2010, 04:45

Secura since you have the Netherlands getting to the final I'm surprised you haven't picked van Persie for Golden boot. He's been scoring for fun lately. 4 in the last 3 friendlies if I am not mistaken.

**johnhughthom** · 06-06-2010, 09:35

Isn't it obvious? He'll get injured.

**naut** · 06-06-2010, 12:12

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

Isn't it obvious? He'll get injured.

Sadly this is 100% true...

**Secura** · 06-07-2010, 01:01

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

I'm surprised you haven't picked van Persie for Golden boot. He's been scoring for fun lately. 4 in the last 3 friendlies if I am not mistaken.

Spain have a far easier group and I'd expect Torres to get at least two or three in the two games he plays for the groups, and then perhaps one or two more in the knockouts; I don't think we'll be seeing someone win the award with a huge amount of goals, it's more likely to be around the five/six mark. :3

**drone** · 06-08-2010, 16:38

Here's my bracket.

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups

1A___Mexico___                                                                              __Argentina_1B
              |___Mexico___                                                    __Argentina_|
2B_South Korea|            |                                                  |            |SouthAfrica_2A
                           |____USA_____                          __Argentina_|
1C____USA_____             |            |                        |            |             __Germany___1D
              |____USA_____|            |___Dutch____            |            |___England__|
2D___Ghana____|                         |                        |                         |___England__2C
                                        |       Teh Orange       |
1E_Netherlands                          |                        |                          ____Italy___1F
              |_Nederlands_             |            __Argentina_|             ____Italy___|
2F__Paraguay__|            |            |                        |            |            |__Denmark___2E
                           |__Holland___|                        |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___             |                                                  |             ____Spain___1H
              |___Brazil___|                                                  |____Spain___|
2H__Honduras__|                                                                            |__Portugal__2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 185
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 13
3: Golden Boot winner: Messi
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 2

The Dutch power through to the finals, being on the fairly weak side of the bracket. Argentina find their form, beat England on penalties, and make it past Spain in an entertaining 4-3 match. Then, drunk with power and high on cocaine, Maradona benches Messi (the eventual Golden Boot winner) and puts himself in at forward to relive his past glory. The experiment is not a success, and the Orange get their star.

Speaking of stars, it doesn't look like England have one on their emblem. What's up with that? Do they feel guilty that the ball didn't actually cross the line in '66? Would they be breaking some sacred heraldric convention by adding one? Is the lack of the star the cause of their woes since '66? It's a very curious omission.

**Ferret** · 06-08-2010, 23:36

Code:

     RoundOf16    Quarters      Semis             Finals              Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16     

1A___Uruguay__                                                                              __Argentina_1B
              |___Nigeria__                                                    __Argentina_|
2B___Nigeria__|            |                                                  |            |___France___2A
                           |__England___                          __Argentina_|
1C___England__             |            |                        |            |             __Germany___1D
              |__England___|            |__England___            |            |___Germany__|
2D___Serbia___|                         |                        |                         |__Slovenia__2C
                                        |          Spain         |
1E_Netherlands                          |                        |                          ____Italy___1F
              |_Netherlands             |            ____Spain___|             __Denmark___|
2F__Slovakia__|            |            |                        |            |            |__Denmark___2E
                           |_Netherlands|                        |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___             |                                                  |             ____Spain___1H
              |___Brazil___|                                                  |____Spain___|
2H___Chile____|                                                                            |__Portugal__2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 146
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 11
3: Golden Boot winner: Villa
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": New Zealand
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 0

**Strike For The South** · 06-09-2010, 03:21

How do I get this thing to work

**drone** · 06-09-2010, 03:31

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

How do I get this thing to work

How so? Just quote the OP, delete everything outside the code tags, and fill in the bracket and tiebreaks. I made the bracket lines 12 chars long, should hold the name of every country in the Cup. The code tags keep the char size fixed, so the formatting stays. It's not ideal, but I'm no webmaster. I'll fix formatting if necessary when I sum up at the start of the tourney.

The number-letter pair at the ends of the lines denote the first and second place teams of the 8 groups (A-H).

**Strike For The South** · 06-09-2010, 03:41

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Code:

Groups RoundOf16 Quarters Semis Finals Semis Quarters RoundOf16 Groups
1A France____ _____Argentina_ 1B
|____France____ ___Argentina_________|
2B___Nigeria___| | | |_____South Africa 2A
| ____USA_____ __Argentina___|
1C___USA______ | | | | ____Argentina__1D
|_____USA___| |____USA________ Argentina_|
2D__Serbia______| | |___England 2C
| ____USA_____ 
1E__Netherlands__ | | ______Italy 1F
|______Netherlands | ____Germany______| Italy___|
2F__Slovakia______| | | | | |______Denmark 2E
| __Netherlands_____| |___Spain_______|
1G__Brazil______ | | ____Spain 1H
|______Brazil___| |____Spain_|
2H__Switzerland_| |_____Portugal 2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 154
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 8
3: Golden Boot winner: Donavan
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 3

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**drone** · 06-09-2010, 04:22

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

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Oh, sure, if you use Sasaki's mess...

Is this what you meant?

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups

1A___France___                                                                              __Argentina_1B
              |___France___                                                    __Argentina_|
2B__Nigeria___|            |                                                  |            |SouthAfrica_2A
                           |____USA_____                          __Argentina_|
1C____USA_____             |            |                        |            |             __Germany___1D
              |____USA_____|            |____USA_____            |            |___Germany__|
2D__Serbia____|                         |                        |                         |___England__2C
                                        |          USA           |
1E_Netherlands                          |                        |                          ____Italy___1F
              |Netherlands_             |            ____Spain___|             ____Italy___|
2F__Slovakia__|            |            |                        |            |            |__Denmark___2E
                           |Netherlands_|                        |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___             |                                                  |             ____Spain___1H
              |___Brazil___|                                                  |____Spain___|
2H_Switzerland|                                                                            |__Portugal__2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 154
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 8
3: Golden Boot winner: Donavan
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 3

**Fragony** · 06-09-2010, 15:14

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

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You owe me a mouthfull of beer, it's gone.

**Joooray** · 06-09-2010, 16:42

So here is my guess, I admit, there is a LOT wishful thinking involved. But I sincerely hope for a World Cup of surprises.

Code:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A____Mexico__                                                                              __Argentina_1B
              |___Nigeria__                                                    __Argentina_|
2B___Nigeria__|            |                                                  |            |____France__2A
                           |___Serbia___                          ___Germany__|
1C___England__             |            |                        |            |             ___Germany__1D
              |___Serbia___|            |_Netherlands            |            |___Germany__|
2D___Serbia___|                         |                        |                         |______USA___2C
                                        |      ___Germany__      |
1E_Netherlands                          |                        |                          __Paraguay__1F
              |_Netherlands             |            ___Germany__|             __Cameroon__|
2F__Italy_____|            |            |                        |            |            |__Cameroon__2E
                           |_Netherlands|                        |____Spain___|
1G__Brazil____             |                                                  |             ____Spain___1H
              |__Brazil____|                                                  |____Spain___|
2H___Chile____|                                                                            |Ivory Coast_2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 132
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 15
3: Golden Boot winner: Van Persie
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 1

Edit before the first game, due to possible come back Drogba.

**Craterus** · 06-09-2010, 22:50

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  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A France                                                                              Argentina 1B
              | France                                                    Argentina|
2B Greece |            |                                                  |            | Mexico 2A
                           |England                          Germany|
1C England             |            |                        |            |             Germany 1D
              |England|            |Brazil            |            |Germany|
2D Serbia |                         |                        |                         | USA 2C
                                        |      Brazil      |
1E Netherlands                          |                        |                          Italy 1F
              |Netherlands             |            Spain|            Cameroon|
2F Paraguay|            |            |                        |            |            |Cameroon 2E
                           |Brazil|                        |Spain|
1G Brazil             |                                                  |              Spain 1H
              |Brazil|                                                  |Spain|
2H Chile|                                                                            |Portugal 2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 172
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 6
3: Golden Boot winner: Robinho
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 1

~~I'll come back and edit in a Golden Boot winner, requires further consideration...~~

Done.

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