2010 World Cup Bracket Prediction Thread

[drone]

The Final bracket:

  Groups       RoundOf16    Quarters    Semis    Finals    Semis     Quarters     RoundOf16      Groups
1A__Uruguay___                                                                              __Argentina_1B
              |__Uruguay___                                                    __Argentina_|
2B__S Korea___|            |                                                  |            |___Mexico___2A
                           |__Uruguay___                          ___Germany__|
1C____USA_____             |            |                        |            |             ___Germany__1D
              |___Ghana____|            |_Netherlands            |            |___Germany__|
2D___Ghana____|                         |                        |                         |___England__2C
                                        |         Spain          |
1E_Netherlands                          |                        |                          __Paraguay__1F
              |_Netherlands             |            ____Spain___|             __Paraguay__|
2F__Slovakia__|            |            |                        |            |            |____Japan___2E
                           |_Netherlands|                        |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___             |                                                  |             ____Spain___1H
              |___Brazil___|                                                  |____Spain___|
2H___Chile____|                                                                            |__Portugal__2G

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 101 + 22 + 10 + 6 + 6 = 145
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 13 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 17
3: Golden Boot winner: Thomas Mueller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder (5)
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 0

Final totals:

• Secura: 126
• woad&fangs: 124
• Elite Ferret: 103
• Louis VI the Fat: 102
• Joooray: 77
• Craterus: 71
• Psychonaut: 70
• drone: 70
• Strike For The South: 70
• LittleGrizzly: 70
• johnhughthom: 63
• AggonyDuck: 58
• Sasaki Kojiro: 54
• Marshal Murat: 46
• LeftEyeNine: 41
• Romanic: 40

Beaten by a girl.

Congratulations, Secura! Bragging rights for 4 years.



For grins, the tiebreaks:
145 goals total in the tournament, Elite Ferret was closest with 146.
Secura guessed the red card total on the nose at 17.
johnhughthom, Louis VI the Fat, and Elite Ferret guessed Villa for the Golden Boot, they came the closest. Mueller wins it with 5 goals and 3 assists.
SFTS, Jooray, Craterus, and myself got North Korea for the Wooden Spoon.
johnhughthom and Elite Ferret showed their confidence with England's PK abilities.

[woad&fangs]

Congrats to Secura

[Secura]

T'was bloody good fun, pretty narrow contest right to the end.

I made an absolute mess of the left half of the the draw, but kinda pulled it back with the Netherlands-Brazil, Argentina-Germany and Germany-Spain results. Pretty funny that my stab-in-the-dark for the total red cards was right on the money too. xD

Maybe now my opinion will matter rather than "oh, it's that chick who supports United". :P

[drone]

I made an absolute mess of the left half of the the draw, but kinda pulled it back with the Netherlands-Brazil, Argentina-Germany and Germany-Spain results. Pretty funny that my stab-in-the-dark for the total red cards was right on the money too. xD

Germany over Argentina made the difference. Although I should have docked you, woad&fangs and Elite Ferret points for putting England through to the semis.

[Secura]

Although I should have docked you, woad&fangs and Elite Ferret points for putting England through to the semis.

The thing is, England had the capability to progress; their group was easy, and the shape of other groups would have meant Ghana and Uruguay in the knockout stages, two teams that even the most pessimistic Englishman/woman would think England could get that past and progress to the semis. Instead, they ended up on the tougher side of the draw.

Part of me is glad that the reason I've preferred the Spanish national team over England for so many years has finally been proven to my friends and family; however, while they may not have beaten every team they played comprehensively (in fact, beating Portugal, Paraguay, Germany and the Netherlands by one goal each), they still played well in terms of passing and such. For me, it was still good to watch, whereas England was oft painful.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Hrmph. Chicks should limit their football involvement to a perfection of the art of serving you beer without walking in front of the telly.



Bah, I messed up with all the little country upsets. I got Spain correct as winner, even down to their semis win over Germany and Germany beating Argentina in the quarters. I made a complete mess of the other side of the tournament.


I did get real close with the tiebreakers:

Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 101 + 22 + 10 + 6 + 6 = 145
2: Total Number of Red Cards in Tournament: 13 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 17
3: Golden Boot winner: Thomas Mueller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder (5)

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______



Congrats Secura!
And thanks for the fun game, Drone!

[Vuk]

lol, I am soooo glad that Dutchland lost. :P The only thing that would have made it better would be if the US team beat them.

[drone]

Bah, I messed up with all the little country upsets. I got Spain correct as winner, even down to their semis win over Germany and Germany beating Argentina in the quarters. I made a complete mess of the other side of the tournament.

Gah! That's my bad, I had you down with Brazil as the winners. Formatting/eye fail. Corrected standings.

[Ferret]

Well I'm very pleased with a podium finish, thanks for doing the hard work drone

[Hosakawa Tito]

T'was bloody good fun, pretty narrow contest right to the end.

I made an absolute mess of the left half of the the draw, but kinda pulled it back with the Netherlands-Brazil, Argentina-Germany and Germany-Spain results. Pretty funny that my stab-in-the-dark for the total red cards was right on the money too. xD

Maybe now my opinion will matter rather than "oh, it's that chick who supports United". :P

Hehehe, you've got 4 years of bragging rights so remind them...often. So kick back in your favorite recliner and direct Louis to fetch your favorite beverage and comfy slippers, tout de suite.

[LeftEyeNine]

Congrats to participants here as well, I guess it's time for me to move on (to badminton ).

[Ser Clegane]

I guess it's time for me to move on (to badminton ).

no, no, no - one can only move on to the next European championship or WC - it is a never ending chase.