Rules of the competition
Overview.
BA's World Cup 2006 Prediction League is a simple game to play. Guess the
results of all the matches in this summer's World Cup. The closer you are
to the actual result, the more points you get. Whoever has the most points
at the end of the competition wins! In addition, you can also score points
through your Hot Picks - teams you think will do well in the World Cup.
Points scoring.
Your predictions for every match score points as follows...
| Points | Your prediction |
| 10 | Correct scoreline |
| 8 | Correct winner and margin of victory |
| 7 | Correct winner and one team's correct score |
| 5 | Correct winner only |
| 2 | One team's correct score |
| 0 | None of the above |
In the knockout stage, all points are doubled. For example, a
correct scoreline gets you 20 points. So, even if you scored few points in
the group stages, you still have a chance.
In the event of extra time and penalties, the result that counts is the
scoreline after extra time. So, if the score is 1-1 after extra time, then
the game counts as a draw for the purposes of this game.
Hot picks
Your hot picks are three teams you pick who you hope will do well. The further in the competition they go, the more points you score, however the "better" teams will also score you more points than the "worse" teams. Click here for a more detailed explanation.
Deadlines.
Firstly, and importantly, all your predictions for ALL of the group
matches (9th June-23rd June) as well as your Hot Picks, must be sumbitted
by 10pm, 8th June. You can register up to this date, too.
You will be allowed to enter your predictions for the knockout rounds from
10pm 19th June - after the group stage's second matches have been
completed. You will recieve an email reminding you of this at the
appropriate time. Bear in mind that all the teams that will form the 2nd
round line-up will only become known between the 20th and 23rd June.
No changes in predictions for the 2nd round matches will be allowed after
midday 24th June.
For the quarter finals, semi finals & final, prediction entry will close
at 10pm on the night preceding the first match in the round.
Tie-breaker.
The tie-breaker question is "How many goals will be scored throughout the
Competition?" This, obviously, doesn't include penalty shoot-outs. In the
event of more than one team finishing with the same number of points,
whoever was closer with the tie-breaker question will finish above of the
other team(s). If this fails to seperate them, then whoever scored most
points in the World Cup final will win. Failing that, the semi-final total
point score, failing that the quarter-final total point score. If that doesn't seperate the teams, a tie
is declared.
Cost.
This prediction league is FREE to enter! Nothing, gratis, zip, nil.
Prizes.
Since it is free to enter, and no company is sponsoring us, there will be
no prizes, other than the satisfying feeling inside of finding out that
you are better at predicting football matches than your friends. Isn't
that worth playing for?
Phases.
The game is split into 4 phases. The only real purpose of these phases is
so you can see how well you have performed in each section of the
competition, you might also be able to say "Well, at least I won phase 3"
:)
The four phases are :
- Phase 1 - first group matches (7th June - 10th June)
- Phase 2 - second group matches (11th June - 14th June)
- Phase 3 - third group matches (15th June - 18th June)
- Phase 4 - knockout stage matches (19th June - 29th June) - ALL
POINTS COUNT DOUBLE
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