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World Cup Contest Rankings and June 23rd Fixtures

Hello folks, sorry for not posting the results last night but I was so tired that I fell asleep during the final minutes of the Spain vs Honduras game… Spain won the game 2-0 and there were quite a few people that predicted that score. A few hours earlier Chile got one goal past Switzerland and that score was foreseen by no less than six participants. The first game of the day though saw Portugal showing no mercy for poor North Korea, Ronaldo & co fired seven goals past the Asian side and none of our contenders was optimistic enough to indicate the 7-0 scoreline. Now let’s have a look at the contest rankings.

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Johnny Karp
22 июня, 2010

Hello folks, sorry for not posting the results last night but I was so tired that I fell asleep during the final minutes of the Spain vs Honduras game… Spain won the game 2-0 and there were quite a few people that predicted that score. A few hours earlier Chile got one goal past Switzerland and that score was foreseen by no less than six participants. The first game of the day though saw Portugal showing no mercy for poor North Korea, Ronaldo & co fired seven goals past the Asian side and none of our contenders was optimistic enough to indicate the 7-0 scoreline. Now let’s have a look at the contest rankings.

Before the actual rankings there is something that you should know, something quite important too. Yesterday morning I received an email from top of the table contender Lye (he seems to get every result right!). Here’s what he wrote:

Hi Johnny,

There’s still long way to go before the contest ends. Though I am leading the contest but anyone can still catch up with me. However if I would to be the lucky winner, please give the copy of Football Manager 2011 to the next best winner. As a fellow blogger, I just want to join in the fun and support the contest :) It’s just nice to get involved and I think there’s a lot of young readers from your blog who need this FM copy more than me.

The winner may not be me though in the end :)

Warmest regards,
Lye

That’s a very generous attitude for Lye and I’m sure there will be many of you who will wish to thank him for that. Now let’s see the rankings!

World Cup Predictions Contest Rankings 21st of June

1. Lye — 49 points (*playing just for fun)

2. Chris @ chester — 36 points

3. Taylor091 — 35 points

4. Sears — 34 points

5. Mariano — 33points

ChroMe 32

Ravenie 29

markjulian 29

Majk 28

Johnny Karp 27 (*playing just for fun)

Burak_gs 24

Martin 23

Callum 22

Laxeyman 22

Chris 22

Kofte101 21

Zheljo 20

dami 18

Riza 17

Matthew 15

MisterC 14

Matt 10

Krishn 8

Kayonga Bernard 7

Cory Berman 4

MartinH 1

As always, please check your scores and let me know if I made any mistakes in calculating your points. I’m doing my best to keep track of everything but errors can always happen.

Considering Lye’s announcement if the contest would end today Chris @ Chester would receive the prize, a copy of Football Manager 2011! But the contest does not end today, there still are plenty of matches until the World Cup final!

On to the next matches:

June 23rd Fixtures

15:00 GMT Slovenia vs England Group C

15:00 GMT USA vs Algeria Group C

19:30 GMT Australia vs Serbia Group D

19:30 GMT Ghana vs Germany Group D

Thanks for participating and good luck!

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ChroMe

22 июня, 2010 at 08:18

15:00 GMT Slovenia vs England Group C 2 (0-2)
15:00 GMT USA vs Algeria Group C 1 (1-0)
19:30 GMT Australia vs Serbia Group D X (0-0)
19:30 GMT Ghana vs Germany Group D 2 (0-1)

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Johnny Karp

22 июня, 2010 at 09:10

My predictions:

Slovenia vs England 2 (0-1)

USA vs Algeria 1 (2-1)

Australia vs Serbia 2 (0-2)

Ghana vs Germany X (1-1)

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Chris

22 июня, 2010 at 09:11

Slovenia vs England 2 (0-2)

USA vs Algeria 1 (2-0)

Australia vs Serbia 2 (0-1)

Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-2)

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Taylor091

22 июня, 2010 at 09:57

Slovenia vs England 2 (1-3)
USA vs Algeria 1 (3-0)
Australia vs Serbia 2 (1-2)
Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-1)

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Lye

22 июня, 2010 at 13:47

My predictions:
Slovenia vs England 2 (1-2)
USA vs Algeria 1 (2-0)
Australia vs Serbia X (1-1)
Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-2)

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Martin

22 июня, 2010 at 13:47

That Is Very Kind Of Lye To Do That!
Slovenia 0-2 England
USA 2-0 Algeria
Australia 1-3 Serbia
Ghana 0-3 Germany

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Johnny Karp

22 июня, 2010 at 14:06

@Martin
That’s very kind from him indeed. Given his track record in the contest until now I think that he will be top of the table till the end. But the second place becomes even more important now :)

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Zheljo

22 июня, 2010 at 14:57

Slovenia vs England 1 (1-0)

USA vs Algeria 2 (1-2)

Australia vs Serbia 2 (0-2)

Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-2)

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Sears

22 июня, 2010 at 15:33

Lye, that is very nice of you to do that, your a good man! It’s good to see that your in the compition to enjoy it and not win the prize.

Slovenia vs England 2 (0-1)

USA vs Algeria 1 (1-0)

Australia vs Serbia 2 (0-1)

Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-2)

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Laxeyman

22 июня, 2010 at 16:20

Slovenia v England 2 (0-1)
USA v Algeria 1 (2-0)
Australia v Serbia 2 (0-1)
Ghana v Germany X (1-1)

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MisterC

22 июня, 2010 at 16:41

Slovenia vs England 1-2
USA vs Algeria 2-0

Australia vs Serbia 1-2
Ghana vs Germany 0-2

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Lye

22 июня, 2010 at 16:47

Thanks Sears, i really enjoy the competition a lot. You are not far behind Chris@chester so keep going. I wish you well.

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Chris @ Chester

22 июня, 2010 at 23:20

Slovenia vs England 2 (1-2)
USA vs Algeria 1 (2-0)
Australia vs Serbia X (1-1)
Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-2)

after today’s results I’ve dropped from 2nd. I don’t see anyone catching up with you Lye so I’m going to have to aim for 2nd place again.
I thnk I’m kind of addicted to this competition :-) thanks Johnny

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zam

23 июня, 2010 at 02:19

Slovenia v England 2 (0-2)
USA v Algeria X (1-1)
Australia v Serbia 2 (0-1)
Ghana v Germany 2 (0-2)

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Johnny Karp

23 июня, 2010 at 06:41

@Chris @ Chester
I’m happy that you’re enjoying it, best of luck!

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Riza

23 июня, 2010 at 12:11

Slovenia vs England: 2, (1-2)
USA vs Algeria: 1, (1-0)
Australia vs Serbia: 2, (0-2)
Ghana vs Germany: 2, (0-2)

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Kofte101

23 июня, 2010 at 12:16

Slovenia vs England — 2 (0-2)
USA vs Algeria — 1 (2-0)
Australia vs Serbia — 2 (1-2)
Ghana vs Germany — 2 (1-3)

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Martin

23 июня, 2010 at 12:44

I Could Win If I Come 3rd Now, Is It Behind Johnny And Lye! :P

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Johnny Karp

23 июня, 2010 at 12:51

@Martin
I guess I won’t be anywhere near the first two spots :)

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burak_gs

23 июня, 2010 at 14:35

My predictions:

Slovenia vs England 2 (0-3)

USA vs Algeria 1 (3-2)

Australia vs Serbia 2 (0-3)

Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-2)

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Martin

23 июня, 2010 at 14:42

I Meant To Say «If It’s» Behind Johnny And Lye :P :)

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Majk

23 июня, 2010 at 14:44

Slovenia vs England 2 (0-1)
USA vs Algeria 1 (2-1)
Australia vs Serbia 2 (1-3)
Ghana vs Germany 2 (0-3)

Last-minute!

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- Johnny Karp
  
  23 июня, 2010 at 14:46
  
  @Majk
  I was beginning to worry :)
  
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Majk

23 июня, 2010 at 15:18

I had a whole thing written about praise to both Lye and you, then when i posted my internet went down and I almost forgot about it.

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ravenie

23 июня, 2010 at 16:37

Damn you put this up late.

Yikes only two games for me

Australia 2-1 Serbia
Ghana 0-2 Germany

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Johnny Karp

23 июня, 2010 at 17:52

@Ravenie
It was published later than usual but still more than 24 hours before the start of the games. Sorry.

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