Hello dear friends, the World Cup round of 16 is over now and eight teams made it through to the quarter finals. Uruguay, Ghana, Germany, Argentina, Holland, Brazil, Paraguay and Spain will battle it out for a place in the semi finals and a shot at the golden trophy. Our contest table is pretty tight at the moment as we are approaching the end of the tournament, there are quite a few contenders that have a good chance of claiming our prize, a copy of Football Manager 2011!
Lye is still leading the table but his advantage has narrowed down significantly as Markjulian and the others had pretty good days in the first knockout round. There are eight more games to be played at the World Cup, the four quarter finals, two semi finals and also the two finals, the big one and the one for the third place. That means that there are 48 more points on the table and, at least in theory, 19th placed Zam and all those above him in the table still have a chance to finish top.
World Cup Predictions Contest Rankings 29th of June (end of the group stage)
1. Lye — 74 points (*playing just for fun)
2. markjulian — 73 points
3. Sears — 69 points
4. Chris @ chester — 67 points
5. Majk — 65 points
6. Chris 62
7. ChroMe 60
8. Ravenie 58
9. Martin 57
10. Johnny Karp 56 (*playing just for fun)
11. Laxeyman 55
12. Riza 51
13. Burak_gs 49
14. Taylor091 48
15. Mariano 46
16. Kofte101 44
17. Zheljo 43
18. dami 35
19. Zam 29
20. Callum 23
MisterC 18
Liliputiano 18
Matthew 17
Matt 10
Krishn 8
Dead man 7
Kayonga Bernard 7
Cory Berman 6
MartinH 1
Please let me know if you notice any errors in the points calculation, thanks.
On to the next matches, the four quarter finals. Remember that you should predict the score at the end of 90 minutes, what happens in extra time or during the penalty shoot out does not count in our contest!
July 2nd and 3rd Fixtures (quarter finals)
July 2 15:00 GMT Holland vs Brazil
July 2 19:30 GMT Uruguay vs Ghana
July 3 15:00 GMT Argentina vs Germany
July 3 19:30 GMT Paraguay vs Spain
Thanks for participating and good luck!
