FOFC 2006 World Cup Pool

[Joe]

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Alright, I'm participating in a few of these on different boards, so I thought it would be fun to bring it over here. Read the rules below and post with your entry if you would like to play.

- You select at least 3, but no more than 5, teams from the list of teams below. Each team has an assigned dollar value and you have $100 to spend. The combined value of your selected teams may not exceed $100.
- Points are earned based on how well your selected teams fare. The player who gets the most points wins. (duh)
- Players may post their selections at any time prior to the kickoff of the first game.
- Changes may be made prior to the first kickoff, but please do so with a new post instead of editing your previous post. There is no guarantee I will see the edit.
- No two players may select an identical set of teams.
- Tiebreaker will be the shirt number of the player scoring the final goal (whether in regulation, overtime, or a shootout) of the final match. Closest to the number wins. If the tiebreaker ends in a tie, the player who posted their picks first wins.

TEAM VALUES
$50 = Brazil
$40 = Czech Republic, Spain, France, Netherlands
$35 = Argentina, England, Mexico, United States
$30 = Croatia, Germany, Japan, Portugal
$25 = South Korea, Sweden, Tunisia
$20 = Costa Rica, Italy, Switzerland
$15 = Ivory Coast, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Paraguay
$10 = Angola, Ghana, Poland, Ukraine
$5 = Australia, Ecuador, Togo, Serbia & Montenegro, Trinidad & Tobago

SCORING
Group Phase
Win = 3 points
Draw = 1 point
Advancing to Knockout Phase = 1 bonus point

Knockout Phase
Win in regulation = 3 points
Win in OT/Shootout = 2 points
Loss in OT/Shootout = 1 point
Multiplier = x2 in Round of 16, x4 in Quarter-Finals, x8 in Semi-Finals, x16 in Finals

Maximum Possible Points (for one team)
Group Phase: 3 wins = 9+1 = 10
Round of 16: Regulation win = 3x2 = 6
Quarter-Finals: Regulation win = 3x4 = 12
Semi-Finals: Regulation win = 3x8 = 24
Finals: Regulation win = 3x16 = 48
TOTAL = 100 points


So, an example entry would look like this:

Czech Republic
Germany
Italy
Australia
Ecuador
15


Edited to add the team abbreviations I'll be using in the scoring:

$50 = BRA-Brazil
$40 = CZE-Czech Republic, ESP-Spain, FRA-France, NED-Netherlands
$35 = ARG-Argentina, ENG-England, MEX-Mexico, USA-United States
$30 = CRO-Croatia, GER-Germany, JPN-Japan, POR-Portugal
$25 = KOR-South Korea, SWE-Sweden, TUN-Tunisia
$20 = CRC-Costa Rica, ITA-Italy, SUI-Switzerland
$15 = CIV-Ivory Coast, IRN-Iran, KSA-Saudi Arabia, PAR-Paraguay
$10 = ANG-Angola, GHA-Ghana, POL-Poland, UKR-Ukraine
$5 = AUS-Australia, ECU-Ecuador, TOG-Togo, SCG-Serbia & Montenegro, TRI-Trinidad & Tobago

[Joe]

For reference, the groups are as seen here: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/group/index.html

Player	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	Points	Shirt
Crapshoot	BRA/50	ITA/20	AUS/5	SWE/25	-	--	9
Barkeep49	CZE/40	CRO/30	GER/30	-	-	--	9
George W Bush	BRA/50	CZE/40	POL/10	-	-	--	11
SackAttack	FRA/40	GER/30	ITA/20	ANG/10	-	--	11
Coffee Warlord	ENG/35	GER/30	ITA/20	UKR/10	TOG/5	--	10
Chas In Cinti	ITA/20	ENG/35	POL/10	ARG/35	-	--	9
st. cronin	GER/30	USA/35	POR/30	AUS/5	-	--	10
Plundun	BRA/50	FRA/40	ECU/5	SCG/5	-	--	11
RPI-Fan	BRA/50	KOR/25	UKR/10	POL/10	AUS/5	--	10
ntndeacon	SCG/5	GER/30	UKR/10	ENG/35	CRC/20	--	9
MattJones4Heisman	BRA/50	GER/30	ITA/20	-	-	--	9
TheLionKing	BRA/50	FRA/40	POL/10	-	-	--	15
bulletsponge	BRA/50	CIV/15	IRN/15	ITA/20	-	--	10
Critch	ARG/35	ITA/20	GER/30	UKR/10	SCG/5	--	9
Vince	CZE/40	POR/30	GHA/10	POL/10	UKR/10	--	9
Quiksand	BRA/50	POR/30	ITA/20	-	-	--	8
Isiddiqui	BRA/50	ITA/20	SUI/20	POL/10	-	--	10
Chief Rum	ARG/35	GER/30	SWE/25	AUS/5	SCG/5	--	10
ram	BRA/50	ITA/20	PAR/15	POL/10	AUS/5	--	11
raf105	ENG/35	POR/30	KOR/25	POL/10	-	--	7
tanglewood	SPA/40	ENG/35	ITA/20	SCG/5	-	--	10
Jari Rantanen's Shorts	GER/30	POR/30	FRA/40	-	-	--	7
cthomer5000	BRA/50	SPA/40	POL/10	-	-	--	10
atatange1	BRA/50	GER/30	UKR/10	POL/10	-	--	7
Sir Fozzie	BRA/50	NED/40	AUS/5	ECU/5	-	--	9
Sublime2	BRA/50	GER/30	CRC/20	-	-	--	10
Katon	GER/30	ITA/20	UKR/10	KOR/25	CIV/15	--	11
law90026	BRA/50	SWE/25	ITA/20	SCG/5	-	--	4
TazFTW	BRA/50	POR/30	UKR/10	POL/10	-	--	10
-apoc-	NED/40	FRA/40	GHA/10	AUS/5	TOG/5	--	8
bhlloy	BRA/50	ITA/20	CIV/15	UKR/10	SCG/5	--	5
Narcizo	POR/30	GER/30	ITA/20	UKR/10	POL/10	--	13
MIJB#19	NED/40	CZE/40	UKR/10	AUS/5	ECU/5	--	9
lighthousekeeper	USA/35	GER/30	SWE/25	UKR/10	-	--	9
BreizhManu	BRA/50	ARG/35	UKR/10	SCG/5	-	--	7
PilotMan	ESP/40	GER/30	ITA/20	POL/10	-	--	7
Butter_Of_69	ENG/35	USA/35	CIV/15	POL/10	ECU/5	--	7
moriarty	ESP/40	ARG/35	ITA/20	AUS/5	-	--	10
cschex	FRA/40	SWE/25	ITA/20	UKR/10	AUS/5	--	12
condors	ARG/35	ENG/35	GER/30	-	-	--	11
TredWel	BRA/50	FRA/40	AUS/5	ECU/5	-	--	10
KevinNU7	USA/35	GER/30	POR/30	ECU/5	-	--	7
Raven Hawk	NED/40	MEX/35	UKR/10	POL/10	TOG/5	--	11
Huckleberry	ITA/20	CRC/20	SWE/25	ARG/35	-	--	10
Fighter Of Foo	ARG/35	GER/30	ITA/20	UKR/10	AUS/5	--	8
BishopMVP	BRA/50	ARG/35	CIV/15	-	-	--	10
fantastic flying froggies	POR/30	GER/30	ITA/20	SUI/20	-	--	10
cbear42	ARG/35	ENG/35	ITA/20	SCG/5	AUS/5	--	10
kingfc22	BRA/50	ARG/35	GHA/10	AUS/5	-	--	10
dacman	BRA/50	ITA/20	PAR/15	POL/10	SCG/5	--	7
astrosfan64	USA/35	ENG/35	GER/30	-	-	--	6
saldana	ARG/35	ITA/20	GER/30	PAR/15	-	--	10
Neon_Chaos	ARG/35	GER/30	KOR/25	POL/10	-	--	10
JeffR	CRO/30	GER/30	ITA/20	PAR/15	SCG/5	--	7
BillyNYC	FRA/40	GER/30	PAR/15	POL/10	ECU/5	--	12
3ric	NED/40	ARG/35	ITA/20	AUS/5	-	--	7
NEUSociology	ITA/20	POR/30	NED/40	AUS/5	-	--	9

[Crapshoot]

Personally, I'd make Brazil $60.

I'll go:
Brazil
Italy.
Australia
Sweden.

And no 9.

Subject to change before you finalize this right ?

[Barkeep49]

This looks like fun. I'm going to go with the European squad of
Czech Republic (40)
Croatia (30)
Germany (30)
25
I'm hoping to hit a winner since getting a bunch of teams out of group play will net a lot of points as well.

[Joe]

remember to include a jersey number for tiebreaker

[Barkeep49]

What's the deal with the no editing rule?

[Joe]

that was in there from the rules I stole. but it doesnt matter since all picks have to be in before the games start anyway. I suppose it was since no two people can have the exact same teams, if someone tries to edit and say they had it first?

[Joe]

I am going to go with:

Brazil (50)
Czech Republic (40)
Poland (10)
and 11 for the tiebreaker.

[Crapshoot]

Woops - sorry, I made an edit before I read the whole rules - is that kosher ?

[Joe]

yeah its fine

[SackAttack]

France ($40)
Germany ($30)
Italy ($20)
Angola ($10)
#11

[Coffee Warlord]

England (35)
Germany (30)
Italy (20)
Ukraine (10)
Togo (5)

#10

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Personally, I'd make Brazil $60.

I'll go:
Brazil
Italy.
Australia
Sweden.

And no 9.

Subject to change before you finalize this right ?

Can't expect somebody who picks Australia to understand the rules I suppose

[Joe]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Personally, I'd make Brazil $60.

I'll go:
Brazil
Italy.
Australia
Sweden.

And no 9.

Subject to change before you finalize this right ?

yep. would be easiest to make a new post for any changes before the start, so I dont have to go back and check for edits to what I have entered initially. i guess thats why the rule is in there.

[Chas in Cinti]

Italy ($20)
England ($35)
Poland ($10)
Argentina ($35)
#9

Regards,
Chas

P.S. I'll be there for 2 weeks... Going to a few games...

[st.cronin]

Germany
USA
Portugal
Australia

number 10

[Plundun]

Getting in early

Brazil
France
Ecuador
Serbia & Montenegro
11

[RPI-Fan]

Brazil (50)
South Korea (25)
Ukraine (10)
Poland (10)
Australia (5)

Jersey No. 10

[ntndeacon]

How about:
Serbia and Montenegro (5 pts)
Germany (30 pts)
Ukraine (10 pts)
England (35 pts)
Costa Rica(20 pts)
And for the tiebreaker:
9

[MJ4H]

Brazil
Germany
Italy
9

[TLK]

Brazil (50)
France (40)
Poland (10)

Tie- 15

[ISiddiqui]

Brazil (50)
Germany (30)
Italy (20)
10

[bulletsponge]

ok heres mine

Brazil (50)
Ivory Coast (15)
Iran (15)
Italy (20)
number 10

i cant believe the US is worth 35 pts

[Critch]

Argentina (35)
Italy (20)
Germany (30)
Ukraine (10)
Serbia and Montenegro (5)

no.9

[Vince]

Yeah, I'm an idiot.

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

i cant believe the US is worth 35 pts

No joke.

[QuikSand]

Brazil
Portugal
Italy
#8

[Joe]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Brazil (50)
Germany (30)
Italy (20)
10

This combination of teams has already been selected by MattJones4Heisman.

[Vince]

Ugh.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by George W Bush

This combination of teams has already been selected by MattJones4Heisman.

Well then take out Germany and put in Switzerland and Poland.

[Joe]

selection board in post 2 has been updated to reflect all selections through post 30

[Joe]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

ok heres mine

Brazil (50)
Ivory Coast (15)
Iran (15)
Italy (20)
number 10

i cant believe the US is worth 35 pts

Point values are partially based on FIFA rankings, where the US is #5

[Chief Rum]

Argentina (35)
Germany (30)
Sweden (25)
Australia (5)
Serbia & Montenegro (5)

Jersey #...1 (just kidding, I'll take 10)

[ram]

Brazil (50)
Italy (20)
Paraguay (15)
Poland (10)
Australia (5)
Jersey #11

[George]

England (35)
Portugal (30)
South Korea (25)
Poland (10)
Jersey #7

[Vince]

And just to make your life much more difficult GWB (sorry...I'm retarded and didn't realize I picked three teams from the same group)...the third time's the charm, I swear!

Czech Republic ($40)
Portugal ($30)
Ghana ($10)
Poland ($10)
Ukraine ($10)
Jersey # 9

[RPI-Fan]

Originally Posted by George W Bush

Point values are partially based on FIFA rankings, where the US is #5

I thought they were #4 in the newest ones?

Nevertheless, they should be $40 if they were #5?

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

I thought they were #4 in the newest ones?

Nevertheless, they should be $40 if they were #5?

They dropped to 5th in the latest ones.

[Joe]

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

I thought they were #4 in the newest ones?

Nevertheless, they should be $40 if they were #5?

Maybe I should have bolded the word partially

[tanglewood]

$40 - Spain
$35 - England
$20 - Italy
$5 - Serbia & Montenegro

No. 10

[Sublime 2]

$50 - Brazil
$30 - Germany
$20 - Italy

#10

[AlexB]

I'm going for Germany, Portugal and France

Tiebreaker #7

[AlexB]

Dola,

And I hate to be pedantic to those that have written this, but Jersey didn't qualify and the word will play no part in the WC. In football (soccer) the word is 'shirt'

[cthomer5000]

Brazil
Spain
Poland
#10

[atatange1]

Brazil - 50
Germany - 30
Ukraine - 10
Poland - 10
# 7

[Joe]

Originally Posted by Sublime 2

$50 - Brazil
$30 - Germany
$20 - Italy

#10

this combination has already been selected, choose again.

[MJ4H]

Man, I knew I needed to hurry. Was going to look up some jersey numbers, but instead went with the conventional wisdom from before me just so I could get those three teams before someone else.

[Joe]

first 25 entries added to the chart. let me know if you notice any duplicate entries or if yours is incorrect

[RPI-Fan]

Originally Posted by MattJones4Heisman

Man, I knew I needed to hurry. Was going to look up some jersey numbers, but instead went with the conventional wisdom from before me just so I could get those three teams before someone else.

#10 seems like the easy choice for shirt number. First off, it's what Ronaldinho wears, so that's about a 50% chance of being it. :-p

Other than that, almost all starting attacking players on all teams will be 9, 10, or 11.

[MJ4H]

Yeah I didn't know numbers so I tried to read from the entries above mine what would be the safe choice. If I had the time I'd have looked up the info, but I didn't feel like I had time to do that. I really don't pay attention to the numbers people wear in general.