2009/2010 UEFA Champions' League Prediction Competition

[MIJB#19]

2009/2010 UEFA Champions' League Prediction Competition
Here we go, again! AC Milan vs Real Madrid, Barcelona vs Inter and Bayern vs Juventus are just some of the matchups that'll we're going to see in the first six rounds of games.

Three stages
The prediction competition comes in three stages. You're free to join for each seperate stage, but you score more points if you enter in all three of them. What are the three stages?
* Group stage
* Round of sixteen
* Championship playoff tree

In the group matches phase you're asked to predict the final standings of all eight groups. Per group you can score a total of five points. Each team in the top two correctly predicted is worth two points. If you predict a team to finish in the top two, but the end up in the other spot, you receive one point. The fifth point can be scored by correctly predicting the third ranked team. Your fourth place finishing team isn't worth any points, but logically it means you'll have at least one point by correctly predicting a top two team. That gives a 40-point maximum for this stage.

In the round of sixteen you can score two point per matchup. It's quite simple: the sixteen remaining teams are paired to eight sets. For every pair you predict the winner and a correct prediction is worth two points. That gives a 16-point maximum.

In the championship playoff tree stage you'll be making predictions for which four teams will make the semi finals, which teams will make the final and, finally, which team wins the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions' League. The scoring system is a little bit more complicated, but usually it comes down to predicting the final two teams correctly. In total you can score 50 points in this stage.

Entry is free, there's no prize money involved or what so ever, it's purely for the honor and competition. Current defending champion is SirFozzie. TredWel and dacman finished second and third last season. TazFTW win the 2007/2008 edition. Other past winners are condors (2006/2007), atatange1 (2005/2006), moriarity (2004/2005) and BreizhManu (2002/2003 and 2003/2004).


Group stage predictions
Below are the eight groups of four. Simply post your predicted top three per group (four is okay, but three is sufficient), to enter the competition. No post editing allowed and keep in mind the deadline is kickoff time of the first group matches (scheduled to be Tuesday September 15th at 2:45 pm Eastern).

A - Bayern (GER) - Juventus (ITA) - Girondins Bordeaux (FRA) - Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
B - Manchester United (ENG) - CSKA Moskva (RUS) - Besiktas (TUR) - VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
C - AC Milan (ITA) - Real Madrid (ESP) - Olympique Marseille (FRA) - Zurich (SWI)
D - Chelsea (ENG) - Porto (POR) - Atletico Madrid (ESP) - APOEL (CYP)
E - Liverpool (ENG) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) - Fiorentina (ITA) - DVSC (HUN)
F - Barcelona (ESP) - Internazionale (ITA) - Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) - Rubin Kazan (RUS)
G - Sevilla (ESP) - Rangers (SCO) - VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Unirea (ROM)
H - Arsenal (ENG) - AZ (NED) - Olympiakos (GRE) - Standard (BEL)

[cartman]

A: Juventus - Bayern - Girondins Bordeaux - Maccabi Haifa
B: Manchester United - CSKA Moskva - VfL Wolfsburg - Besiktas
C: Real Madrid - AC Milan - Olympique Marseille - Zurich
D: Chelsea - Atletico Madrid - Porto - APOEL
E: Liverpool - Fiorentina - Olympique Lyonnais - DVSC
F: Inter - Barcelona - Dynamo Kyiv - Rubin Kazan
G: Rangers - VfB Stuttgart - Sevilla - Unirea
H: Arsenal - Olympiakos - AZ - Standard

[MIJB#19]

My own picks (for now ;))
A: 1. Bayern, 2. Juventus, 3. Girondins Bordeaux
B: 1. Manchester United, 2. VfL Wolfsburg. 3. CSKA Moskva
C: 1. AC Milan, 2. Real Madrid, 3. Olympique Marseille
D: 1. Chelsea, 2. Atletico Madrid, 3. Porto
E: 1. Liverpool, 2. Fiorentina, 3. Olympique Lyonnais
F: 1. Barcelona, 2. Internazionale, 3. Dynamo Kyiv
G: 1. VfB Stuttgart, 2. Sevilla, 3. Rangers
H: 1. AZ, 2. Arsenal, 3. Standard

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Wow, AZ Alkmaar to win the group? ;)

[illinifan999]

Group A: Juve, Bayern, Bordeaux, Haifa
Group B: Man Utd, Wolfsburg, CSKA Moscow, Besikstas
Group C: Real Madrid, Marseille, AC Milan, Zurich
Group D: Chelsea, Atletico, Porto, APOEL
Group E: Liverpool, Fiorentina, Lyon, DVSC
Group F: Barcelona, Inter, Rubin, Kyiv
Group G: Stuggart, Sevilla, Rangers, Unirea
Group H: Arsenal, AZ, Standard, Olympiakos

[Big Fo]

A: Bayern, Juventus, Bordeaux
B: Man Utd, Wolfsburg, CSKA Moscow
C: Real Madrid, Olympique Marseille, AC Milan
D: Chelsea, Porto, Atletico Madrid
E: Olympique Lyonnais, Liverpool, Fiorentina
F: Barcelona, Inter, Rubin Kazan
G: Sevilla, Stuttgart, Rangers
F: Arsenal, AZ, Olympiakos

[Katon]

A: Bayern, Juve, Bordeaux
B: Man U, CSKA, Wolfsburg
C: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Marseille
D: Chelsea, Atletico, Porto
E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina
F: Barca, Inter, Dinamo Kyiv
G: Sevilla, Stuttgart, Rangers
H: Arsenal, AZ, Olympiakos

[Butter]

A - Juventus, Bayern, Bordeaux
B - Man U - CSKA Moskva - Wolfsburg
C - Real Madrid - AC Milan - Marseille
D - Chelsea - Porto - At. Madrid
E - Liverpool - Fiorentina - Lyon
F - Barcelona - Inter - Dynamo Kyiv
G - Sevilla - Stuttgart - Rangers
H - Arsenal - Olympiakos - AZ

[MIJB#19]

Wow, AZ Alkmaar to win the group? ;)Hell yeah, I've decided to go back to my old 'homer pick' habits. ;)
At the same time, AZ has the players and has trainer to do well. Anything below second place would be a huge disappointment and totally not in line with how the club played in Europe over the past 5 seasons.

[MIJB#19]

Bumptidump. The deadline is less than 70 hours away.

[TredWel]

A: Juventus, Bayern, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
B: Man U, Wolfsburg, CSKA Moskow, Besiktas
C: Real, AC Milan, Mareille, Zurich
D: Chelsea, At. Madrid, Porto, APOEL
E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, DVSC
F: Barca, Inter, Dinamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan
G: Sevilla, Stuttgart, Rangers, Unirea
H: Arsenal, AZ, Olympiakos, Standard

[Scholes]

A: Juventus - Bordeaux - Bayern - Maccabi Haifa

B: Man United - CSKA - Wolfsburg - Besiktas

C: Real Madrid - Marseille - AC Milan - Zurich

D: Chelsea - Porto - At. Madrid - APOEL

E: Lyon - Liverpool - Fiorentina - DVSC

F: Barcelona - Inter - Dynamo Kiev - Rubin Kazan

G: Sevilla - Stuttgart - Rangers - Unirea

F: Arsenal - Olympiakos - AZ - Standard

[Big Fo]

Hey Scholes, is that your name or did you pick your username out of tribute to the legendary midfielder?

[oykib]

A: Juventus, Bordeaux, Bayern, Maccabi Haifa
B: Man U, Wolfsburg, Besiktas, CSKA Moskow
C: Real, AC Milan, Mareille, Zurich
D: Chelsea, At. Madrid, Porto, APOEL
E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, DVSC
F: Barca, Inter, Dinamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan
G: Sevilla, Rangers, Stuttgart, Unirea
H: Arsenal, AZ, Olympiakos, Standard

[MIJB#19]

Less than 24-hour until deadline bump!

fwiw, I'm going to pm the competitors of the last few editions to raise their attention. ;)

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

A - Bayern (GER) - Juventus (ITA) - Girondins Bordeaux (FRA)
B - Manchester United (ENG) - CSKA Moskva (RUS) - VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
C - Real Madrid (ESP) - AC Milan (ITA) - Olympique Marseille (FRA)
D - Chelsea (ENG) - Atletico Madrid (ESP) - Porto (POR) - APOEL (CYP)
E - Liverpool (ENG) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) - Fiorentina (ITA)
F - Barcelona (ESP) - Internazionale (ITA) - Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
G - VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Sevilla (ESP) - Rangers (SCO)
H - Arsenal (ENG) - Olympiakos (GRE) - Standard (BEL)

[SirFozzie]

Read down for 1-4

A
Juventus
Bordeaux
Bayern
Maccabi Haifa

B
Man U
Besiktas
CSKA Moskva
Wolfsburg

C
Milan
Madrid
Marseille
Zurich

D
Chelsea
Atletico Madrid
Porto
APOEL

E -
Liverpool
Fiorentina
Lyon
DVSC

F
Inter
Barcelona
Rubin Kazan
Dynamo Kyiv

G
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Rangers
Unirea

H
Arsenal
Olympiakos
AZ
Standard

[I. J. Reilly]

A
Juventus
Bayern
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa

B
Man U
CSK Moscow
Wolfsburg
Besiktas

C
Real Madrid
Olympique Marseille
AC Milan
Zurich

D
Chelsea
Atletico Madrid
Porto
APOEL

E
Olympique Lyonnais
Liverpool
Fiorentina
DVSC

F
Barcelona
Internazionale
Dynamo Kiev
Rubin Kazan

G
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Rangers
Unirea

H
Arsenal
Olympiakos
AZ
Standard

[cthomer5000]

A - Bayern, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
B - Man U, Wolfsburg, CSKA Moskva, Beskitas
C - Madrid, Milan, Marseille, Zurich
D - Chelsea, Atletico, Porto, APOEL
E - Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, DVSC
F - Barcelona, Inter, Kyiv, Kazan
G - Sevilla, Stuttgart, Rangers, Unirea
H - Arsenal, Olympiacos, AZ, Standard Liege

[dacman]

A: Bayern - Juventus - Girondins Bordeaux - Maccabi Haifa
B: Manchester United - VfL Wolfsburg - Besiktas - CSKA Moskva
C: Real Madrid - AC Milan - Olympique Marseille - Zurich
D: Chelsea - Atletico Madrid - Porto - APOEL
E: Liverpool - Olympique Lyonnais - Fiorentina - DVSC
F: Barcelona - Inter - Dynamo Kyiv - Rubin Kazan
G: Sevilla - VfB Stuttgart - Rangers - Unirea
H: Arsenal - AZ - Olympiakos - Standard

[atatange1]

A: Bayern, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi
B: Man U, CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg, Besiktas
C: Real Madrid, Milan, Marseille, Zurich
D: Chelsea, Atletico, Porto, APOEL
E: Liverpool, Fiorentina, Lyon, DVSC
F: Barcelona, Inter, Dynamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan
G: Sevilla, Rangers, Stuttgart, Unirea
H: Arsenal, Olympiakos, AZ, Standard

[fantastic flying froggies]

A: Juve, Bayern, Bordeaux
B: Man U, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
C: Real Madrid, Marseille, AC Milan
D: Chelsea, Atletico, Porto
E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina
F: Barcelona, Inter, Dynamo Kiev
G: Sevilla, Stuttgart, Rangers
H: Arsenal, AZ, Olympiakos
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[condors]

A – 1. Bayern 2. Juventus 3. Girondins Bordeaux
B – 1. Manchester United 2. VfL Wolfsburg 3. CSKA Moskva
C – 1. Real Madrid 2. AC Milan 3. Olympique Marseille
D – 1. Chelsea 2. Porto 3. Athletico Madrid
E – 1. Liverpool 2. Olympique Lyonnais 3 Fiorentina
F – 1. Internazionale 2. Barcelona 3. Dynamo Kyiv
G – 1. VfB Stuttgart 2. Rangers 3. Sevilla
H – 1. Arsenal 2. Olympiakos 3. AZ

group G for me was very tough to decide on

[Crapshoot]

A - Bayern, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
B - Man U, Wolfsburg, Besitkas, CSKA
C - Madrid, Marseille, Milan, Zurich
D - Chelsea, Atletico, Porto, APOEL
E - Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, DVSC
F - Barcelona, Inter, Kyiv, Kazan
G - Sevilla, Stuttgart, Rangers, Unirea
H - Arsenal, Olympiacos, AZ, Standard Liege

[Scholes]

Hey Scholes, is that your name or did you pick your username out of tribute to the legendary midfielder?

Tribute.


"It's not.... the greatest name in the world.... it's just a tribute...."

[MIJB#19]

All predictions for the group phase are entered into the spreadsheet, good luck everyone!

The average predictions of the entire group:
group A
1. Juventus (56% 1st, 44% 2nd)
2. Bayern (44% 1st, 39% 2nd, 17% 3rd)
3. Bordeaux (83% 3rd, 17% 2nd)
4. Maccabi Haifa (100% 4th)

group B
1. Manchester United (100% 1st)
2. Wolfsburg (50% 2nd, 44% 3rd, 6% 4th)
3. CSKA Moskva (39% 3rd, 39% 2nd, 22% 4th)
4. Besiktas (72% 4th, 17% 3rd, 11% 2nd)

group C
1. Real Madrid (89% 1st, 11% 2nd)
2. AC Milan (56% 2nd, 33% 3rd, 11% 1st)
3. Marseille (67% 3rd, 33% 2nd)
4. Zurich (100% 4th)

group D
1. Chelsea (100% 1st)
2. Atletico M (78% 2nd, 22% 3rd)
3. Porto (78% 3rd, 22% 2nd)
4. APOEL (100% 4th)

group E
1. Liverpool (83% 1st, 17% 2nd)
2. Lyon (50% 2nd, 33% 3rd, 17% 1st)
3. Fiorentina (67% 3rd, 33% 2nd)
4. DVSC (100% 4th)

group F
1. Barcelona (83% 1st, 17% 2nd)
2. Internazionale (83% 2nd, 17% 1st)
3. Dynamo Kyiv (83% 3rd, 17% 4th)
4. Rubin Kazan (83% 4th, 17% 3rd)

group G
1. Sevilla (72% 1st, 17% 2nd, 11% 3rd)
2. Stuttgart (67% 2nd, 22% 1st, 11% 3rd)
3. Rangers (78% 3rd, 17% 2nd, 6% 1st)
4. Unirea (100% 4th)

group H
1. Arsenal (94% 1st, 6% 2nd)
2. Olympiakos (56% 2nd, 33% 3rd, 11% 4th)
3. AZ (50% 3rd, 39% 2nd, 6% 4th, 6% 1st)
4. Standard (83% 4th, 17% 3rd)

[MIJB#19]

Interesting... despite 6 unanimous picks (not counting Arsenal ;)), nobody picked the entire consensus. cthomer5000 is closest, with just Bayern and Juventus swapped, while TredWel only swapped AZ and Olympiakos, whom actually are tied in average ranking.

[Cards4ever]

A
Juventus
Bayern
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa

B
Man U
CSKA Moskva
Besiktas
Wolfsburg

C
Madrid
Milan
Marseille
Zurich

D
Chelsea
Porto
Atletico Madrid
APOEL

E -
Liverpool
Fiorentina
Lyon
DVSC

F
Barcelona
Inter
Dynamo Kyiv
Rubin Kazan


G
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Rangers
Unirea

H
Arsenal
Olympiakos
AZ
Standard

[MIJB#19]

I decided to allow Card4ever's late entry. Having knowledge of the first 1/6th of games, he's going to get a penalty of the same ammount. Every point scored counts for 5/6th point.

[cartman]

You mean you don't have these calculated yet, MIJB???

;)

[MIJB#19]

Wednesday is my volleyball night. :-P

As soon as I figure out today's scores, I'll update the spreadsheet and post results.

[MIJB#19]

Standings after first round:
1. with 30 points: Butter of 69
2. with 26 points: Ronnie Dobbs2
2. with 26 points: Scholes
4. with 25 points: Katon
5. with 24 1/6 points: Cards4ever
6. with 24 points: atatange1
6. with 24 points: cthomer5000
6. with 24 points: I. J. Reilly
9. with 23 points: Big Fo
9. with 23 points: cartman
9. with 23 points: TredWel
12. with 22 points: condors
12. with 22 points: dacman
14. with 21 points: Crapshoot
14. with 21 points: fantastic flying froggies
16. with 20 points: oykib
16. with 20 points: SirFozzie
18. with 19 points: illinifan999
19. with 17 points: MIJB#19
20. with 0 points: rest of FOFC

[Butter]

Color me surprised.

[cthomer5000]

Gonna need to nail it from here on out... boo

[MIJB#19]

Round of 16 draw is in, first games to be played on 16th of February 2010.

16 Feb and 10 Mar
Lyon vs Real Madrid
AC Milan vs Manchester United

17 Feb and 9 Mar
Porto vs Arsenal
Bayeren vs Fiorentina

23 Feb and 17 Mar
Stuttgart vs Barcelona
Olympiacos vs Bordeaux

24 Feb and 16 Mar
Inter vs Chelsea
CSKA Moskva vs Sevilla

[cthomer5000]

teams that should be happy with the draw:
Olympiacos
Bordeaux
CSKA Moscow
Sevilla


All four could have been heavy underdogs, but getting paired with each other means a couple 'lightweights' will move on to the round of 8. I say good.

[cthomer5000]

hah.. totally overlooked the 'Beckham returns' storyline with AC Milan/Man U until just now.

[illinifan999]

Of course it would be Chelsea.

[Big Fo]

Benzema returning to Lyon and Mourinho to Chelsea also.

[cthomer5000]

Benzema returning to Lyon and Mourinho to Chelsea also.

Can Hleb play against Barcelona? He's at Stuttgart on loan from them. I don't know if that applies in Europe.

[MIJB#19]

Less than two weeks to go and with the transfer market closed, now seems to be a good time to start bumping this thread. ;)

Here are my own Round of 16 picks:
Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Girondins de Bordeaux
Internazionale Milano
CSKA Moskva

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Chelsea
CSKA Moskva

[Katon]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Chelsea
Sevilla

[Butter]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Olympiacos
Chelsea
Sevilla

[cartman]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Inter
Sevilla

[Cards4ever]

Real Madrid
Manchester United

Arsenal
Bayeren


Barcelona
Olympiacos

Chelsea
CSKA Moskva

[dacman]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Fiorentina
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Chelsea
CSKA Moskva

[I. J. Reilly]

Real Madrid
Man U
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Inter
CSKA Moscow

[atatange1]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayeren
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Inter
Sevilla

[Big Fo]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Arsenal
Bayern
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Inter
CSKA Moskva

[Scholes]

Real Madrid
Manchester United
Porto
Bayern
Barcelona
Bordeaux
Chelsea
Sevilla

[MIJB#19]

100 and a bit more minutes until kickoff bump!

[MIJB#19]

Yikes, it's been 24 hours since the last round 16 match ended already. And the draw for the quarterfinals and semi-finals is less than 24 hours away!

Round 2 scoring
In a shocker, not a single predictor had all 8 games correct. I have to say, that surprised me a bit, as there were only a couple of minor upsets. Three of us managed to predict 7 winners correctly: Big Fo, I. J. Reilly and MIJB#19. Atatange1, cartman and Ronnie Dobbs2 had 6 correct picks. Cards4ever, dacman and Katon had 5 correct. Butter of 69 and Scholes had 4 correct each.

Overall 2009/2010 standings
1. Butter of 69, I. J. Reilly and Ronnie Dobbs2 with 38 points
4. Big Fo with 37 points
5. atatange1 with 36 points
6. cartman and Katon with 35 points
8. Cards4ever with 34 1/6th points
9. Scholes with 34 points
10. dacman with 32 points
11. MIJB#19 with 31 points
12. cthomer 5000 with 24 points
13. TredWel with 23 points
14. condors with 22 points
15. Crapshoot and fantastic flying froggies with 21 points
17. oykib and SirFozzie with 20 points
19. Illinifan999 with 19 points
20 rest of FOFC with 0 points

Quarter-finals, semi-finals and Final scoring
The draw isn't out yet, but the forecast, here's how the last part of the predicting works. You predict the four teams that will win each quarterfinals matchup, followed up with a prediction of the two finalists, also mentioning who will win that final. A maximum of 50 points can be scored as follows:
* 3 points for correctly picking a quarter-finals loser
* 2 points for correctly picking a quarter-finals winner
* 5 more points for correctly picking a semi-finals loser
* 4 more points for correctly picking a finalist
* 1 bonus point if you picked the losing finalist to lose in the semi-finals
* 5 more points for correctly picking the runner-up
* 7 more points for correctly picking the winners
No worries if it's too complicated to keep track, the spreadsheet will do the trick for us. ;)

Picking of semi-finalists, finalists and the eventual winner can be done immediately after the draw is out (on March 19th, the UEFA will first draw 4 matchups for the quarter-finals, followed by a draw to pair the winners into two semi-finals). The deadline for these predictions will be March 30th 2:45 pm Eastern. Everybody at FOFC is free to make their picks, no requirements to have played along with the first and second rounds (of course, joining now greatly diminishes your chances to win the season long predictions competition, you can still take the honors of being the best in predicting how the last three rounds will go).

[MIJB#19]

The draw is out. Teams were drawn as follows into the playoff tree:
Bayern München (GER)
Manchester United (ENG)
Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Girondins Bordeaux (FRA)
Internazionale Milano (ITA)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Arsenal London (ENG)
FC Barcelona (ESP)

* Bayern meats ManUtd, first 'leg in München, second leg in Manchester
* ditto with the Lyon-Bordeaux, Inter-CSKA and Arsenal-Barcelona matchups
* The Bayern-ManU winnner meats the French winner, with the first leg in München/Manchester and the second leg in France
* Ditto for the Inter-CSKA winner vs the Arsenal-Barcelona winner, where the second leg will be in London/Barcelona
* The final is in Madrid, where the winner from Bayern/ManU/Lyon/Bordeaux will be considered the home team

Picking reminder:
* pick 4 semi-finals winners
* pick 2 finalists
* pick 1 CL winner

Probably the easiest way for me to add stuff to the spreadsheet is by listing your four semi-finals winners as ordered above and then add a bit of text for who you think will be the CL winner and CL runners-up, for example with my own predictions:
Bayern München - runners-up
Girondins Bordeaux
Internazionale
Barcelona - CL winner

[SirFozzie]

The draw is out. Teams were drawn as follows into the playoff tree:
Bayern München (GER)
Manchester United (ENG)
Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Girondins Bordeaux (FRA)
Internazionale Milano (ITA)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Arsenal London (ENG)
FC Barcelona (ESP)

* Bayern meats ManUtd, first 'leg in München, second leg in Manchester
* ditto with the Lyon-Bordeaux, Inter-CSKA and Arsenal-Barcelona matchups
* The Bayern-ManU winnner meats the French winner, with the first leg in München/Manchester and the second leg in France
* Ditto for the Inter-CSKA winner vs the Arsenal-Barcelona winner, where the second leg will be in London/Barcelona
* The final is in Madrid, where the winner from Bayern/ManU/Lyon/Bordeaux will be considered the home team

Picking reminder:
* pick 4 semi-finals winners
* pick 2 finalists
* pick 1 CL winner

Probably the easiest way for me to add stuff to the spreadsheet is by listing your four semi-finals winners as ordered above and then add a bit of text for who you think will be the CL winner and CL runners-up, for example with my own predictions:
Bayern München - runners-up
Girondins Bordeaux
Internazionale
Barcelona - CL winner


Manchester United (ENG) - CL Winner
Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Internazionale Milano (ITA) - Runners Up
FC Barcelona (ESP)

[dacman]

Man U - runners-up
Lyon
Inter
Barcelona - winner

[cartman]

Man U
Lyon - runners up
Inter -winner
Barca

[Butter]

Manchester United (ENG)
Olympique Lyon (FRA) - runners up
Internazionale Milano (ITA)
FC Barcelona (ESP) - winner

[Big Fo]

I have to say, that surprised me a bit, as there were only a couple of minor upsets.

Nobody picked Lyon. 7 of 8 isn't bad, I rose from 9th to 4th in the standings helped by some people not participating in the quarterfinal stage.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Manchester United (ENG) - runner up
Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Internazionale Milano (ITA)
FC Barcelona (ESP) - winner

[Katon]

Bayern - runner up
Lyon
Inter
Barca - winner

[Cards4ever]

Bayern München (GER)
Manchester United (ENG)
Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Girondins Bordeaux (FRA)
Internazionale Milano (ITA)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Arsenal London (ENG)
FC Barcelona (ESP)


Bayern(Runner up)
Lyon
Inter(Winner)
Barcelona

[Scholes]

Bayern München - Runner Up
Olympique Lyon
Inter - Winner
FC Barcelona

[I. J. Reilly]

Man United - Runner Up
Lyon
Inter
Barca - Winner

[MIJB#19]

44 hours until kickoff bump. I'll try to send reminder PMs 24 hours before the kickoff of Tuesday's games.

[atatange1]

Manchester United - Runner up
Lyon
Inter - Winner
FC Barcelona

[Big Fo]

Manchester United - winner
Bordeuax
Inter - runner up
Barcelona

[MIJB#19]

Post quarterfinals standings:
1. Katon, Butter of 69, Ronnie Dobbs2 and I. J. Reilly with 47 points each
5. Cards4ever with 46 1/6th points
6. Scholes with 46 points
7. atatagne1 with 45 points
8. cartman with 44 points
9. Big Fo with 43 points
10. dacman with 41 points
11. MIJB#19 with 40 points
12. SirFozzie with 29 points
13. and down: as listed above, except that SirFozzie jumped up

[Scholes]

Am I going to lose this by 1/6 of a point? I probably should have looked at Cards' picks before doing mine. Oh well, I still feel good about predicting the title match. Mourinho can't be stopped.

[MIJB#19]

Post semi-finals standings:
1. Cards4ever with 60 1/6th points
2. Scholes with 60 points
3. atatagne1 with 59 points
4. Katon, Ronnie Dobbs2 and I. J. Reilly with 56 points each
7. cartman with 54 points
8. Butter of 69 with 52 points
9. Big Fo and dacman with 50 points each
11. SirFozzie with 43 points
12. MIJB#19 with 42 points
13. (and down) still as listed above, except that SirFozzie jumped into top12

Cards4ever and Scholes can still score the perfect 50 for the knockout phase, providing Internazionale beats Bayern.

As it looks like, indepandant of the Champions' League Final outcome, the final top three of the predictions competition will be: 1. Cards4ever, 2. Scholes and 3. atatange1. Katon will finish 4th, while 5th place is going to be cartman (Inter wins) or Big Fo (Bayern wins).

[Butter]

Wow, I couldn't have sucked more in the QF picks onward.

[I. J. Reilly]

So much for my ten men behind the ball strategy:)

[Cards4ever]

Wow, Minnesota goes 1 & 2 in the Champions League picking!

[MIJB#19]

Thaks for the bump. :)

Top predictiors in the knock-out phase (post round of 16):
1. Cards4ever and Scholes, wth 50 points each (perfect score!),
3. atatange1 with 36 points,
4. Katon with 34 points,
5. cartman with 32 points.

Final standings 2009/2010:
1. Cards4ever with 84 1/6th points
2. Scholes with 84 points
3. atatange1 with 72 points
4. Katon with 69 points
5. cartman with 67 points
6. I. J. Reilly and Ronnie Dobbs2 with 58 points each
8. Big Fo with 56 points
9. MIJB#19 with 55 points
10. Butter of 69 with 54 points
11. dacman with 52 points
12. SirFozzie with 49 points
13. and down is basicaly the same as above, these memebers didn't compete in the finals phase


Congrats to Cards4ever, winning his 1st FOFC CL prediction competition title!

List of winners:
2002/03 BreizhManu
2003/04 BreizhManu
2004/05 moriarity
2005/06 atatange1
2006/07 condors
2007/08 TazFTW
2008/09 SirFozzie
2009/10 Cards4ever