MIJB#19
08-28-2014, 02:42 PM
Back after a couple of seasons without, here's the 2014/2015 installment of the FOFC UEFA Champions League prediction competition.
We'll be playing in three rounds:
* Group stage
* Round of 16
* Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final
The deadlines for making predictions are set in stone, they will be the day of the first game played of that round. Usually games are played at 2:45 PM eastern, but sometimes games in Russia or the Ukraine are moved forward, so to be safe make sure to post your prediction before noon Eastern.
* Group stage deadline: September 16th 2015
* Round of 16 deadline: February 17th 2015
* Quarter-finals<strike>, semi-finals and the final</strike>: April 14th 2015
No editing of posts, or you will run the risk that I end up copy pasting your pre-edited content and never catch your changes. It's even better not to changes your predictions for any round, but it won't be disallowed.
In the group stage you will predict the final standing of all eight groups. A maximum of 40 points can be earned: 1 point for each correctly picked team to finish top2 and reach the round of 16, 1 point for correctly picking the third place team that goes into the UEFA Europa League and 1 bonus point for a correctly picked first or second placed team.
In the round of 16, two points will be earned for picking the correct winning team for each pair.
<strike>In the Quarter-finals through final, you will pick the entire elite eight tree for a maximum of 50 points, based on the following table:
<table><tr><td>.<td>your<td>pick<td>.<td>.
<tr><td>.<td>winner<td>r-up<td>semi<td>loser
<tr><td>eventual winner<td>13<td>6<td>2<td>0
<tr><td>eventual runners up<td>6<td>11<td>2<td>0
<tr><td>eventual semi-finalist<td>2<td>3<td>7<td>0
<tr><td>eventual quarter-finalist<td>0<td>0<td>0<td>3</table>
(Yes, correctly picking the final will be crucial, eventually.)</strike>
But let's start with the Group stage predictions!
The draw is out and has given us the following groups:
<table><tr><td>group A<td>group B<td>group C<td>group D<td>group E<td>group F<td>group G<td>group H
<tr><td>Atletico Madrid<td>Real Madrid<td>Benfica<td>Arsenal<td>Bayern Munchen<td>FC Barcelona<td>Chelsea<td>FC Porto
<tr><td>Juventus<td>FC Basel<td>Zenit St. Petersburg<td>Borussia Dortmund<td>Manchester City<td>Paris Saint-Germain<td>Schalke 04<td>Shakhtar Donetsk
<tr><td>Olympiakos Piraeus<td>Liverpool<td>Bayer Leverkusen<td>Galatasaray<td>CSKA Moscow<td>Ajax<td>Sporting CP Lisbon<td>Athletic Bilbao
<tr><td>Malmo FF<td>Ludogorets Razgrad<td>AS Monaco<td>Anderlecht<td>AS Roma<td>APOEL Nicosia<td>NK Maribor<td>BATE Borisov</table>
What you need to do is reply in this thread with your predictions, preferably by quoting this table and adding your predictions for places 1, 2, 3 and 4 at the end of the row. The to be used table is at the bottom of this post.
Example:
<table><tr><td>Group A<td>Manchester United<td>1
<tr><td><td>Sparta Praha<td>4
<tr><td><td>Olympique Marseille<td>2
<tr><td><td>Besiktas<td>3
<tr><td>Group B<td>Olympique Lyon<td>2
<tr><td><td>Valencia<td>1
<tr><td><td>Werder Bremen<td>3
<tr><td><td>Maccabi Haifa<td>4
<tr><td>Group C<td>AC Milan<td>1
<tr><td><td>Glasgow Rangers<td>3
<tr><td><td>Partizan Belgrade<td>4
<tr><td><td>Lokomotiv Moscow<td>2
<tr><td>Group D<td>Internazionale<td>1
<tr><td><td>Fenerbahce<td>3
<tr><td><td>Lille OSC<td>2
<tr><td><td>Levski Sofia<td>4
<tr><td>Group E<td>Dinamo Kiev<td>1
<tr><td><td>FC Kobenhavn<td>3
<tr><td><td>Deportivo La Coruna<td>2
<tr><td><td>Wisla Krakow<td>4
<tr><td>Group F<td>Celtic<td>1
<tr><td><td>Rosenborg BK<td>3
<tr><td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol<td>4
<tr><td><td>FC Salzburg<td>2
<tr><td>Group G<td>Panathinaikos<td>1
<tr><td><td>Spartak Moscow<td>2
<tr><td><td>Steaua Bucuresti<td>3
<tr><td><td>DVSC Debrecen<td>4
<tr><td>Group H<td>PSV Eindhoven<td>2
<tr><td><td>Dinamo Zagreb<td>3
<tr><td><td>Slavia Praha<td>4
<tr><td><td>Lazio Roma<td>1
</table>
To make your entry, please quote this post, delete everything from the top down to this line of text and add your rankings predictions below:
<table><tr><td>Group A<td>Atletico Madrid<td>
<tr><td><td>Juventus<td>
<tr><td><td>Olympiakos Piraeus<td>
<tr><td><td>Malmo FF<td>
<tr><td>Group B<td>Real Madrid<td>
<tr><td><td>FC Basel<td>
<tr><td><td>Liverpool<td>
<tr><td><td>Ludogorets Razgrad<td>
<tr><td>Group C<td>Benfica<td>
<tr><td><td>Zenit St. Petersburg<td>
<tr><td><td>Bayer Leverkusen<td>
<tr><td><td>AS Monaco<td>
<tr><td>Group D<td>Arsenal<td>
<tr><td><td>Borussia Dortmund<td>
<tr><td><td>Galatasaray<td>
<tr><td><td>Anderlecht<td>
<tr><td>Group E<td>Bayern Munchen<td>
<tr><td><td>Manchester City<td>
<tr><td><td>CSKA Moscow<td>
<tr><td><td>AS Roma<td>
<tr><td>Group F<td>FC Barcelona<td>
<tr><td><td>Paris Saint-Germain<td>
<tr><td><td>Ajax<td>
<tr><td><td>APOEL Nicosia<td>
<tr><td>Group G<td>Chelsea<td>
<tr><td><td>Schalke 04<td>
<tr><td><td>Sporting CP Lisbon<td>
<tr><td><td>NK Maribor<td>
<tr><td>Group H<td>FC Porto<td>
<tr><td><td>Shakhtar Donetsk<td>
<tr><td><td>Athletic Bilbao<td>
<tr><td><td>BATE Borisov<td>
</table>
We'll be playing in three rounds:
* Group stage
* Round of 16
* Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final
The deadlines for making predictions are set in stone, they will be the day of the first game played of that round. Usually games are played at 2:45 PM eastern, but sometimes games in Russia or the Ukraine are moved forward, so to be safe make sure to post your prediction before noon Eastern.
* Group stage deadline: September 16th 2015
* Round of 16 deadline: February 17th 2015
* Quarter-finals<strike>, semi-finals and the final</strike>: April 14th 2015
No editing of posts, or you will run the risk that I end up copy pasting your pre-edited content and never catch your changes. It's even better not to changes your predictions for any round, but it won't be disallowed.
In the group stage you will predict the final standing of all eight groups. A maximum of 40 points can be earned: 1 point for each correctly picked team to finish top2 and reach the round of 16, 1 point for correctly picking the third place team that goes into the UEFA Europa League and 1 bonus point for a correctly picked first or second placed team.
In the round of 16, two points will be earned for picking the correct winning team for each pair.
<strike>In the Quarter-finals through final, you will pick the entire elite eight tree for a maximum of 50 points, based on the following table:
<table><tr><td>.<td>your<td>pick<td>.<td>.
<tr><td>.<td>winner<td>r-up<td>semi<td>loser
<tr><td>eventual winner<td>13<td>6<td>2<td>0
<tr><td>eventual runners up<td>6<td>11<td>2<td>0
<tr><td>eventual semi-finalist<td>2<td>3<td>7<td>0
<tr><td>eventual quarter-finalist<td>0<td>0<td>0<td>3</table>
(Yes, correctly picking the final will be crucial, eventually.)</strike>
But let's start with the Group stage predictions!
The draw is out and has given us the following groups:
<table><tr><td>group A<td>group B<td>group C<td>group D<td>group E<td>group F<td>group G<td>group H
<tr><td>Atletico Madrid<td>Real Madrid<td>Benfica<td>Arsenal<td>Bayern Munchen<td>FC Barcelona<td>Chelsea<td>FC Porto
<tr><td>Juventus<td>FC Basel<td>Zenit St. Petersburg<td>Borussia Dortmund<td>Manchester City<td>Paris Saint-Germain<td>Schalke 04<td>Shakhtar Donetsk
<tr><td>Olympiakos Piraeus<td>Liverpool<td>Bayer Leverkusen<td>Galatasaray<td>CSKA Moscow<td>Ajax<td>Sporting CP Lisbon<td>Athletic Bilbao
<tr><td>Malmo FF<td>Ludogorets Razgrad<td>AS Monaco<td>Anderlecht<td>AS Roma<td>APOEL Nicosia<td>NK Maribor<td>BATE Borisov</table>
What you need to do is reply in this thread with your predictions, preferably by quoting this table and adding your predictions for places 1, 2, 3 and 4 at the end of the row. The to be used table is at the bottom of this post.
Example:
<table><tr><td>Group A<td>Manchester United<td>1
<tr><td><td>Sparta Praha<td>4
<tr><td><td>Olympique Marseille<td>2
<tr><td><td>Besiktas<td>3
<tr><td>Group B<td>Olympique Lyon<td>2
<tr><td><td>Valencia<td>1
<tr><td><td>Werder Bremen<td>3
<tr><td><td>Maccabi Haifa<td>4
<tr><td>Group C<td>AC Milan<td>1
<tr><td><td>Glasgow Rangers<td>3
<tr><td><td>Partizan Belgrade<td>4
<tr><td><td>Lokomotiv Moscow<td>2
<tr><td>Group D<td>Internazionale<td>1
<tr><td><td>Fenerbahce<td>3
<tr><td><td>Lille OSC<td>2
<tr><td><td>Levski Sofia<td>4
<tr><td>Group E<td>Dinamo Kiev<td>1
<tr><td><td>FC Kobenhavn<td>3
<tr><td><td>Deportivo La Coruna<td>2
<tr><td><td>Wisla Krakow<td>4
<tr><td>Group F<td>Celtic<td>1
<tr><td><td>Rosenborg BK<td>3
<tr><td><td>Sheriff Tiraspol<td>4
<tr><td><td>FC Salzburg<td>2
<tr><td>Group G<td>Panathinaikos<td>1
<tr><td><td>Spartak Moscow<td>2
<tr><td><td>Steaua Bucuresti<td>3
<tr><td><td>DVSC Debrecen<td>4
<tr><td>Group H<td>PSV Eindhoven<td>2
<tr><td><td>Dinamo Zagreb<td>3
<tr><td><td>Slavia Praha<td>4
<tr><td><td>Lazio Roma<td>1
</table>
To make your entry, please quote this post, delete everything from the top down to this line of text and add your rankings predictions below:
<table><tr><td>Group A<td>Atletico Madrid<td>
<tr><td><td>Juventus<td>
<tr><td><td>Olympiakos Piraeus<td>
<tr><td><td>Malmo FF<td>
<tr><td>Group B<td>Real Madrid<td>
<tr><td><td>FC Basel<td>
<tr><td><td>Liverpool<td>
<tr><td><td>Ludogorets Razgrad<td>
<tr><td>Group C<td>Benfica<td>
<tr><td><td>Zenit St. Petersburg<td>
<tr><td><td>Bayer Leverkusen<td>
<tr><td><td>AS Monaco<td>
<tr><td>Group D<td>Arsenal<td>
<tr><td><td>Borussia Dortmund<td>
<tr><td><td>Galatasaray<td>
<tr><td><td>Anderlecht<td>
<tr><td>Group E<td>Bayern Munchen<td>
<tr><td><td>Manchester City<td>
<tr><td><td>CSKA Moscow<td>
<tr><td><td>AS Roma<td>
<tr><td>Group F<td>FC Barcelona<td>
<tr><td><td>Paris Saint-Germain<td>
<tr><td><td>Ajax<td>
<tr><td><td>APOEL Nicosia<td>
<tr><td>Group G<td>Chelsea<td>
<tr><td><td>Schalke 04<td>
<tr><td><td>Sporting CP Lisbon<td>
<tr><td><td>NK Maribor<td>
<tr><td>Group H<td>FC Porto<td>
<tr><td><td>Shakhtar Donetsk<td>
<tr><td><td>Athletic Bilbao<td>
<tr><td><td>BATE Borisov<td>
</table>