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Rules - Fantasy Football World Cup 2014


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By creating an account you're participating with the game. When participating you're obligated to enter all required details and you agree upon the rules of the game as well as the terms provided.


Deadline

Save all your predictions before the start of the tournament: . Until then, you're able to make changes in your predictions.


My prediction

After logging in, you will be redirected to the 'My prediction' page. It is up to you to predict all scores of all matches before the start of the tournament. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes including stoppage time. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account.

Knockout rounds

For the knockout rounds you need to select the country of whom you think will go through. It is not allowed to select a country double per whole round. If you do this, you will be rewarded with zero points. See below for some examples.

100%

When logged in, you'll see a score in the main navigation bar. This score represents the percentage you filled out on the 'My prediction' page. When you see a 100 % score, you are acknowledged that you entered all predictions. But be aware, it doesn't indicate when countries are selected double in a whole knockout round.


Individual

As an individual participant, you'll automatically compete against all other members in the fantasy league. Your score is based on your own predictions, and your performance is ranked alongside others throughout the league.

Best Pool

Everybody who signed up for a Pool is not only competing in the individual ranking, but also in the Pool ranking. This means that you can win individually, win with your Pool and become the winner of your Pool. And, to compete in the Pool ranking, the Pool needs to consist of at least 3 members, or otherwise 0 points will be given.


Add Pool

Do you want to organise a pool? Click here to do so. On both pages you'll find further instructions of how to add a pool. In this way you're able to organise a pool with friends, colleagues, sport buddies, neighbours, or more.

Participate in pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to sign up for a pool. Just below the title on the left side you'll see a button that you can click. You should be logged in to sign up for a pool.

Invite friends for my pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to invite friends. Just below the title you'll see Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp logos that you can can click. In this way you can invite friends to participate.


Points

Points to be earned based on the scores

Based on some rules you are able to collect points for the score. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes including stoppage time. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account. The maximum numbers of points based on the score for all matches is equal to 8 points. Here are some examples:

M Match P Predicted R Results 1X2 1X2 S Score GD Goal difference MP Max. points
ESP - NED Spain - Netherlands 1 - 3 1 - 3 4 2 2 8
ESP - NED Spain - Netherlands 0 - 2 1 - 3 4 0 2 6
ESP - NED Spain - Netherlands 0 - 1 1 - 3 4 0 0 4
ESP - NED Spain - Netherlands 1 - 0 1 - 3 0 0 0 0

Points to be earned based on the predicted countries in the knockout rounds

Next to the points for the score, you are able to collect points by predicting the countries that go through to the next round(s). So, you can earn points based on the correct position (CP), or the incorrect position (IP). For example, correct position is equal by predicting that France will be the winner of Group A. But, if another country comes first and France qualifies, but as runner-up, it will be selected as the incorrect position.

M Match P Predicted C Score CP Correct position IP Incorrect position MP Max. points
all countries qualified on correct position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain 12 (2 x 6) 0 12
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico 12 (2 x 6) 0 12
two countries qualified on correct position and two on the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] BRA - NED Brazil - Netherlands BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain 6 4 10
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ESP - MEX Spain - Mexico NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico 6 4 10
all countries qualified, but at the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] MEX - NED Mexico - Netherlands BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain 0 8 8
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ESP - BRA Spain - Brazil NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico 0 8 8
one country qualified at correct position, and one at the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] BRA - CHI Brazil - Chile BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain 6 0 6
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ESP - CRO Spain - Croatia NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico 0 4 4

Warning; no points earned when countries are selected double

Per knockout round it is not allowed to select a country or more countries double. A warning will be presented. But, when you did you'll be rewarded with zero points.

M Match P Predicted C Countries MP Max. points
correct example with all countries selected once:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain 12
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico 12
incorrect example with Spain selected twice:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] Brazil - ESP Brazil - Spain BRA - ESP Brazil - Spain 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] Netherlands - BRA Netherlands - Brazil NED - MEX Netherlands - Mexico 0

Overview of the maximum number of points that can be earned per round

Per match and knockout round there are points to be collected. In this overview you'll see the maximum number of points that can be collected per round.

Round M Matches S Score CP Correct position IP Incorrect position MP Max. points
Group matches 48 8 384
Round of 16 8 8 6 4 160
Quarter finals 4 8 8 6 96
Semi finals 2 8 10 8 56
3rd Place 1 8 12 10 32
Final 1 8 12 10 32
World Champion 20
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Total 800
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