Official World Cup Tipping Competition

Tables coming soon... (Excel at work won't let me copy and paste the tables from my spreadsheet to the forums).

I feel like Argentina.  Substandard performance, but still got a result. (although I had 21-17 margin - I will check & confirm later).

Not entirely sure, but did I get 27, not 24?

When will we know our second round opponents?

Thanks Patrick, for organising the tipping.

Second round opponents will come out when Australia vs Netherlands kicks off in the morning, since not all of the tips are in for it yet.

cheers for the match Jono

I'm pleased we were able to equalise with the last kick of the match ;-)

tight group

Yeah, a very competitive group.  

That TAB bloke looks like he's going to be difficult to beat.

Cheers to you too, was an excellent fight, in the end I was just cheering for another goal in the Korea vs Russia game, didn't care who scored.

:D Only one to pick Chile whoop whoop!

A few tips missing.

Shit, in all the organising and trying to get the tables to work I forgot to post my tips here. Hopefully you'll all believe that I chose these before the round kicked off.

Brazil 2

Netherlands 2

Spain 2

Croatia 2

Colombia 2

Uruguay 1

Japan 1

Italy 2

France 2

Honduras 1

Argentina 8+

Germany 2

Bosnia-Herzegovina 1

Belgium 2

Algeria 1

Portugal 1

Round 2 fixtures:

Group A

Rye323 vs patrick478

Yakcall vs Global Game

Group B

Skinny Dynamite vs 2ndBest

ForteanTimes vs Turfmoore

Group C

Cussen91 vs ajc28

AllBlackCats vs jhnjhn

Group D

TAB vs Oska

wolfman vs joseph

Group E

Oi Oi Edgecumbe vs foal30

Kiwi Hatter vs Arsenal

Group F

Fitzy vs energy24.7

vickmeist23 vs detoxin

Group G

otagofan vs JonoNewton

tigers vs Rammtallica

Group H

Sanday vs NHpeter

Moose vs michaelme

Ha that's funny. Everyone rags on England but everyone has picked them...

Not me :P

Me neither. No way in hell are they getting anything out of that game.

Ah bugger. Forgot to update my last three. If I am allowed to add, I'd add Belgium 2, Algeria 1 and Portugal 1. If not, no sweat.

59.375%

Yup, I'll allow it since I was also and because the games are aaaaaages away. Any objections?

I expect a bounce back after the disappointment of the first game. Mind you, I expected that from Spain as well...

had the same problem

Cheers for all this Patrick it's quite interesting to follow. In the first round my tips and detoxins were very different but we ended up with a tight match, in this round they're all very similar to Energy24.7's.

Appreciate the effort you put in to run it so just wanted to say cheers.

I'm his opponent and I have no problem :-)

I think its my option to complain as Im your direct opponent this round, so I will... but thats because you are already winning 5-4! 

I do trust you had these locked into a spreadsheet somewhere before the round started. If not, you are an evil mastermind to still have some incorrect tips to make it believable!

Heh, I did have them saved in the spreadsheet, obviously there's no way I can prove it so I just hope you trust me. If you would prefer that my late tips don't count that's fine by me, considering I did break my own rules.

I think we're talking free kick and a stern talking to; not red card territory Patrick.

Updated to include otagofans tips.

TAB the form team going into round 2

believe i have won my match up, a big foot into the next round

Looks like Michaelme and I are heading to penalty shootout

edit: spelling

YES! A win wrapped up to continue the unbeaten streak.

Round 3: (due by 4am tomorrow, late tips will be accepted for matches that have not kicked off yet)

Netherlands vs Chile

Australia vs Spain

Cameroon vs Brazil

Croatia vs Mexico

Italy vs Uruguay

Costa Rica vs England

Japan vs Colombia

Greece vs Ivory Coast

Nigeria vs Argentina

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran

Honduras vs Switzerland

Ecuador vs France

Portugal vs Ghana

USA vs Germany

Korea Republic vs Belgium

Algeria vs Russia

I think I am down by 1, needing portugal to win by 2 or more to rescue a draw (patrick has portugal by 1)

Is there a tie break?

No tie break, a draw is a draw in the group stage (1 point for both players).

Round Two Results:

(as usual, I've done my best to make these accurate, but please point out any mistakes I may have made so I can correct them).

Group A

Rye323 15 patrick478 19

Yakcall 14 Global Game 16

Group B

Skinny Dynamite 16 2ndBest 16

ForteanTimes 17 Turfmoore 18

Group C

Cussen91 20 ajc28 15

AllBlackCats 13 jhnjhn 13

Group D

TAB 21 Oska 15

wolfman 12 joseph 0

Group E

foal30 16 Kiwi Hatter 22

Oi Oi Edgecumbe 20 Arsenal 21

Group F

Fitzy16 energy24.7 15

vickmeist23 11 detoxin 16

Group G

otagofan 16 JonoNewton 20

tigers 15 Rammtallica 11

Group H

Sanday 16 NHpeter 19

Moose11 michaelme 11

Netherlands 1

Spain 2+

Brazil 2+

Croatia vs Mexico - Draw

Italy vs Uruguay - Draw

England 1

Colombia 1

Ivory Coast 1

Argentina 2+

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran - Draw

Switzerland 1

France 2+

Ghana 1

Germany 2+

Belgium 1

Russia 1

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Round 3: (due by 4am tomorrow, late tips will be accepted for matches that have not kicked off yet)

Netherlands vs Chile - NED 2+

Australia vs Spain - ESP 1

Cameroon vs Brazil - BRA 2+

Croatia vs Mexico - CRO 1

Italy vs Uruguay - URU 1

Costa Rica vs England - CRC 1

Japan vs Colombia - COL 1

Greece vs Ivory Coast - CIV 2+

Nigeria vs Argentina - ARG 1

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran - BIH 1

Honduras vs Switzerland - SUI 2+

Ecuador vs France - FRA 2+

Portugal vs Ghana - GHA 1

USA vs Germany - GER 1

Korea Republic vs Belgium - BEL 2

Algeria vs Russia - Draw

Hey patrick, just FYI TAB & detoxin aren't through yet as the teams on 3pts aren't playing each other meaning there can be a three-way tie on 6pts and it comes down to GD.  This also means joseph isn't actually eliminated yet either as he can win and TAB win and technically make up his goal difference in a 3 way tie on 3pts :D

Two points for correct result. One for margin?

I've come up with 19 v 20 for my game. Could be wrong though.

Netherlands vs Chile - Chile 1

Australia vs Spain - Spain 2+

Cameroon vs Brazil -Brazil 2+

Croatia vs Mexico - Draw

Italy vs Uruguay - Draw

Costa Rica vs England - Costa Rica 1

Japan vs Colombia - Colombia 2+

Greece vs Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast 1

Nigeria vs Argentina - Argentina 1

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran - Bosnia 1

Honduras vs Switzerland - Switzerland 1

Ecuador vs France - France 1

Portugal vs Ghana - Draw

USA vs Germany - Germany 1

Korea Republic vs Belgium - Belgium 2

Algeria vs Russia - Draw

Round 3:

Netherlands vs Chile - Netherlands 2+

Australia vs Spain - Spain 2+

Cameroon vs Brazil - Brazil 2+

Croatia vs Mexico - Croatia 1

Italy vs Uruguay - Uruguay 1

Costa Rica vs England - England 1

Japan vs Colombia - Colombia 1

Greece vs Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast 1

Nigeria vs Argentina - Argentina 2+

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iran - Bosnia 1

Honduras vs Switzerland - Switzerland 1

Ecuador vs France - France 2+

Portugal vs Ghana - Ghana 1

USA vs Germany - Germany 2+

Korea Republic vs Belgium - Belgium 1

Algeria vs Russia - Draw