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World Cup Competition

The rules are as follows:

Group Stages

Each player picks one team from each round of group games.  If any of your picks do not win then you are immediately eliminated.

Knockout Stages

Each player picks one team from each round in the knockout stages. This team must win in normal time, extra time or on penalties.

GW1 June 12th – 17th:

Brazil v Croatia;    Mexico v Cameroon;    Spain v Netherlands;    Chile v Australia;    Colombia v Greece;    Uruguay v Costa Rica;    England v Italy;    Ivory Coast v Japan;    Switzerland v Ecuador;    France v Honduras;   Argentina v Bosnia & Herzegovina;    Germany v Portugal;    Iran v Nigeria;    Ghana v USA;    Belgium v Algeria;    Russia v South Korea

GW2 June 17th – 22nd:

Brazil v Mexico;    Australia v Netherlands;    Spain v Chile;    Cameroon v Croatia;    Colombia v Ivory Coast;    Uruguay v England;    Japan v Greece;    Italy v Costa Rica;    Switzerland v France;    Honduras v Ecuador;    Argentina v Iran;    Germany v Ghana;    Nigeria v Bosnia & Herzegovina;    Belgium v Russia;    South Korea v Algeria;    USA v Portugal

GW3 June 23rd – 26th:

Australia v Spain;    Netherlands v Chile;    Cameroon v Brazil;    Croatia v Mexico;    Costa Rica v England;    Italy v Uruguay;    Greece v Ivory Coast;    Japan v Colombia;    Bosnia & Herzegovina v Iran;    Nigeria v Argentina;    Honduras v Switzerland;    Ecuador v France;    USA v Germany;    Portugal v Ghana;    South Korea v Belgium;    Algeria v Russia

 

Seeded teams (can only be picked once in whole tournament)

1 Brazil  2 Spain  3 Colombia  4 Italy  5 France  6 Argentina  7 Germany  8 Belgium

All other teams can be picked twice.  One of these picks has to be in the group stages and the other must be in the knockout stages.

Picks for GW1

Hahessy – Russia – Out

Clancy – Uruguay – Out

Graham – Chile – Won

Sparks – France – Won

Dinny -Uruguay – Out

Willie – France – Won

Eddie – Belgium – Won

Carpo – Chile – Won

Trish – Uruguay – Out

Picks for GW2

Eddie – Portugal – Out

Sparks – Netherlands – Won

Graham – Bosnia – Out

Carpo – Argentina – Won

Willie – Netherlands – Won

Picks for GW3

Sparks – Brazil – Won

Carpo – Brazil – Won

Willie – Spain – Won

Last Sixteen fixtures

Brazil v Chile;    Colombia v Uruguay;    Netherlands v Mexico;    Costa Rica v Greece;    France v Nigeria;    Germany v Algeria;    Argentina v Switzerland;    Belgium v USA

Sparks – Argentina – Won

Carpo – France – Won

Willie – Belgium – Won

Quarter-finals

France v Germany;    Brazil v Colombia;    Argentina v Belgium;    Netherlands v Costa Rica

Sparks – Colombia – Out

Carpo – Netherlands – Won

Willie – Netherlands – Won

Semi-finals

Carpo – Germany – Won

Willie – Germany – Won

Willie is crowned as Last Man Standing as Carpo had no teams left to pick in the final.  Willie still had Argentina as an option.

Ladies and Gentleman, here is your champion.

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