World Cup 2022 Prediction League - Group Stage & Knockout Phase

**Stan** · November 15, 2022

Thread for the groups and knockout phase for the 2022 World Cup Prediction League.

Doesn't look like we'll get any more participants, so here's the format:

Firstly, predict as normal! This cup competitions runs alongside the normal Prediction League. Do not make predictions in this thread. This is just for group tables and knockout phase updates.
There are 28 participants, so there'll be 7 groups of 4.
You'll play each other once in the groups.
Top 2 in each group go through to the knockout phase - Round of 16, Quarter-Final, Semi-Final and then Final.
The other 2 spaces in the in the knockouts will be filled by the two best 3rd-placed players.
Knockout phases will be one leg each.
Tiebreakers if players are level on points in groups, or score the same in knockouts:
- Head to Head
- Total points scored
- Total points difference
- Perfect scores in the round where scores were equal
- Total perfect scores gained across competition
- Alphabetical order

Groups to be announced shortly!

**Stan** · November 15, 2022

The group draw has taken place via a randomiser. No-one at FIFA was available, sadly. The plus side is that there was absolutely no corruption or allegations of heated balls...

@6666 @Devil @CaaC (John) @Spike

@londonerlilie @JoshBRFC @Redcanuck @Beelzebub

@Foxc1 Stan @DeadLinesman @N U F C

@Happy Blue @Viva la FCB @Reluctant Striker @Honey Honey

@Thailand Yellows @Gunnersaurus @Bluewolf @Pyfish

@Michael @Toinho @Mel81x @Harry

@Batard @LFCMike @Lucas @Dan

***Group Fixtures to be announced shortly***.

**Stan** · November 15, 2022

Group Stage Fixtures

GROUP A

@6666 / @Spike / @Devil / @CaaC (John)

GROUP B

@londonerlilie / @Redcanuck / @JoshBRFC / @Beelzebub

GROUP C

Stan / @Foxc1 / @N U F C / @DeadLinesman

GROUP D

@Viva la FCB / @Honey Honey / @Reluctant Striker / @Happy Blue

GROUP E

@Thailand Yellows / @Gunnersaurus / @Bluewolf / @Pyfish

GROUP F

@Michael / @Harry / @Mel81x / @Toinho

GROUP G

@Batard / @Lucas / @LFCMike / @Dan

Azeem · November 15, 2022

I take Stan putting me in 4th place as a challenge of now winning this.

**Stan** · November 15, 2022

12 minutes ago, Beelzebub said:

I take Stan putting me in 4th place as a challenge of now winning this.

Blame the randomiser!

Mel81x+ · November 15, 2022

I am going to have to get my predictions in soon. Group F may be a toughie.

JoshBRFC+ · November 16, 2022

@Redcanuck me and thee like old times. Hope you’re happy with second place.

Redcanuck · November 16, 2022

14 minutes ago, JoshBRFC said:

@Redcanuck me and thee like old times. Hope you’re happy with second place.

You just need to advance the first round. 2nd will do.

**Stan** · November 25, 2022

GROUP A

@6666 21-19 @Devil

@Spike 19-26 @CaaC (John)

GROUP B

@londonerlilie 15-26 @Redcanuck

@JoshBRFC 18-16 @Beelzebub

GROUP C

Stan 20-19 @Foxc1

@N U F C 19-17 @DeadLinesman

GROUP D

@Viva la FCB 22-15 @Honey Honey

@Reluctant Striker 18-21 @Happy Blue

GROUP E

@Thailand Yellows 17-20 @Bluewolf

@Gunnersaurus 17-20 @Pyfish

(N.B - Bluewolf is 1st on alphabetical order over Pyfish; Thailand Yellows is ahead of Gunnersaurus on Perfect Scores for the round (2-1))

GROUP F

@Michael 20-14 @Mel81x

@Toinho 18-16 @Harry

GROUP G

@Batard 18-23 @Lucas

@LFCMike 20-20 @Dan

(N.B - Dan is ahead of LFCMike on Perfect Scores for the round (3-2))

**Stan** · November 25, 2022

At the moment, @LFCMike and @Foxc1 are the best 3rd-placed players.

For anyone level on points, the following tie-breaker is being used:

Head to Head
Total points scored
Total points difference
Perfect scores in the round where scores were equal
Total perfect scores gained across competition
Alphabetical order

Pyfish+ · November 25, 2022

@Bluewolf will be happy that alphabetical order plays a part in this game at least

**Stan** · November 28, 2022

Results and Tables after Round 2:

@Spike 13-16 @Devil

@6666 14-21 @CaaC (John)

(N.B - 6666 is ahead of Devil based on head-to-head record)

@JoshBRFC 16-11 @londonerlilie

@Beelzebub 21-13 @Redcanuck

(N.B - Beelzebub is ahead of Redcanuck based on head-to-head record)

@DeadLinesman 18-12 Stan

@Foxc1 6-13 @N U F C

(N.B - Deadlinesman is ahead of Stan based on head-to-head record

@Happy Blue 20-13 @Honey Honey

@Viva la FCB 16-12 @Reluctant Striker

@Pyfish 18-14 @Bluewolf

@Thailand Yellows 17-14 @Gunnersaurus

(N.B - Bluewolf is ahead of Thailand Yellows on head-to-head record)

@Toinho 23-14 @Michael

@Mel81x 17-11 @Harry

(N.B - Michael is ahead of Mel81x based on head-to-head record)

@Dan 15-0 @Batard

@Lucas 14-21 @LFCMike

Best 3rd-placed teams after Round 2:

Dan+ · November 28, 2022

Unreal luck, got away with a bang average score.

JoshBRFC+ · November 30, 2022

Come on now, I need a challenge. Great work, Sunil.

I like the best 3rd place scenario. You scraped it, @Redcanuck

**Stan** · December 3, 2022

Group stage after Round 3

@Devil 12-13 @CaaC (John)

@Spike 13-9 @6666

Caac John & Devil advance automatically. Devil is 2nd based on Total Points scored.

@Redcanuck 22-17 @JoshBRFC

@londonerlilie 14-11 @Beelzebub

Redcanuck & JoshBRFC both advance automatically. Places decided on head-to-head.

@N U F C 20-14 Stan

@DeadLinesman 12-10 @Foxc1

N U F C & Deadlinesman both advance automatically

@Reluctant Striker 7-24 @Honey Honey

@Happy Blue 17-19 @Viva la FCB

Viva la FCB and Happy Blue both advance automatically.

@Bluewolf 15-17 @Gunnersaurus

@Pyfish 18-20 @Thailand Yellows

Thailand Yellows & Pyfish both advance automatically. Places decided on head-to-head record.

@Michael 19-22 @Harry

@Toinho 19-12 @Mel81x

Toinho & Michael advance automatically. Places determined by Total Points scored.

@Batard 0-0 @LFCMike

@Lucas 16-13 @Dan

Lucas and LFCMike advance automatically.

**Stan** · December 3, 2022

Best 3rd-place finishers after Round 3

@Dan and @Honey Honey advance by being the best 3rd-placed players. Honey Honey advances as he had the highest Total Points scored.

**Stan** · December 3, 2022

The draw for the knockout phase (Round 4) was done randomly, however ensured that you don't meet someone that you played in the Group Stage.

Round 4

Knockout Phase

@CaaC (John) vs @Honey Honey

@Happy Blue vs @Thailand Yellows

@JoshBRFC vs @Lucas

@N U F C vs @Michael

@Devil vs @Dan

@Viva la FCB vs @Pyfish

@Redcanuck vs @LFCMike

@DeadLinesman vs @Toinho

**DeadLinesman** · December 3, 2022

6.6k · December 3, 2022

Paid the price for the final group games being good.

Toinho · December 3, 2022

7 hours ago, DeadLinesman said:

We finish the group stage with a 100% record and best GD and then we will surrender to you and be rolled over onto our backs and..

**Honey Honey** · December 4, 2022

Shit sorry I didn't predict because I thought after last round I'd probably have been knocked out.

If it counts, even though I've lost on the first 2 games here's some predictions for the rest

France 1 - 1 Poland

England 2 - 0 Senegal

Japan 0 - 0 Croatia

Brazil 3 - 0 South Korea

**Stan** · December 4, 2022

27 minutes ago, Honey Honey said:

Shit sorry I didn't predict because I thought after last round I'd probably have been knocked out.

If it counts, even though I've lost on the first 2 games here's some predictions for the rest

France 1 - 1 Poland

England 2 - 0 Senegal

Japan 0 - 0 Croatia

Brazil 3 - 0 South Korea

You can still predict anyone for future rounds for the league anyway, even if you were to get knocked out

Also, don't forget to predict Morocco vs Spain and Portugal vs Switzerland.

**Honey Honey** · December 4, 2022

3 hours ago, Stan said:

You can still predict anyone for future rounds for the league anyway, even if you were to get knocked out

Also, don't forget to predict Morocco vs Spain and Portugal vs Switzerland.

Ah yes.

Morocco 0 Spain 2

Portugal 1 Switzerland 2