2026 World Cup Prize Predictor * Arabian Knight extends leads; SF forecasts due *

[forestfan]

Why did the person predicting 0-1 only score 4?

[SamD]

Good spot. So maxi123 equals murf for top score on Sat.

Could his binary predictions be the way to go?

[murf]

With two fours murf does best on Sat.

I keep losing points to late, meaningless goals. Woulda/coulda/shoulda been a 9 but a (joint) top 8 will have to do!

[forestfan]

Good spot. So maxi123 equals murf for top score on Sat.

Could his binary predictions be the way to go?

The “Smedley approach”, for those of us who remember the early days of FISO Goals!

[Dad Dancer]

17 Canada-Morocco 1-2
18 Paraguay-France 0-2
19 Brazil-Norway 2-1
20 Mexico-England 2-1
21 Portugal v Spain 1-1
22 USA-Belgium 1-2
23 Argentina v Egypt 2-0
24 Switzerland v Colombia 1-2

[SamD]

Forecasts for top three are listed below.
Argentina and France form most popular pairing (12 in all) for Final.
Seven of the nine nations selected survived to round of 16, with Netherlands and Germany exiting at first KO stage.
USA and Morocco register single picks.



Reminder of scoring for each of predicted top three (max 5; min 0)
exact position = 5
one position out = lose 2 pts; two out = -4; three or more = -5
NB team eliminated in quarter-final is deemed to be fifth.

Grid will be amalgamated with main table before quarter-final round.

[blahblah]

17 Canada-Morocco 0-2
18 Paraguay-France 0-3
19 Brazil-Norway 2-1
20 Mexico-England 2-1
21 Portugal v Spain 0-2
22 USA-Belgium 2-1
23 Argentina/CVerde v Australia/Egypt
24 Switzerland v Colombia/Ghana

1-1
0-2

[SamD]

Points harder to earn overnight with no one notching more than three in either tie.
Best scorers are sportsmeister and dorf27 on six.
Switch to binary system gives maxi123 the only 5-pointer in round of 16 to date.

Lead duo unchanged while jeffersdn and Spencer4 climb into next two rungs.

[SamD]

Three score eight points on Mon: workie-ticket, Spencer4 and SamD.
Latter pair edge closer to Arabian Knight at the top.



Quarter-final round begins at 21:00 BST on Thurs 9 July.
Template will be posted tonight when remaining round of 16 matches are settled.

[SamD]

* Table after round of 16 will be published on Wednesday *

Quarter-final round begins at 21:00 BST on Thurs 9 July.
NB From now on, entrants have a choice when providing forecasts.
Those around the top may send a PM to Jester, should they wish. Others can post on thread, as usual.
Jester has kindly agreed to reveal PM selections when the round kicks off.

Template
France - Morocco
Spain - Belgium
Norway - England
Argentina - Switzerland

[dorf27]

France - Morocco 2-0
Spain - Belgium 1-0
Norway - England 1-1
Argentina - Switzerland 2-1

[SamD]

After Match 24 of 32
Three accumulate seven points on Tuesday: Britinus, Jezza3 and jeffersdn.

Previous front two are now level on 85, but Arabian Knight stays ahead on tiebreak (more 5s).
Perpetual rivals jeffersdn and Spencer4 swap rungs once again while Jezza3 returns to top five.



Quarter Final template is immediately above and in second post of thread. Do say if there's any query.

[wahine]

France - Morocco 3-0
Spain - Belgium 3-0
Norway - England 1-2
Argentina - Switzerland 2-0

[morganb]

France - Morocco 2-1
Spain - Belgium 0-0
Norway - England 1-2
Argentina - Switzerland 1-0

[barrydixey]

France - Morocco 1-1
Spain - Belgium 2-1
Norway - England 1-1
Argentina - Switzerland 2-0

[workie-ticket]

France- Morocco 2-1
Spain - Belgium 2-0
Norway - England 2-3
Argentina - Switzerland 2-1

[TheBigLewandowski]

France- Morocco 3-1
Spain - Belgium 2-0
Norway - England 1-2
Argentina - Switzerland 3-0

[jeffersdn]

Predictions pm'd to Jester.

Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

[Jester]

I have PM'd myself my selections wishing it meant I was near the top....

And in the real world....
France - Morocco 2-0
Spain - Belgium 1-1
Norway - England 2-2
Argentina - Switzerland 1-1

[murf]

France- Morocco 1-1
Spain - Belgium 1-1
Norway - England 1-1
Argentina - Switzerland 1-1

[Dad Dancer]

France - Morocco 2-1
Spain - Belgium 1-0
Norway - England 2-2
Argentina - Switzerland 2-1

[forestfan]

France - Morocco 2-1
Spain - Belgium 1-0
Norway - England 1-2
Argentina - Switzerland 1-1

[SamD]

With around 24 hours to the first quarter-final, half the expected forecasts have been received. Do say if there's any query.



As a safety measure, could those sending PM to Jester mention this on thread (as jeffersdn has done)?
Thanks and happy cogitations...

[polarbear]

France - Morocco 2-0
Spain - Belgium 2-1
Norway - England 1-1
Argentina - Switzerland 3-1

[Arabian Knight]

France - Morocco 2-0
Spain - Belgium 2-0
Norway - England 1-1
Argentina - Switzerland 1-0

[Spencer4]

France - Morocco 2-1
Spain - Belgium 1-0
Norway - England 1-2
Argentina - Switzerland 1-1

[sportsmeister]

France - Morocco 1-0
Spain - Belgium 1-1
Norway - England 2-3
Argentina - Switzerland 2-0

[Jezza3]

France - Morocco 3 - 1
Spain - Belgium 3 - 0
Norway - England 1 - 2
Argentina - Switzerland 2 - 0

Thanks

[jimmy ching]

France - Morocco 2-0
Spain - Belgium 2-0
Norway - England 1-0
Argentina - Switzerland 1-1

[Britinus]

France - Morocco 3-1
Spain - Belgium 2-1
Norway - England 2-1
Argentina - Switzerland 2-0