World Cup 2010 Rules
Welcome to World Cup 2010. It costs £6 per entry and you can submit as many entries as you like. The total prize fund will be known once all entries are received and the value of the prizes will depend on the total prize fund. The cost of posting out the winners’ cheques will be deducted from the prize fund.
The Competition
The competition itself is split into 2 phases – the group phase followed by the knockout phase. The group phase consists of 48 matches and the knockout phase consists of a further 16 matches. You can find a full list of the group fixtures on the website along with the name of the 4 teams in each of the 8 groups. All you have to do is predict the outcome of each game.
Prize Money
There will be prize money for the top 2 points scorers in each of 3 categories, making 6 prizes in all. It is possible for one person to win more than one prize.
The 3 categories are Group Phase, Knockout Phase and Grand Total. The Grand Total is the points from the Group Phase and Knockout Phase added together. It is possible for you to finish outside the top 2 in the Group Phase and Knockout Phase categories but still end up as the overall winner.
The prize pot will be distributed as follows:
Group 1st 12.3% Knockout 1st 12.3% Overall 1st 34.0% Admin costs 16.7%
Group 2nd 6.2% Knockout 2nd 6.2% Overall 2nd 12.3%
Bonus Points (selected at the start of the competition)
There are ways of earning bonus points throughout the tournament. Although the bonus points are only awarded after the tournament has ended, you must make your predictions before it starts.
The bonus points available are as follows: -
- For predicting the 2 finalists (score 10 points per correct team)
- For predicting how many goals the tournament’s top scorer will score (5 points if correct)
- For predicting the number of goals scored throughout the tournament (10 points if spot on, 5 points if within 5 goals of the total, 3 points if within 10 goals of the total)
- All bonus points won will count towards the Knockout Phase points total.
Group Phase
Final Group Placings
The 32 teams are divided into 8 groups of 4 teams. For each group you must predict where you think each team will finish, and you score one point every time a team finishes in the position you predicted. You can score up to 4 points per group, and 32 points in total.
Scoring for each match
In addition to gaining points for predicting the final group positions, you can also gain points for predicting the scores in each game. Each game will earn you either 0,1, 3 or 4 points.
For each game the first named team is the home team and the other team is the away team. You must predict one of 6 possible outcomes for each game, which are as follows: -
Option Outcome Examples
A Home win by at least 2 goals 2-0, 3-1, 4-2, 3-0 etc
B Home win by 1 goal 1-0, 2-1, 3-2, 4-3 etc
C Away win by at least 2 goals 0-2, 1-3, 2-4, 0-3 etc
D Away win by 1 goal 0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 etc
E Goalless draws 0-0
F Score draw 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 etc
- If you correctly predict the outcome of a game for options B, D, E you earn 4 points.
- If you correctly predict the outcome of a game for options A, C, F you earn 3 points.
- If you almost get it right you score one point, as follows: -
You Predicted Actual Outcome Explanation
A B The home team won, but only by one goal
B A The home team won, but by more than one goal
C D The away team won, but by more than one goal
D C The away team won, but only by one goal
E F You predicted a 0-0 draw, but it was a score draw
F E You predicted score draw, but the game ended 0-0
All other predictions are deemed to be incorrect, and you score no points.
Knockout Phase
In this phase you score points for predicting the outcomes of the 16 matches (separately for each round, either as the next set of matches become known or at the end of the previous round). A deadline will be set for each knockout round prediction and will be made clear on the website diary. The scoring system is the same as the group phase i.e. you will score either 0, 1, 3 or 4 points per game except the 3pts and 4pts options have been swopped (deemed more likely the games will be tighter so wider margin victories less likely).
- If you correctly predict the outcome of a game for options A, C, F you earn 4 points.
- If you correctly predict the outcome of a game for options B, D, E you earn 3 points.
- If you almost get it right you score one point (as in the group phase above).
Only the scores at the end of normal time count. If the score is 1-1 after 90 minutes then the final score is deemed to be 1-1, even if further goals are scored during extra time.
General
1) Once an entry has been submitted you can make as many changes as you want until the closing date for entries has passed, after which no changes will be allowed.
2) As long as you meet the criteria for winning bonus points then you will receive the full amount of bonus points on offer. For example, several players could end up as joint top scorers but as long as you have picked one of them you will receive the full 5 points.
3) After each phase or round of the tournament has been completed each participant must submit his or her predictions for the next phase. There is a deadline before which they must have submitted their predictions. If the predictions are not received on time then no points will be scored for the matches concerned. All deadline dates will appear on the website in the diary.
4) In the event of two or more people finishing level in any category, and being eligible for prize money, the prize money will be divided as follows:-.
- If there is a clear winner and two or more people finish in second place the prize money for first place will be unaffected and the prize money for second place will be divided equally between all joint runners-up.
- If there are two or more joint winners the total prize fund will be divided equally between the winners.
