# SD FIFA World Cup 2002 prediction game!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085 "2002-05-14T21:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/1 "2002-05-14T21:10:27Z")
here we go, ladies and gentlemen! Time to seperate the wheat from the chaff. the Great SD World Cup 2002 prediction game!!! I have decided to run this in 6 sections. There are 48 games, and the first 2 sections will have 24 games each. We will set a submit date for each round of predictions just before the first game in each section. the deadline for round one submissions will be the 30th of May, Round 2: the 7th of June. we will do the other sections (the Second Round will be section 3, the quarter finals section 4, semi final in section 5, and the final will be section 6. The scoring shall be thus. 3 points for a correct outcome with a correct score 1 point for a correct result (right outcome, wrong score) 1 31-May France Senegal 2 01-Jun Republic of Ireland Cameroon 3 01-Jun Uruguay Denmark 4 01-Jun Germany Saudi Arabia 5 02-Jun England Sweden 6 02-Jun Paraguay South Africa 7 02-Jun Argentina Nigeria 8 02-Jun Spain Slovenia 9 03-Jun Croatia Mexico 10 03-Jun Brazil Turkey 11 03-Jun Italy Ecuador 12 04-Jun China PR Costa Rica 13 04-Jun Japan Belgium 14 04-Jun Korea Republic Poland 15 05-Jun Russia Tunisia 16 05-Jun USA Portugal 17 05-Jun Germany Republic of Ireland 18 06-Jun France Uruguay 19 06-Jun Cameroon Saudi Arabia 20 06-Jun Denmark Senegal 21 07-Jun Sweden Nigeria 22 07-Jun Spain Paraguay 23 07-Jun Argentina England 24 08-Jun South Africa Slovenia Any suggestions to make this run better are welcome. Game on, my friends, game on. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/2 "2002-05-16T12:46:01Z")
23 07-Jun 1 - 3 Well, you have to be positive. pan ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/3 "2002-05-16T13:17:56Z")
Gotta work on keeping the thread up …There is a long time till the dealine, but I don’t like the thread to go down to page 5 until then:) ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/4 "2002-05-16T13:20:28Z")
Gotta work on keeping the thread up …There is a long time till the deadline, but I don’t like the thread to go down to page 5 until then:) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/5 "2002-05-16T13:21:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*23 07-Jun 1 - 3 > > Well, you have to be positive. > > pan \*\* I’d point at laugh now but I’m hoping that you guys will pull for the Americans, so I’ll keep my trap shut… ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/6 "2002-05-16T13:31:23Z")
Hey Twisty, do you want these in email or on this thread? Considering my vast knowledge of soccer consists of watching (and thoroughly enjoying) the World Cup and having gone to high school with one of the US squad members, anyone I beat should be ashamed, but I enjoy making a fool of my predictive abilities. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/7 "2002-05-16T13:52:01Z")
You know, seeing some of the crap-ass names on that list makes it even more depressing that Holland didn’t qualify. Oh well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/8 "2002-05-16T14:01:58Z")
1 31-May France Senegal **3-0** 2 01-Jun Republic of Ireland Cameroon **2-1** 3 01-Jun Uruguay Denmark **2-0** 4 01-Jun Germany Saudi Arabia **2-0** 5 02-Jun England Sweden **1-1** 6 02-Jun Paraguay South Africa **2-1** 7 02-Jun Argentina Nigeria **4-0** 8 02-Jun Spain Slovenia **4-0** 9 03-Jun Croatia Mexico **1-3** 10 03-Jun Brazil Turkey **3-2** 11 03-Jun Italy Ecuador **1-1** 12 04-Jun China PR Costa Rica **0-0** 13 04-Jun Japan Belgium **1-2** 14 04-Jun Korea Republic Poland **1-1** 15 05-Jun Russia Tunisia **3-0** 16 05-Jun USA Portugal **1-4** 17 05-Jun Germany Republic of Ireland **1-1** 18 06-Jun France Uruguay **2-0** 19 06-Jun Cameroon Saudi Arabia **2-1** 20 06-Jun Denmark Senegal **2-1** 21 07-Jun Sweden Nigeria **2-0** 22 07-Jun Spain Paraguay **3-1** 23 07-Jun Argentina England **1-2** 24 08-Jun South Africa Slovenia **2-2** Every single one of those predictions was based on gut feeling. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/9 "2002-05-16T14:03:38Z")
My no doubt 100% correct predictions, chosen because my coffee cup and an inpenetrable insurance Excel spreadsheet told me so. pan 1 31-May France Senegal **2 - 0** 2 01-Jun Republic of Ireland Cameroon **1 - 1** 3 01-Jun Uruguay Denmark **1 - 0** 4 01-Jun Germany Saudi Arabia **3 - 2** 5 02-Jun England Sweden **1 - 0** 6 02-Jun Paraguay South Africa **2 - 2** 7 02-Jun Argentina Nigeria **3 - 0** 8 02-Jun Spain Slovenia **3 - 0** 9 03-Jun Croatia Mexico **2 - 1** 10 03-Jun Brazil Turkey **2 - 0** 11 03-Jun Italy Ecuador **4 - 0** 12 04-Jun China PR Costa Rica **1 - 1** 13 04-Jun Japan Belgium **2 - 1** 14 04-Jun Korea Republic Poland **2 - 1** 15 05-Jun Russia Tunisia **2 - 2** 16 05-Jun USA Portugal **1 - 3** 17 05-Jun Germany Republic of Ireland **1 - 1** 18 06-Jun France Uruguay **2 - 0** 19 06-Jun Cameroon Saudi Arabia **2 - 1** 20 06-Jun Denmark Senegal **2 - 0** 21 07-Jun Sweden Nigeria **2 - 1** 22 07-Jun Spain Paraguay **1 - 0** 23 07-Jun Argentina England **1 - 3** 24 08-Jun South Africa Slovenia **1 - 1** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/10 "2002-05-16T14:05:42Z")
**Twisty** , I wonder if there’s a website somewhere that could host this and then we could check back in the thread and gloat or gripe as appropriate? Sort of an equivalent to American Fantasy Football or the collegiate basketball championship tracking pools? Just worry that if enough people (and I hope that there are a lot) post predictions in here this thread will soon become ponderous. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/11 "2002-05-16T14:10:24Z")
Doublepost **Crusoe**! Interesting - we agree on the results to 16/24 games and of the remaining eight, only in 2 do we have reverse wins. But only 2 identical scores. You poor fool. pan ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/12 "2002-05-16T14:12:21Z")
That’s me! ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/13 "2002-05-16T14:17:03Z")
My first prediction is 25-30 people wanting to do this ( I think we had four or five last time…Holy Fooking Moly) **Twisty** - If you’re okay with the deadline of 30th May (per OP), I’m going to leave this a few days to ponder ? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/14 "2002-05-16T14:22:57Z")
Ooh, look at the fancy pants going and _pondering_. Go with the gut, man! Publish and be damned! ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/15 "2002-05-16T14:26:28Z")
Tortoise and hare, matey, tortoise and hare… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/16 "2002-05-16T14:35:23Z")
1 31-May France Senegal 3-1 2 01-Jun Republic of Ireland Cameroon 2-1 3 01-Jun Uruguay Denmark 1-1 4 01-Jun Germany Saudi Arabia 2-0 5 02-Jun England Sweden 1-1 6 02-Jun Paraguay South Africa 1-3 7 02-Jun Argentina Nigeria 2-2 8 02-Jun Spain Slovenia 3-0 9 03-Jun Croatia Mexico 0-2 10 03-Jun Brazil Turkey 2-0 11 03-Jun Italy Ecuador 4-0 12 04-Jun China PR Costa Rica 2-0 13 04-Jun Japan Belgium 1-2 14 04-Jun Korea Republic Poland 2-0 15 05-Jun Russia Tunisia 2-0 16 05-Jun USA Portugal 1-3 17 05-Jun Germany Republic of Ireland 1-2 18 06-Jun France Uruguay 3-0 19 06-Jun Cameroon Saudi Arabia 2-2 20 06-Jun Denmark Senegal 1-0 21 07-Jun Sweden Nigeria 2-2 22 07-Jun Spain Paraguay 3-0 23 07-Jun Argentina England 3-2 24 08-Jun South Africa Slovenia 1-2 These are my scores. I would prefer if everyone put their scores into the thread, so everyone can reference them. Ricepad, Mullinator and Watermelon man, I have added you all onto the spreadsheet. If anyone else wants to play, just post with their predictions. When the deadline arrives, I’ll mail you all a copy of the spreadsheet. L\_C, Ponder away, good sir. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/17 "2002-05-16T14:47:30Z")
1 31-May France Senegal **3 - 1** 2 01-Jun Republic of Ireland Cameroon **2 - 0** 3 01-Jun Uruguay Denmark **2 - 1** 4 01-Jun Germany Saudi Arabia **2 - 1** 5 02-Jun England Sweden **2 - 0** 6 02-Jun Paraguay South Africa **1 - 2** 7 02-Jun Argentina Nigeria **3 - 0** 8 02-Jun Spain Slovenia **2 - 3** 9 03-Jun Croatia Mexico **1 - 2** 10 03-Jun Brazil Turkey **4 - 0** 11 03-Jun Italy Ecuador **2 - 2** 12 04-Jun China PR Costa Rica **1 - 1** 13 04-Jun Japan Belgium **1 - 2** 14 04-Jun Korea Republic Poland **2 - 1** 15 05-Jun Russia Tunisia **3 - 0** 16 05-Jun USA Portugal **1 - 3** 17 05-Jun Germany Republic of Ireland **2 - 3** 18 06-Jun France Uruguay **2 - 0** 19 06-Jun Cameroon Saudi Arabia **2 - 1** 20 06-Jun Denmark Senegal **1 - 0** 21 07-Jun Sweden Nigeria **1 - 3** 22 07-Jun Spain Paraguay **1 - 1** 23 07-Jun Argentina England **2 - 0** 24 08-Jun South Africa Slovenia **1 - 2** Not the most predictable (ha!) predictions, but to win, one must take chances. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/18 "2002-05-16T15:02:38Z")
**Ok, here I go** 1 31-May France Senegal 4-0 2 01-Jun Republic of Ireland Cameroon 1-2 3 01-Jun Uruguay Denmark 1-1 4 01-Jun Germany Saudi Arabia 3-0 5 02-Jun England Sweden 2-0 6 02-Jun Paraguay South Africa 2-1 7 02-Jun Argentina Nigeria 3-1 8 02-Jun Spain Slovenia 4-0 9 03-Jun Croatia Mexico 1-1 10 03-Jun Brazil Turkey 1-1 11 03-Jun Italy Ecuador 3-0 12 04-Jun China PR Costa Rica 1-2 13 04-Jun Japan Belgium 1-1 14 04-Jun Korea Republic Poland 1-0 15 05-Jun Russia Tunisia 2-0 16 05-Jun USA Portugal 0-3 17 05-Jun Germany Republic of Ireland 2-0 18 06-Jun France Uruguay 2-1 19 06-Jun Cameroon Saudi Arabia 2-0 20 06-Jun Denmark Senegal 2-0 21 07-Jun Sweden Nigeria 2-2 22 07-Jun Spain Paraguay 3-0 23 07-Jun Argentina England 2-1 24 08-Jun South Africa Slovenia 1-2 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/19 "2002-05-16T15:07:30Z")
Shibb, you are added in also. My apologies for missing your post. I will start a new thread for the second section. I don’t know about the Web hosting, but if anyone see’s a site that does it, poifect. If anyone wants to mail me their predictions, let me know and I’ll send you my address. I’d prefer them to go on the site, but different strokes et. al ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085/20 "2002-05-16T15:22:36Z")
**Twisty** : depending on size requirements, I could host it on my own site (I have a few meg free). The only problem is in updating, since I can’t FTP unless I’m dialed up to them myself. That’s not normally a problem but I’m on holiday from tomorrow morning until next Tuesday night, so I couldn’t update then. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-fifa-world-cup-2002-prediction-game/109085.md?page=2)