Prediction Thread

[vancity eagle]

Group A

Argentina 9
Ivory Coast 6
Serbia 3
Australia 0

Group B

Nigeria 5
Holland 5
USA 3
Japan 2

Group C

Brazil 9
China 4
Belgium 4
New Zealand 0

Group D

Italy 7
Cameroon 5
S. Korea 4
Honduras 0

[Nacional Tijuana]

A
Arg.
Aus.
IC
Serb.

B
Holland
USA
Nigeria
Japan

C
Brazil
China
Belgium
NZ

D
Italy
Cameroon
SK
Honduras

[Jwaksman]

Group A:
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia
Australia

Group B:
Netherlands
USA
Japan
Nigeria

Group C:
Brazil
China
Belgium
New Zealand

Group D:
Italy
South Korea
Cameroon
Honduras


Quarterfinals:
Italy over China
Netherlands over Ivory Coast
Brazil over South Korea
Argentina over USA

Semis:
Netherlands over Italy
Brazil over Argentina

Bronze Medal Game:
Argentina over Italy

Finals:
Brazil over Netherlands

[almango]

Group A

Argentina 9
Ivory Coast 6
Serbia 3
Australia 0



I hope you're wrong, but sadly I suspect you're pretty close to the mark.

[tomwilhelm]

Group A
Argentina 7
Ivory Coast 6
Serbia 4
Australia 0

Group B
Holland 6
Nigeria 4
USA 4
Japan 2

Group C
Brazil 9
Belgium 6
China 3
New Zealand 0

Group D
Italy 9
Cameroon 6
S. Korea 1
Honduras 1

[vancity eagle]

Group A


Group B
Holland 6
Nigeria 4
USA 4
Japan 2




I do think this will be one of those groups that doesn't really follow any logic from game to game.

[tomwilhelm]

I do think this will be one of those groups that doesn't really follow any logic from game to game.

Exactly. I got those points this way:
holland:usa
holland:nigeria
holland:japan
nigeria:usa
nigeria:japan
usa:japan

This assumes the first tiebreaker is GD, not H2H. Can anyone confirm that?

[Jwaksman]

This assumes the first tiebreaker is GD, not H2H. Can anyone confirm that?


Yes. Go to page 31 of this document (http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/regulations%5folympics%5fbeijing%5f2008%5fen%5f6198.pdf) (warning, clicking on that link opens a massive .pdf)

[Chuchi]

Group A:

Argentina - 7
Ivory Coast - 5
Serbia - 4
Australia - 0

Group B:

Nigeria - 7
Holland - 7
USA - 1
Japan - 1

Group C:

Brazil - 9
China - 4
Belgium - 2
New Zealand - 1

Group D:

Cameroon - 9
Italy - 4
South Korea - 4
Honduras - 0

[Gorando]

Group A

Argentina 9
Ivory Coast 6
Serbia 1
Australia 1

Group B

Nigeria 7
Holland 7
USA 3
Japan 0

Group C

Brazil 7
Belgium 5
China 4
New Zealand 0

Group D

Cameroon 9
Italy 6
S. Korea 1
Honduras 1

[schrutebuck]

Group A

Argentina 7
Ivory Coast 6
Serbia 3
Australia 1

Group B

United States 4 :p
Netherlands 4
Nigeria 4
Japan 4

Group C

Brazil 9
Belgium 4
New Zealand 2
China 1

Group D

Italy 7
Cameroon 4
South Korea 3
Honduras 3

[Gold is the Colour]

Group A

Argentina 7
Ivory Coast 4
Serbia 2
Australia 2

Group B

Netherlands 5
Japan 4
United States 3
Nigeria 2

Group C

Brazil 9
Belgium 4
China 4
New Zealand 0

Group D

Italy 7
Cameroon 4
South Korea 4
Honduras 1

[VCFan]

I'm dispensing with the points tables and going straight to the heart of the matter --- I predict an Italy - Argentina final with Argentina prevailing by virtue of a 3 - 1 scoreline.

My pool of semifinalists are: Argentina, Brazil, Italy, and Holland.

[ITALIA1982]

Quarterfinals:
Argentina - Nigeria
Netherlands - Ivory Coast
Italy - China
Brazil - Cameroon

Semifinal:
Italy - Ivory Coast
Brazil - Argentina

Final:
Argentina - Italy

Bronze Medal:
Brazil - Ivory Coast

[vilafria]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Group A

Argentina 6
Serbia 4
Ivory Coast 4
Australia 2

Group B

Holland 6
USA 4
Nigeria 4
Japan 2

Group C

Brazil 9
China 4
Belgium 4
New Zealand 0

Group D

Italy 9
Cameroon 6
S. Korea 3
Honduras 0

[AKITOD]

Group A

Argentina 7
Ivory Coast 4
Serbia 2
Australia 2

Group B

Netherlands 5
Japan 4
United States 3
Nigeria 2

Group C

Brazil 9
Belgium 4
China 4
New Zealand 0

Group D

Italy 7
Cameroon 4
South Korea 4
Honduras 1

I think you could be spot on the money.

[vancity eagle]

knockout rounds

Argentina v Holland
Nigeria v Ivory Coast
Brazil v Cameroon
Italy v China

Semis

Argentina v Brazil
Nigeria v Italy

Bronze

Brazil v Italy

Gold

Argentina v Nigeria

[VCFan]

So, anyone planning on revising their predictions after Gameday 1?

[vancity eagle]

[QUOTE=VCFan;15366876]So, anyone planning on revising their predictions after Gameday 1?[/QUOTE

I predicted every game except for AUS v SER and CHI v NEW, I would now make one change. BEL instead of CHI, but the end results are still the same.

[VCFan]

So which team do you think has been the most impressive so far?