Rules


Playing

By creating an account you're participating with the game. When participating you're obligated to enter all required details and you agree upon the rules of the game as well as the terms provided.


Deadline

You are required to submit all your predictions for the entire tournament (all tournament stages) before the start of the tournament: . Until then, you're able to make changes in your predictions.


My prediction

After logging in, you will be redirected to the 'My prediction' page. It is up to you to predict all scores of all matches before the start of the tournament. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account.

Knockout rounds

For the knockout rounds you need to select the country of whom you think will go through. It is not allowed to select a country double per whole round. If you do this, you will be rewarded with zero points. See below for some examples.

100%

When logged in, you'll see a score in the main navigation bar. This score represents the percentage you filled out on the 'My prediction' page. When you see a 100 % score, you are acknowledged that you entered all predictions. But be aware, it doesn't indicate when countries are selected double in a whole knockout round.


Individual

As an individual you're automatically competing against all members of the pool. You'll play for the prizes described on the Prizes page. The person with the most points wins.

Companies

When you created an account, you needed to enter the company. Not only, you are competing with everybody, but you can become the winner of your company. And, to compete in the company ranking, the company needs to consist of at least 3 members, or otherwise 0 points will be given.

Best company

The company needs to exists of at least 3 members to compete in the ranking for the best company, otherwise no average can be calculated. In all other cases 0 points will be awarded.


Add Company

Do you want to organise a pool? Click here to do so. On both pages you'll find further instructions of how to add a pool. In this way you're able to organise a pool with friends, colleagues, sport buddies, neighbours, or more.

Participate in pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to sign up for a pool. Just below the title on the left side you'll see a button that you can click. You should be logged in to sign up for a pool.

Invite friends for my pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to invite friends. Just below the title you'll see Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp logos that you can can click. In this way you can invite friends to participate.


Automatic Selection Round of 16

While predicting the matches, the round of 16 are automatically filled out based on the virtual ranking of the group that will be ranked by higher number of points, superior goal difference, higher of goals score and higher number of wins. This means that the six group winners, the six runners-up and the four best third-placed teams will be selected automatically for the round of 16.

The table below will be applied for the automatic selection for the round of 16 based on a predefined scheme. For example, if the four best third-placed teams come from groups A, B, C and D, the first row be applied and results in the following matches: 1B vs 3A, 2C vs 3D, 1E vs 3B, 1F vs 3C.

There's one important note to the automatic selection, if you predict all games equal (draw), and the goal difference and points are equal, the system doesn't know what to do. In case you should overrule and select the country as you wish.

Best 4 1B 1C 1E 1F
ABCD A D B C
ABCE A E B C
ABCF A F B C
ABDE D E A B
ABDF D F A B
ABEF E F B A
ACDE E D C A
ACDF F D C A
ACEF E F C A
ADEF E F D A
BCDE E D B C
BCDF F D C B
BCEF F E C B
BDEF F E D B
CDEF F E D C

Points

Points to be earned based on the scores

Based on some rules you are able to collect points for the score. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account. The maximum numbers of points based on the score for all matches is equal to 30 points. Here are some examples:

M Match P Predicted R Results 1X2 1X2 HG Home Goals AG Away Goals GD Goal difference MP Max. points
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 3 - 1 14 5 5 6 30
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 2 - 0 14 0 0 6 20
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 3 - 0 14 5 0 0 19
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 2 - 1 14 0 5 0 19
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 1 - 0 14 0 0 0 14
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 3 - 4 0 5 0 0 5
TUR - ITA Turkey - Italy 3 - 1 0 - 1 0 0 5 0 5

Points to be earned based on the predicted countries in the knockout rounds

Next to the points for the score, you are able to collect points by predicting the countries that go through to the next round(s). So, you can earn points based on the correct position (CP), or the incorrect position (IP). For example, correct position is equal by predicting that France will be the winner of Group A. But, if another country comes first and France qualifies, but as runner-up, it will be selected as the incorrect position.

M Match P Predicted S Score CP Correct position IP Incorrect position MP Max. points
all countries qualified on correct position:
1/8F [1A - 2C] Round of 16 [1A - 2C] ITA - AUT Italy - Austria ITA - AUT Italy - Austria 50 (2 x 25) 0 50
1/8F [2A - 2B] Round of 16 [2A - 2B] SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark 50 (2 x 25) 0 50
two countries qualified on correct position and two on the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2C] Round of 16 [1A - 2C] ITA - AUT Italy - Austria SUI - AUT Switzerland - Austria 25 15 40
1/8F [2A - 2B] Round of 16 [2A - 2B] SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark ITA - DEN Italy - Denmark 25 15 40
all countries qualified, but at the incorrect position:
1/8F [2A - 2B] Round of 16 [2A - 2B] SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark TUR - BEL Turkey - Belgium 0 30 30
1/8F [1B - 3ADEF] Round of 16 [1B - 3ADEF] BEL - TUR Belgium - Turkey DEN - SUI Denmark - Switzerland 0 30 30
one country qualified at correct position, and one at the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2C] Round of 16 [1A - 2C] ITA - AUT Italy - Austria SUI - AUT Switzerland - Austria 25 0 25
1/8F [2A - 2B] Round of 16 [2A - 2B] SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark TUR - FIN Turkey - Finland 0 15 15

Warning; no points earned when countries are selected double

Per knockout round it is not allowed to select a country or more countries double. A warning will be presented. But, when you did you'll be rewarded with zero points.

M Match P Predicted C Countries MP Max. points
correct example with all countries selected once:
1/8F [1A - 2C] Round of 16 [1A - 2C] ITA - AUT Italy - Austria ITA - AUT Italy - Austria 50
1/8F [2A - 2B] Round of 16 [2A - 2B] SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark 50
incorrect example with Italy selected twice:
1/8F [1A - 2C] Round of 16 [1A - 2C] ITA - AUT Italy - Austria ITA - AUT Italy - Austria 0
1/8F [2A - 2B] Round of 16 [2A - 2B] ITA - DEN Italy - Denmark SUI - DEN Switzerland - Denmark 0

Overview of the maximum number of points that can be earned per round

Per match and knockout round there are points to be collected. In this overview you'll see the maximum number of points that can be collected per round.

Round M Matches S Score CP Correct position IP Incorrect position MP Max. points
Group matches 36 30 1080
Round of 16 8 30 25 15 640
Quarter finals 4 30 35 20 400
Semi finals 2 30 45 25 240
Final 1 30 55 30 140
World Champion 75
Total 2575

Rounds

After each match points are awarded. In the table below you'll find an overview of all the rounds in this game. For example, in round 25 two matches will be played at the same time and after the final whistle points are awared for the scores and the countries that qualify for the next round.

# Points for score of match number Points for home team of match number Points for away team of match number Points for champion after final
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 7
6 6
7 5
8 8
9 10
10 9
11 11
12 12
13 15
14 13
15 14
16 18
17 16
18 17
19 21
20 19
21 20
22 23
23 24
24 22
25 25, 26 37, 38
26 29, 30 40 37
27 27, 28 39 38
28 31, 32 42, 44
29 33, 34 43 42
30 35, 36 41 39, 40, 41, 43, 44
31 38 47
32 37 46
33 40 47
34 39 46
35 42 45
36 41 45
37 44 48
38 43 48
39 45 49
40 46 49
41 47 50
42 48 50
43 49 51
44 50 51
45 51 52