Rules

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The game

With the game of Herenbos EK Pool you'll become a predictor of all the matches of the tournament. You'll have to do your best to submit predictions (all before start) in order to take the win away from your friends, family or colleagues. When you have the predictions right, you'll score the most points.

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Join now

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Live rankings

During the game you'll see live rankings of the next round. In these live rankings we only calculate the points for the scores of the matches and not the points for the countries. Only when all matches of the next round are finished, we are certain which countries qualify and we will add the points for the countries to the points in that round.

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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 90 points. Here are some examples:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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