And with that, ladies and gentlemen, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has officially ended.
It was an amazing world cup and I think you will agree that it was one of the best in years.
The defending World Champions never got the chance to unpack their things.
Here in The Netherlands we got way more than we could ever have predicted. The 5-1 against Spain will go into the history books, the party afterwards as well.
2 African nations made it past the group stages into the knockout rounds to write history and at least one more deserved to go on.
The most powerfull nation in the world fell in love with the most powerfull sport in the world. The USA played daring, offensive matches and were rewarded for it. Along with Howard the Savior they showed the USA what football can do.
We got to see other amazing goalkeepers. Where some WC's are nightmares for them they shined in Brazil. Ochoa, the hero of Mexico. Howard the Savior. Neuer the Defender. Navas and Bravo, names that were not familiar put themselves on the map.
An amazing forward James Rodriguez. Scored the most goals of this WC and was a total revelation. The man that helped his country advance where other 'big' names like Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez and others failed.
The Vampire that strikes again. Suarez once again bites another player (nearly correctly predicted by Druss) which resulted in the larged ban the FIFA has ever given on a WC (but still is too little..)
Colombia and Costa Rica making it far into the tournament but sadly not far enough. Small nations that made a big impact on the world of football this year.
A revived Belgium. For the first time in more than a decade on the World Cup and they showed what they are capable of. They can do great things in years to come.
A worthy goodbye for Cahill. Even though they lost all their matches, Australia was great and should not be forgotten.
A collapse defeat for the home nation. Brazil losing 7 to 1 against an unleashed Germany with 3 goals in the span of 4 minutes. And many, many other goals throughout the entire tournament, breaking records.
Klose, now officially the World Cup top scorer of all time.
And ofcourse many, many errors by referees that proved to be game breaking. Brazil had to be helped in the very first match. Mexico got denied 2 solid goals. Penalties wrongly given or not given and refs afraid to give cards.
It was a hell of a tournament and the best I can remember since USA '94. I genuinely can't pick a goal of the tournament between Rodriguez, Cahill and RVP. Jones goal for the US was a nice good old fashioned thump too.
It was a tournament for goalkeepers and attackers as some of the defending was diabolical at times. David Luis was hilariously inept as per usual, Bruno Martins Indi at times looked like a penalty waiting to happen, Spains entire defence was allergic to Dutchmen. It wasn't a great time to be a defender. Tim Howard is finally getting the recognition he deserves, another in the line of fantastic US goalkeepers.
We finally had goal line technology. We learned that cannibalism is ok in Uruguay as long as you're good at football. England were an afterthought and might now finally learn that forcing what you mistakenly believe to be world class players into a team that has no place for them isn't a good idea. France were surprisingly good and didn't mutiny. Cameroon were bloody awful and did mutiny. Ronaldo was quickly forgotten and we couldn't count his hair changes anyway. There was no psychic octopus.
The pool went right down to the wire and could have went 4 ways right up until the end almost. CrazyRah joins OBaka and whoever won the first World Cup pool(Harry?) on the list of champions.
And in the end proof that the ancient football saying still holds: In the end, Germany takes the prize.
But maybe more important, a new King of Football here on the BSN: CrazyRah
And all the things I have forgotten to put here
Thank you all for participating, it was a great ride!
The Official BSN WC Pool:
Rules:
- Predictions go per round
- A round means that all the nations have played 1 match
- Only predictions that are posted before the 1st match of that round count
Points:
Poule phase:
- Correct score and correct winner gets 10 points
- Incorrect score but correct winner gets 5 points
Knockout phase
- Correct score on a draw after 90 minutes and correct winner at the end of the match gets 15 points
- Correct score after 90 minutes (no extra time) gets 10 points
- Incorrect score but correct winner gets 5 points
Prize:
-Yet to be determined, suggestions are welcome
*This post will be updated with the points*
Current list of participants:
CrazyRah has 255 points:
(G1) + (G2!) + (G4) + (G7) + (G9!) + (G10!) + (G11!) + (G12) + (G13) + (G15) + (G17!) + (G18) + (G20) + (G21!) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G30) + (G33) + (G34) + (G37) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51!) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G57!) + (G58) + (G59) + (G61) + (G62!) + (G63) + (G64)
Druss99 has 245 points:
(G1!) + (G2!) + (G4) + (G5) + (G7!) + (G10) + (G11) + (G13!) + (G14!) + (G15) + (G18) + (G19) + (G20) + (G21!) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G30) + (G33) + (G35) + (G37) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G44) + (G45) + (G48) + (G50) + (G51!) + (G52!) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56*) + (G58) + (G59) + (G61) + (G62) + (G63) + (G64)
bFootball has 225 points:
(G1!) + (G2!) + (G4) + (G5) + (G7) + (G9) + (G10!) + (G11!) + (G12) + (G13) + (G15) + (G17) + (G18) + (G19) + (G20) + (G22!) + (G23!) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G30) + (G33) + (G35) + (G40) + (G41) + (G42) + (G43) + (G45) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G59) + (G62)
Kimosabe has 220 points:
(G1) + (G2) + (G4) + (G8) + (G9) + (G10) + (G11) + (G12) + (G15) + (G8) + (G20) + (G21!) + (G23!) + (G25) + (G27) + (G30) + (G31) + (G33) + (G35) + (G38) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46!) + (G47) + (G48) + (G49!) + (G50!) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G58) + (G59) + (G61) + (G63) + (G64)
fchopin has 220 points:
(G1!) + (G2!) + (G9) + (G10) + (G11!) + (G12) + (G13!) + (G14) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G23) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G34) + (G36) + (G40) + (G41) + (G42) + (G43) + (G46) + (G47!) + (G48!) + (G50) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55!) + (G56) + (G57) + (G59) + (G60) + (G62!) + (G64)
The Elder King has 215 points:
(G1!) + (G4!) + (G5) + (G7!) + (G8!) + (G10!) + (G11) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G23) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G30) + (G33) + (G34) + (G35) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G59) + (G60) + (G61) + (G62) + (G63) + (G64)
Pateu has 210 points:
(G1!) + (G2) + (G9) + (G10) + (G11) + (G12) + (G13) + (G14) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G21) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G31) + (G33) + (G34) + (G35) + (G36) + (G40) + (G41) + (G42) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46) + (G48) + (G49) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G58) + (G59) + (G60) + (G61) + (G62) + (G63) + (G64)
Sjpelke has 205 points:
(G1) + (G3) + (G4) + (G5) + (G7!) + (G10) + (G11) + (G14) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G21) + (G25) + (G27) + (G30) + (G34) + (G35) + (G38) + (G39) + (G40) + (G41) + (G42) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51!) + (G51) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G57) + (G58) + (G59)
Kaiser Arsakes has 205 points:
(G1!) + (G7!) + (G10) + (G11) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G30) + (G33) + (G34) + (G35) + (G37) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51) + (G52!) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G57!) + (G58) + (G59) + (G60) + (G61) + (G62!) + (G63) + (G64)
Beerfish has 200 points:
(G1) + (G3) + (G5) + (G7!) + (G8!) + (G10!) + (G11) + (G12) + (G13) + (G14) + (G21!) + (G22) + (G27) + (G29) + (G33) + (G34) + (G35) + (G36) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46) + (G48) + (G50) + (G51!) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G59) + (G60) + (G62) + (G64)
Smoke and Mirrors has 195 points:
(G1) + (G2) + (G4) + (G5) + (G8) + (G11) + (G15) + (G18) + (G22) + (G25) + (G27) + (G33) + (G34) + (G35) + (G36) + (G38) + (G40) + (G41!) + (G43!) + (G45) + (G46!) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G57) + (G59) + (G60!) + (G62) + (G64)
Felipejiraya has 185 points:
(G1) + (G4) + (G10!) + (G11) + (G14) + (G15) + (G18) + (G19) + (G20) + (G21) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27) + (G29) + (G33) + (G34!) + (G35) + (G37) + (G38) + (G40) + (G41) + (G42) + (G43) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G57) + (G59) + (G62) + (G64)
Cerrydd has 185 points:
(G1) + (G10) + (G11) + (G15) + (G17!) + (G8) + (G19) + (G20) + (G21!) + (G23) + (G25) + (G27) + (G30) + (G31) + (G35) + (G36) + (G38) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G48!) + (G50) + (G51) + (G53!) + (G54) + (G55) + (G58) + (G60) + (G61) + (G62) + (G63) + (G64)
Abraham_Uk has 165 points:
(G1) + (G2) + (G4) + (G10!) + (G11) + (G12) + (G14) + (G33!) + (G35) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46!) + (G47!) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G57!) + (G59) + (G60) + (G61) + (G62) + (G64)
RainyDayLover has 165 points:
(G18) + (G21) + (G22) + (G27) + (G30!) + (G33) + (G34) + (G35) + (G38) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G47!) + (G48) + (G49) + (G50!) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G58) + (G59!) + (G60) + (G62!) + (G64)
TheRealJayDee has 160 points:
(G1) + (G4) + (G9) + (G10) + (G11) + (G14) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G25) + (G26!) + (G27) + (G30) + (G35) + (G43) + (G45) + (G46) + (G47!) + (G48) + (G49) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G57) + (G58) + (G59) + (G61) + (G62) + (G64)
Mitthrawuodo has 105 points:
(G1) + (G2) + (G4) + (G5) + (G10) + (G11) + (G12) + (G15) + (G18) + (G20) + (G21) + (G25) + (G27) + (G30) + (G34) + (G35) + (G40) + (G41) + (G43) + (G45) + (G48)
Ballistic Rebel has 95 points:
(G33) + (G34) + (G37) + (G38) + (G41) + (G42) + (G43) + (G45) + (G48) + (G50) + (G51!) + (G51) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56) + (G57) + (G59) + (G60)
JRCHOharry has 70 points:
(G1) + (G4) + (G5) + (G7) + (G10) + (G11) + (G17!) + (G20) + (G21!) + (G25) + (G26) + (G27)
Caladin has 60 points:
(G1) + (G2) + (G4) + (G7) + (G9!) + (G10!) + (G11) + (G12) + (G14) + (G15)
MegaIllusiveMan has 40 points:
(G18) + (G20) + (G21!) + (G25) + (G27) + (G30) + (G31)
Drone223 has 35 points:
(G49) + (G51) + (G52) + (G53) + (G54) + (G55) + (G56)
Milan92 has 10 points:
(G63) + (G64)
President of Boom has 10 points:
(G63) + (G64)
Deadlines:
Predictions for round 1 must be in before June 12th
Predictions for round 2 must be in before June 17th
Predictions for round 3 must be in before June 23th
"G1 means 5 points for game 1; G1! means 10 points for game 1; G1* means 15 points for game 1"





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