Participate
Any Studio 100 Group member can participate in the World Championship predictions.
To join the Studio 100 World Championship Pool, please transfer the participation fee before Thursday, June 11.
To make things easier internationally, participation fees are collected locally in each region:
- Europe: Toon Bens – BE80 7785 9300 2077 (5 EUR)
- Australia: Miranda Lynton BSB number: 313-140 Account number: 12585207 (8 AUD)
- United States: TBD (6 USD)
Please make sure to include your FULL NAME in the payment notes so we can match your payment correctly. Unfortunately, if your payment has not been received before the start of the World Championship, you will not be able to participate.
After payment you can register HERE . Choose a name, and add a nice photo.
Submit score
You can bet on any match by reporting the result. Please note that both score fields must be filled in, leaving either field blank is not a valid prediction. If you expect a team to score zero goals, please enter “0” rather than leaving the field empty. You can report the result up to 15 minutes before the start of the game. At that time, the match will be closed automatically and you will no longer be able to enter your score.
You have the opportunity to adjust your predictions during the tournament if you notice that you misjudged some teams, or, for example, the famous winner suddenly has to do without their world striker. The time on the server is binding. There will be no discussion about timing, so be there in time if you want to change your scores. As you have seen, the matches in the second phase are not yet completed. When the teams are known, they will be added to the site. And also for these matches, you can update your score up to 15 minutes before the start of the match as well.
All (match) times are displayed in Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Gain Points
During both the First Stage and the Round of 32, you receive 5 points if you correctly predict the exact result of a match. Correctly predicting the exact score in the Round of 16, Quarter-finals, or Semi-finals earns you 10 points. The stakes become even higher towards the end of the tournament: correctly predicting the exact result of the Third Place Play-off or the Final will earn you 20 points.
Even if you do not predict the exact score correctly, you can still earn points by correctly predicting the winner of the match or correctly predicting that the match will end in a draw. During the First Stage and Round of 32, this earns you 2 points. In the Round of 16, Quarter-finals, and Semi-finals, this increases to 3 points. Correctly predicting the winner of the Third Place Play-off or the Final without the exact score earns you 5 points.
Example: you predict Belgium vs Brazil to finish 7-1 for Belgium, but the actual result is 8-0. You correctly predicted Belgium to win, but not the exact score. In that case, you still receive the number of points awarded for correctly predicting the winner in that stage of the tournament.
Overtime and penalties
After the preliminaries, there are overtime and even penalties to decide which teams go to the next round.
We ask for the result of each game after 90 minutes (+additional minutes) or for the score after 120 minutes (+additional minutes) in the case of overtime. We therefore do not take any penalty series into account.
Example:
If the score of a match is 1-1 after 90 minutes (+ additional time), extra time will be played. If two more goals are scored during extra time and the score after 120 minutes (+ additional time) becomes 2-2, players who predicted 2-2 will receive the full number of points corresponding to that stage of the tournament. Players who predicted another draw result will still receive the number of points awarded for correctly predicting a draw during that stage of the tournament. Any penalty shootout that follows does not count towards the prediction.
Another example:
If the score of a match is 1-1 after 90 minutes (+ additional time), but one extra goal is scored during extra time, the final result after 120 minutes becomes 2-1. Players who predicted 2-1 will receive the full number of points corresponding to that stage of the tournament. Players who predicted a victory for the home team but not the correct score will still receive the number of points awarded for correctly predicting the winner during that stage of the tournament. Players who predicted 1-1 will receive no points, since the match did not end in a draw after extra time.
Extra questions
There are some additional questions that you need to fill in BEFORE the start of the first match of the World Championship. With these questions you can get a lot of extra points! Don’t forget to fill them out. The number of points you can earn per extra question is indicated in the question itself. There are a total of 50 points to be earned with the extra questions!
The Golden Ball
Each player has 1 Golden Ball at their disposal during the tournament. With this Golden Ball you can double the number of points for a match of your choice. You can use the Golden Ball for any match you want, as long as you still have the option to update the score for this match. The Golden Ball becomes active when the match prediction period has expired, an activated Golden Ball can no longer be moved or re-deployed. A Golden Ball cannot be used on a bonus question.
To win!
At the end of the tournament, the total prize pool will be divided among the top three players according to the following formula: the winner receives 60 percent of the total prize pool, the player finishing in second place receives 30 percent, and the player finishing in third place receives 10 percent.
If two or more players finish with the same number of points, the ranking will be determined in the following order:
- Highest number of exact score predictions
- Highest number of correct Toto predictions
- Highest number of correctly answered bonus questions
In the event of a tie, the percentage assigned to that position will be divided equally among the tied players. For example, if one player finishes first and two players share second place, the winner will receive 60 percent of the prize pool, while the two players in second place will each receive 15 percent.
As participation fees are collected internationally, any bank transfer costs, transaction fees or currency exchange differences will be deducted from the total prize pool before the final payouts are calculated and distributed.
Contact
Toon Bens, [email protected].
Finally
In matters not covered by these regulations, the organization (Toon Bens) will decide.