#634651 - Thu Jun 16 2011 11:06 PM
Results & Standings .. Copa America
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Copa America 2011The 2011 "Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América", better known as the 2011 Copa America, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America will be held in Argentina from July 1 to July 24, 2011. The defending champion is Brazil. Costa Rica and Mexico join the 10 South American nations to make it a 12-team affair this time. Matches will be held in league stage followed by knockout from the quarters. We can have a comp covering all the matches (you have to be ready to drop in at short notice for the last rounds, since there won't be much time between putting up rounds after the league stage).srini701, LeoDaVinci and KrivoyRog finished on the podium in the inaugural Copa America tipping comp here in 2007. Anybody interested in dislodging them from their places? Sign up here, so I know we can actually have a comp... Editing to add tie-break rules for comp:In case people finish equal on points, they will be separated in the following order: 1. Hof vs Spoon differential 2. If still equal, person with more HoFs is placed higher 3. If still equal, person with more number of right tips (without bonus points) is placed higher 4. IF STILL EQUAL (highly unlikely ;)) I will place them on equal ranking on table and if they are on podium places, plead and convince gtho4 to award them both the podium 
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#634652 - Thu Jun 16 2011 11:15 PM
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Zonal Rankings of teams taking part in Copa America (world rankings in brackets)
1 Brazil (3)
2 Argentina (5)
3 Uruguay (7)
4 Chile (13)
5 Paraguay (23)
6 Colombia (50)
7 Peru (54)
8 Ecuador (64)
9 Venezuela (68)
10 Bolivia (102)
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Mexico (28)
Costa Rica (56)
Opening Odds to win the tournament (according to one of many bookmakers)
Argentina 2.20
Brazil 2.75
Uruguay 9.00
Chile 13.00
Mexico 17.00
Paraguay 19.00
Colombia 21.00
Costa Rica 34.00
Ecuador 41.00
Venezuela 81.00
Bolivia 67.00
Peru 101.00
Edited by srini701 (Thu Jun 16 2011 11:15 PM)
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#634661 - Fri Jun 17 2011 01:21 AM
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I'm in, and I just bet my house on Venezuela.
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#634676 - Fri Jun 17 2011 05:32 AM
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I'll try to participate. I'm going to be away from computer access for most of July and August.
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#634677 - Fri Jun 17 2011 06:05 AM
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Yes I'll give it a go
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#634710 - Fri Jun 17 2011 10:02 AM
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Ozzz- The Venezuelans don't have a clue what a football looks like, so I hope you have a comfortable tent  . At the same time I might as well give it a go.
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#634843 - Fri Jun 17 2011 07:34 PM
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#634863 - Sat Jun 18 2011 04:05 AM
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Ozzz- The Venezuelans don't have a clue what a football looks like, so I hope you have a comfortable tent . I just like the way that the phrase 'venezuelan vuvuzela' runs together .. 
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#634866 - Sat Jun 18 2011 05:01 AM
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#635926 - Wed Jun 22 2011 01:15 AM
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I don't know much about football, but that's not necessarily a problem. I quite like wooden spoons, so count me in.
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#636188 - Thu Jun 23 2011 04:59 AM
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Is that a half time score, or the final result? Now if Venezuela was playing someone a bit easier, such as Oman, or Nauru, or even Suriname I might stick my neck out...
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#637800 - Wed Jun 29 2011 10:58 AM
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I'll have a go as well.
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#638883 - Tue Jul 05 2011 12:01 AM
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|  | | | Group Matches |
.16 players lodged tips:
| | . | picks | | correct picks | | | . | 15-1-00
10-3-30
16-0-00
7-7-20
15-1-00
8-3-50 | 1-1
1-0
0-0
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1-1
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Colombia v Costa Rica
Brazil vs Venezuela
Paraguay vs Ecuador
Uruguay vs Peru
Chile v Mexico |
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Nobody! 
ozzz, rossian, gtho,Leo, paper, srini, Dave
Howie72
rxbig, sypher, N-Bomb, Leo, George95, paper, srini, triviapaul. | . | | . | |
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position LW TW
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TW LW hi-lo picks bp
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1 -- 1-1 dg_dave s -- 3 4 1 1
2 -- 2-2 Howie72 s -- 2 3 1
2 -- 2-2 LeoDaVinci -- 3 3
2 -- 2-2 paper_aero -- 3 3
2 -- 2-2 srini701 -- 3 3
6 -- 6-6 George95 -- 2 2
6 -- 6-6 ozzz2002 -- 2 2
6 -- 6-6 Sypher -- 2 2
6 -- 6-6 triviapaul -- 2 2
10 -- 10-10 gtho4 -- 1 1
10 -- 10-10 N-Bomb -- 1 1
10 -- 10-10 rossian -- 1 1
10 -- 10-10 rxbigdawg -- 1 1
10 -- 10-10 szabs -- 1 1
15 -- 15-15 BxBarracuda -- 0 0 1
15 -- 15-15 toocool4u -- 0 0 1
late starters 0
27 1 2 2
wooden spoon -- 0 0
best picks -- 3 3
perfect picks -- 6 6
bonus points -- 2 2
default is Wooden Spoon Score b = bonus point for perfect picks. s = bonus pt for solo pick, or one of two. w = bonus point for picking draw, no one picked win. o = no one picked draw. Bonus pt for picking upset win. bp= total bonus points. |
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A hearty welcome to all of you for Copa America 2011, another of the quadrennial comps here. I am your new host for this comp this year (and errr...the "defending champ" too   ). 16 people lodged tips for the first round, including some football "newcomers" here and as a group, we couldn't have got off to a worse imaginable start A pitiable 27 right picks out of 96, making it a success rate of 28.1% is not something to be proud of but on the bright side....we can only get better in the rounds to come  Strong favorites for the title Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw in the tournament opener by "minnows" Bolivia (coached by an Argentine and the goal scored by a Brazil-born player...how much worse could it get for the Argentines )....a result none of us here foresaw, except dg_dave (did he make a million bucks on this game, by any chance ) The team with the most number of Copa America titles and another favorite after a strong showing in the World Cup last year, Uruguay were also held to a draw by Peru, a result that only Howie72 tipped amongst us. Another strong favorites Brazil were off to an even worse start, failing to even score against Venezuela, something even Dave and Howie failed to pick dg_dave however is at the top of the heap at the moment, with that bonus point, and Howie is bunched along with LeoDaVinci, paper_aero and srini701 a point behind. BxBarracuda and toocool4u are yet to get off the ground. This one might well be a real tight-knit comp, as gtho4 had predicted allllllllll along, so please spare me some tensions and lodge all kinds of wild tips for the forthcoming rounds The next round starts Wednesday, July 6, so do lodge your tips in case you haven't done so yet... |
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#638888 - Tue Jul 05 2011 12:14 AM
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I made some wild predictions, Srini, and look what it got me. One measly point!
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#639145 - Wed Jul 06 2011 10:35 AM
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me too. I enjoyed watching college hoops when I was on campus but I have never gotten into watching the pros. My kids and I are glued to the TV when the World Cup is on!
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#639946 - Sun Jul 10 2011 11:34 PM
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| | | | Group Matches |
.16 players lodged tips:
| | . | picks | | correct picks | | | . | 16-0-00
5-7-40
1-7-80
6-8-20 | 0-0
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1-1 | 0
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8 | Argentina vs Colombia
Bolivia v Costa Rica
Peru v Mexico
Uruguay vs Chile |
| Nobody!
rxbig, N-Bomb, George95, toocool4u
Howie72
BxB, rxbig, Sypher, N-Bomb, Leo, toocool, paper, dg_dave
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1 1 1-1 dg_dave 4 1 5 1 1
1 2 1-2 Howie72 s 3 1 5 2
3 2 2-3 LeoDaVinci 3 1 4
3 2 2-3 paper_aero 3 1 4
5 10 5-10 N-Bomb 1 2 3 1
5 10 5-10 rxbigdawg 1 2 3 1
5 6 5-6 George95 2 1 3
5 6 5-6 Sypher 2 1 3
5 2 2-5 srini701 3 0 3 1
10 15 10-15 toocool4u 0 2 2 1 1
10 6 6-10 ozzz2002 2 0 2 1
10 6 6-10 triviapaul 2 0 2 1
13 10 10-13 gtho4 1 0 1 1
13 10 10-13 rossian 1 0 1 1
13 10 10-13 szabs 1 0 1 1
13 15 13-15 BxBarracuda 0 1 1 1
late starters 1
13 4 8 3
wooden spoon 0 0 0
best picks 3 2 5
perfect picks 6 4 10
bonus points 2 1 3
default is Wooden Spoon Score b = bonus point for perfect picks. s = bonus pt for solo pick, or one of two. w = bonus point for picking draw, no one picked win. o = no one picked draw. Bonus pt for picking upset win. bp= total bonus points. |
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As I was compiling the sciores for the round, I thought to myself "why are we even having this comp this year? We went from bad to worse in the second round, with just 13 right tips in all from a possible 64, for a "success" rate of 20.3%...is it one of the worst ever showing as a group in any FT tipping comp? Dave or gtho4 should chime in here Not one of us picked Argentina to draw for a second consecutive time, just 4 of us picked Costa Rica to win (and thereby losing a bonus point ) and only Howie72 managed to tip Peru to win in this round....I am most tempted to give any right tip in this comp an additional bonus point just to make that table look good  Here's hoping the next round will bring us some points... |
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